What is the annual generator fee?
Are these new fees?
When is payment due?

What is the fee amount?

What is the difference between a LQG, SQG and CEG?

What if my company name and/or mailing address, generator status, or contact name and number are wrong?

Will I get a receipt for payment of the fee?
Which year is the fee for?
Where can I get more information or help filling out the form?
Where can I get more information about handling hazardous waste?

What is the annual generator fee?

The Hazardous Waste Generator Registration Fee is an annual fee and registration requirement for all generators of hazardous waste.

Are these new fees?

Yes and No, as of 2013, the fee is new to Conditionally Exempt Generators (CEGs).

The first fees were assessed in 2002 and were for Large and Small Quantity Generators. In its 2001 session the Vermont General Assembly passed an annual registration fee bill for Large and Small Quantity Generators of Hazardous Waste. Act 15, 10 VSA Section 6608(f): All generators of regulated hazardous waste, except conditionally exempt generators, shall register with the secretary, renew the registration annually, and pay the fee specified in section 2822 of Title 3.

In 2012, the annual registration fee bill was modified. As a result, all generators of Hazardous Waste are now required to register and renew annually. The current Hazardous Waste Generator Registration Fees are $600 for Large Quantity Generators (LQGs) and $125 for Small Quantity Generators (SQGs) and $75 for Conditionally Exempt Generators (CEGs).

When is payment due?

Payment is due April 30th of each year.

What is the fee amount?

The annual registration fee for a Large Quantity Generator (LQG) is $600

The annual registration fee for a Small Quantity Generator (SQG) is $125

The annual registration fee for a Conditionally Exempt Generator (CEG) is $75

What is the difference between a LQG, SQG and CEG?

State and Federal hazardous waste regulations classify and regulate hazardous waste generators differently according to the amount of hazardous waste they produce or generate each month or have in storage on-site. To assist you in determining your generator status you may go to the link below:

http://www.anr.state.vt.us/dec/wastediv/rcra/GenStatFAQ.htm

Subchapter 3 of the Vermont Hazardous Waste Management Regulations lists the criteria and regulatory requirements for each category of hazardous waste generator. The regulations can be found here:

http://www.anr.state.vt.us/dec/wastediv/rcra/regs.htm

What if my company name and/or mailing address, generator status, or contact name and number are wrong?

You can change the information by completing the Vermont Hazardous Waste Handler Site ID form found here:

http://www.anr.state.vt.us/dec/wastediv/rcra/pubs/VTNotif2002form.pdf

Will I get a receipt for payment of the fee?

Due to mailing costs, we will not be mailing receipts. If your cancelled check is not a sufficient receipt, you can write a request for a receipt on the portion of the bill that you send back to us. Please include your email address.

Which year is the fee for?
The Hazardous Waste Generator Registration Fee is for ongoing hazardous waste generation, so the Registration Fee Assessment Form is based on your ongoing generation rate for the year billed.

Where can I get more information or help filling out the form?

You can call the Waste Management & Prevention Division at 802-828-1138 and ask for a member of the Hazardous Waste Program staff or you can call us directly:

Lynn Metcalf – 802-522-0469

Linda Joyal – 802-522-0261

Where can I get more information about handling hazardous waste?

Start with our Education and Outreach Page (make clickable).

Updated March 2013