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A RULE AND REGULATION relating to annual operating permit fees for solid waste disposal sites, collection/transportation vehicles, biomedical waste transporters and biomedical waste storage/treatment sites; amending R&R 03-06, Section 2 (part), as amended, and BOH 2.14.020, and repealing R&R 05-05, Section 134, and BOH 10.05.050; enacted pursuant to RCW 70.05.060 and 70A.205.100, including the latest amendments or revisions thereto.
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BE IT ADOPTED BY THE KING COUNTY BOARD OF HEALTH:
SECTION 1. R&R 03-06, Section 2 (part), as amended, and BOH 2.14.020 are each hereby amended to read as follows:
Annual (new and renewal) operating permit fees.
Annual (New and Renewal) Operating Permit Fees.
The permit fees for solid waste disposal sites, collection/transportation vehicles, biomedical waste transporters and biomedical waste storage/treatment sites subject to the fee requirements of BOH Title 10 shall be the annual fees set forth ((below:)) in Table 2.14-1, except that an applicant for an annual permit for a solid waste handling facility or collection/transportation vehicle commencing operation on or after January 1 shall pay the applicable permit base fee prorated to a quarterly schedule as specified in Table 2.14-1. This proration of annual permit base fees does not apply to any applicant renewing a solid waste handling facility permit issued during the preceding permit year. For the purposes of this section, "permit year" means the period of twelve consecutive months commencing January 1 and ending December 31. All annual permits issued under this section expire on December 31 following the date of issuance. An applicant for annual permit renewal shall pay one-hundred percent of the applicable annual permit base fee, additional fees for hours of service beyond the base fee amount, and all applicable late fees under BOH 2.06.030.
Table 2.14-1
Solid Waste Handling Facility Categories and Permit Fees
A. Municipal landfill $369.60 base fee plus
tonnage fee as cited in BOH 2.14.040.
B. Limited purpose landfill $6,837.60 base fee
Each additional hour over 37 hours of
service, no to exceed 60 hours at
$184.80/hour ($11,088.00).
C. Inert landfill $7,946.40 base fee
Each additional hour over 43 hours of
service, not to exceed 60 hours at
$184.80/hour ($11,088.00).
D. Compost facility:
1. Yard debris facility $21,436.80
Each additional hour over 116 hours of
service at $184.80/hour.
2. Facilities composting $5,544.00
other feedstocks Each additional hour over 30 hours of
service, not to exceed 49.5 hours at
$184.80/hour ($9,147.60).
E. Transfer station $6,837.60
Each additional hour over 37 hours of
service, not to exceed 52.5 hours at
$184.80/hour ($9,702.00).
F. Permanent MRW collection $6,837.60
and storage facility Each additional hour over 37 hours of
service, not to exceed 73.5 hours at
$184.80/hour ($13,582.80).
G. Material recovery and $9,055.20
recycling facility Each additional hour over 49 hours of
service, not to exceed 42 hours at
$184.80/hour ($7,761.60).
H. Energy recovery and $5,544.00
incineration facility Each additional hour over 30 hours of
service, not to exceed 42 hours at
$184.80/hour ($7,761.60).
I. Closed landfill site $6,837.60
Each additional hour over 37 hours of
service, not to exceed 48 hours at
$184.80/hour ($8,870.40).
J. Solid waste drop box $4,804.80
Each additional hour over 26 hours of
service, not to exceed 33 hours at
$184.80/hour ($6,098.40).
K. Land application $4,435.20
Each additional hour over 24 hours of
service, not to exceed 27 hours at
$184.80/hour ($4,986.60).
L. Collection/transportation $500.00 per vehicle location
vehicle plus $30.00 for each vehicle.
M. Biomedical waste transporter $1,478.40
Each additional hour over 8 hours of
service at $184.80/hour.
N. Other solid waste facility $2,412.00
(includes biomedical waste Each additional hour over 12 hours of
storage/treatment sites) service, not to exceed 18 hours at
$184.80/hour ($3,326.40).
O. Storage/treatment piles $3,326.40
Each additional hour over 18 hours of
service, not to exceed 27 hours at
$184.80/hour ($4,989.60).
P. Surface impoundments $4,804.80
and tanks Each additional hour over 26 hours of
service, not to exceed 33 hours at
$184.80/hour ($6,098.40).
Q. Review fees for facilities
providing notification of
exemption from solid waste
handling permitting, or other
reporting in accordance with
BOH chapter 10.12:
1. Composting facilities $739.20
Each additional hour over 4 hours
at $184.80/hour
(See BOH chapter 10.12, under
WAC 173-350-220(((1)(b)))(2), for
permit exemption requirements).
2. Material recovery and $739.20
recycling facilities Each additional hour over 4 hours at
$184.80/hour
(See BOH chapter 10.12, under
WAC 173-350-210(2) ((and
173-350-310(2))), for permit
exemption requirements.)
3. Storage/treatment piles $739.20
Each additional hour over 4 hours
at $184.80/hour
(See BOH chapter 10.12, under
WAC 173-350-320(((1)(e)))(2), for
permit exemption requirements).
4. Energy recovery and $739.20
incineration facilities Each additional hour over 4 hours
at $184.80/hour
(See BOH chapter 10.12, under
WAC 173-350-240(((1)(c)))(2), for
permit exemption requirements).
5. Limited moderate risk $739.20
waste facilities Each additional hour over 4 hours
at $184.80/hour
(See BOH chapter 10.12, under
WAC 173-350-360(((3)))(2), for
permit exemption requirements).
6. Mobile systems and collection events:
a. Collection events $739.20
Each additional hour over 4 hours
at $184.80/hour
(See BOH chapter 10.12, under
WAC 173-350-360(2), for permit
exemption requirements).
b. Mobile systems $3,696.00
Each additional hour over 20 hours at
$184.80/hour
(See BOH chapter 10.12, under
WAC 173-350-360(2), for permit
exemption requirements).
R. Annual permit base fee proration for
solid waste handling facilities and
collection/transportation vehicles
commencing operation on or after
January 1
1. Commencing operation on or One-hundred percent of
after January 1 but before April 1 the applicable annual
permit base fee
2. Commencing operation on or Seventy-five percent of
after April 1 but before July 1 the applicable annual
permit base fee
3. Commencing operation on or Fifty percent of
after July 1 but before October 1 the applicable annual
permit base fee
4. Commencing operation on or Twenty-five percent of
after October 1 but before the applicable annual
January 1 permit base fee
SECTION 2. R&R 05-05, Section 134, and BOH 10.05.050 are each hereby repealed.
SECTION 3. Severability. If any provision of this rule or its application to any
person or circumstance is held invalid, the remainder of the rule or the application of the provision to other persons or circumstances is not affected.