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relevant by the executive director. A billing statement will be generated
quarterly by the executive director and forwarded to the applicable
permittee/registrant or a designated representative.
(4) Fee due date. All solid waste fees shall be due
within 30 days of the date the payment is requested.
(5) Method of payment. The required fee shall be submitted
in the form of a check or money order made payable to the Texas Commission
on Environmental Quality and delivered or mailed to the return address
designated by the executive director in the billing statement distributed
quarterly.
(6) Penalties. Failure of the facility or process operator
to submit the required fee payment by the due date shall be sufficient
cause for the commission to revoke the permit or registration and
authorization to process or dispose of waste. The commission may assess
interest penalties for late payment of fees and may also assess penalties
(fines) in accordance with Texas Water Code, §7.051, or take
any other action authorized by law to secure compliance.
(7) Exemptions. A fee will not be charged on solid
waste resulting from a public entity's effort to protect the public
health and safety of the community from the effects of a natural or
man-made disaster or from structures that have been contributing to
drug trafficking or other crimes if the disposal facility at which
that solid waste is offered for disposal has donated to a municipality,
county, or other political subdivision the cost of disposing of that
waste.
(c) Facilities and processes not for disposal. Facilities
or processes not included in the scope of subsections (a) and (b)
of this section shall be considered as "facilities and processes not
for disposal." Facilities and processes not for disposal are those
facilities that are permitted or registered independently from landfill,
incinerator, or disposal processing operations and include, but are
not limited to, such facilities or processes as transfer stations,
shredders, balers, methane extractors, etc. Facilities and processes
not for disposal are not required to pay a fee to the agency, but
are required to submit reports.
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