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Virginia Administrative Code
Title 9. Environment
Agency 20. Virginia Waste Management Board
Chapter 90. Solid Waste Management Permit Action Fees and Annual Fees
10/31/2025

9VAC20-90-130. Base fee rate schedules.

TABLE 4.1. BASE FEE RATES FOR ANNUAL WASTE MANAGEMENT FACILITY FEES.

Category of Facility/Activity

Base Fee Rate

1. Sanitary landfills, noncaptive industrial landfills, and construction and demolition landfills are assigned a base fee rate as follows:

Sanitary landfill

$0.115 per ton of waste landfilled

Construction, demolition, debris landfill

$0.115 per ton of waste landfilled

Noncaptive industrial landfill

$0.115 per ton of waste landfilled

2. Incinerators and energy recovery facilities are assigned a base fee rate based upon their annual tonnage as follows:

Base Fee Rate

Incinerators

$0.055 per ton of waste incinerated

Energy recovery facilities

$0.055 per ton of waste incinerated

3. Other types of facilities are assigned a base fee rate as follows:

Type of Facility/Activity

Base Fee Rate

Composting

$1,200

Regulated medical waste

$2,500

Materials recovery

$4,500

Transfer station

$5,500

Facilities in post-closure care

$1,000

4. Active captive industrial landfills are assigned a base fee rate as follows:

Type of Facility/Activity

Base Fee Rate

Small landfills (landfilling less than 100,000 tons per year)

$2,500

Large landfills (landfilling 100,000 tons or more per year)

$7,500

Statutory Authority

§ 10.1-1402 of the Code of Virginia.

Historical Notes

Derived from Virginia Register Volume 20, Issue 23, eff. July 1, 2004; amended, Virginia Register Volume 26, Issue 23, eff. August 18, 2010; Volume 27, Issue 22, eff. August 3, 2011.

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