The department shall assess an annual fee of twenty–five thousand dollars for the inspection, investigation, and monitoring of each hazardous waste disposal facility disposing of more than five hundred tons of hazardous waste per annum. The fee shall be payable to the department one year from the date of the issuance of the permit of the facility and on that same date each year thereafter until operations under the permit cease and the facility is properly closed with the exception of those years where a facility has made application for renewal and paid the required renewal application fee. The department shall deposit the fee in the hazardous waste revolving fund established pursuant to § 34A-11-24. The incineration or thermal destruction of hazardous wastes shall be considered disposal for the purpose of this section.

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Source: SL 1990, ch 289, § 3.