- (a) Required disposal fee plan. Each landfill and each transporter required under this part to pay disposal fees shall provide a written disposal fee plan to the Division of Environmental Quality that establishes an accurate method of quantifying the amount of solid waste received and a suitable means of calculating the amount of disposal fees payable to the division pursuant to Arkansas Code § 8-6-606 and Arkansas Code § 8-6-1003 et seq., and this part.
(b) Landfill’s disposal fee plan.
- (1) If the existing operating plan and narrative required under Solid Waste Management Rules, 8 CAR pt. 60, does not adequately address waste and recycle stream accounting, the landfill permittee shall update the operating plan and narrative to conform to the requirements of this part.
- (2) The division will provide a format for permittees to follow when establishing the disposal fee plan portion of the operating plan and narrative.
- (3) The disposal fee plan shall be considered an integral part of the operating plan required under 8 CAR pt. 60.
- (4) The disposal fee plan shall not be subject to permit modification fee charges required under Permit Fee Rules, 8 CAR pt. 12.
- (c) Transporter’s disposal fee plan. The division will provide a format for each transporter to follow when establishing a disposal fee plan.
- (d) Initiation date. New or revised disposal fee plans will be effective on the first day of the first quarterly reporting cycle after written approval by the division of the disposal fee plan or operational plan.
(e) Submittal date.
- (1) Landfills. Landfills with operating plans which do not adequately address disposal fee accounting shall submit a disposal fee plan to the division no later than ninety (90) days following the effective date of this part.
- (2) Transporters. A disposal fee plan shall be submitted to the division no later than ninety (90) days following the effective date of this part.
(f) Resubmittal date.
- (1) Any disposal fee plan that is not approved must be rewritten and resubmitted for approval within thirty (30) days of the date of the written disapproval notice from the division.
- (2) Disapproval of a submitted disposal fee plan is a decision of the Director of the Division of Environmental Quality and may be appealed under Administrative Procedures, 8 CAR pt. 11.
(g) Request for extension.
- (1) A landfill or a transporter may, in writing, request an extension from the division at least two (2) weeks prior to the disposal fee plan due date.
- (2) If the request is approved, the division will issue a written extension agreement.