| 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 |
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| 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. |
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| 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. |
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| | Sec. 8. 38 MRSA §2204, as amended by PL 1995, c. 656, Pt. A, §64, | is further amended to read: |
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| §2204. Municipal solid waste disposal surcharge |
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| | 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. |
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| | 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. |
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| | 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. |
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| | 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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