(A) All applicants not presently operating in the county requesting a hazardous waste and low-level radioactive waste permit for the storage, transfer, treatment, or disposal of any hazardous waste and low-level radioactive waste shall pay a non-refundable filing fee to the county in the amount of $10,000,000 concurrently with the filing of the application.
(B) In addition to the non-refundable filing fee required by division (A) above, the County Commissioners, upon the recommendation of the Hazardous Waste and Low-Level Radioactive Waste Board shall from time to time assess applicant’s fees in such amounts as the Commissioners shall find necessary and sufficient to reimburse the county for the cost of any needed professional assistance that may be required by the county to evaluate the permit application and amendments, verify its content, and evaluate the impact of such a permit on the community, public health, and the environment. This assistance may include but shall not be limited to the assistance of lawyers, biologists, geologists, engineers, chemists, hydrologists, physicists, emergency response transportation and public health experts, land appraisers, and professional testing laboratories.
(C) Failure to provide the funds required within 30 days of demand shall result in termination of the permit process or cancellation of the permit. The County Commissioners may take legal action against the applicant for any cost incurred to the county up to the point of denial or termination.
(1996 Code, § 51.24) (Ord. passed 10-5-1987)