CA Health & Safety Code Section 25205.20

(a)

In issuing a variance, the department may, for purposes of the annual facility fee only, make the variance retroactive to not earlier than one year after the date of the variance application’s submittal to the department, or January 1, 1994, whichever is later.

(b)

A facility which is subject to the annual facility fee shall pay such fee while the variance application is pending. Within one year of the issuance of the variance, the board shall issue a refund of facility fees paid for all reporting periods following the period to which the variance is retroactive. The refund shall not include interest.

(c)

Variance, for purposes of this section, means a variance from the requirement of obtaining a hazardous waste facilities permit or grant of interim status.