Sec. 5. (a) If fees imposed under section 1 of this chapter are based and charged on each ton of solid waste, the owner or operator of a final disposal facility that:

(1) annually receives, on the average, less than two hundred (200) tons of solid waste each day; and

(2) does not have a scale suitable for weighing the solid waste received at the final disposal facility;

may determine the weight of the solid waste received by conversion from the volume of the solid waste.

     (b) An owner or operator described in subsection (a) shall apply the following conversion factors:

(1) Three and three-tenths (3.3) cubic yards of compacted solid waste equals one (1) ton of solid waste.

(2) Six (6) cubic yards of uncompacted solid waste equals one (1) ton of solid waste.

[Pre-1996 Recodification Citation: 13-9.5-7-5.]

As added by P.L.1-1996, SEC.11.