Contractors are responsible for their own wastes that originate on their own property. Each year, Industrial Waste reviews all of the fees shown in the table below, which compares our 1999 fees with the new ones for 2000. Our intent is to recover just what it costs to operate the fee programs listed in the table. The surcharge includes an administrative charge that recovers costs of sampling, analysis, inspection, and billing high-strength dischargers. We also recover costs for monitoring discharges for heavy metals and fats, oils, and grease.
Charges recover all costs of inspecting and sampling companies with such discharges.
Because violating companies require more attention than companies in compliance, post-violation fees put the economic burden on companies that cause the extra costs. Industrial Waste also recovers costs for inspecting and drafting permits and discharge authorizations. The unit charges of fees shown on the table below are affected by several factors, including the following year's predicted expenditures and the previous year's actual expenditures. A slug is not a desirable thing and can cause big problems at a sewage treatment plant. The low amount of vegetation within the shipyard area should help minimize the slug problem.