oregon waste systems environmental argued january decided april page together columbia resource environmental quality commission state oregon also certiorari oregon imposes per ton surcharge disposal solid waste generated per ton fee disposal waste generated within oregon petitioners sought review surcharge state appeals challenging administrative rule establishing surcharge enabling statutes inter alia commerce clause upheld statutes rule state affirmed despite oregon statutes explicit reference waste geographical location reasoned surcharge express nexus actual costs incurred state local government rendered facially constitutional compensatory fee held oregon surcharge facially invalid negative commerce clause pp first step analyzing law negative commerce clause determine whether discriminates regulates evenhandedly incidental effects interstate commerce restriction discriminatory favors economic interests counterparts virtually per se invalid contrast nondiscriminatory regulations valid unless burden imposed interstate commerce clearly page ii excessive relation putative local benefits pike bruce church oregon surcharge obviously discriminatory face subjects waste fee almost three times greater charge imposed waste statutory determinant whether fee applies whether waste generated state alleged compensatory aim surcharge bearing whether facially discriminatory see chemical waste management hunt pp surcharge discriminatory virtually per se rule invalidity pike balancing test provides proper legal standard cases thus surcharge must invalidated unless respondents show advances legitimate local purpose adequately served reasonable nondiscriminatory alternatives neither respondents justifications passes strict scrutiny surcharge justified compensatory tax necessary make shippers waste pay fair share disposal costs must rough equivalent identifiable substantially similar surcharge intrastate commerce however respondents failed identify specific charge intrastate commerce equal exceeding surcharge per ton fee waste challenged surcharge even assuming various means general taxation state income taxes serve roughly equivalent intrastate burden respondents argument fails levies imposed substantially equivalent events taxes earning income utilizing oregon landfills entirely different kinds taxes surcharge justified respondents argument oregon valid interest spreading costs disposal oregon waste waste oregonians oregon scheme necessarily results shippers waste bearing full costs disposal shippers oregon waste bearing less full cost necessarily incorporates illegitimate protectionist objective wyoming oklahoma recharacterizing surcharge resource protectionism discouraging importation waste order conserve landfill space waste hardly advances respondents cause state may accord inhabitants preferred right access consumers natural resources philadelphia new jersey sporhase nebraska distinguished pp thomas delivered opinion stevens scalia kennedy souter ginsburg joined rehnquist filed dissenting opinion blackmun joined oregon waste systems environmental justice thomas delivered opinion two terms ago chemical waste management hunt held negative commerce clause prohibited alabama imposing higher fee disposal alabama landfills hazardous waste disposal identical waste alabama reaching conclusion however left open possibility differential surcharge might valid based costs disposing waste slip today must decide whether oregon purportedly surcharge disposal solid waste generated violates commerce clause oregon waste systems environmental like oregon comprehensively regulates disposal solid wastes within borders respondent oregon department environmental quality oversees state regulatory scheme developing executing plans management reduction recycling solid wastes fund related activities oregon levies wide range fees landfill operators see rev stat oregon legislature imposed additional fee called surcharge every person disposes solid waste generated disposal site regional disposal site effective amount surcharge left respondent environmental quality commission commission determine rulemaking legislature require resulting surcharge based costs state oregon political subdivisions disposing solid waste generated otherwise paid specified statutes conclusion rulemaking process commission set surcharge waste per ton admin rule conjunction surcharge legislature imposed fee disposal oregon waste systems environmental waste generated within oregon see fee capped statute per ton originally per ton considerably lower fee imposed waste subsequently legislature conditionally extended per ton fee waste addition per ton surcharge proviso surcharge survived judicial challenge per ton fee limited waste ch anticipated challenge long coming petitioners oregon waste systems oregon waste columbia resource company crc joined gilliam county oregon sought expedited review surcharge oregon appeals oregon waste owns operates solid waste landfill gilliam county accepts final disposal solid waste generated oregon crc pursuant contract clark county neighboring washington state transports solid waste via barge clark county landfill morrow county oregon petitioners challenged administrative rule establishing surcharge enabling statutes state law commerce clause constitution oregon appeals upheld statutes rule gilliam county department oregon waste systems environmental environmental quality state affirmed gilliam county department environmental quality oregon commerce clause recognized oregon surcharge resembled alabama fee invalidated chemical waste management hunt prescribed higher fees disposal waste nevertheless viewed similarity superficial despite explicit reference waste geographic origin reasoned oregon surcharge facially discriminatory ecause express nexus actual costs incurred state local government nexus distinguished chemical waste supra rendering surcharge compensatory fee viewed prima facie reasonable say facially constitutional ibid read case law invalidating compensatory fees manifestly disproportionate services rendered ibid quoting clark paul gray oregon law restricts scope judicial review expedited proceedings deciding facial legality administrative rules statutes underlying oregon deemed precluded deciding factual question whether surcharge waste disproportionate granted certiorari decision conflicted recent decision oregon waste systems environmental appeals seventh circuit reverse ii commerce clause provides congress shall power regulate commerce among several art cl though phrased grant regulatory power congress clause long understood negative aspect denies power unjustifiably discriminate burden interstate flow articles commerce see wyoming oklahoma slip welton missouri framers granted congress plenary authority interstate commerce conviction order succeed new union avoid tendencies toward economic balkanization plagued relations among colonies later among articles confederation hughes oklahoma see generally federalist madison principle economic unit nation alone gamut powers necessary control economy corollary separable economic units hood sons du mond consistent principles held first step analyzing law subject judicial scrutiny negative commerce clause determine whether regulates evenhandedly incidental effects interstate commerce discriminates interstate commerce hughes supra see also chemical waste slip oregon waste systems environmental use term discrimination simply means differential treatment economic interests benefits former burdens latter restriction commerce discriminatory virtually per se invalid slip see also philadelphia new jersey contrast nondiscriminatory regulations incidental effects interstate commerce valid unless burden imposed commerce clearly excessive relation putative local benefits pike bruce church chemical waste easily found alabama surcharge hazardous waste facially discriminatory imposed higher fee disposal waste disposal identical waste slip deem equally obvious oregon per ton surcharge discriminatory face surcharge subjects waste fee almost three times greater per ton charge imposed solid waste statutory determinant fee applies particular shipment solid waste oregon landfill whether waste generated well established however law discriminatory tax es transaction incident heavily crosses state lines occurs entirely within state chemical waste supra slip quoting armco hardesty see also american trucking scheiner oregon waste systems environmental respondents argue oregon held statutory nexus surcharge otherwise uncompensated costs state oregon political subdivisions disposing solid waste generated necessarily precludes finding surcharge discriminatory find respondents narrow focus oregon compensatory aim foreclosed precedents reiterated chemical waste purpose justification law bearing whether facially discriminatory see slip see also philadelphia supra consequently even surcharge merely recoups costs disposing waste oregon fact remains differential charge favors shippers oregon waste counterparts handling waste generated making geographic distinction surcharge patently discriminates interstate commerce iii oregon surcharge discriminatory virtually per se rule invalidity provides proper legal standard pike balancing test result surcharge must invalidated unless respondents sho advances legitimate local oregon waste systems environmental purpose adequately served reasonable nondiscriminatory alternatives new energy indiana limbach see also chemical waste supra slip cases require justifications discriminatory restrictions commerce pass strictest scrutiny hughes supra state burden justification heavy facial discrimination may fatal defect ibid see also westinghouse elec tully maryland louisiana outset note two justifications respondents presented claim made disposal waste imposes higher costs oregon political subdivisions disposal waste also respondents offered safety health reason unique nonhazardous waste discouraging flow waste oregon cf maine taylor upholding ban importation baitfish maine baitfish subject parasites completely foreign maine baitfish consequently respondents must come forward legitimate reasons subject waste oregon waste systems environmental higher charge levied waste oregon respondents offer two reasons address respondents principal defense higher surcharge waste compensatory tax necessary make shippers waste pay fair share costs imposed oregon disposal waste state chemical waste noted possibility argument might justify discriminatory surcharge tax waste see slip making observation implicitly recognized settled principle interstate commerce may made pay way complete auto transit brady see also maryland supra purpose commerce clause relieve engaged interstate commerce share state tax burden western live stock bureau revenue see also henneford silas mason nevertheless one central purposes clause prevent exacting share interstate commerce dept revenue washington association washington stevedoring emphasis added see also northwestern portland cement minnesota least since decision hinson lott wall principles found expression compensatory complementary tax doctrine though cases sometimes discuss concept compensatory tax doctrine unto merely specific way justifying facially discriminatory tax achieving legitimate local purpose oregon waste systems environmental achieved nondiscriminatory means see chemical waste supra slip referring compensatory tax doctrine justif ication facially discriminatory tax doctrine facially discriminatory tax imposes interstate commerce rough equivalent identifiable substantially similar tax intrastate commerce offend negative commerce clause maryland supra see also tyler pipe washington state department revenue armco justify charge interstate commerce compensatory tax state must threshold matter identif intrastate tax burden state attempting compensate maryland supra burden identified tax interstate commerce must shown roughly approximate exceed amount tax intrastate commerce see alaska arctic maid finally events interstate intrastate taxes imposed must substantially equivalent must sufficiently similar substance serve mutually exclusive prox ies armco supra justice cardozo explained henneford truly compensatory tax scheme stranger afar subject greater burdens consequence ownership dweller within gates one pays upon one activity incident upon another sum reckoning closed oregon waste systems environmental although often mean feat determine whether challenged tax compensatory tax little difficulty concluding oregon surcharge tax oregon impose specific charge least per ton shippers waste generated oregon surcharge might considered compensatory fact analogous charge disposal oregon waste per ton approximately amount imposed waste see respondents failure identify specific charge intrastate commerce equal exceeding surcharge fatal claim see maryland respondents argue despite absence specific per ton charge waste intrastate commerce pay share costs underlying surcharge general taxation whether oregon waste systems environmental true difficult determine general tax payments received general purposes government upon proper receipt lost general revenues flast cohen harlan dissenting even assuming however various means general taxation income taxes serve identifiable intrastate burden roughly equivalent surcharge respondents compensatory tax argument fails levies imposed substantially equivalent events prototypical example substantially equivalent taxable events sale use articles trade see henneford supra fact use taxes products purchased state taxes upheld recent memory compensatory tax doctrine see ibid typifying recent reluctance recognize new categories compensatory taxes armco held manufacturing wholesaling substantially equivalent events view earning income disposing waste oregon landfills even less equivalent manufacturing wholesaling indeed fact shippers waste oregon waste charged surcharge even though pay oregon income taxes refutes respondents argument respective taxable events substantially equivalent see ibid conclude far substantially equivalent taxes earning income utilizing oregon landfills entirely different kind tax es washington inclined scheiner plunge morass weighing comparative oregon waste systems environmental tax burdens comparing taxes dissimilar events internal quotation marks omitted respondents final argument oregon interest spreading costs disposal oregon waste oregonians citizens oregon benefit proper disposal waste oregon respondents claim proper oregon require bear costs disposing waste state higher general tax burden time however oregon citizens required bear costs disposing waste respondents claim necessary result limited require shippers waste bear full costs disposal permit shippers oregon waste bear less full cost fail perceive distinction respondents contention claim state interest reducing costs handling waste cases condemn illegitimate however governmental interest unrelated economic protectionism wyoming slip regulating interstate commerce way give handle domestic articles commerce cost advantage competitors handling similar oregon waste systems environmental items produced elsewhere constitutes protectionism see new energy give controlling effect respondents characterization oregon tax scheme seemingly benign require us overlook fact scheme necessarily incorporates protectionist objective well cf bacchus imports dias rejecting hawaii attempt justify discriminatory tax exemption local liquor producers conferring benefit opposed burdening liquor producers respondents counter oregon engaged form protectionism resource protectionism economic protectionism true discouraging flow waste oregon landfills higher surcharge waste conserves space landfills waste generated oregon recharacterizing surcharge resource protectionism hardly advances respondents cause however even assuming landfill space natural resource state may accord inhabitants preferred right access consumers natural resources located within borders philadelphia held oregon waste systems environmental century ago state guise exerting police powers impose burden applicable solely articles commerce produced manufactured courts find difficulty holding legislation conflict constitution guy baltimore decision sporhase nebraska contrary held state may grant limited preference citizens utilization ground water holding premised several different factors tied simple fact life water unlike natural resources essential human survival sporhase therefore provides support respondents position may erect financial barrier flow waste oregon landfills see fort gratiot slip however serious shortage landfill space may post state may attempt isolate problem common several raising barriers free flow interstate trade chemical waste slip iv recognize broad discretion configure systems taxation deem appropriate see commonwealth edison montana boston stock exchange state tax intimate discretion regard others bounded relevant limitations federal constitution case negative commerce clause respondents offered legitimate reason subject waste generated discriminatory surcharge approximately oregon waste systems environmental three times high imposed waste generated oregon surcharge facially invalid negative commerce clause accordingly judgment oregon reversed cases remanded proceedings inconsistent opinion ordered footnotes result shippers solid waste currently charged per ton dispose waste oregon landfills compared per ton fee charged dispose oregon waste landfills refer hereinafter surcharge per ton fee refunded shippers waste surcharge upheld ch challenged government suppliers consolidating bayh cert denied dissent argues per ton surcharge minimal amount considered discriminatory even though surcharge expressly applies waste generated oregon waste systems environmental post dissent attempt reconcile novel understanding discrimination precedents clearly establish degree differential burden charge interstate commerce measures extent discrimination relevance determination whether state discriminated interstate commerce wyoming oklahoma slip see also maryland louisiana need know unequal ax concluding discriminates fact commission fixed per ton cost disposing solid waste oregon landfills without reference origin waste record oregon economic consultant recognized per ton costs waste course waste impose higher costs oregon waste oregon recover increased cost differential charge waste reason apart origin solid waste coming outside state treated differently fort gratiot landfill michigan dept natural resources slip cf mullaney anderson toomer witsell oregon though terming surcharge compensatory fee relied legal standard user fee cases see citing example airport authority dist oregon waste systems environmental delta airlines clark paul gray compensatory tax cases cited text rather user fee cases controlling latter apply charge imposed state use transportation facilities services commonwealth edison montana undisputed chemical waste landfills question owned private entities including oregon waste surcharge plainly user fee nevertheless even surcharge somehow viewed user fee sustained given discriminates interstate commerce see evansville supra guy baltimore cf northwest airlines county kent slip user fee valid extent discriminate interstate commerce note respondents like dissent post ignore fact shippers waste likelihood pay income taxes portion might well used pay waste reduction activities oregon waste systems environmental furthermore permitting discriminatory taxes interstate commerce compensate charges purportedly included general forms intrastate taxation allow state tax interstate commerce heavily commerce anytime entities involved interstate commerce happened use facilities supported general state tax funds government suppliers consolidating bayh decline respondents invitation open expansive loophole carefully confined compensatory tax jurisprudence recognize commerce clause prohibit state action designed give residents advantage marketplace action description connection state regulation interstate commerce new energy indiana limbach cf metropolitan life ins ward new energy confront patently discriminatory law plainly connected regulation interstate commerce therefore occasion decide whether oregon validly accomplish limited market participant doctrine hughes alexandria scrap means unrelated regulation interstate commerce oregon waste systems environmental chief justice rehnquist justice blackmun joins dissenting landfill space evaporates solid waste accumulates state local governments expend financial political capital develop trash control systems efficient lawful protective environment state oregon responsibly attempted address solid waste disposal problem enactment comprehensive regulatory scheme management disposal reduction recycling solid waste oregon applauded regulatory scheme included fee charged solid waste oregon legislature directed commission determine appropriate surcharge based costs disposing solid waste generated oregon waste systems environmental commission arrived surcharge per ton compared per ton charged solid waste admin rule surcharge works increase per week typical solid waste producer brief respondent seems small price pay right deposit garbage rubbish refuse sewage sludge septic tank cesspool pumpings sludge manure dead animals infectious waste neighbors nearly years ago held state ban waste disposal protecting hazardous noxious materials brought across state borders philadelphia new jersey two terms ago chemical waste management hunt striking state alabama per ton fee disposal hazardous waste left open possibility fee valid based costs disposing waste slip however philadelphia chemical waste oregon waste systems environmental management cranks dormant commerce clause ratchet striking fees ties hands addressing vexing national problem solid waste disposal dissent americans generated nearly million tons municipal solid waste increase million tons see environmental protection agency characterization municipal solid waste update current projections americans produce million tons garbage year ibid generating solid waste never problem finding environmentally safe disposal sites estimated percent solid waste landfills nation reached capacity nevertheless stubbornly refuses acknowledge clean healthy environment unthreatened improper disposal solid waste commodity really issue cases see chemical waste management supra rehnquist dissenting fort gratiot sanitary landfill michigan dept natural resources rehnquist dissenting notwithstanding identified shortage landfill space nation notes little difficulty ante concluding oregon surcharge operate compensatory tax designed offset loss available landfill space state caused influx waste reaches nonchalant conclusion state failed identify specific charge intrastate commerce equal exceeding surcharge ibid emphasis added myopic focus differential fees ignores fact producers solid waste support oregon regulatory program state income taxes paying oregon waste systems environmental indirectly numerous fees imposed landfill operators dumping fee waste et seq confirmed sporhase nebraska ex rel douglas state may enact comprehensive regulatory system address environmental problem threat natural resources within confines commerce clause context threatened ground water depletion stated bviously state imposes severe withdrawal use restrictions citizens discriminating interstate commerce seeks prevent uncontrolled transfer water state point made clean safe environment cases state imposes restrictions ability citizens dispose solid waste effort promote clean safe environment discriminating interstate commerce preventing uncontrolled transfer solid waste state availability safe landfill disposal sites oregon occur chance regulatory scheme state oregon inspects landfill sites monitors waste streams promotes recycling imposes per ton disposal fee waste et seq effort curb threat residents harm environment create health safety problems excessive unmonitored solid waste disposal depletion clean safe environment follow oregon must accept waste landfills without sharing disposal costs commerce clause require state abide outcome natural resource indicia good publicly produced owned state may favor citizens times shortage sporhase supra shortage available landfill space upon us oregon waste systems environmental comes accompanying health safety hazards flowing improper disposal solid wastes long acknowledged distinction economic protectionism health safety regulation promulgated oregon see hood sons du mond far neutralizing economic situation oregon producers producers analysis turns commerce clause head oregon neighbors operate competitive advantage oregon counterparts produce solid waste reckless abandon avoid paying concomitant state taxes develop new landfills clean retired landfill sites understand solid waste article commerce philadelphia commodity sold marketplace rather disposed cost state petitioners buy garbage put landfills solid waste producers pay petitioners take waste oregon solid waste producers compete businesses sale solid waste thus fees alter price product competing products common purchasers anything striking fees works disadvantage oregon businesses alone pay nondisposal fees associated solid waste landfill siting landfill insurance cover environmental accidents transportation improvement costs associated waste shipped state recognized collection disposal solid wastes continue primarily function state regional local agencies quoting ed today leaves two options become dumper ship much waste possible less oregon waste systems environmental populated state become dumpee stoically accept waste densely populated asserts state offered safety health reasons discouraging flow solid waste oregon ante disagree availability environmentally sound landfill space proper disposal solid waste strike justifiable safety health rationales fee far back turn century recognized control collection disposal solid waste legitimate nonarbitrary exercise police powers protect health safety see california reduction sanitary reduction works holding exclusive privilege one company dispose garbage city county san francisco void taking property householders public use without compensation gardner michigan holding property rights individuals must subordinated general good owner garbage suffers loss destruction compensated therefor common benefit secured regulation requiring garbage destroyed exercising legitimate police powers regulating solid waste disposal oregon needlessly obstruct ing interstate trade attempt ing place position economic isolation maine taylor internal quotation marks omitted upholding maine ban importation live baitfish ground serves legitimate governmental interest protecting maine indigenous fish population parasites prevalent baitfish quite contrary oregon accepts waste part comprehensive solid waste regulatory program retains broad regulatory authority protect health safety citizens integrity natural resources oregon waste systems environmental ibid moreover congress also recognized taxes effective method discouraging consumption natural resources contexts cf supp iv tax chemicals ed supp iv gas guzzler excise tax nothing change analysis natural resource landfill space created regulated state first place sweeping ruling makes distinction publicly privately owned landfills rejects argument user fee cases apply context since landfills owned petitioners private user fee analysis applies charge imposed state use transportation facilities services ante quoting commonwealth edison montana rather stopping however majority goes note even oregon surcharge viewed user fee sustained given discriminates interstate commerce ante quoting airport authority dist delta airlines need make dubious assertion specifically left unanswered question whether state local government regulate disposal solid waste landfills owned government philadelphia supra undoubtedly faced question directly future roughly percent landfills receiving municipal solid waste state locally owned environmental protection agency resource conservation recovery act subtitle study phase report table noted timber development wunnicke state oregon waste systems environmental acting market participant rather market regulator dormant commerce clause places limitation activities see also wyoming oklahoma similarly state owned operated park recreational facility allowed charge differential fees users resource see baldwin fish game montana upholding montana higher nonresident elk hunting license fees compensate state conservation expenditures taxes residents pay recently upheld differential fees reasonableness standard northwest airlines county kent despite fact fees precisely tied costs services provided publicly owned airport relied commerce clause analysis evansville supra stated evansville least long toll based fair approximation use privilege use neither discriminatory interstate commerce excessive comparison governmental benefit conferred pass constitutional muster even though formula might reflect exactly relative use state facilities individual users oregon waste systems environmental begrudgingly concedes interstate commerce may made pay way ante yet finds oregon nominal surcharge exact share interstate commerce ibid escapes additional per week cost average solid waste producer constitutes anything type incidental effects interstate commerce endorsed majority internal quotation marks omitted evenhanded regulations imposing incidental effects interstate commerce must upheld unless burden imposed commerce clearly excessive relation putative local benefits pike bruce church majority finds per week beyond pale one left wonder possibly contemplated stated absence conflicting legislation congress residuum power state make laws governing matters local concern nevertheless measure affect interstate commerce even extent regulate hunt washington state apple advertising quoting southern pacific arizona ex rel sullivan state oregon prohibiting export solid waste neighboring asking neighbors pay fair share use oregon landfill sites see nothing commerce clause compels less densely populated oregon waste systems environmental serve dumping grounds neighbors suffering attendant risks solid waste landfills present deciding otherwise limits dwindling options available contend environmental health safety political challenges posed problem solid waste disposal modern society foregoing reasons respectfully dissent surcharge composed following identified costs statewide activities reducing environmental risks improving solid waste management reimbursements state tax credits public subsidies solid waste reduction activities related review certification waste reduction recycling plans increased environmental liability lost disposal capacity publicly supported infrastructure nuisance impacts transportation pet cert per ton fee imposed waste exceeds per ton fee imposed waste per ton one ton equals pounds assuming hypothetical nonresident generates pounds garbage per month ton nonresident garbage bill increase per month page