Current through August 26, 2024
(1) ISSUANCE OF AN OPERATING LICENSE. No
person may operate or maintain a solid waste facility without an operating
license from the department unless an exemption is granted under ss.
NR 500.08, 502.05, 502.06, 502.07, 502.08, 502.09, 502.12
and 502.13. The license period shall be for one year.
(a) Application for an initial license for a
new solid waste facility may be submitted at any time during the license
period. Initial licenses issued during the license period shall expire at the
end of that license period. The applicant for initial licensing of a facility
shall submit the appropriate fees as shown in Table 2 or Table 3, whichever is
applicable.
(b) Each year, the
department will mail renewal application forms to existing license holders.
Applicants failing to submit the relicensing application to the department
within the specified time shall pay a late processing fee equal to 50% of the
renewal fee or $150.00, whichever is less, in addition to the relicensing
fee.
(c) Application for an
operating license shall be submitted on forms supplied by the department and
shall be accompanied by the appropriate fees as shown in Table 2 or Table 3,
whichever is applicable.
(d)
1. In addition to the license fee specified
in table 3, owners or operators of landfills shall pay a license fee surcharge
to the department based upon the number of tons or equivalent volume of solid
waste disposed of at each landfill during each quarterly reporting
period.
2. The amount of the
surcharge payable under subd. 1. shall be determined by multiplying the number
of tons or equivalent volume of solid waste disposed of during each quarterly
reporting period by a tonnage rate established in subd. 3.
3. The tonnage rate shall be 9.0 cents/ton
through March 31, 2004, 12.0 cents/ton effective April 1, 2004, 14 cents/ton
effective July 1, 2004, and 15.0 cents/ton effective July 1, 2005 and
beyond.
4. Owners or operators of
landfills shall submit quarterly reports on forms supplied by the department
accompanied by the amount of the surcharge calculated under this section within
30 days after the end of each successive reporting period.
Note: The forms will be mailed to the landfill
owners or operators by the Department on a quarterly basis.
5. The department shall hold a public meeting
annually in September to review the status of and projections for the waste
management program revenue account. If, for 3 consecutive fiscal years, the end
of year account balance is greater than 20% of the expenditure level of the
program revenue account authorized in s.
20.370(4) (dg), Stats., the department shall submit to
the natural resources board proposed rule revisions with appropriate
justification for the modification of the surcharge payable under this
paragraph to more closely align revenues with expenditures in accordance with
s.
289.61(3),
Stats. The proposed rule revisions shall be submitted within 180 days after the
date of the public meeting.
(e) Except as provided in s.
NR 500.065,
license fees for solid waste facilities are not refundable.
(2) TRANSFER OF AN OPERATING LICENSE. Upon
payment of the transfer fee shown in Table 3, the department will issue a new
operating license to a person acquiring rights of ownership, possession or
operation of a licensed facility in accordance with s.
289.46,
Stats. Feasibility approvals and plan of operation approvals are not
transferable prior to the licensing of a facility.
(3) LICENSURE DURING THE CLOSURE AND
LONG-TERM CARE PERIOD. The owner or operator and any successor in interest
shall maintain a license during the closure and long-term care period indicated
in s.
289.41(1m),
Stats. The license fees are specified in Table 3.
(4) PLAN REVIEW AND LICENSE FEES. For the
purposes of determining plan review and license fees, the following shall
apply:
(a) Plan review fees shall be charged
in accordance with Tables 2, 3 and 5.
(b) When an applicant requests in writing
that the department's plan review determination be issued in a shorter time
interval than the total time interval allowed under ss.
289.24(3),
289.29(4)
and
289.30(6),
Stats., or s.
NR 500.07, and the department complies within one half of
the total time interval allowed following receipt of a complete submittal, one
of the following fees in addition to those specified in Table 2 or Table 3
shall apply:
1. $3,000 for an initial site
report.
2. $3,000 for a
pre-feasibility report.
3. $10,000
for a feasibility report.
4. $3,500
for a landfill, incinerator, municipal solid waste combustor, or processing
facility plan of operation report.
5. $1,000 for a landfill construction
documentation report.
6. $1,500 for
a landfill plan modification.
7.
$1,000 for any other non-landfill submittal.
(c) License fees shall be based on the design
capacity of the facility being licensed including solid waste already deposited
at the facility. For facilities which do not have a plan approval, the
department shall make a reasonable estimate of the capacity of the facility
based on licensed acreage and probable depth of fill and shall charge a fee
accordingly.
(5)
CONSTRUCTION INSPECTION FEES. A construction inspection fee as specified in
Table 2 or 3, as applicable, required under s.
NR 500.09
shall be paid to the department by the applicant at the time of submittal of a
construction documentation report or as specified in the plan approval. A
maximum of 10 inspections per major phase of construction may be
required.
(6) CERTIFICATION FEES
FOR SOLID WASTE DISPOSAL FACILITY OPERATORS. Fees for examination,
certification, recertification, program approvals, and interim status approvals
as required under ch. NR 524 shall be as follows:
(a) Examination for facility manager
$50.00
(b) Examination for site
operator $50.00
(c) Facility
manager initial certification or recertification $150.00
(d) Site operator initial certification or
recertification $150.00
(g) Interim
facility manager certification $150.00
(h) Interim site operator certification
$150.00
(i) Late processing fee for
recertification as required in s.
NR 524.12(3) $100.00
(7) COMPLIANCE INSPECTION FEES FOR EXEMPT
NON-LANDFILL FACILITIES. Compliance inspection fees as required under ss.
NR 502.05(3) (k)
8. and 502.07(2r) (g) shall be paid to the
department by the applicant in the amount specified in ch. NR 520, Table
2.
