North Carolina Administrative Code › Title 15A - Environmental Quality › Chapter 02 - Environmental Management › Subchapter H - PROCEDURES FOR PERMITS: APPROVALS › Section .0800 - LABORATORY CERTIFICATION › Section 02H .0806 - FEES ASSOCIATED WITH CERTIFICATION PROGRAM

Current through Register Vol. 39, No. 2, July 15, 2024
(a) An
				  applicant for laboratory Certification, excluding those laboratories seeking
				  only Field Parameter Certification, shall submit to the Department of
				  Environmental Quality, Division of Water Resources, Water Sciences Section, a
				  non-refundable fee of three hundred dollars ($300.00) with each
				  application.
(b) Municipal,
				  Industrial, and Other Laboratories shall pay an annual fee of eighty-five
				  dollars ($85.00) for each Parameter as instructed on the invoice; however, the
				  minimum fee shall be one thousand seven hundred fifty dollars ($1,750) per
				  year. Municipal Laboratories may cost-share among Municipal Laboratories or
				  charge a cost recovery fee or surcharge to operate their Pretreatment
				  Program.
(c) Commercial
				  Laboratories shall pay an annual fee of eighty-five dollars ($85.00) for each
				  Parameter as instructed on the invoice; however, the minimum fee will be three
				  thousand five hundred dollars ($3,500) per year.
(d) Prior to receiving initial Certification,
				  a Field Laboratory shall pay the required fee as specified in Paragraph (k) or
				  (l) of this Rule and all other laboratories shall pay the required fee as
				  specified in Paragraph (b) or (c) of this Rule. Excluding Field Laboratories,
				  the Certification fee shall be prorated on a quarterly basis. All Certification
				  renewals shall be due on the first day of January.
(e) Once certified, Field Laboratories shall
				  pay a fifty dollar ($50.00) administrative fee for each Parameter Method added
				  to their Certified Parameters Listing, and all other laboratories shall pay the
				  full annual Parameter fee for each Parameter Method added to their Certified
				  Parameters Listing.
(f) A
				  laboratory decertified for all Parameters shall pay initial Certification fees
				  prior to Recertification.
(g) A
				  laboratory decertified for one or more Parameter Methods shall pay a fee of two
				  hundred dollars ($200.00) for each Parameter Method for which it was
				  decertified prior to Recertification.
(h) Out-of-state laboratories shall reimburse
				  the State for actual travel and subsistence costs incurred by laboratory
				  certification staff to perform inspections, provide technical assistance or
				  investigate complaints. Out-of-state laboratories shall also be assessed for
				  expenses for an on-site inspection based on the hourly rate of the laboratory
				  certification staff, rounded to the nearest hour and inclusive of preparation
				  time, travel time, and inspection time.
(i) Annual Certification fees shall be due 60
				  days after receipt of invoice.
(j)
				  A fifty dollar ($50.00) late payment fee shall be paid by Field Laboratories
				  when annual Certification fees have not been paid by the date due. For all
				  other laboratories, a two hundred fifty dollar ($250.00) late payment fee shall
				  be paid when annual Certification fees are not paid by the date due.
(k) Commercial Laboratories analyzing only
				  samples for Field Parameters shall pay an annual fee of three hundred dollars
				  ($300.00) per year.
(l) Municipal,
				  Industrial, and Other Laboratories analyzing only samples for Field Parameters
				  shall pay an annual fee of one hundred fifty dollars ($150.00) per
				  year.
(m) A laboratory that
				  voluntarily discontinues Certification shall pay all applicable Certification
				  fees as specified in Paragraphs (a), (b), (c), (d), (k), and (l) of this Rule
				  prior to regaining Certification.
Authority
					 G.S.
					 143-215.3(a)(1);
					 143-215.3(a)(10);
Eff. February 1, 1976;
Amended Eff. November 2, 1992; December 1,
					 1984;
Temporary Amendment Eff. October 1, 2001;
Amended
					 Eff. August 1, 2002;
Readopted Eff. July 1,
					 2019.