Section 43152.16.

(a) The board shall issue refunds, if directed to do so by the department, upon making the certification specified in subdivision (d), for some, or all, of the fees imposed pursuant to Sections 25205.5 and 25205.9 of the Health and Safety Code, for hazardous waste generated in 1997.

(b) The board may issue a refund only to a generator who received a credit pursuant to Section 43152.7 or 43152.11 for fees paid for hazardous waste generated in 1996.

(c) The refund made to a generator pursuant to this section shall not exceed the generator's credit for hazardous waste generated in 1996, or exceed the generator's fee paid to a certified unified program agency in 1997, whichever amount is less.

(d) The board may issue refunds pursuant to this section only if the department certifies that funds for these refunds are available.

(Added by Stats. 1997, Ch. 870, Sec. 52.5. Effective January 1, 1998. Operative July 1, 1998, by Sec. 54 of Ch. 870.)