Florida Administrative Code › 62 - DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION › 62 - Departmental › Chapter 62-4 - PERMITS › Section 62-4.053 - Annual Operating License Fees for Public Water Systems

Current through Reg. 50, No. 138; July 16, 2024
(1) Scope and Intent. As authorized in
				Section  403.087(6),
				F.S., this rule implements annual regulatory program and surveillance fees
				(operating license fees) for public drinking water systems. These fees effect
				the legislative intent that the Department's costs for administering the
				Florida Safe Drinking Water Act be borne by regulated parties. As such, the
				annual operating license fees are applicable only to public water systems
				subject to regulation under Chapters 62-550, 62-555 and 62-560,
				F.A.C.
(2) The license fees
				described in paragraphs (a) through (c), of this subsection, shall be the
				annual operating license fees for such facilities.
(a) Annual operating license fees shall be
				based on the type of public water system, or the population served, or the sum
				of permitted capacities of the treatment provided under their unique PWS ID
				Number, as set forth in subsections (3) through (6), below.
(b) Annual operating license fees are
				applicable for the period from July 1 to June 30 of the following
				year.
(c) Annual operating license
				fees for drinking water systems are not refundable and shall be due and payable
				as follows:
1. The annual operating license
				fees set forth in this section shall be required for all public water systems
				for which the Department is granted administrative authority. The amount due
				shall be the applicable annual operating license fee described in subsection
				(3), (4), (5), or (6), of this rule, and is due and payable no later than 45
				days after receipt of an operating license fee invoice from the Department for
				public water systems that are subject to regulation under Section
				 403.861, F.S., on that
				date.
2. When a new public water
				system is issued a permit and is cleared for operation to be put in service
				under Chapter 62-555, F.A.C., pursuant to Section
				 403.861, F.S., the first annual
				operating license fee shall be due no later than 45 days after receipt of an
				operating license fee invoice from the Department. The amount due shall be the
				applicable annual operating license fee described in subsection (3), (4), (5),
				or (6), of this rule. The operating license fee shall be due and payable
				pursuant to paragraph
				 62-4.053(2)(b),
				F.A.C., above.
3. Non-payment or
				late payment of an annual operating license fee shall be grounds for
				enforcement action pursuant to Sections
				 403.121,
				 403.141, and
				 403.161, F.S. Non-payment of an
				annual operating license fee shall be grounds for revocation or denial of an
				application for a drinking water construction permit.
4. When a public water system changes in a
				manner which places the facility in a different annual operating license fee
				category:
a. The operating license fee shall
				be changed as appropriate and be in effect for the next operating year (July
				1-June 30),
b. The new operating
				license fee shall be due no later than 45 days after receipt of an operating
				license fee invoice from the Department following the change; and,
c. No operating license fee is due for an
				inactive system.