75-10-104. Duties of department. The department shall:
(1) prepare, adopt, and implement a state solid waste management and resource recovery plan as required by 75-10-111 and 75-10-807;
(2) adopt rules necessary for the implementation of this part, including but not limited to rules:
(a) governing the submission of plans for a solid waste management system;
(b) (i) establishing, for the purpose of determining the tonnage or volume-based solid waste management fee that a facility is subject to under 75-10-115(1)(c), methods for determining or estimating the amount of solid waste incinerated or disposed of at a facility; and
(ii) governing the application fee, flat annual license renewal fee, and tonnage or volume-based renewal fee for solid waste management systems;
(c) establishing the license application fee that a facility is subject to under 75-10-115(1)(a);
(d) establishing the flat annual license renewal fee that a facility is subject to under 75-10-115(1)(b);
(e) establishing the tonnage or volume-based annual renewal fee that a facility is subject to under 75-10-115(1)(c); and
(f) providing procedures for the quarterly collection of the solid waste management fee provided for in 75-10-204(6);
(3) provide technical assistance to persons within the state for planning, designing, constructing, financing, and operating:
(a) a solid waste management system in order to ensure that the system conforms to the state plan;
(b) integrated waste management programs; and
(c) collection, disposal, reduction, and educational programs for household hazardous waste and small quantities of hazardous waste that are exempt from regulation under Title 75, chapter 10, part 4;
(4) enforce and administer the provisions of this part;
(5) approve plans for a proposed solid waste management system submitted by a local government; and
(6) serve as a clearinghouse for information on waste reduction and reuse, recycling technology and markets, composting, and household hazardous waste disposal, including chemical compatibility.