(a) (1) The Board of Environmental Safety shall establish, by regulation, a schedule of rates for the fee authorized by Section 25205.2, to be applicable commencing July 1, 2023, and may adjust the schedule of rates no more frequently than once per year thereafter and no later than October 1 of any year in which the Board of Environmental Safety adopts the schedule of rates. (2) No later than October 1 of each year, the Board of Environmental Safety shall provide the California Department of Tax and Fee Administration the fee rates that have been established pursuant to this section. (b) (1) The schedule of rates established pursuant to subdivision (a) shall be based on both of the following: (A) The costs of the administration and collection of fees. (B) Statewide general administrative costs assessed to the Hazardous Waste Facilities Account for that fiscal year. (2) The total amount of fee revenues collected each fiscal year shall conform with the amounts appropriated by the Legislature for that fiscal year from the Hazardous Waste Facilities Account for expenditure, as authorized pursuant to Section 25174.01. (3) The rates shall allow for a reserve in the Hazardous Waste Facilities Account each year at an amount determined by the Board of Environmental Safety to be sufficient to ensure that all programs funded by the Hazardous Waste Facilities Account will not be adversely affected by any revenue shortfalls or additional baseline expenditure adjustments, but not to exceed 10 percent of authorized expenditure levels. (c) (1) The rates established pursuant to subdivision (a) shall not exceed the following rates: (A) The base rate in paragraph (1) of subdivision (b) of Section 25205.2 shall not exceed one hundred eighty-nine thousand eight hundred twenty dollars ($189,820). (B) The rate for a small facility with a postclosure permit in the first five years of the postclosure period established in paragraph (1) of subdivision (c) of Section 25205.2 shall not exceed fifty-three thousand nine hundred sixty dollars ($53,960). (C) The rate for a medium facility with a postclosure permit in the first five years of the postclosure period established in paragraph (2) of subdivision (c) of Section 25205.2 shall not exceed one hundred seven thousand nine hundred twenty dollars ($107,920). (D) The rate for a large facility with a postclosure permit in the first five years of the postclosure period established in paragraph (3) of subdivision (c) of Section 25205.2 shall not exceed one hundred sixty-one thousand eight hundred eighty dollars ($161,880). (E) The rate for a small facility with a postclosure permit after the first five years of the postclosure period established in paragraph (1) of subdivision (d) of Section 25205.2 shall not exceed twenty-eight thousand seven hundred fifty dollars ($28,750). (F) The rate for a medium facility with a postclosure permit after the first five years of the postclosure period established in paragraph (2) of subdivision (d) of Section 25205.2 shall not exceed fifty-seven thousand five hundred dollars ($57,500). (G) The rate for a large facility with a postclosure permit after the first five years of the postclosure period established in paragraph (3) of subdivision (d) of Section 25205.2 shall not exceed ninety-seven thousand one hundred dollars ($97,100). (H) The rate for a facility that has been issued a Series A standardized permit established in paragraph (1) of subdivision (f) of Section 25205.2 shall not exceed one hundred ten thousand five hundred sixty dollars ($110,560). (I) The rate for a facility that has been issued a Series B standardized permit established in paragraph (2) of subdivision (f) of Section 25205.2 shall not exceed fifty-one thousand eight hundred twenty dollars ($51,820). (J) The rate for a facility that has been issued a Series C standardized permit established in paragraph (3) of subdivision (f) of Section 25205.2 shall not exceed forty-three thousand five hundred twent
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