SUMMARY

This bill does the following:

1. Revises the Environmental Protection Fund fee schedule, which establishes statutory maximum fees. The revisions include changes to certain categories of licenses and fees in order to make them consistent with recently adopted solid waste management rules.

2. Revises the law to limit the scope of the nonhazardous waste transporter licensing program to the transportation of septage, used motor vehicle tires and construction or demolition debris.

3. Revises the law to expand the scope of the State Planning Office's technical and financial assistance program to include planning assistance to municipalities and regions for solid waste management in addition to recycling program assistance.

4. Revises the schedule for fees imposed on certain wastes disposed of in landfills. Specifically, the schedule makes fee amounts consistent between commercial and municipal landfills, imposes a consistent $5 per ton fee on most categories of special waste, reduces the fee on municipal solid waste incinerator ash and front end process residue to $1 per ton and imposes a consistent $2 per ton fee on municipal solid waste disposed of at commercial and municipal landfills under very limited circumstances.