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KRS 224.46-016: Fees for permit to construct or operate hazardous waste treatment,

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    storage, or disposal facility.

    (1) An applicant for a permit to construct or operate a hazardous waste treatment,

    storage, or disposal facility shall be subject to a filing fee by t he cabinet in the

    amount of twenty percent (20%) of the permit review fee.

    (2) An applicant for a permit to construct or operate a treatment, storage, or disposal

    facility shall be subject by the cabinet to a review fee equal to the sum of the unit

    fees charged for each type of hazardous waste management unit at the facility. The

    incinerator unit fee shall apply once for each different type of incinerator unit at the

    facility. The types of incinerator units shall include liquid injection, rotary kiln,

    fluidized bed, and multiple hearth. The tank unit fee shall apply once for each

    different tank design. Tank design criteria shall include: differences in materials of

    construction, pressure vessels, nonpressure vessels, shape, and ancillary equipment.

    The container unit fee shall apply once for each different container type. Container

    types shall include: drums, tote bins, bottles, and roll -off boxes. The unit fees shall

    be:

    (a) Incinerator: nineteen thousand four hundred dollars ($19,400);

    (b) Waste pile: twelve thousand two hundred dollars ($12,200);

    (c) Surface impoundment: fourteen thousand dollars ($14,000);

    (d) A tank with a total capacity of seven thousand five hundred (7,500) or more

    gallons: seven thousand four hundred dollars ($7,400);

    (e) A tank with a total capacity less than seven thousand five hundred (7,500)

    gallons: three thousand seven hundred dollars ($3,700);

    (f) Additional tanks of similar design with a combined capacity greater than

    seven thousand five hundred (7,500) gallons: four thousand fo ur hundred

    dollars ($4,400);

    (g) Additional tanks of similar design with a combined capacity less than seven

    thousand five hundred (7,500) gallons: one thousand eight hundred fifty

    dollars ($1,850);

    (h) A container with a total capacity of five thousand (5 ,000) or more gallons: six

    thousand dollars ($6,000);

    (i) A container with a total capacity less than five thousand (5,000) gallons: three

    thousand dollars ($3,000);

    (j) Additional container of similar design with a combined capacity greater than

    five thousand (5,000) gallons: three thousand dollars ($3,000);

    (k) Additional container of similar design with a combined capacity less than five

    thousand (5,000) gallons: one thousand five hundred dollars ($1,500);

    (l) Land treatment: fifteen thousand eight hundred dollars ($15,800); and

    (m) Landfill: fifteen thousand dollars ($15,000).

    (3) The cabinet may subject an applicant seeking a permit to construct or operate a

    treatment, storage, or disposal facility to a facility assessment fee as follows:

    (a) One hundred (100) or more solid waste management units: eleven thousand

    five hundred dollars ($11,500);

    (b) Sixty (60) to ninety -nine (99) solid waste management units: nine thousand

    dollars ($9,000);

    (c) Twenty (20) to fifty -nine (59) solid waste manageme nt units: six thousand

    five hundred dollars ($6,500); or

    (d) Fewer than twenty (20) solid waste management units: four thousand dollars

    ($4,000).

    (4) The cabinet may require an applicant seeking a permit to construct or operate a

    treatment, storage, or dis posal facility to submit an investigation fee or corrective

    action fee, or both, if the facility includes a facility investigation or corrective action

    study or plan. The facility investigation fee shall be equal to the cost of the review,

    but shall not ex ceed fourteen thousand five hundred dollars ($14,500). The

    corrective action fee shall be equal to the cost of the review, but shall not exceed

    twenty-nine thousand dollars ($29,000).

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