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LR 942
Item 1

 
A.__A municipal or regional association landfill that has
accepted 12,000 tons or more of special waste, other than
municipal solid waste ash, asbestos and oil-contaminated
soil, gravel, brick, concrete and other aggregate, in
calendar year 1998 shall continue to pay $2 per ton to the
department for those categories of waste accepted in that
calendar year; and

 
B.__A municipal or regional association landfill shall
continue to pay $2 per ton to the department on all
categories of special waste other than municipal solid waste
ash, asbestos and oil-contaminated soil, gravel, brick,
concrete and other aggregate that was generated by the
municipality or regional association and accepted for
disposal in its landfill in calendar year 1998.

 
C.__A municipal or regional association landfill that has
accepted 4,000 tons or more of oil-contaminated soil,
gravel, brick, concrete and other aggregate in calendar year
1998 shall pay $5 per ton for that category of waste.

 
Sec. 8. 38 MRSA §2204, as amended by PL 1995, c. 656, Pt. A, §64,
is further amended to read:

 
§2204. Municipal solid waste disposal surcharge

 
The department shall impose the following fees a fee of $2 per
ton on any municipal solid waste disposed of at a commercial,
municipal or regional association landfill, except that there is
no fee on municipal solid waste generated by a municipality that
owns the landfill accepting it or that has entered into a
contract with a term longer than 9 months for disposal of
municipal solid waste in that landfill facility.

 
1. Landfill surcharge. A disposal surcharge of $4 per ton is
assessed on any municipal solid waste disposed of by landfilling
at a commercial landfill facility.

 
3. Imported municipal solid waste. To support those
regulatory and administrative costs associated with imported
municipal solid wastes, an administrative fee of $4 per ton, or
the maximum fee on out-of-state waste authorized by federal law,
whichever is greater, is assessed on any municipal solid waste
originating outside the State and delivered to a commercial solid
waste disposal facility or solid waste disposal facility owned by
the office or a regional association for disposal.

 
Sec. 9. 38 MRSA §2205, sub-§2, śC, as amended by PL 1995, c. 465, Pt.
A, §77 and affected by Pt. C, §2, is further amended to read:


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