Delaware non-hazardous liquid transporter bonds.
$100 flat.
DNREC makes proof of bonding part of every Non-Hazardous Liquid Waste Transporters Permit application, and 7 DE Admin. Code 7101 § 5.3.32.4 calls for a bond of at least $5,000, the sum DNREC’s own form prints. Ours is $100 flat. Septage, holding-tank and biosolids haulers need it; for other liquid waste, confirm with DNREC first.
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How much does a Delaware non-hazardous liquid transporter bond cost?
$100 at the $5,000 amount, the same for every applicant.
Three steps. One sitting.
A $5,000 permit bond is about the simplest thing in surety. Here’s the entire process, from the application to your DNREC upload:
Apply online
Business details, an effective date, a term, and the three permit details DNREC’s bond form calls for: permit number, county and permit date. The application collects no credit information.
Pay & e-sign
Permit bonds like this are among the thousands of bond types that issue right after purchase. Your executed bond and power of attorney arrive by email.
Upload to DNREC ePermitting
Upload the bond as the “Copy of bond” with your new, renewal or amendment application in DNREC’s ePermitting system. DNREC puts every transporter application on public notice for 15 days, so file early.
What it is and who needs it.
What the bond actually guarantees
Hauling septic waste in Delaware takes two credentials from the Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control (DNREC): a Class F liquid waste hauler license for the people who do the pumping, and a Non-Hazardous Liquid Waste Transporters Permit for the operation. Section 5.3.32.1 of the state’s on-site wastewater regulations (7 DE Admin. Code 7101) bars anyone from hauling, conveying or transporting non-hazardous liquid waste in any container without both. To obtain the permit, Section 5.3.32.2 says the applicant must submit a completed application and demonstrate proof of bonding, and Section 5.3.32.4.3 requires a bond of at least $5,000. DNREC’s own bond form is printed at exactly $5,000.
It’s a three-party arrangement: you (the principal), the surety, and the State of Delaware (the obligee). DNREC’s form binds you and the surety to the State for the use and benefit of DNREC, and the regulation conditions the bond on the fulfillment of all requirements related to the permit (Section 5.3.32.4.2): watertight tanks and leak-free hoses, your name, address and permit number on both sides of every truck, and discharge only at approved sites and treatment facilities (Section 5.3.32.5). Before anything is paid, DNREC must notify you and the surety of the specific deficiencies, give you 60 days to correct them, and find that some remain uncorrected; only then does the bond pay the cost of properly fulfilling the permit (Section 5.3.32.4.6).
It is not insurance for you — if the surety pays, you repay the surety. Liability runs until your permit’s expiration date, and DNREC releases the bond once it determines that every permit condition the bond covered was fulfilled (Section 5.3.32.4.4). DNREC’s form carries the permit number and the bond’s effective and expiration dates, so match them to your permit, and keep the bond current: DNREC wants a copy with every new, renewal and amendment application. We track your term and send renewal notices 60 and 30 days out.
Which haulers does it cover? DNREC’s standard transporter permit conditions call for the $5,000 bond when the permittee transports septage, holding tank waste, or municipal and/or industrial biosolids and sludge from package treatment plants, and DNREC’s application documents list the bond as “if applicable.” If you haul something else (grease-trap waste, portable-toilet waste or industrial process wastewater, for example), confirm with DNREC’s Division of Water Licensing at 302-739-9116 before you buy. The carrier’s application asks for your permit number, county and permit date; if you are applying for your first permit and have no number yet, ask the same office what to enter.
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Claims, renewal, filing, and what sets the price.
If a claim is made
A claim comes from the party the bond protects, the obligee named on the form, when the duty the bond guarantees is not met.
The surety investigates and pays a valid claim, up to the $5,000 bond amount. You then repay the surety: a surety bond is a guarantee of your performance, not insurance for you.
Renewal and term
The premium covers a one-year term from the effective date you choose; a longer term is the same price per year, chosen at checkout.
Renew before the expiry date to keep the bond in force: the license, permit or contract it backs expects continuous coverage.
How to file it
Upload to DNREC ePermitting. Upload the bond as the “Copy of bond” with your new, renewal or amendment application in DNREC’s ePermitting system. DNREC puts every transporter application on public notice for 15 days, so file early.
What sets the price
The premium is fixed at $100 at the $5,000 amount for every applicant: the carrier’s rate book prices this bond by the form, not by your credit or your business profile.
One application, issued instantly.
These are the actual issuing fields — business details, an effective date, a term, and your DNREC permit number, county and permit date. The application collects no credit information.
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