Solid Waste Fees

Municipal Solid Waste Landfills (active):

Large - Permitted to receive more than 500 tons per day

Municipal Solid Waste Landfills (active):

Small - Permitted to receive 500 tons or less per day

Transfer/Processing Facilities and Operations:

Extra Major Large - Sites that require twelve inspections per year

Large Volume Transfer/Processing Facility (permitted to receive/process more than 3,000 tons per day)

Transfer/Processing Facilities and Operations:

Major Large - Sites that require twelve inspections per year

Large Volume Transfer/Process Facility (permitted to receive/process more than 1,000 tons per day and up to 3,000 tons per day)

Transfer/Processing Facilities and Operations:

Minor Large - Sites that require twelve inspections per year

Large Volume Transfer/Process Facility (permitted to receive/process up to 1,000 tons per day) Inert Debris Processing Facility

Large Volume CDI Debris Processing Facility

Large Volume C&D Wood Debris Chipping and Grinding Facility

Transfer/Processing Facilities and Operations:

Medium - Sites that require twelve inspections per year

Medium Volume Transfer/Processing Facility (permitted to receive/process equal to or more than 15 tons (or 60 cubic yards, whichever is greater) but less than 100 tons per day).

Medium Volume CDI Debris Processing Facility

Medium Volume C&D Wood Debris Chipping and Grinding Facility

Transfer/Processing Facilities and Operations:

Limited/Small - Sites that require four inspections per year

Limited Volume Transfer/Processing Operation (less than 15 tons or 60 cubic yards (whichever is greater)).

Small Volume CDI Debris Processing Operation

Small Volume C&D Wood Debris Chipping and Grinding Operation Inert Debris Type A Only Processing Operation

Transfer/Processing Facilities and Operations:

Limited/Small - Sites that require two inspections per year

Limited Volume Transfer/Processing Operation (less than 15 tons or 60 cubic yards (whichever is greater))

Small Volume CDI Debris Processing Operation

Small Volume C&D Wood Debris Chipping and Grinding Operation Inert Debris Type A Only Processing Operation

Transfer/Processing Facilities and Operations:

Sealed Container Transfer Operations - Sites that require one inspection per year

Operation where solid wastes remain at all times within unopened containers on-site and are not stored for more than 96 hours

Transfer/Processing Facilities and Operations:

Recycling Center - Sites that require one inspection per year CDI Recycling Center

Inert Debris Recycling Center

Compostable Materials Handling and In-Vessel Digestion Facilities and Operations: Registration Permit Tier or Enforcement Agency Notification -

Sites that require twelve inspections per year

Compostable Materials Handling and In-Vessel Digestion Facilities and Operations: Registration Permit Tier or Enforcement Agency Notification -

Sites that require four inspections per year

Compostable Materials Handling and In-Vessel Digestion Facilities and Operations: Registration Permit Tier or Enforcement Agency Notification -

Sites that require one inspection per year

Closed Sites Annual Fee:

Monthly - Sites that require twelve (12) inspections per year

Closed Sites Annual Fee:

Quarterly Large Landfills - Sites that require four (4) inspections per year

Closed Sites Annual Fee:

Quarterly Burn Sites/Small Landfills - Sites that require four (4) inspections per year

Closed Sites Annual Fee:

Annual - Sites that require one inspection per year

Exclusion: The fee shall not be assessed to solid waste handlers if it can be demonstrated to the satisfaction of the County of San Diego Local Enforcement Agency (LEA) that the waste was recycled and/or diverted from the solid waste stream. Additionally, this fee will not be assessed to solid waste handlers for each ton of waste for which it can be demonstrated to the satisfaction of the LEA that the fee

was collected at a disposal site within the jurisdiction of County of San Diego LEA.

All solid waste handlers within the jurisdiction of the County of San Diego LEA that receive revenue or income or charge fees for handling the solid waste shall maintain records and report waste handling information to the LEA in a manner or on a form provided by the LEA quarterly on or before May 1, August 1, November 1, and February 1 respectively and the records used to prepare these reports shall be maintained for a minimum of three (3) years. These records shall be made available for inspection by the

LEA upon request during normal business hours.

LEA Review of Required Submissions:

LEA processing of application or notification materials for a solid waste facility permit or other allowed operating status, and processing of related informal submissions by project proponents inquiring concerning a solid waste facility permit or a potential permit modification or revision, and review and processing of any required technical reports or proposed plans related to solid waste management activity or the correction of illegal or unpermitted activity. This includes but is not limited to the costs of reviewing reports, investigation plans, closure plans and evidence of financial ability. To be paid by the applicant or project proponent, based on LEA time expended at the approved hourly rate as authorized in subsection (m). The LEA may require that a deposit be made against the estimated cost of reviewing or processing each submission by the operator applicant or project proponent.

Unauthorized or Non-Compliant Solid Waste Activity:

LEA investigation and resolution of any solid waste activity conducted without a required permit or in accordance with state solid waste regulations, including LEA review of any required reports to the LEA. Also the Department costs to investigate a complaint of non-compliance at a facility required to have a solid waste facility permit or other entitlement to operate, or in accordance with state solid waste regulations, and the Department’s costs to verify return to compliance not otherwise recovered through a reinspection fee, if but only if the complaint is substantially validated: To be paid by the responsible party based on LEA time expended at the approved hourly rate as authorized in subsection (m), if unpermitted or otherwise illegal or non-compliant activity is substantially validated: Assessed at the approved hourly rate as authorized in subsection (m). This fee is in addition to any fines or penalties imposed for the unpermitted activity-compliant activity, and in addition to any permit application fees that may apply. The LEA may require that a deposit be made against the estimated cost of reviewing or processing each submission by the responsible party.