TITLE X
PUBLIC HEALTH

CHAPTER 147-B
HAZARDOUS WASTE CLEANUP FUND

Section 147-B:8

    147-B:8 Hazardous Waste Cleanup Fund Fees. –
I. Each hazardous waste generator that generates in a 3-month period 660 pounds or more of unrecycled hazardous waste shall pay a quarterly fee of $0.06 per pound or a minimum of $100, to the department.
I-a. [Repealed.]
II. In computing the amount of hazardous waste generated in a 3-month period, a generator may deduct from the amount of hazardous waste generated the amount of hazardous waste recycled, in a manner approved by the department.
III. A quarterly fee shall be assessed on each hazardous waste facility located in New Hampshire that receives hazardous waste from out-of-state for the purpose of treating, storing, or disposing of such waste. Said fee shall be based solely on hazardous waste received by the facility from out-of-state sources. The fee on such waste shall be no more than $.007 per kilogram ($.003 per pound). The facility's owner or operator shall make the appropriate quarterly fee payments to the department.
IV. The department shall deposit fees collected under this section into the cleanup fund.
V. Failure to pay fees within 60 days of the date due shall result in the assessment of interest at a rate established by the commissioner. The commissioner may waive all or any portion of interest for good cause. The department shall deposit interest collected under this section into the cleanup fund.

Source. 1981, 413:3. 1983, 137:14; 227:6. 1986, 202:6, I(e). 1990, 3:78. 1992, 178:3. 1994, 364:14, III. 1996, 228:107. 1999, 232:1, eff. Jan. 1, 2000. 2007, 219:4, 5, eff. July 1, 2007.