New Mexico Administrative Code › Title 20 - ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION › Chapter 6 - WATER QUALITY › Part 2 - GROUND AND SURFACE WATER PROTECTION › Section 20.6.2.3114 - FEES

Current through Register Vol. 35, No. 13, July 16, 2024
A. FEE AMOUNT AND
				SCHEDULE OF PAYMENT - Every facility submitting a discharge permit application
				for approval or renewal shall pay the permit fees specified in Table 1 of this
				section and shall pay a filing fee as specified in Table 2 of this section to
				the Water Quality Management Fund. Every facility submitting a request for
				temporary permission to discharge pursuant to Subsection B of Section
				20.6.2.3106
				NMAC, or financial assurance pursuant to Paragraph 11 of Subsection A of
				Section
				20.6.2.3107
				NMAC shall pay the fees specified in Table 2 of this section to the Water
				Quality Management Fund.
B.
				Facilities applying for discharge permits which are subsequently withdrawn or
				denied shall pay one-half of the permit fee at the time of denial or
				withdrawal.
C. Every facility
				submitting an application for discharge permit modification will be assessed a
				filing fee plus one-half of the permit fee. Applications for both renewal and
				modification will pay the filing fee plus the permit fee.
D. If the secretary requires a discharge
				permit modification as a component of an enforcement action, the facility shall
				pay the applicable discharge permit modification fee. If the secretary requires
				a discharge permit modification outside the context of an enforcement action,
				the facility shall not be assessed a fee.
E. The secretary may waive or reduce fees for
				discharge permit modifications or renewals which require little or no cost for
				investigation or issuance.
F.
				Facilities shall pay the filing fee at the time of discharge permit
				application. The filing fee is nonrefundable. The required permit fees may be
				paid in a single payment at the time of discharge permit approval or in equal
				installments over the term of the discharge permit. Installment payments shall
				be remitted yearly, with the first installment due on the date of discharge
				permit approval. Subsequent installment payments shall be remitted yearly
				thereafter. The discharge permit or discharge permit application review of any
				facility shall be suspended or terminated if the facility fails to submit an
				installment payment by its due date.
G. Every three years beginning in 2004, the
				department shall review the fees specified in Table 1 and 2 of this section and
				shall provide a report to the commission. The department shall revise the fees
				as necessary in accordance with Section
				74-6-5(J),
				NMSA 1978.
20.6.2.3114 TABLE 1
(gpd=gallons per
								day)
Permit Fee
Agriculture <10,000 gpd
$ 1,150
Agriculture 10,000 to 49,999 gpd
$ 2,300
Agriculture 50,000 to 99,999 gpd
$ 3,450
Agriculture 100,000 gpd or greater
$ 4,600
Domestic Waste <10,000 gpd
$ 1,150
Domestic Waste 10,000 to 49,999 gpd
$ 2,300
Domestic Waste 50,000 to 99,999 gpd
$ 3,450
Domestic Waste 100,000 to 999,999 gpd
$ 4,600
Domestic Waste 1,000,000 to 9,999,999 gpd
$ 7,000
Domestic Waste 10,000,000 gpd or greater
$ 9,200
Food Processing <10,000 gpd
$ 1,150
Food Processing 10,000 to 49,999 gpd
$ 2,300
Food Processing 50,000 to 99,999 gpd
$ 3,450
Food Processing 100,000 to 999,999 gpd
$ 4,600
Food Processing 1,000,000 or greater
$ 7,000
Grease/Septage surface disposal <10,000
								gpd
$ 1,725
Grease/Septage surface disposal 10,000 gpd or
								greater
$ 3,450
Industrial <10,000 gpd; or <10,000
								yd3 of contaminated solids
$ 1,725
Industrial 10,000 to 99,999 gpd; or 10,000 to
								99,999 yd3 of contaminated solids
$ 3,450
Industrial 100,000 to 999,999 gpd; or 100,000 to
								999,999 yd3 of contaminated solids or greater
$ 6,900
Industrial 1,000,000 gpd or greater; or 1,000,000
								yd3 of contaminated solids or greater
$10,350
Discharge of remediation system effluent -
								remediation plan approved under separate regulatory authority
$ 1,600
Mining dewatering
$ 3,250
Mining leach dump
$13,000
Mining tailings
$13,000
Mining waste rock
$13,000
Mining in-situ leach (except salt) and old stope
								leaching
$13,000
Mining other (mines with minimal environmental
								impact, post closure operation and maintenance, evaporation lagoons and land
								application at uranium mines)
$ 4,750
Gas Compressor Stations 0 to 1000 Horsepower
$ 400
Gas Compressor Stations >1001 Horsepower
$ 1,700
Gas Processing Plants
$ 4,000
Injection Wells: Class I (non-hazardous)
$ 4,500
Injection Wells: Class III and Geothermal
$ 1,700
Oil and Gas Service Companies
$ 1,700
Refineries
$ 8,400
Crude Pump Station
$ 1,200
Underground Gas Storage
$ 1,700
Abatement of ground water and vadose zone
								contamination
$ 2,600
General permit
$ 600
20.6.2.3114 Table 2
Fee Amount
Filing fee
$100
Temporary permission
$50
Financial assurance: approval of instrument
greater of $250 or .01%
Financial assurance: annual review
greater of $100 or .001%