Regulations Approved: Generation & Handling Fee Requirements

On January 27, 2025, the Office of Administrative Law approved DTSC’s regulations related to the Generation & Handling Fee Requirements. These regulations address four of the primary issues that DTSC determined led to a revenue shortfall: nonpayment and underpayment of fees, broad and inconsistent application of fee exemptions with limited oversight, limitations of data sources used to project fee revenue for rate setting, and lack of penalties to influence feepayer behavior.

These regulations are effective as of January 27, 2025, and remain in effect until DTSC amends or repeals them.

View the more on the Fee Regulations webpage.

BES Votes to Raise 2024-25 Fee Rates

On August 29, 2024, the Board of Environmental Safety (BES) voted to raise the rates for the Environmental Fee, Facility Fee, and Generation & Handling Fee sufficient to create a 5% reserve in the Toxic Substances Control Account and Hazardous Waste Control Account in fiscal year 2024-25. Consistent with this vote, the BES will adopt the rates through emergency regulations. The BES expects to send the public notice to fee payers the week of September 9, 2024, and begin the 5-day comment period the following week.

To sign up to receive the public notice, subscribe to the Hazardous Waste Fees list serve. Visit the BES Past Meetings webpage to view the board proceedings.