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289.64 Solid waste facility siting board fee.289.64(1)
(1) Imposition of solid waste facility siting board fee on generators. Except as provided under sub. (4), a generator of solid waste or hazardous waste shall pay a solid waste facility siting board fee for each ton or equivalent volume of solid waste or hazardous waste that is disposed of at a licensed solid waste or hazardous waste disposal facility. If a person arranges for collection or disposal services on behalf of one or more generators, that person shall pay the solid waste facility siting board fee to the licensed solid waste or hazardous waste disposal facility or to any intermediate hauler used to transfer wastes from collection points to a licensed facility. An intermediate hauler who receives the solid waste facility siting board fee under this subsection shall pay the fee to the licensed solid waste or hazardous waste disposal facility. Tonnage or equivalent volume shall be calculated in the same manner as the calculation made for tonnage fees under s. 289.62 (1).289.64(2)
(2) Collection. The owner or operator of a licensed solid waste or hazardous waste disposal facility shall collect the solid waste facility siting board fee from the generator, a person who arranges for disposal on behalf of one or more generators or an intermediate hauler and shall pay to the department the amount of the fee required to be collected according to the amount of solid waste or hazardous waste received and disposed of at the facility during the preceding reporting period.289.64(3)
(3) Amount of solid waste facility siting board fee. The fee imposed under this section is 0.7 cents per ton for solid waste or hazardous waste.289.64(4)
(4) Exemption from solid waste facility siting board fee; certain materials used in operation of the facility. Solid waste materials approved by the department for lining, daily cover or capping or for constructing berms, dikes or roads within a solid waste disposal facility are not subject to the solid waste facility siting board fee imposed under sub. (1), except that materials approved for use under s. 289.30 (5) or 289.31 (9) are subject to the fee.289.64(5)
(5) Reporting period. The reporting period under this section is the same as the reporting period under s. 289.62 (1). The owner or operator of any licensed solid waste or hazardous waste disposal facility shall pay the solid waste facility siting board fee required to be collected under sub. (2) at the same time as any tonnage fees under s. 289.62 (1) are paid.289.64(6)
(6) Use of solid waste facility siting board fees. The fees collected under sub. (2) shall be credited to the appropriation under s. 20.370 (2) (eg) for transfer to the appropriation under s. 20.505 (4) (k).289.64(7)
(7) Failure to pay solid waste facility siting board fee.289.64(7)(a)
(a) If a person required under sub. (1) to pay the solid waste facility siting board fee to a licensed solid waste or hazardous waste disposal facility fails to pay the fee, the owner or operator of the licensed solid waste or hazardous waste disposal facility shall submit to the department with the payment required under sub. (2) an affidavit stating facts sufficient to show the person's failure to comply with sub. (1).289.64(7)(b)
(b) If the person named in the affidavit under par. (a) is a generator or a person who arranges for collection or disposal services on behalf of one or more generators and the person holds a license for the collection and transportation of solid waste or hazardous waste, the department shall immediately notify the person that the license will be suspended 30 days after the date the notice is mailed unless the person submits to the department an affidavit stating facts sufficient to show that it has paid the fee as required under sub. (1).289.64(7)(c)
(c) If the person named in the affidavit under par. (a) is an intermediate hauler that holds a license for the collection and transportation of solid waste or hazardous waste, the department shall immediately notify the person that the license will be suspended 30 days after the date the notice is mailed unless the person submits to the department an affidavit stating facts sufficient to show that either of the following has occurred:289.64(7)(c)1.
1. The person named in the affidavit under par. (a) received the required fee from a generator, from a person who arranges for collection or disposal services on behalf of one or more generators or from an earlier intermediate hauler, and paid the fee to the licensed solid waste or hazardous waste disposal facility or to a subsequent intermediate hauler.289.64(7)(c)2.
2. A generator, a person who arranges for collection or disposal services on behalf of one or more generators or an earlier intermediate hauler failed to pay the required fee to the person named in the affidavit under par. (a).289.64(7)(d)
(d) If the department does not receive an affidavit under par. (b) or (c) within 30 days after the date the notice is mailed, the department shall suspend the license issued to the person for the collection and transportation of solid waste or hazardous waste. Notwithstanding s. 227.42, the department is not required to provide the licensee with a hearing before the suspension.289.64(7)(e)
(e) When a person whose license is suspended under par. (d) provides the department with proof that the person has paid the owner or operator of the licensed solid waste or hazardous waste facility the amount of the unpaid fee, the department shall immediately reinstate the suspended license.289.64 - ANNOT.
History: 1995 a. 227 s. 593; 2005 a. 25.