SB 542 - This act amends law pertaining to the generation and disposal of hazardous waste. Small quantity generators of hazardous waste will not have to report more often than annually.

FEES ON HAZARDOUS WASTE FACILITIES - The act imposes fees on hazardous waste disposal facilities. The amount of the fee is based on the method of disposal. The fees shall be assessed on a calendar year basis based on units authorized to operate on July 1 of the year, and fees shall be paid by December 31 each year. If more than one unit is operated on a site, then only the fee on the unit with the highest rate is assessed. Fees on facilities shall be assessed as according to the following schedule:

Type of Disposal Fee f/Commercial Unit Fee f/Private Unit

Land Disposal $42,600 $36,125

Incinerator $37,200 $31,600

Energy Recovery $31,875 $27,100

Other $21,250 $10,625

FEES ON GENERATION AND DISPOSAL OF HAZARDOUS WASTE - The act eliminates the fees on hazardous wastes based upon the method of storage and the waste's characteristics. The act imposes fees on hazardous waste which is generated or disposed of in Missouri, or both, but only one fee will be assessed on any given amount of waste. The fee shall be based upon the method of disposal according to the following schedule:

Method of Disposal Fee per Ton

Recycling $2.60

Energy Recovery (Fuel $5.20 Blending)

Other $7.80

The base rate of the fees shall be adjusted by rule to bring in one and three-fourths million dollars per year. The minimum annual fee shall be fifty dollars, and the maximum annual fee shall be seventy-five thousand dollars per generating site and one hundred and fifty thousand dollars per company. The total annual fee under the act for facilities and generation and disposal of hazardous waste shall not exceed two hundred thousand dollars per company.

Fees on generation or disposal of hazardous waste shall not apply to: 1) wastes generated by hospitals, 2) waste discharged to a publicly-owned treatment works, 3) waste disposed of under an abandoned or uncontrolled hazardous waste site remedial plan, 4) smelter slag waste, or 5) waste generated by the state or a political subdivision.

If the Hazardous Waste Remedial Fund balance exceeds twelve million dollars, the base rate of the fees shall be reduced so that the balance falls below twelve million dollars during the next year.

The act has a January 1, 1999 effective date.

This act is similar to SB 145 from 1997.
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