D.C. Mun. Regs. tit. 21, r. 21-720

Current through Register Vol. 71, No. 49, December 6, 2024

Rule 21-720 - FEES

720.1

The fees for licensing shall be determined by the Mayor.

720.2

Each business and each vehicle shall be separately licensed.

720.3

The Mayor shall determine the fee to be paid to deposit each ton of solid waste at a waste-handling facility.

720.4

The fee shall be paid by each licensed solid waste collector and other solid waste disposers unless, upon written application, the Mayor waives the fee of a solid waste disposer.

720.5

Beginning on September 25, 2011, the applicable fee for the disposal of construction and demolition debris at the waste-handling facilities shall be seventy-one dollars ($71) for each ton disposed; provided, that a minimum fee of thirty-five dollars and fifty cents ($35.50) shall be imposed on each load weighing one thousand pounds (1,000 lbs.) or less.

720.6

The applicable fees for the disposal of vehicle tires at the waste-handling facilities shall be one hundred six dollars and fifty-nine cents ($106.59) for each ton disposed; Provided, that a fee of twenty-six dollars and sixty-four cents ($26.64) shall be imposed on each load weighing five hundred pounds (500 lbs.) or less.

720.7

The applicable fees for the disposal of commodities included in the District's solid waste reduction and recycling program at the waste-handling facilities shall be thirty-one dollars and fifty-nine cents ($31.59) for each ton disposed; Provided, that a minimum fee of seven dollars and eighty-nine cents ($7.89) shall be imposed on each load weighing five hundred pounds (500 lbs.) or less.

720.8

Beginning on October 1, 2020, the applicable fee for the disposal of each ton of solid waste at the waste-handling facilities, excluding those wastes specified in §§ 720.5, 720.6, 720.7, 720.11, and 720.12, shall be seventy dollars and sixty-two cents ($70.62) for each ton disposed; provided, that a minimum fee of thirty five dollars and thirty-one cents ($35.31) shall be imposed on each load weighing one thousand pounds (1,000 lb.) or less.

720.9

The Solid Waste Diversion Surcharge shall be one dollar ($ 1.00) for each ton of solid waste disposed of at the waste-handling facilities.

720.10

Repealed

720.11

Beginning on April 1, 2013, the applicable fee for the disposal of recyclable food waste at the waste-handling facilities shall be sixty-two dollars and fifty-two cents ($62.52) for each ton disposed; provided, that a minimum fee of thirty-one dollars and twenty-six cents ($31.26) shall be imposed on each load weighing one thousand pounds (1,000 1bs.) or less.

720.12

Beginning on June 1, 2021, the operational cost of processing contaminated recyclables shall be twelve dollars and twenty-five cents ($12.25) for each ton disposed, and the applicable fee for the disposal of each ton of contaminated recyclables shall be eighty-two dollars and eighty-seven cents ($82.87), provided that a minimum fee of forty-one dollars and forty-three cents ($41.43) shall be imposed on each load weighing one thousand pounds (1,000 lb.) or less.

D.C. Mun. Regs. tit. 21, r. 21-720

Regulation No. 71-21, approved June 29, 1971, 18 DCR 16 (July 12, 1971), 8 DCRR § 8 -3:606(e); as amended by § 501 of the Revenue Act for Fiscal Year 1978, D.C Law 1-124, 23 DCR 6336, 6376 (February 18, 1977); by § 2(h) of the District of Columbia Solid Waste Disposal Fee Act of 1982, D.C. Law 4-135, 29 DCR 2751 (July 2, 1982); by §2 of the District of Columbia Solid Waste Disposal Act of 1989, D.C. Law 8-16, 36 DCR 4155 (June 9, 1989); by Final Rulemaking published at 37 DCR 4238, 4240 (June 29, 1990); and by Final Rulemaking published at 39DCR 6346 (August 28, 1992); as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 52 DCR 10959 (December 16, 2005); as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 53 DCR 7233 (September 1, 2006); as amended by Emergency and Proposed Rulemaking published at 54 DCR 9040 (September 14, 2007) [EXPIRED]; as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 54 DCR 9563 (October 5, 2007); as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 55 DCR 8346 (August 1, 2008); as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 56 DCR 6179 (August 7, 2009); as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 57 DCR 6998 (August 6, 2010); as amended by Notice of Emergency and Proposed Rulemaking published at 58 DCR 8273 (September 23, 2011)[EXPIRED]; as amended by Notice of Final Rulemaking published at 58 DCR 9846 (November 18, 2011); as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 60 DCR 4833 (March 29, 2013); amended by Final Rulemaking published at 66 DCR 5866 (10/18/2019); amended by Final Rulemaking published at 68 DCR 5894 (6/4/2021)

Authority: The Director of the Department of Public Works, pursuant to the authority set forth in Section 2(c) of the District of Columbia Solid Waste Disposal Act of 1989, effective July 25, 1989 (D.C. Law 8-16; 36 DCR 4155), as amended by Section 6012 of the Solid Waste Disposal Cost Recovery Act of 2007, effective September 18, 2007 (D.C. Law 17-20; 54 DCR 7052), Section 2 of the Solid Waste Disposal Fee Amendment Act of 2008, effective March 21, 2009 (D.C. Law 17-322; 56 DCR 7052), and Mayor's Order 2005-123, dated August 29, 2005, (52 DCR 8666).