California Code of Regulations › Title 23 - Waters › Division 3 - State Water Resources Control Board and Regional Water Quality Control Boards › Chapter 26 - Wastewater Treatment Plant Classification, Operator Certification, and Contract Operator Registration › Article 10 - Fees › Section 3717 - Operator, Provisional Operator, and Operator-in-Training Fees

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
(a)
				  Except for examination fees that are refundable pursuant to section
				  3700(e), all fees
				  are nonrefundable.
(b) Application
				  fees for an examination are:
Operator Examination Application Fee
					 Schedule
Grade
Application Fee
Re-examination Application
							 Fee
I
$70
$35
II
$90
$45
IIII
$130
$65
IV
$140
$70
V
$140
$70
(c)
				  Examination fees are:
Operator Examination Fee Schedule
Grade
Examination Fee
I
$50
II
$65
IIII
$165
IV
$225
V
$225
(d)
				  The provisional operator certification fee is $125. Except as provided in
				  subdivision (e), the operator and operator-in-training certification fees are:
Fee Schedule for Operators and Operators-in-Training
					 With a Single Certificates
Grade
Certification Fee
Triennial Renewal Fee
I
$125
$150
II
$170
$150
IIII
$225
$150
IV
$255
$150
V
$255
$150
(e)
				  Notwithstanding subdivision (d), the certification fees for those operators who
				  are applying for, or hold, two or more valid, unexpired certifications issued
				  by the State Water Board as a water treatment operator, distribution operator,
				  or wastewater treatment plant operator are:
Fee Schedule for Operators and Operators-in-Training
					 With Multiple Certificates
Grade
Certification Fee per
							 Certificate
Triennial Renewal Fee per
							 Certificate
I
$95
$110
II
$125
$110
IIII
$170
$110
IV
$190
$110
V
$190
$110
(f)
				  The reinstatement fee for all grade levels is $100.
(g) The fee for replacing a lost, stolen,
				  damaged, or destroyed certificate is $50.
(h) Applicants for an examination waiver
				  shall pay an examination waiver fee of $100 in addition to the certification
				  fee.
1. New
					 article 8 and section filed 5-21-92; operative 5-21-92 pursuant to Government
					 Code section
					 11346.2(d)
					 (Register 92, No. 21).
2. Repealer of first paragraph and subsection
					 (a), new subsection (a), amendment of subsection (b), redesignation of
					 subsection (c), redesignation and amendment of subsections (d)-(e), and
					 redesignation of subsections (e)-(g) as subsections (f)-(h) filed 7-28-94;
					 operative 8-29-94 (Register 94, No. 30).
3. New first paragraph and
					 amendment of subsections (b) and (g) filed 3-27-98; operative 4-26-98 (Register
					 98, No. 13)
4. Amendment of subsections (a)-(e) filed 3-11-2003 as
					 an emergency; operative 3-11-2003 (Register 2003, No. 11). A Certificate of
					 Compliance must be transmitted to OAL by 7-9-2003 or emergency language will be
					 repealed by operation of law on the following day.
5. Reinstatement
					 of section as it existed prior to 3-11-2003 emergency amendment by operation of
					 Government Code section
					 11346.1(f)
					 (Register 2003, No. 34).
6. Amendment of subsections (a)-(e) filed
					 8-21-2003 as an emergency; operative 8-21-2003 (Register 2003, No. 34). A
					 Certificate of Compliance must be transmitted to OAL by 12-19-2003 or emergency
					 language will be repealed by operation of law on the following
					 day.
7. Certificate of Compliance as to 8-21-2003 order, including
					 amendment of NOTE, transmitted to OAL 12-17-2003 and filed 1-26-2004 (Register
					 2004, No. 5).
8. Renumbering of former article 8 to article 10 and
					 amendment of section heading and section filed 1-28-2013; operative 4-1-2013
					 (Register 2013, No. 5).
9. Amendment of subsections (b)-(e) filed
					 11-16-2017 as an emergency; operative 11-16-2017. Water Code section
					 13628 provides
					 that the regulation shall be deemed an emergency and shall remain in effect
					 until revised by the State Water Resources Control Board (Register 2017, No.
					 46).
Note: Authority cited: Sections
						1058 and
						13628, Water
						Code. Reference: Sections
						13627 and
						13628, Water
						Code.