What is the annual generator
fee?
Is this a new fee?
Does this fee apply to Conditionally Exempt Generators
(CEGs)?
When is payment due?
Which year is the fee for?
How do I know if this fee applies to my business?
Can I contest the assessment of this fee?
Where can I get more information or help filling
out the form?
What is the annual
generator fee?
The Hazardous Waste Generator Registration
Fee is an annual fee and registration requirement for generators
of hazardous waste.
Is this a new fee?
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.
The fees set by the legislature are $500 for
Large Quantity Generators (LQG) and $100 for Small Quantity Generators
(SQG).
2002 was the first year that fees were assessed.
Does this fee apply
to Conditionally Exempt Generators (CEGs)? No.
When is payment due?
April 30th
Which year is the
fee for?
The fee is for ongoing hazardous waste generation, so you should
complete the Registration Fee Assessment Form sent to you by the Secretary and submit payment based on your ongoing generation
rate for the current year. On the form, we have noted the
generator status that Agency records indicate for your operation,
as follows:
• Generator status based on Agency manifest
records for the previous calendar year, averaged by quarter: LQG, SQG, CEG or
Nothing Shipped
• Generator status based on Site ID
(notification) forms on file: LQG, SQG, CEG or N
(if site has an inactive EPA ID number)
These should not be seen as an assignment of
a particular generator status, just an indication based on the
records that the Agency maintains. It is the generator’s
responsibility to determine generator status based on knowledge
of waste generation, handling and storage practices.
How do I know if this
fee applies to my business?
Assessment invoices are sent out to hazardous waste generators
at the end of March earch year. Completed forms and fees are due by
April 30th.
The criteria that the Waste Management Division uses to determine
which generators to send fee assessments to are as follows:
- Generators with permanent EPA ID Numbers
that notified as LQGs or SQGs; and
- Generators with permanent EPA ID numbers
that notified as CEGs but shipped waste offsite using a hazardous
waste manifest in quantities of greater than 660 pounds in at
least one calendar quarter in the previous year.
- Generators with temporary EPA ID numbers
(starts with the letters “VTP” or "XTP")
that shipped waste offsite using a hazardous waste manifest
in quantities of greater than 660 pounds in at least one calendar
quarter.
Can I contest the
assessment of this fee?
Yes. If you believe that the Fee Assessment was sent in error
you can make changes to the front of the form to reflect your
actual generator status, then sign and send the form back in the
envelope provided. Examples of assessments sent in error and recommended
resolutions include:
• Assessments sent to hazardous waste
generators that previously generated at SQG or LQG levels, but
no longer generate at that level – In this case, you can
mark the front of the Generator Registration Fee form with your
appropriate generator status, sign and return the fee assessment
form so your generator status can be properly recorded. If your
business needs to report other changes such as the addition of
a waste stream or a change of ownership, the Vermont Hazardous
Waste Handler Site ID Form must be completed to notify the hazardous
waste program. The form and instructions are available on the
Site ID page.
• Assessments sent to hazardous waste
generators that previously generated at SQG or LQG levels, but
no longer generate any hazardous waste or are out of business
– In this case, mark the front of the form, sign and return
in the envelope provided.
• Those sent to businesses that do not
routinely generate hazardous waste but had an event such as a
spill or underground tank removal that produced hazardous waste
for a limited time. – If your operation does not generate
hazardous waste (including oily wastes) on a routine basis, you
are not required to pay the generator fee, however, please mark
the form as “no longer generates hazardous waste”
and sign and return so that we don’t bill you again.
• Assessments sent to CEGs that shipped
greater than 660 pounds in one quarter, if the waste was actually
accumulated over more than 3 months (CEGs can accumulated up to
2200 pounds of hazardous waste with no time limit for shipping
off site) – just mark the form as a CEG, sign and return.
Where can I get more
information or help filling out the form?
You can call the Waste Management Division at 802-241-3888 and
ask for a member of the Hazardous Waste Program staff or email
Lynn Metcalf at lynn.metcalf@state.vt.us
Updated
05/02/2012
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