Arizona Administrative Code › Title 12 - NATURAL RESOURCES › Chapter 15 - Department of Water Resources › Article 1 - FEES › Section R12-15-103 - Applications Subject to Hourly Fee; Amount of Fee; Initial Fee; Billing and Payment; Request for Reconsideration of Fee; Past Due Fee

Current through Register Vol. 30, No. 28, July 12, 2024
A. The Department shall calculate the fee for
				an application listed in subsection (B) of this Section by multiplying the
				number of review hours for the application by an hourly rate of $118.00, plus
				any mileage expenses and the actual cost of mailing or publishing any legal
				notice of the application.
B. A
				person submitting an application listed below shall pay an hourly fee for the
				application, not to exceed the maximum fee shown for the application:
1. Wells:
Type of Application
Maximum Fee
Variance from well construction requirements that has
							 not been pre-approved by the Department
$10,000.00
2.
				Groundwater:
Type of Application
Maximum Fee
a. Issuance, renewal or modification of groundwater
							 withdrawal permit
$10,000.00
b. Approval of contract by a city, town or private
							 water company to supply groundwater to another city, town or private water
							 company pursuant to A.R.S. §
															45-492(C)
$10,000.00
c. Notice of intent to establish new service area
							 right by a city, town or private water company
$10,000.00
d. Final petition to establish new service area right
							 by a city, town or private water company
$10,000.00
e. Extension of the service area of a city, town or
							 private water company to furnish disproportionately large amounts of water to
							 an industrial or other large water user pursuant to A.R.S. §
															45-493(A)(2)
$10,000.00
f. Addition and exclusion of area by an irrigation
							 district pursuant to A.R.S. §
															45-494.01
$10,000.00
g. Delivery of groundwater by an irrigation district
							 to an industrial user with a general industrial use permit pursuant to A.R.S.
							 §
															45-497(B)
$10,000.00
h. Determination of historically irrigated acres or
							 annual transportation allotment for lands in McMullen valley groundwater basin
							 pursuant to A.R.S. §
															45-552
$10,000.00
i. Determination of volume of groundwater that can be
							 transported from lands in Harquahala irrigation non-expansion area to an
							 initial active management area pursuant to A.R.S. §
															45-554
$10,000.00
j. Determination of historically irrigated acres or
							 annual transportation allotment for lands in the Big Chino sub-basin of the
							 Verde River groundwater basin pursuant to A.R.S. §
															45-555
$10,000.00
k. Permit to transport groundwater away from the Yuma
							 groundwater basin pursuant to A.R.S. §
															45-547
$10,000.00
l. Drought emergency groundwater transfer away from a
							 groundwater basin outside of an active management area
$10,000.00
3.
				Grandfathered Rights:
Type of Application
Maximum Fee
a. Type 1 non-irrigation grandfathered right for land
							 retired from irrigation after date of designation of active management area
							 pursuant to A.R.S. §
															45-469
							 or
							 45-472
$10,000.00
b. Restoration of retired irrigation grandfathered
							 right pursuant to A.R.S. §
															45-469(O)
$10,000.00
4.
				Substitution of Acres:
Type of Application
Maximum Fee
a. Substitution of flood damaged acres in an active
							 management area or an irrigation non-expansion area
$10,000.00
b. Substitution of acres to eliminate limiting
							 condition impeding efficient irrigation in an active management area or an
							 irrigation non-expansion area
$10,000.00
c. Substitution of acres to allow irrigation with
							 Central Arizona Project water in an active management area
$10,000.00
5.
				Lakes:
Type of Application
Maximum Fee
a. Permit to fill body of water with poor quality
							 water pursuant to A.R.S. §
															45-132(C)
$10,000.00
b. Permit for interim water use in a body of
							 water
$10,000.00
c. Temporary emergency permit for use of surface
							 water or groundwater in a body of water
$10,000.00
6.
				Water Exchange:
Type of Application
Maximum Fee
a. Issuance, renewal or modification of water
							 exchange permit
$10,000.00
b. Notice of water exchange for which approval is
							 required pursuant to A.R.S. §
															45-1052(6)(b)
$10,000.00
7.
				Water Exportation:
Type of Application
Maximum Fee
Permit to transport water from this state
$25,000.00
8.
				Underground Water Storage, Savings and Replenishment:
Type of Application
Maximum Fee
a. Issuance, renewal or modification of an
							 underground storage facility permit
$25,000.00
b. Issuance, renewal or modification of a groundwater
							 savings facility permit
$10,000.00
c. Issuance, renewal or modification of a water
							 storage permit
$10,000.00
d. Recovery well permit, including an emergency
							 temporary recovery well permit
$10,000.00
9.
				Assured and Adequate Water Supply:
Type of Application
Maximum Fee
a. Physical availability determination
$10,000.00
b. Analysis of assured or adequate water
							 supply
$10,000.00
c. Renewal of analysis of assured or adequate water
							 supply
$10,000.00
d. Certificate of assured water supply
$10,000.00
e. Issuance or modification of designation of assured
							 water supply
$35,000.00
f. Issuance or modification of designation of
							 adequate water supply
$25,000.00
g. Water report (outside an AMA)
$10,000.00
h. Assignment of Type A certificate of assured water
							 supply
$5,000.00
i. Assignment of Type B certificate of assured water
							 supply
$5,000.00
j. Classification of Type A certificate of assured
							 water supply pursuant to
							 R12-15-707
$10,000.00
k. Review of revised plat to determine whether
							 changes are material
$10,000.00
l. New certificate of assured water supply pursuant
							 to
							 R12-15-704(G)
$10,000.00
m. Letter stating that owner is not required to
							 obtain a certificate of assured water supply pursuant to
							 R12-15-704(M)
$10,000.00
10.
				Surface Water:
Type of Application
Maximum Fee
a. Permit to appropriate public water
$10,000.00
b. Certificate of water right
$10,000.00
c. Primary reservoir permit or secondary reservoir
							 permit
$10,000.00
d. Change in use of water
$10,000.00
e. Severance and transfer of water right to land that
							 is not within the same parcel or farm unit as the current use, or that includes
							 a change in water source, use or ownership
$25,000.00
f. Severance and transfer of water right to land that
							 is within the same parcel or farm unit as the current use and that does not
							 include a change in water source, use or ownership
$2,500.00
g. Request for extension of time to complete
							 construction
$10,000.00