§ 34A-11-24 — Hazardous waste revolving fund--Administration--Use of funds.

There is hereby established in the state treasury a special revolving fund to be designated as the hazardous waste revolving fund. This fund shall consist of all moneys from all lawful public and private sources including legislative appropriations, federal grants, gifts, fees received pursuant to §§ 34A-11-12.1 and 34A-11-16.1 and interest on investments made on money in the fund. The fund shall be maintained separately and be administered by the Department of Agriculture and Natural Resources in order to retain consulting and legal services and to defray such other expenses as are reasonable and necessary in order to process applications for hazardous waste disposal facilities and to monitor their operations. Fees not expended on a facilities application or monitoring shall remain a part of the fund but may not be expended for any purpose except the investigation and inspection of hazardous waste management facilities or the processing of hazardous waste management facilities permit applications or modifications. Moneys may be deposited in this fund on an ongoing basis and this fund shall constitute a continuing appropriation of these moneys to be expended for the purposes of §§ 34A-11-12.1 and 34A-11-16.1 .

Legislative History

SL 1990, ch 289, § 4; SL 1991, ch 17 (Ex. Ord. 91-4), § 17; SL 2021, ch 1 (Ex. Ord. 21-3), § 53, eff. Apr. 19, 2021.