Tariff Form No. 8-A
PUBLIC NOTICE OF CHANGE IN RATES UPON APPLICATION
WITHOUT PROPOSED EFFECTIVE DATES
NOTICE is hereby given that Valero Terrestrial Corporation d/b/a Brooke County
Landfill, a ommercial solid waste facility and a public utility, has, on September 9,
2025, filed with the PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION OF WEST VIRGINIA an
Application containing increased rates and charges for furnishing landfill waste
disposal services to approximately 90 customers at the Brooke County Landfill in
Colliers, Brooke County, West Virginia.
The Brooke County Landfill is owned and operated by Valero Terrestrial Corporation,
a West Virginia corporation, and the landfill operates under authority of a Solid Waste
Facility Permit issued by the West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection
and a Certificate of Need issued by the West Virginia Public Service Commission.
The Applicant is seeking an increase in its base disposal tariff rate at the Brooke
County Landfill for non-specialty waste from $39.46 per ton to $55.71 per ton,
exclusive of assessment fees, an increase of approximately 41%. The Applicant’s last
increase in its disposal tariff rate was in August 2021. The proposed increased rates
and charges will produce approximately $1,284,809 annually in additional revenue.
The proposed increased rates will not become effective until approved by the
Commission. The Applicant’s present authorized rates and its proposed rates are as
follows:
PRESENT AUTHORIZED RATES PROPOSED RATES
Non-specialty Waste – Non-specialty Waste – Commercial Haulers, Cities Commercial Haulers, Cities and General Public and General Public
Rate: $36.12 per ton Rate: $52.37 per ton
Closure and Post-closure Closure and Post-closure Escrow – $3.34 per ton Escrow – $3.34 per ton
TOTAL RATE: $39.46 per ton TOTAL RATE: $55.71 per ton
Both the present and proposed rates referenced above are exclusive of any
legislatively mandated or authorized per-ton assessment fees and any other per-ton
assessment fees due to any governmental entity. The Applicant has no resale
customers.
The increases shown are based on averages of all customers in the indicated class.
Each class may receive an increase or decrease greater or less than stated here.
Individual customers may receive increases that are greater or less than average.
Furthermore, the requested rates and charges are only a proposal and are subject to
change (increases or decreases) by the Public Service Commission in its review of
this filing. Any increase in rates and charges will not become effective until authorized
and approved by the Commission. If a hearing is scheduled, notice will be given of the
time and place of hearing.
Anyone desiring to protest or intervene should file a written protest or notice of
intervention within thirty (30) days, unless otherwise modified by Commission Order.
Failure to file a timely protest or intervene can affect your rights to protest any rate
increases or to participate in future proceedings. All protests or requests to intervene
should briefly state the reason for the protest or intervention. Requests to intervene
must comply with the Commission’s rules on intervention set forth in the
Commission’s Rules of Practice and Procedure. All interventions may be mailed and
may be addressed to the Executive Secretary, Public Service Commission of West
Virginia, P.O. Box 812, 201 Brooks Street, Charleston, West Virginia 25323, or
hand-delivered. Protests may be filed online through the Commission website using
the “Submit a Comment” link, or may be mailed or hand delivered to the Executive
Secretary at the above address.
A complete copy of the proposed rates, as well as a representative of the company to
provide any information requested concerning it, is available to all customers,
prospective customers, or their agents, at the office of the company at: 1118 Petrillo
Road, Colliers, West Virginia 26035, or at 2650 Audubon Road, Audubon,
Pennsylvania 19403.
A copy of the proposed rates is also available for public inspection at the office of the
Executive Secretary of the PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION at 201 Brooks Street,
Charleston, West Virginia.
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