F = Fee
T = Inspection time (expressed as a percentage of the Department's total annual time for all major facilities)
W = Total quantity of hazardous waste generated and manifested off-site and hazardous waste manifested into the facility (expressed as a percentage of total hazardous waste generated and received annually from off-site for all major facilities)
I = Total annual cost for inspecting major commercial hazardous waste facilities.
F = (T + W)/2 x I
Division of Revenue
PO Box 417
Trenton, NJ 08646-0417
(Reserved)
New Applicant Registration Fee = ((AS+FB+IC+OE+LS)/BH)0.5
Where: AS, FB, IC, OE, LS and BH shall be defined at (g) below.
Minimum Registration Fee = ((AS+FB+IC+OE+LS)/BH)0.5
Where: AS, FB, IC, OE, LS and BH shall be defined at (g) below.
Hourly Rate = | (AS+FB+IC+OE+LS) |
BH |
Where:
AS = The average annual salary of the Direct Program staff assigned to the activity, plus a component that reflects the salaries for Direct Support and Division Overhead staff who perform functions related to the fee activity. To calculate AS, the Department divides the applicable number of Direct Support staff and Division Overhead staff salaries by the number of Direct Program staff and adds this figure to the average salary of the Direct Program staff.
FB = The average fringe benefits for an employee calculated as a percentage of the average salary. The New Jersey Department of Treasury sets the percentage based on costs associated with pensions, health benefits, workers compensation, disability benefits, unused sick leave and the employer's share of the Federal Income Compensation Act (FICA) contribution. The percentage is annually set by the New Jersey Department of Treasury.
IC = The indirect costs, which are calculated at a rate negotiated annually between the Department and the United States Environmental Protection Agency. Indirect costs are those costs incurred for a common or joint purpose, benefiting more than one objective and not readily assignable to the cost objective specifically benefited without effort disproportionate to the result achieved. Indirect costs consist of Department management salaries and operating expenses, divisional indirect salaries and related expenses (personnel, fiscal and general support staff), building rent and the Department allocation of indirect costs listed in the Statewide Allocation Plan prepared annually by the State Department of the Treasury. Indirect costs do not include the salaries for Division Overhead staff and Direct Support personnel. To calculate the IC, the current negotiated rate is multiplied by the sum of AS and FB.
OE = The average operational expenses attributable to a Direct Program Staff position. Operating expenses include costs incurred in connection with the program for such items as postage, telephone, training, travel, supplies, equipment maintenance, vehicle maintenance and data system management (internal systems such as the New Jersey Environmental Management System (NJEMS) and external mainframe applications through the Office of Information Management).
LS = The budgeted annual costs of legal services performed in connection with each of the types of activities for which fees are assessed divided by the total number of Direct Program staff funded through the various fee programs.
BH = 1,428. The billable hours, which is the average number of hours each Direct Program staff position spends annually performing activities for which fees are assessed, is determined by starting with the total number of days in the calendar year, 365. Then weekends and holidays are subtracted. This figure is further reduced by subtracting days for an average number of used employee leave time (vacation, sick and administrative leave days). Finally, the figure is adjusted by subtracting days for training and other non-billable staff time (such as medical surveillance, time sheet preparation, staff meetings, and other general functions). This results in 204 working days annually that can be allocated to specific objectives (204 days multiplied by seven hours per workday equals the 1,428 billable hours used for most calculations).
Per Ton Fee = | Direct Program Staff x (AS + FB + IC + OE + LS) |
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Total Tons Transported |
Where:
Direct Program Staff = The Full Time Equivalent (FTE) level, projected to the nearest five percent, for all positions required to code time directly to any of the functions associated the hazardous waste transporter program, including but not limited to; issuance of transporter registration documents, transporter billing, compliance monitoring, inspections and any actions regulatory activity. The FTE, including but not limited to managers, clerical support, rule writers, administrative and information technology support staff, not attributable to specific program functions (including, but not limited to, hazardous waste transporter registration, solid waste transporter registration, Regulated Medical Waste, A901, recycling centers, solid waste permit fees, manifest and the biennial report programs in Solid Waste Management), shall be apportioned in proportion to those various program areas. Any FTE funded by alternative non-fee sources, such as Federal grants, shall not be included in the determination of the FTE.
AS, FB, IC, OE, and LS are as they are defined in at (h) above.
"Total Tons Transported" is the combined amount of hazardous waste that originates from or is delivered to New Jersey facilities by all registered transporters as reported on the hazardous waste manifest system for a given year of the registration period.
N.J. Admin. Code § 7:26G-3.3
See: 32 N.J.R. 2536(a), 33 N.J.R. 880(a).
Rewrote (a).
Amended by R.2002 d.140, effective 5/6/2002.
See: 33 N.J.R. 3794(a), 34 N.J.R. 1669(b).
Rewrote section.
Amended by R.2003 d.454, effective 11/17/2003.
See: 35 N.J.R. 321(a), 35 N.J.R. 5268(b).
Rewrote (c).
Amended by R.2007 d.350, effective 11/5/2007.
See: 39 N.J.R. 1953(a), 39 N.J.R. 4834(a).
Deleted former (f); and recodified former (g) as (f).
Amended by R.2008 d.16, effective 1/7/2008.
See: 38 N.J.R. 5227(a), 40 N.J.R. 133(a).
Rewrote (c)2, (c)3 and (c)4; added (c)5; rewrote (f); and added (g) through (j).
Public Notice: Adjusted FY 2008 Fees.
See: 40 N.J.R. 4358(a).
Public Notice: Adjusted FY 2009 Fees.
See: 41 N.J.R. 314(b).