Ohio Administrative Code › Title 3745 - Ohio Environmental Protection Agency › Chapter 3745-84 - Public Water Systems Licenses › Section 3745-84-05 - Fees for operating or maintaining a public water system

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A) Pursuant to
			 section 3745.11 of the Revised Code, a
			 person applying for a public water system license  to operate or maintain a public
			 water system under section
			 6109.21 of the Revised Code and
			 this chapter shall pay the appropriate fee according to the schedule set forth
			 in division (M) of section
			 3745.11 of the Revised Code at
			 the time of submission of the application to the director.
(B) Failure to submit
			 the application by the due date or failure to pay the appropriate fee
			 required by division (M) of section
			 3745.11 of the Revised Code at
			 the time of submission of application for a public water system license
			 to operate
								, as set forth in
			 paragraph (D) of rules
			 3745-84-03
			 and
			 3745-84-02
			 of the Administrative Code, shall require payment of an additional amount
			 equal to ten per cent of the appropriate fee.
(C) Failure to pay the appropriate fee
			 required by division (M) of section
			 3745.11 of the Revised Code
			 shall render an application for a public water system license
			 to operate
								 incomplete. The
			 director shall not act on an incomplete application for a public water system
			 license to operate.
(D)
			 Payment of fees required by division (M) of section
			 3745.11 of the Revised Code
			 shall be made by tendering payment, in a form acceptable to the director, to
			 the treasurer of the state of Ohio. The director shall transmit all fees
			 collected under this rule to the treasurer of the state for deposit into the
			 drinking water protection fund created in section
			 6109.30 of the Revised
			 Code.
(E) For public water systems
			 that are community water systems as defined in rule
			 3745-81-01
			 of the Administrative Code, the fees for 
								a license
			 to operate, required under this chapter, shall be as set forth in division (M)(1) of section
			 3745.11 of the Revised Code. The
			 public water system may determine its means for obtaining fees, including the
			 assessment of additional user fees which may be assessed on a volumetric
			 basis.
(F) For public water systems
			 that are nontransient noncommunity water systems as defined in rule
			 3745-81-01
			 of the Administrative Code, the fees for 
								a license
			 to operate, required by this chapter, shall be as set forth in division (M)(2) of section
			 3745.11 of the Revised
			 Code.
(G) For public water systems
			 that are transient noncommunity water systems as defined in rule
			 3745-81-01
			 of the Administrative Code, the fees for a license
			 to operate, required by this chapter, shall be as set forth in division (M)(3) of section
			 3745.11 of the Revised
			 Code.
(H)
								
			 A public water system designated as using a surface water source shall pay a
			 fee of seven hundred ninety-two dollars or the amount calculated under division
			 (M)(1) or (M)(2) of section
			 3745.11 of the Revised Code,
			 whichever is greater.
(I)
								 For a public water system to operate for any portion
			 of a license year, the entire fee required by division (M) of section
			 3745.11 of the Revised Code
			 shall be paid, except as provided for new systems under division (M)(5) of
			 section 3745.11 of the Revised
			 Code.
Effective:
				7/1/2014
R.C. 119.032 review dates:
				03/17/2014 and
				07/01/2019
Promulgated
				Under: 119.03
Statutory Authority: 3745.11, 6109.04,
				6109.21
Rule Amplifies: 6109.21
Prior Effective Dates:
				12/01/93, 01/01/99, 04/21/01, 08/03/04,
				04/01/09