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Local Recycling Development Grant Landfills in the metropolitan area must collect a surcharge on waste tipped at those facilities and remit those funds to the State. Per statutory formula, a portion of those proceeds becomes Local Recycling Development Grants for metropolitan counties. License Fees Ramsey County licenses waste haulers, solid waste and hazardous waste facilities, and commercial hazardous waste generators. License fees collected are used for solid and hazardous waste compliance programs administered by the County. Ramsey County Board policy states that license fees must cover the cost of operating the regulatory program, including indirect administrative costs. Household Hazardous Waste Program Contracts Ramsey County has an agreement with Xcel Energy for reimbursement of costs associated with collecting and managing fluorescent lamps through the County's HHW program. Ramsey County is also a party along with other SWMCB counties in the region's Reciprocal Use Agreement, which entitles the County to be reimbursed by another county for costs associated with serving a resident of that county. County Environmental Charge Ramsey County implemented the County Environmental Charge in 2003. The County Environmental Charge (CEC) appears on hauler bills for all customers of garbage services in Ramsey County. The CEC also applies to residents and others bringing their own garbage to a solid waste transfer station in Ramsey County. The CEC replaced the Waste Management Service Charge that was collected on the property tax bill. The CEC applies only to services to collect, transport, process or dispose of mixed municipal solid waste generated in Ramsey County, including equipment rental. The CEC does not apply to wastes that are separated for recycling or composting and delivered to facilities where they are recycled or composted. And unlike the State's Solid Waste Management Tax, the CEC does not apply to waste services for construction and demolition waste, medical /infectious waste, or certain types of industrial waste. The CEC is more visible to generators than the old property tax -based service charge, especially generators who do not pay a property tax but do pay a garbage bill. The increased visibility can provide a greater incentive to look at options for managing waste differently. Generators get a better picture of how much it really costs to manage the garbage they create because costs are presented in one place, rather than some costs on the garbage bill and some costs on the property tax statement. Also, the CEC is more closely related to volume of waste than the old property tax -based service charge because haulers charge customers according to how much garbage they pick up. CEC funds are used for the Resource Recovery Project and for other solid waste programs. Ramsey County Solid Waste Master Plan 2011 -2030 Page 150 Approved by the Ramsey County Board of Commissioners on 3120112