Florida Administrative Code › 40 - WATER MANAGEMENT DISTRICTS › 40C - St. Johns River Water Management District › Chapter 40C-1 - ORGANIZATION AND PROCEDURE › Part VI - LICENSES AND PERMITS › Section 40C-1.603 - Permit Fees

Current through Reg. 50, No. 138; July 16, 2024
A fee is required and shall be paid to the District when
					 certain applications or petitions are filed pursuant to District rules or
					 permit programs delegated to the District. Effective October 1, 1990,
					 governmental entities shall be required to submit the fees established except
					 as provided in subsections (16) through (18). This fee recovers some of the
					 District's costs of processing applications.
The fee schedule is:
(1) Chapter 40C-2, F.A.C., consumptive use
								permits:
(a) Applications for consumptive use
								permits.
1. Consumptive use permits greater than 500, 000
								gallons of water per day
$1, 000
2. Consumptive use permits equal to or less than
								500, 000 gallons of water per day
$400
3. Consumptive use permits less than 100, 000
								gallons of water per day
$100
4. Consumptive use permits where the use does not
								exceed the thresholds in subsection
								 40C-2.041(1),
								F.A.C.
$50
(b)
				  Modifications of consumptive use permits.
1. Consumptive use permits where the total
								allocation requested (existing plus any proposed increase) is greater than 500,
								000 gallons of water per day
$200
2. Consumptive use permits where the total
								allocation requested (existing plus any proposed increase) is equal to or less
								than 500, 000 gallons of water per day
3. Consumptive use permits where the total
								allocation requested (existing plus any proposed increase) is less than 100,
								000 gallons of water per day
4. Consumptive use permit where the use does not
								exceed the thresholds in subsection
								 40C-2.041(1),
								F.A.C.
$100
$50
$25
5. No fee
				  will be charged for early renewal of an existing permit for implementation of a
				  project that provides a water quantity benefit to a water resource.
6. No fee will be charged for modification of
				  an existing permit applied for by letter pursuant to rule
				   40C-2.331, F.A.C., regardless of
				  withdrawal amount.
(2) Chapter 40C-3, F.A.C.,
				  well construction, repair or abandonment permit.
(a) Public water supply well
$250
(b) All other wells
$120
(c) Abandonment of a well
$0
(d) Variances
$100
(3)
				  Chapter 62-330, F.A.C., individual or conceptual environmental resource permits
				  (excluding mitigation bank permits):
(a) New
				  applications (excluding projects described in paragraphs (3)(b) and (3)(c),
				  below) - based on the categories below:
1. Project with no works in, on, or over wetlands
								and other surface waters, no boat slips, and:
a. Total project area of less than 10 acres
$490
b. Total project area of more than 10 acres but
								less than 40 acres
$1, 190
2. Total project area of less than 10 acres, less
								than 1 acre of works in, on, or over wetlands and other surface waters, and
								less than 10 new boat slips
$1, 190
3. Project exceeds any of the thresholds in
								subparagraph (3)(a)2., above, but involves a total project area of less than 40
								acres, less than 3 acres of works in, on, or over wetlands and other surface
								waters, and less than 30 new boat slips
$2, 110
4. Project exceeds any of the thresholds in
								subparagraph (3)(a)3., above, but involves a total project area of less than
								100 acres, less than 10 acres of works in, on, or over wetlands and other
								surface waters, and less than 50 new boat slips
$5, 610
5. Project exceeds any of the thresholds in
								subparagraph (3)(a)4., above, but involves a total project area of less than
								640 acres, and less than 50 acres of works in, on, or over wetlands and other
								surface waters
$5, 610
6. Project exceeds any of the thresholds in
								subparagraph (3)(a)5., above
$9, 120
7. When a project requires a Chapter 40C-44,
								F.A.C., environmental resource agricultural system permit with no works in, on,
								or over wetlands and other surface waters, the fee will be the same as the fee
								under subsection (10), below, based on the acreage.
(b) New applications for environmental restoration
								or enhancement activities (not associated with a mitigation bank and not
								implemented as mitigation). For purposes of this fee category, "environmental
								restoration or enhancement" means actions designed and implemented solely to
								convert degraded or altered uplands, wetlands, or other surface waters back to
								communities typical of those historically present, or to improve the ecological
								value of wetlands or other surface waters in comparison to their existing
								condition.
$250
(c) New applications solely for stormwater retrofit
								projects
$250
(d) Major
				  modifications of Chapter 62-330, F.A.C., individual or conceptual environmental
				  resource permits (excluding mitigation bank permits):
1. Major modifications that are consistent with an
								existing conceptual approval permit
50% of the fee for a new permit under paragraph
								(3)(a), above, for the activity proposed in the modification
2. Major modifications to a permit that increase
								the total project area
Same as fee for a new permit under paragraph
								(3)(a), above, for the activity proposed in the modification
3. Other major modifications
50% of the fee for a new permit under paragraph
								(3)(a), above, for the activity proposed in the modification
(e)
				  Minor modifications of Chapter 62-330, F.A.C., individual or conceptual
				  environmental resource permits (excluding mitigation bank permits):
1. Transfers or statutory extensions of permits and
								correction of minor errors that do not require technical review
$0
2. Other extensions
$200 or 25% of the fee for a new permit under
								paragraph (3)(a), above (whichever is less)
3. All other minor modifications
25% of the fee for a new permit under paragraph
								(3)(a), above, for the activity proposed in the modification
(4) Mitigation Bank permits and conceptual
								approvals
$11, 960
(a) Major modifications of mitigation bank permits
								and conceptual approvals involving changes to one or more of the following
								components: service area; credit assessment; success or release criteria;
								hydrologic structures or alterations; constructions or mitigation design that
								does not increase the project area; elimination of lands; or monitoring or
								management plans
$1, 410
(b) Other major modifications that do not qualify
								for a modification under paragraph
(4)(a) above, or paragraph (4)(e), below
$4, 230