(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this code, a permit application for a solid waste landfill facility submitted by any person who has owned, operated or held a permit for a solid waste landfill upon which funds have been, or are to be, expended on pursuant to the provisions of article sixteen of this chapter, may be approved under the provisions of this article only if all funds so expended are repaid in full, plus interest, or arrangements, satisfactory to the director, are made for the repayment of the funds and the interest. The repayment shall be made a specific condition of a permit.
(b) In the case where a permittee has entered into a repayment arrangement with the director in order to obtain a permit under this article, the repayment of the funds shall be considered by the Public Service Commission a reasonable cost of operating the newly permitted landfill in determining rates to be charged at the landfill.
Structure West Virginia Code
Chapter 22. Environmental Resources
Article 15. Solid Waste Management Act
§22-15-1. Purpose and Legislative Findings
§22-15-3. Special Provision for Wood Waste
§22-15-4. Authority of Commissioner of Bureau of Public Health
§22-15-5. Powers and Duties; Rules and Rulemaking
§22-15-6. Fee for Filing a Certificate of Site Approval
§22-15-7. Special Provision for Residential Solid Waste Disposal
§22-15-8. Limit on the Size of Solid Waste Facilities; Rulemaking
§22-15-9. Exemption for Solid Waste Facility Handling in Excess of Thirty Thousand Tons per Month
§22-15-10. Prohibitions; Permits Required
§22-15-11. Solid Waste Assessment Fee; Penalties
§22-15-14. Limitations on Permits; Encouragement of Recycling
§22-15-15. Orders, Inspections and Enforcement; Civil and Criminal Penalties
§22-15-17. Limited Extension of Solid Waste Facility Closure Deadline
§22-15-18. Condition on Receiving Permit
§22-15-19. Municipal and Commercial Solid Waste Incineration and Backhauling Prohibited; Exceptions
§22-15-20. Sewage Sludge Management
§22-15-21. Waste Tire Management