Alaska Administrative Code › Title 18 - Environmental Conservation › Chapter 72 - Wastewater Treatment and Disposal › Article 7 - General Provisions › 18 AAC 72.956 - General permit authorization fees

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) An applicant
				must pay the appropriate fee as listed in the following table for authorization
				to operate under an existing general permit issued under
				18 AAC 72.900 or
				18 AAC 83.205, or authorization to
				operate under a general permit issued under
				33 U.S.C.
				1342 (Clean Water Act, sec. 402) that has
				been certified by the department under
				33 U.S.C.
				1341 (Clean Water Act, sec. 401):
GENERAL PERMIT AUTHORIZATION
							 FEES
Fee (in dollars)
(1) Annual fee for a domestic wastewater system
							 covered under a general permit, with a daily maximum permitted flow, in gallons
							 per day (gpd), of1
(A) 0 - 1,500
665
(B) 1,501 - 15,000
765
(C) 15,001 - and over
1,280
(2) One-time fee for a construction activity that
							 consists of excavation dewatering
950
(3) Annual fee for fish hatcheries and aquaculture
							 facilities
1,715
(4) Annual fee for seafood processing covered under a
							 general permit
1,715
(5) Annual fee for log transfer facilities
435
(6) One-time fee for hydrostatic test water
1,145
(7) One-time fee for aquifer pump testing, in support
							 of mineral mining development and exploration
1,145
(8) Annual fee for wastewater discharges from
							 drinking water filter backwash
1,635
(9) Annual fee for cooling water general
							 permit
2,050
(10) One-time fee for construction general permit
							 (CGP) for stormwater runoff
580
(11) Annual fee for multi-sector general permit
							 (MSGP) for stormwater
735
(12) Annual fee for mechanical placer mining with a
							 mixing zone authorized under ISAAC 70.2402
315
(13) Annual fee for placer small suction general
							 permit
25
(14) Annual fee for placer medium suction general
							 permit
90
(15) Annual fee for mechanical placer mining without
							 a mixing zone authorized under
							 18 AAC 72.240
225
(16) Annual fee for placer Norton Sound general
							 permit
715
(17) Annual fee for each general permit authorization
							 for oil and gas exploration and development
(A) North Slope oil and gas general permit
700
(B) Cook Inlet oil and gas general permit
3,600
(C) Arctic oil and gas general permit
2,370
(D) Underground Injection Control Class I well
							 general permit
950
(18) Annual fee for arctic geotechnical general
							 permit
4,575
Notes to table:
1 If the applicant is a business
				  with fewer than 20 employees, the fee is reduced by a travel cost of
				  $85.
2 If the applicant is a business
				  with fewer than 20 employees, the fee is reduced by a travel cost of
				  $25.
(b) For one-time fees,
				an applicant for an authorization shall pay the fee for the authorization upon
				application.
(c) For annual fees,
				an applicant for or recipient of an authorization shall pay the fee for the
				authorization upon application and annually afterwards within 30 days after
				issuance of the billing.
(d) If a
				new application is received not earlier than October 1 and not later than
				December 31, the applicant shall pay one-half of the annual fee required under
				(a) of this section for that year.
(e) For any annual fee received later than 30
				days after issuance of the billing, a late fee of $20 may be charged for each
				month that the payment is late.
(f)
				A fee required under (a) of this section is not refundable.
(g) If an authorization to operate under a
				general permit is transferred from an existing owner or operator to a new owner
				or operator, the new owner or operator shall pay the applicable fees described
				in (a) of this section during the next annual billing cycle.
(h) An owner or operator may request in
				writing to terminate an existing authorization to operate under a general
				permit if a discharge is not occurring. If an authorization is terminated at
				the request of the owner or operator, the owner or operator must file a new
				application and pay a new application fee for a new authorization before
				resuming the wastewater discharge.
Authority:
AS
					 37.10.052
AS 44.46.020
AS 44.46.025
AS 46.03.020
AS 46.03.050
AS 46.03.100
AS 46.03.110
AS 46.03.710