The Drycleaning Trust Fund Fee is a self-insurance program which benefit the drycleaning industry to cover the costs of investigating, assessing, and remediating dry cleaning contamination. This program is jointly administered by the Alabama Department of Environmental Management (“ADEM”) and the Alabama Drycleaning Environmental Response Trust Fund Board (“the Board”). The fee is against each owner or operator of a drycleaning facility located in the State of Alabama who voluntarily notifies the program administrators that it elects to contribute to the Alabama Drycleaning Environmental Response Trust Fund. The authority for collecting the drycleaning trust fund fee is found in Sections 22-30D-1 through 22-30D-12, Code of Alabama 1975.

The applicable fees are as follows:

• Owner/Operator of an Existing Drycleaning Facility Electing to be Covered (22-30D-6(a)) – 2% of the gross receipts earned in Alabama during the prior calendar year, not to exceed $25,000 per year.
• New Owner/Operator Acquiring an Existing Drycleaning Facility after 5/24/00 Electing to be Covered (22-30D-6(b)) – 2% of the gross receipts earned in Alabama by the prior owner/operator during the prior calendar year less the amount paid by prior owner/operator, not to exceed $25,000.
• New Owner/Operator Establishing a New Drycleaning Facility after 5/24/00 Electing to be Covered (22-30D-6(c)) – One-time registration fee of $5,000 for the first year of operation; for the second year of operation, the greater of $5,000 or 2% of the gross receipts earned for prior calendar year, not to exceed $25,000. For each year thereafter, see “Owner/Operator of an Existing Drycleaning Facility” above.
• Wholesale Distributors of Drycleaning Agents (22-30D-6(d)) – $5,000 per year
• Owner of Abandoned Drycleaning Facility or Impacted Third Party (22-30D-6(m)) $5,000 per year per site

The registration fee shall be paid quarterly by each owner or operator to the Department of Revenue through the My Alabama Taxes (MAT) filing system: one-fourth (1/4) on April 1, one-fourth (1/4) on July 1, one-fourth (1/4) on October 1, and one-fourth (1/4) on January 1, and shall become delinquent on the 20th day of each said month. The registration fee shall be paid annually by each wholesale distributor to the Department of Revenue on April 1 and shall become delinquent on the 20th day of April. No discounts apply for timely payment. Note: If paying via EFT, the EFT payment information must be transmitted by 4:00 p.m. (Central Standard Time) on or before the due date, to be considered timely paid.