(A) Fees to be paid by the owner of any entity at which a hazardous materials incident occurs shall be as follows:
Description of Service or Item | Subscriber (First Three Years Only) | Non-subscriber |
Use of engine company | $0 | $250 per hour |
Hazardous materials vehicle | $0 | $350 per hour |
Hazardous materials technicians | $0 | $100 per hour |
Hazardous materials incident commander | $0 | $100 per hour |
Equipment replacement (such as absorbents, pigs, blankets and the like) | Actual cost | One and one-half x actual cost |
Protective equipment: (if any of the protective equipment must be discarded due to exposure, damage or contamination, the costs thereof shall be reimbursed pursuant to the fees listed in the “equipment replacement” row above) | ||
Description of Service or Item | Subscriber (First Three Years Only) | Non-subscriber |
Level A | $0 | $300 per hour |
Level B | $0 | $200 per hour |
Level C | $0 | $100 per hour |
(B) Replacement costs of any materials, equipment, supplies or other items or personnel or services not specifically described in this section shall be assessed on the basis of actual costs, to a subscriber, and one and one-half X actual costs to a non-subscriber.
(C) A non-subscriber shall, in addition to all other costs described herein to be paid in the event of a hazardous materials incident response by the Fire Department, be assessed a $20,000 response fee for any emergency hazardous substance response, and a $10,000 fee for any non-emergency hazardous response.
(D) All fees, expenses and assessments billed to a spiller, or to an entity requesting a response, shall be paid within 30 days of the date of the billing. Bills remaining unpaid after 30 days shall constitute a lien upon the property of the spiller, in the event the spill occurred on property of the spiller.
(E) Subscribers to the original hazardous materials response plan who paid the aggregate sum of $45,000 to the city by August 1, 1999, shall pay fees at the “subscriber” rate for response to a spill. If the sum was not paid by that date, then the original subscribers shall pay fees at the “non-subscriber” rate.
(1989 Code, § 100.06) (Ord. 2077, passed 10-24-1994; Am. Ord. 2295, passed 5-24-1999)