(A)(1) Except as provided in divisions (A)(2), (3), (4), and (5) of this section and in section3734.82of the Revised Code, the annual fee for a solid waste facility license shall be in accordance with the following schedule:
For the purpose of determining the applicable license fee under divisions (A)(1), (2), and (3) of this section, the authorized maximum daily waste receipt shall be the maximum amount of wastes the facility is authorized to receive daily that is established in the permit for the facility, and any modifications to that permit, issued under division (A)(2) of section3734.05of the Revised Code; the annual license for the facility, and any revisions to that license, issued under division (A)(1) of section3734.05of the Revised Code; the approved operating plan or operationa
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(A)(1) Except as provided in divisions (A)(2), (3), (4), and (5) of this section and in section3734.82of the Revised Code, the annual fee for a solid waste facility license shall be in accordance with the following schedule:
For the purpose of determining the applicable license fee under divisions (A)(1), (2), and (3) of this section, the authorized maximum daily waste receipt shall be the maximum amount of wastes the facility is authorized to receive daily that is established in the permit for the facility, and any modifications to that permit, issued under division (A)(2) of section3734.05of the Revised Code; the annual license for the facility, and any revisions to that license, issued under division (A)(1) of section3734.05of the Revised Code; the approved operating plan or operational report for which submission and approval are required by rules adopted by the director of environmental protection under section3734.02of the Revised Code; or an order issued by the director as authorized by rule. If no authorized maximum daily waste receipt is so established, the annual license fee is sixty thousand dollars under division (A)(1) of this section and thirty thousand dollars under divisions (A)(2) and (3) of this section.
The authorized maximum daily waste receipt set forth in any such document shall be stated in terms of cubic yards of volume for the purpose of regulating the design, construction, and operation of a solid waste facility. For the purpose of determining applicable license fees under this section, the authorized maximum daily waste receipt so stated shall be converted from cubic yards to tons as the unit of measurement based upon a conversion factor of three cubic yards per ton for compacted wastes generally and one cubic yard per ton for baled wastes.
(2) The annual license fee for a facility that is an incinerator facility is one-half the amount shown in division (A)(1) of this section. When a municipal corporation, county, or township owns and operates more than one incinerator within its boundaries, the municipal corporation, county, or township shall pay one fee for the licenses for all of its incinerators. The fee shall be determined on the basis of the aggregate maximum daily waste receipt for all the incinerators owned and operated by the municipal corporation, county, or township in an amount that is one-half the amount shown in division (A)(1) of this section.
(3) The annual fee for a solid waste compost facility license shall be in accordance with the following schedule:
(4) The annual license fee for a solid waste facility, regardless of its authorized maximum daily waste receipt, is five thousand dollars for a facility meeting either of the following qualifications:
(a) The facility is owned by a generator of solid wastes when the solid waste facility exclusively disposes of solid wastes generated at one or more premises owned by the generator regardless of whether the facility is located on a premises where the wastes are generated.
(b) The facility exclusively disposes of wastes that are generated from the combustion of coal, or from the combustion of primarily coal in combination with scrap tires, that is not combined in any way with garbage at one or more premises owned by the generator.
(5) The annual license fee for a facility that is a transfer facility is seven hundred fifty dollars.
(6) The same fees shall apply to private operators and to the state and its political subdivisions and shall be paid within thirty days after issuance of a license. The fee includes the cost of licensing, all inspections, and other costs associated with the administration of the solid waste provisions of this chapter and rules adopted under them, excluding the provisions governing scrap tires. Each such license shall specify that it is conditioned upon payment of the applicable fee to the board of health or the director, as appropriate, within thirty days after issuance of the license.
(B) The board of health shall retain two thousand five hundred dollars of each license fee collected by the board under divisions (A)(1), (2), (3), and (4) of this section or the entire amount of any such fee that is less than two thousand five hundred dollars. The moneys retained shall be paid into a special fund, which is hereby created in each health district, and used solely to administer and enforce the solid waste provisions of this chapter and the rules adopted under them, excluding the provisions governing scrap tires. The remainder of each license fee collected by the board shall be transmitted to the director within forty-five days after receipt of the fee. The director shall transmit these moneys to the treasurer of state to be credited to the general revenue fund. The board of health shall retain the entire amount of each fee collected under division (A)(5) of this section, which moneys shall be paid into the special fund of the health district.
(C)(1) Except as provided in divisions (C)(2) and (3) of this section, the annual fee for an infectious waste treatment facility license shall be in accordance with the following schedule:
For the purpose of determining the applicable license fee under divisions (C)(1) and (2) of this section, the maximum daily waste receipt shall be the maximum amount of infectious wastes the facility is authorized to receive daily that is established in the permit for the facility, and any modifications to that permit, issued under division (B)(2)(b) of section3734.05of the Revised Code; or the annual license for the facility, and any revisions to that license, issued under division (B)(2)(a) of section3734.05of the Revised Code. If no maximum daily waste receipt is so established, the annual license fee is sixty thousand dollars under division (C)(1) of this section and thirty thousand dollars under division (C)(2) of this section.
(2) The annual license fee for an infectious waste treatment facility that is an incinerator is one-half the amount shown in division (C)(1) of this section.
(3) Fees levied under divisions (C)(1) and (2) of this section shall apply to private operators and to the state and its political subdivisions and shall be paid within thirty days after issuance of a license. The fee includes the cost of licensing, all inspections, and other costs associated with the administration of the infectious waste provisions of this chapter and rules adopted under them. Each such license shall specify that it is conditioned upon payment of the applicable fee to the board of health or the director, as appropriate, within thirty days after issuance of the license.
(4) The board of health shall retain two thousand five hundred dollars of each license fee collected by the board under divisions (C)(1) and (2) of this section. The moneys retained shall be paid into a special infectious waste fund, which is hereby created in each health district, and used solely to administer and enforce the infectious waste provisions of this chapter and the rules adopted under them. The remainder of each license fee collected by the board shall be transmitted to the director within forty-five days after receipt of the fee. The director shall transmit these moneys to the treasurer of state to be credited to the general revenue fund.