Hazardous Waste and Environmental Fees

Fees Charged by DTSC

DTSC enforces California’s hazardous waste control laws, issues permits to hazardous waste facilities and mitigates contaminated hazardous waste sites. These activities are funded primarily by fees.

The annual fee summary details our hazardous waste and environmental fees, including statutory references, collection mechanisms and fee levels.

In addition, check our identification numbers Web page and our hazardous waste manifest Web page for information about fees related to those topics.

For further questions, you can contact our Fees Unit at (916) 322-2448.

2008 Verification Questionnaire and Manifest Fees Assessment

DTSC will mail the 2008 Verification Questionnaire (VQ) and Manifest Fees Assessment the week of October 27, 2008 to approximately 130,000 permanent and temporary EPA ID number holders.

Dedicated telephone lines and staff will be available beginning the week of October 27, 2008 to answer calls regarding the verification questionnaire and manifest assessment. That phone number is (877) 454-4012 (toll-free) when calling from within California, and (916) 255-4439 when calling from outside California. The telephone lines will be extremely busy for several weeks after the mailing.

Frequently Asked Questions about the 2008 Verification Questionnaire and Manifest Fees Assessment will be available the same week at http://www.dtsc.ca.gov/HazardousWaste/upload/GISS_FAQ_VQ1.pdf

Fees Collected by the Board of Equalization for DTSC

The following DTSC fees are collected by the Board of Equalization:

Activity
Disposal
Environmental
Facility
Generator
Tiered Permits

An interagency agreement between DTSC and the Board of Equalization defines the working relationship between the two organizations in the fee assessment and collection process. For more information, go to the Board of Equalization’s Web site at , or call their Environmental Fees Section at (800) 400-7115.

Environmental Fee: Morning Star Case and DTSC Response

Environmental Fee Regulation Page

In April 2006, the California Supreme Court decided The Morning Star Company v. State Board of Equalization and Department of Toxic Substances Control. In the California Supreme Court, Morning Star claimed that DTSC violated the Administrative Procedures Act when it determined, without promulgating a regulation, that all corporations with 50 or more employees invariably engaged in activities related to hazardous materials. The Supreme Court partially agreed. It found that DTSC’s determination was “reasonable,” but nonetheless, it needed to comply with the Administrative Procedures Act by promulgating a regulation. DTSC has now fulfilled the Supreme Court requirement.

The Office of Administrative Law (OAL) approved the regulatory action that addresses the environmental fee required pursuant to Health and Safety code section 25205.6 (Reference number R-2006-03 Environmental Fee and OAL File No. 2007-0925-03 S) and filed the regulations with the Secretary of State on November 7, 2007. The effective date of the regulations is on the 30th day after the filing with the Secretary of State, which will be December 7, 2007. The approved regulations and the Final Statement of Reasons are available at http://www.dtsc.ca.gov/LawsRegsPolicies/index.cfm and the administrative file for the rulemaking is available for review during business hours at 1001 I Street, Sacramento, CA 95814-2828. Please contact Nicole Sotak at (916) 327-4508 or Laura Hayashi at (916) 322-6409 to review the file or if you have questions regarding the rulemaking.