Pennsylvania Code › Title 25 - ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION › Part I - Department of Environmental Protection › Subpart D - Environmental Health and Safety › Article VI - General Health and Safety › Chapter 252 - ENVIRONMENTAL LABORATORY ACCREDITATION › Subchapter B - APPLICATION, FEES AND SUPPORTING DOCUMENTS › Section 252.204 - Fees

Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 28, July 13, 2024
(a) The appropriate
						fee in accordance with the following schedule must accompany an application for
						accreditation, renewal of accreditation, change of ownership, change in
						administrative information, addition of fields of accreditation or supplemental
						onsite assessment. A check must be payable to "Commonwealth of Pennsylvania."
						When the Department is able to accept credit card payments, an environmental
						laboratory may make payment by credit card and shall pay to the Commonwealth
						all service charges or other administrative fees in addition to the
						accreditation fees. The fees are as follows:
Category
Fee
Application fee-Initial Application for State
									 Accreditation
$1,500
Application fee-Renewal Application for State
									 Accreditation
$700
Application fee-Ownership Transfer or Change in
									 Administrative Information
$150
Application fee-Initial Application for NELAP
									 Accreditation
$3,500
Application fee-Renewal Application for NELAP
									 Accreditation
$2,750
Application fee-Addition of Field of
									 Accreditation
$350
Application fee-Supplemental Onsite Assessment
$500
Basic Drinking Water Category-Includes one
									 method for each of the following: Total Coliform Bacteria, Fecal Coliform
									 Bacteria, E. coli Bacteria, Heterotrophic Bacteria, Nitrate, Nitrite, Fluoride,
									 Cyanide
$750
Basic Nonpotable Water Category-Includes one
									 method for each of the following: Fecal Coliform Bacteria, BOD, CBOD, Nitrate,
									 Ammonia, Total Nitrogen, Total Kjeldahl Nitrogen, Nitrite, Phosphorus, and one
									 method for each type of residue including % Solids for land applied biosolids
$850
Asbestos-first matrix
$600
Basic Microbiology-includes fecal coliform,
									 total coliform, E. coli and heterotrophic bacteria-first matrix
$700
Complex Microbiology-first matrix
$1,000
Trace Metal Category-first matrix
$750
Inorganic Nonmetal Category-first matrix
$850
Purgeable Volatile Organic Chemicals-first
									 matrix
$850
Extractable and Semivolatile Organic
									 Chemicals-first matrix
$1,750
Dioxin-first matrix
$850
Radiochemical Category-first matrix
$950
Whole Effluent Toxicity Testing-first matrix
$950
Asbestos-second matrix
$450
Basic Microbiology-includes fecal coliform,
									 total coliform, E. coli and heterotrophic bacteria-second matrix
$600
Complex Microbiology-second matrix
$900
Trace Metal Category-second matrix
$600
Inorganic Nonmetal Category-second matrix
$700
Purgeable Volatile Organic Chemicals-second
									 matrix
$700
Extractable and Semivolatile Organic
									 Chemicals-second matrix
$1,600
Dioxin-second matrix
$700
Radiochemical Category-second matrix
$850
Asbestos-third matrix
$400
Basic Microbiology-includes fecal coliform,
									 total coliform, E. coli and heterotrophic bacteria-third matrix
$500
Complex Microbiology-third matrix
$800
Trace Metal Category-third matrix
$550
Inorganic Nonmetal Category-third matrix
$650
Purgeable Volatile Organic Chemicals-third
									 matrix
$600
Extractable and Semivolatile Organic
									 Chemicals-third matrix
$1,450
Dioxin-third matrix
$650
Radiochemical Category-third matrix
$750
(b) At least every 3 years, the Department
						will recommend regulatory changes to the fees in this section to the EQB to
						address any disparity between the program income generated by the fees and
						program costs. The regulatory amendment will be based upon an evaluation of the
						accreditation program fees income and the Department's costs of administering
						the accreditation program.
(c) An
						environmental laboratory owned or operated by a Commonwealth agency is exempt
						from this fee requirement, but shall apply for accreditation under this
						chapter.
(d) Fees are
						nonrefundable.
(e) In addition to
						the nonrefundable application fee, an out-of-State environmental laboratory
						shall reimburse the Department for the costs associated with onsite assessments
						necessitated by accreditation as specified in §
												252.206 (relating to out-of-State
						onsite reimbursement).
The provisions of this §
														252.204 amended under
							 27 Pa.C.S. §§
															4103(a),
							 4104 and
							 4105; and section 1920-A
							 of The Administrative Code of 1929 (71 P.S. §
															510-20).
This section cited in 25 Pa. Code §
														252.201 (relating to application
							 and supporting documents); and 25 Pa. Code §
														252.203 (relating to accreditation
							 renewal).