Arizona Administrative Code › Title 18 - ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY › Chapter 14 - DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY - PERMITS AND COMPLIANCE FEES › Article 1 - WATER QUALITY PROTECTION FEES › Section R18-14-108 - APP Water Quality Protection Services Flat Fees

Current through Register Vol. 30, No. 28, July 12, 2024
A. The Department shall assess a flat fee for
				an APP water quality protection service listed in this Section.
B. Type 1 General Permits. No fee is
				required, except as stated in A.A.C. R18-9-A304(A)(2).
C. Fees for Type 2 and Type 3 General Permits
				and related water quality protection services are listed in Table 4, adjusted
				annually under subsection (E). For purposes of this Section, "complex" is
				defined in A.A.C. R18-1-501(9). "Standard" means any permit that does not meet
				the definition of complex.
Table 4. Type 2 and 3 General Permit Fees
Permit Description
Permit Fee
Renewal Fee
Standard Type 2: 2.01, 2.03, 2.04, 2.05, and
							 2.06
$2,141
$714
Complex Type 2: 2.02
$4,281
$1,427
Standard Type 3: 3.02, 3.03, 3.05, 3.06, and
							 3.07
$6,422
$2,141
Complex Type 3: 3.01 and 3.04
$10,703
$3,568
Amendment to Notice of Intent
Same as applicable renewal fee
N/A
Transfer of permit authorization
$71
N/A
If a site contains more than one facility covered by
							 the same Type 2 or Type 3 General Permit and each facility is substantially
							 similar in design, construction, and operation, the first facility is paid at
							 the full applicable fee, and each additional facility is:
Half the applicable fee
Half the applicable fee
D.
				Fees for Type 4 General Permits and related water quality protection services
				are listed in Table 5, adjusted annually under subsection (E).
Table 5. Type 4 General Permit Fees
Water Quality Protection
							 Service
Description
Permit Fee
4.01 General Permit:
Sewage Collection Systems
Under each Notice of Intent to Discharge, the fee is
							 assessed on a per-component basis for the components listed below and is
							 assessed cumulatively up to the maximum fee:
* Maximum fee
* Force mains with design flow less than or equal to
							 10,000 gpd
* Each additional increment of 50,000 gpd or less of
							 force mains
* Gravity sewer with design flow less than or equal
							 to 10,000 gpd
* Each additional increment of 50,000 gpd or less of
							 gravity sewer
* Each sewer lift station
* Each depressed sewer
* Realignment of existing sewer for a contiguous
							 project that is less than 300 linear feet with no change in design flow or pipe
							 size
$35,675
$1,427
$1,427
$1,427
$1,427
$1,427
$1,427
$714
4.01 General Permit courtesy review
If an applicant requests courtesy review, the
							 Department shall approve or deny the request. When determining whether to
							 approve a courtesy review request, the Department shall consider the complexity
							 of the project and the Department's current work load
One-third applicable fee upon submittal, then balance
							 of fee if Notice of
Intent to Discharge is submitted with final
							 documentation within 180 days of first submittal
4.23 General Permit:
3,000 to less than 24,000 Gallons per day Design
							 Flow
* Onsite wastewater treatment facility with up
							 to:
* Three treatment technologies and disposal methods
							 consisting of technologies or designs that are covered under other Type 4
							 general permits; and
* Two onsite wastewater treatment facilities
* Maximum fee (cumulative)
* Each additional onsite wastewater treatment
							 facility on same Notice of Intent to Discharge up to maximum fee
* Each additional treatment technology or disposal
							 method consisting of technologies or designs that are covered under other Type
							 4 general permits on same Notice of Intent to Discharge up to maximum
							 fee
$5,137
$10,703
$1,712
$714
4.23 General Permit annual report
Annual report required under A.A.C.
							 R18-9-E323(G)
$285
Type 4
General Permits (4.02 through 4.22)
* Maximum fee
* First Type 4 general permit
* Each additional Type 4 general permit on same
							 Notice of Intent to Discharge
$5,280
$1,712
$714
Alternative Design under A.A.C.
							 R18-9-A312(G)
A request for an alternative design, installation, or
							 operational feature, per alternative design:
* Type 4.01 general permit
* All other Type 4 general permits
$1,070
$357
Interceptor under A.A.C. R18-9-A315
A design requiring an interceptor (per
							 interceptor)
$143
Transfer
Transfer of discharge authorization
$71
Priority Review
If an applicant requests priority review, the
							 Department shall approve or deny the request. When determining whether to
							 approve a priority review request, the Department shall consider the complexity
							 of the project and the Department's current work load.
Double the Applicable Fee (including any applicable
							 maximum fee)
E.
				The Director shall adjust the APP water quality protection services flat fees
				listed in subsections (C) and (D) every August 1, to the nearest $10, beginning
				August 4, 2023, by multiplying the APP water quality protection services flat
				fee by the Consumer Price Index (CPI) for the most recent year, and then
				dividing by the CPI for the year 2023. The CPI for any year is the average of
				the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers, Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, AZ,
				all items published by the United States Department of Labor, as of the close
				of the 12-month period ending on June 30 of that year.