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` Notice to Unified Hazardous Substances Program Facilities Page 2 12/12/97 • EHD CA Facility Permit Fee new 5648 • State Service Fee per CE° $100 S20.75 • EHD CE Facility Permit Fee new $100 ♦ Large Quantity Hazardous Waste Generator Program • 5—24.9 tons/yr Facility $169 $137.40 • 25—49.9 tons/yr Facility $1,348 $1,099.20 • 50—249.9tons/yrFacility $3,371 $2,748 • 250-499.9 tons/yr Facility $17,500 $13,740 • 500—999.9 tons/yr Facility $33,710 $27,480 • 1000—1999.9 tons/yr Facility $50,565 $41,220 • >2000 tons/yr Facility $67,420 $54,960 Eligibility for Refund of BOE Hazardous Waste Disposal Fees Prior to implementation of the Unified Program, the State Revenue_and Taxation Code, Section 43152.7 (c), allowed businesses which were assessed a hazardous waste disposal fee by the State Board of Equalization (BOE),to deduct the amount of hazardous waste generator permit fees paid to local agencies from the annual BOE charges. The statewide Unified Program regulations eliminated the offset of BOE fees by nullifying the State Department of Toxic Substances Control (DISC) agreements with local agencies referenced in the Revenue and Taxation Code. A final determination on whether this benefit to businesses would be re-authorized was not known until passage of SB 660 (The Environmental Cleanup and Fee Reform Act of 1997) which was signed by Governor Wilson in October 1997. The final version of the SB 660 does not reinstate the offset. but does provide for a possible refund of hazardous waste disposal fees collected by the BOE for 1997,if the following conditions are met: • DTSC determines that there are sufficientfunds available for the refund which will not occur before February 1998; and • A business received an offsetof BOB fees for hazardous waste generated in 1996 • The amount of the refund cannot exceed either the smaller of the amount of the offset received for 1996 orthe amount of hazardous waste generator fees paid to a local agency in 1997. Therefore, the EHD Hazardous Waste Generator Permit Fees must be paid by December 31, 1997, in order to maintain eligibility for any refund of BOE fees. Revision of the EHD Hazardous Waste Generator Program Fees The EHD will proceed with revision of the Hazardous Waste Generator Program fees to reflect the actual program cost in each fee category after industry workshops and meetings with the affected businesses. Timing of the presentation of the revised fee proposal to the Board of Supervisors for public hearing and adoption will be dependent on whether the refund of BOE fees is authorized. It is the intention of the EHD to propose the following to the Board of Supervisors. ♦ If the refund of BOE fees does occur • A revised fee schedule will be presented to the Board of Supervisors in June at the final FY 1998-99 budget hearings and will go into effect on August 1, 1998. • The revised fees would be billed during the normal 1998-99 permit billing cycle. ♦ If the refund of BOE Fees does not occur • A revised fee proposal will be presented to the Board of Supervisors immediately after the workshops and become effective 30 days after adoption. The facilities that were charged a fee in 1997 that was lower than the revised fee would be billed for the difference • Those facilities that were charged a higher fee than the revised fee would receive reimbursement of the difference from the EHD. °"Conditionally Exempt"tier category. See Footnote 2.