Alachua County Environmental Protection Department

Hazardous Materials Management Code Annual Facility Fee and Class C/D Storage License

ULDC Sec. 353.24 states: "This code shall be applicable to any person who transports, handles, or stores hazardous materials in the county." The Environmental Protection Department's page states that the code's purposes include to "Provide uniform standards for the proper storage, handling, and monitoring hazardous materials on a county-wide basis", that "There are over 1,200 regulated facilities in Alachua County", and that facilities are inspected on a rotating schedule. Sec. 353.31 assigns storage facilities to classes by use: Class A lists "Mechanical repair, restricted to minor repairs.", "Veterinarian offices or grooming business, no pesticide dipping." and "Animal clinics, animal hospitals, and grooming businesses with pesticide dipping."; Class B lists "Automobile and truck repairs, no fleet operations." The annual fees by class (AA $85.00, A $140.00, B $300.00, C $750.00, D $900.00, and $105.00 per tank) are as published in the county's FY26/27 Schedule of Fees and Charges for Services (Office of Management and Budget), each page marked "Effective 10/01/2026"; the schedule describes itself as a fee resolution, and the adopting resolution is not published online. Sec. 353.39 states that the fees are set by Board resolution and that a facility pays the fee and submits Form HM-100, the hazardous materials storage facility notification form, within 30 days of receiving notice from the department. Sec. 353.38 requires a hazardous materials storage license to construct, modify, install, replace or operate a Class C or D facility in the county, issued for no more than five years and not transferable. The department's page says to email EPD-Reception@alachuacounty.us for a copy of the notification form.