§822.  Imposition of tax

There is hereby levied a tax upon the disposal of any hazardous waste and on hazardous waste stored for more than ninety days for the purpose of eventual incineration at sea.  A disposer or generator who voluntarily removes hazardous waste from an inactive or abandoned site or who removes hazardous waste from a site as a result of a remediation or closure plan approved by the secretary of the Department of Environmental Quality shall not be subjected to imposition of this tax when the hazardous waste is disposed of or treated to render it less hazardous.  

Acts 1990, No. 391, §1, eff. Aug. 1, 1990.