25 Pa. Code § 263a.23 - Hazardous waste transportation fee
(a) A fee is assessed on hazardous waste
transportation to or from a location within this Commonwealth which requires a
manifest under § 263a.20,
40 CFR
263.20 and
40 CFR
263.21 (relating to the manifest system; and
compliance with the manifest). Each of the following are considered a separate
transportation activity, subject to assessment of a fee:
(1) Transport to a location within this
Commonwealth from a location out-of-State.
(2) Transport from a location within this
Commonwealth to a location out-of-State.
(3) Transport from one location to another
within this Commonwealth.
(b) A hazardous waste transportation fee will
not be assessed for:
(1) Onsite shipments of
hazardous waste.
(2) Hazardous
waste shipments through this Commonwealth not originating from, or destined
for, a location within this Commonwealth.
(3) Shipments of hazardous waste derived from
the cleanup of a site under the Hazardous Sites Cleanup Act (35 P. S.
§§
6020.101-6020.1305), the
Comprehensive Environmental Response Compensation and Liability Act of 1980 (P.
L. 96-510, 94 Stat. 2767), known as the Federal Superfund Act (42 U.S.C.A. §§
9601-9675), Title II of the Solid Waste
Disposal Act (42 U.S.C.A.
§§
6901-6987) or the
act.
(c) A transporter
delivering a shipment of hazardous waste to a designated facility or recycler
in this Commonwealth shall pay the transportation fees. If a shipment is
destined for a location outside this Commonwealth, the transportation fee will
be paid by the transporter that accepts the hazardous waste from a Commonwealth
generator or other hazardous waste management location within this
Commonwealth.
(d) A transporter
shall remit to the Department hazardous waste transportation fees due for each
quarter, accompanied by the forms required by §
263a.24 (relating to documentation
of hazardous waste transporter fee submission).
(e) Payment of the fees, accompanied by the
completed forms required by § 263a.24, shall be postmarked or received by
the Department by the 20th day of the month following the quarter ending the
last day of March, June, September and December of each year. If the submission
deadline falls on a weekend or State holiday, the report shall be postmarked or
received on or before the next business day after the 20th.
(f) Payment shall be by check or money order,
payable to "The Hazardous Sites Cleanup Fund," and forwarded with the
accompanying forms to the Department at the address specified on the form.
Alternative payment methods may be accepted with prior written approval of the
Department.
(g) Fees shall be
calculated based on standard tons. For purposes of this section:
(1) A standard ton equals 2,000
pounds.
(2) A metric ton is
converted to a standard ton by dividing the metric ton by a factor of
0.91.
(3) Liquid wastes shall be
converted to tons as follows:
(i) Standard
measure gallons are converted to tons using a factor of 8 pounds per
gallon.
(ii) Liters are converted
to tons using a factor of 2.1 pounds per liter.
(4) Cubic yards and cubic meters are
converted to standard tons using a factor of 1 ton per each of these units, or
part thereof.
(h) Fees
are based on the quantities listed on the manifest by the treatment, storage or
disposal facility (TSD) or, when not specified by the TSD, as provided by the
generator.
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