WM01302 Island Waste Management Corporation Application for an Increase in its Rates and Charges Notice of Application TAKE NOTICE that the Island Waste Management Corporation ("IWMC" or the "Corporation") has applied to the Island Regulatory and Appeals Commission (the "Commission") for approval of increases in its rates and charges for waste management services provided throughout the province. The application states that the Corporation requires approximately $570,000 in additional annual revenues. IWMC states that its mandate is to balance a cost effective and environmentally responsible provincial waste management system for both residential and commercial sectors of P.E.I. IWMC has not adjusted rates since 2006 and has experienced annual inflationary operating cost increases. A summary of the proposed increases is set out below: Fee Category Proposed Fee Increase  Projected Revenue Increase Household User Fee $4.85 per Unit $286,000 Cottage User Fee $4.85 per Unit $40,000 Cottage Extended $4.85 per Unit $2,000 Commercial Tip Rate $1.00 per tonne $30,000 Waste Watch Drop-off Centre (WWDC)  No Change  Nil  Material Type Rate Charges  See Application Schedule A(1.1)  $212,000 Total   $570,000 Also, beginning in 2011, the Corporation seeks permission to adjust all rates annually for inflationary increases as measured by the annual CPI change, without further Commission approval. These adjustments would only be applied if annual financial statements support the change. HOW TO SEE THE APPLICATION A complete copy of the application can be obtained by clicking here (136KB pdf file) . Any person wishing to obtain a hard copy of the application can do so by writing to Island Waste Management Corporation at the address below. HOW TO COMMENT AND ASK QUESTIONS Any person wishing to comment on the application can do so by writing to the Commission at the address below. In order to be considered, comments must be received by Friday, November 20, 2009. Persons wishing to pose questions to Island Waste Management Corporation on the application may do so by filing their questions, in writing, with the Corporation on or before Friday, November 20, 2009. Questions posed to Island Waste Management Corporation must be answered by the Corporation, in writing, on or before Friday, December 4, 2009. Copies of both written questions and written answers must be copied to, or filed with, the Commission not later than Friday, December 11, 2009 in order to be considered.   INTERROGATORIES AND RESPONSES RECEIVED December 7, 2009 December 1, 2009 November 18, 2009 FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION Additional information on the application can be obtained by contacting Island Waste Management Corporation at (902) 894-0330. Written communications should be forwarded to: Gerry Moore Chief Executive Officer Island Waste Management Corporation 110 Watts Ave. Charlottetown, PE C1E 2C1 email: gmoore@iwmc.pe.ca Attention: IWMC Rate Application Island Regulatory & Appeals Commission P.O. Box 577 Charlottetown, PE  C1A 7L1 email: info@irac.pe.ca DATED at Charlottetown, this 6th day of November, 2009. Posted: 2009/11/09 * The Adobe Acrobat Reader is required to view and print PDF documents. The Reader can be downloaded free of charge from Adobe Systems Incorporated by clicking here. Please note that large PDF files (>400 KB) should be saved to disk before opening. In certain instances, large PDF files will "time out" when opened directly from a web site. This can be avoided by saving to disk and then opening the file locally.