Pennsylvania Code
Title 25 - ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
Part I - Department of Environmental Protection
Subpart D - Environmental Health and Safety
Article VII - Hazardous Waste Management
Chapter 265a - INTERIM STATUS STANDARDS FOR OWNERS AND OPERATORS OF HAZARDOUS WASTE TREATMENT, STORAGE AND DISPOSAL FACILITIES
Subchapter E - MANIFEST SYSTEM, RECORDKEEPING AND REPORTING
Section 265a.78 - Hazardous waste management fee

(a) The owner or operator of a hazardous waste management facility shall remit to the Department a hazardous waste management fee based on the total number of tons, or portion thereof, treated, stored or disposed at that facility.

(b) A hazardous waste management fee will not be assessed for:

(c) The owner or operator shall remit hazardous waste management fees quarterly along with the forms required by § 265a.79 (relating to documentation of hazardous waste management fee submission) postmarked or delivered to the Department by the 20th day of the month following the quarter ending the last day of March, June, September and December of each year. If the submission date falls on a weekend or State holiday, the report shall be postmarked or received by the Department on or before the next business day after the 20th.

(d) Payment shall be by check or money order, payable to "The Hazardous Sites Cleanup Fund," and shall be forwarded along with the required forms to the Department at the address specified on the form. Alternative payment methods may be accepted with prior written approval of the Department.

(e) For purposes of assessing fees, incineration is considered to be treatment. A fee will not be assessed for the incineration of hazardous waste at an onsite or captive incineration facility.

(f) Fees shall be calculated based on standard tons.

(g) Quantities reported shall be as indicated on the manifest by the treatment, storage or disposal facility designated on the manifest or, if not indicated by that facility, as specified on the manifest by the generator.

(h) Except as provided in subsection (i), if more than one hazardous waste management activity occurs at the same commercial hazardous waste management facility, the owner or operator shall pay a single fee per ton, or fraction thereof, which shall be the highest rate of the management activities involving each individual waste stream at that facility.

(i) When treatment or incineration prior to disposal results in a reduction in the tonnage of waste requiring disposal, the operator shall be assessed the disposal management fee for the waste requiring disposal after treatment or incineration, and the treatment management fee for the remainder of the waste which underwent treatment.