S.B. 229

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FEES FOR COMMERCIAL RADIOACTIVE WASTE
2 1997 GENERAL SESSION
3 STATE OF UTAH
4 Sponsor: Howard C. Nielson
5 AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENT; AMENDING THE DISPOSAL
6 FEE FOR COMMERCIAL RADIOACTIVE WASTE DISPOSAL OR TREATMENT.
7 This act affects sections of Utah Code Annotated 1953 as follows:
8 AMENDS:
9 19-3-106, as last amended by Chapter 324, Laws of Utah 1995
10 Be it enacted by the Legislature of the state of Utah:
11 Section 1. Section 19-3-106 is amended to read:
12 19-3-106. Fee for commercial radioactive waste disposal or treatment.
13 (1) An owner or operator of any commercial radioactive waste treatment or disposal
14 facility that primarily receives waste generated by off-site sources not owned, controlled, or
15 operated by the facility or site owner or operator that is subject to the requirements of this chapter
16 shall collect from the generator of the waste:
17 (a) on and after July 1, 1992, through June 30, 1993, a fee of $2.00 per ton or fraction of
18 a ton on all radioactive waste received at the facility or site for disposal or treatment;
19 (b) on and after July 1, 1993, through June 30, 1994, a fee of $2.25 per ton or fraction of
20 a ton on all radioactive waste received at the facility or site for disposal or treatment; [and]
21 (c) on and after July 1, 1994, through June 30, 1997, a fee of $2.50 per ton or fraction of
22 a ton on all radioactive waste received at the facility or site for disposal or treatment; and
23 (d) on and after July 1, 1997, a fee of $50 per ton or fraction of a ton on all radioactive
24 waste received at the facility or site for disposal or treatment.
25 (2) (a) The owner or operator shall pay the fees imposed under this section to the
26 department on or before the 15th day of the month following the month in which the fee accrued.
27 (b) The department shall deposit all fees received under this section into the restricted

1 account created in Section 19-1-108.
2 (c) The owner or operator shall submit to the department with the payment of the fee under
3 this subsection a completed form as prescribed by the department that provides information the
4 department requires to verify the amount of waste received and the fee amount for which the
5 owner or operator is liable.
6 (3) The Legislature shall appropriate to the department funds to cover the cost of
7 radioactive waste disposal supervision.




Legislative Review Note
as of 2-3-97 11:41 AM

A limited legal review of this bill raises no obvious constitutional or statutory concerns.

Office of Legislative Research and General Counsel

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