Section 250-RICR-140-05-1.14 - FeesA. General Information This Rule has been prepared pursuant to R.I. Gen. Laws §§ 23-18.9-9(a), (b), and (c). Each application for a new or renewal license or registration to construct and operate a Solid Waste Management Facility or Organic Waste Recycling Facility, must include a fee in accordance with the following schedule:
Facility | Application Fee | Renewal Fee | License/Registration Duration |
Lined Solid Waste Landfill | $100,000.00 | $15,000.00 | 3 years |
Existing Unlined Solid Waste Landfill | --- | $3,000.00 | 3 years |
Transfer Collection or Collection Station | $10,000.00 | $3,000.00 | 3 years |
Resource Recovery Facility Solid Waste Incinerator | $100,000.00 | $15,000.00 | 3 years |
Medical Waste Incinerator | $20,000.00 | $10,000.00 | 3 years |
Petroleum Contaminated Soil Processing Facility | $20,000.00 | $10,000.00 | 3 years |
Waste Tire Storage and Recycling Facility | $50.00 | $25.00 | 1 year |
Construction and Demolition Debris Facility | $10,000.00 | $3,000.00 | 3 years |
Medium-Scale Composting Facility | Not Applicable | Not Applicable | Not Applicable |
Large-Scale Leaf and Yard Waste Composting Facility | Not Applicable | Not Applicable | 3 years |
Large-Scale Putrescible Waste Composting Facility | $3,000.00 | $3,000.00 | 3 years |
Mixed Solid Waste Composting Facility | $10,000.00 | $3,000.00 | 3 years |
Anaerobic Digestion Facility | $10,000.00 | $3,000.00 | 3 years |
B. Additional Compost Facility Fees 1. Product Fee - The composter shall also be required to register each separately identified products produced in accordance with R.I. Gen. Laws § 2-22-5. The registration shall be accompanied by a fee of fifty dollars ($50.00) per product. All product registrations expire on December 31st of each year. Agricultural Composting Facilities and municipally owned composting facilities shall be exempt from the payment of the product fees described above.2. Penalties for Violations - Any person not in compliance with any provision of these Rules and Regulations for the compost facility fees in §§ 1.13(A) and (B) of this Part shall be subject to a penalty pursuant to R.I. Gen. Laws § 2-22-10.C. Multiple Operations at One (1) Facility - Facilities that perform multiple operations shall apply for but may not be required to pay for separate licenses. A disposal facility, such as a landfill or incinerator, that includes recycling operations as part of its operating plans, would be required to pay for a license for a landfill or incinerator only. A transfer station that includes recycling operations as part of its operating plans would be required to pay for only a transfer station license. Two (2) or more independently staffed facilities operating on the same site would require separate licenses for each independent facility, as well as both fees.D. Fees do not apply to Small Scale Composting Operations and Medium Scale Composting Facilities.250 R.I. Code R. 250-RICR-140-05-1.14
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