49-929. Annual registration of hazardous waste treatment, storage and disposal facilities, transporters and generators; fee; disposition of revenue

A. All hazardous waste treatment, storage and disposal facilities, hazardous waste transporters and hazardous waste generators, except hazardous waste resource recovery facilities as defined in section 49-930, shall register annually with the department at the time and in the manner prescribed by the director. The registration is valid for one year from the date of registration.

B. The application for registration shall be accompanied by a registration fee based on the following:

1. Hazardous waste treatment, storage and disposal facilities, one thousand five hundred dollars plus two dollars per ton of hazardous waste received for treatment, storage for more than ten days or disposal during the preceding calendar year, except that a hazardous waste disposal facility established under article 1 of this chapter, shall be subject to any fees assessed pursuant to section 49-904, and shall not be subject to the two dollar per ton component of the fee imposed by this section.

2. Hazardous waste transporters, two hundred dollars.

3. Large quantity hazardous waste generators which generate one thousand kilograms per month or more, three hundred dollars.

4. Small quantity hazardous waste generators which generate between one hundred and one thousand kilograms per month, one hundred dollars.

C. All monies collected under this section shall be deposited in the water quality assurance revolving fund established by section 49-282. The director may authorize expenditures from the fund, pursuant to section 49-282, subsection E, to pay the reasonable and necessary costs of administering the registration program.