Pennsylvania Code › Title 25 - ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION › Part I - Department of Environmental Protection › Subpart C - Protection of Natural Resources › Article II - Water Resources › Chapter 92a - NATIONAL POLLUTANT DISCHARGE ELIMINATION SYSTEM PERMITTING, MONITORING AND COMPLIANCE › Subchapter D - MONITORING AND ANNUAL FEES › Section 92a.62 - Annual fees

Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 28, July 13, 2024
(a) Permittees
						shall pay an annual fee in the amount indicated in the following schedule to
						the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. The annual fee for permits issued before
						August 28, 2021, is due on each anniversary of the effective date of the last
						permit issuance or reissuance until the Department terminates the permit. The
						annual fee for permits issued for the first time after August 28, 2021, is due
						on each anniversary of the effective date of the initial permit until the
						Department terminates the permit. The flows listed in this section are total
						annual average design flows for all discharges at a facility in million gallons
						per day (MGD).
(b) Annual fees for
						individual NPDES permits are as follows:
Category
Annual Fee
Single Residence Sewage Treatment Plant
$100
Small Flow Treatment Facility
$250
Minor Sewage Facility [LESS THAN] 0.05
								  MGD
$500
Minor Sewage Facility [GREATER THAN OR EQUAL TO]
								  0.05 MGD and [LESS THAN] 1.0 MGD
$1,000
Minor Sewage Facility with CSO
$2,500
Major Sewage Facility [GREATER THAN OR EQUAL TO]
								  1.0 MGD and [LESS THAN] 5.0 MGD
$3,750
Major Sewage Facility [GREATER THAN OR EQUAL TO]
								  5.0 MGD
$5,000
Major Sewage Facility with CSO
$7,500
Minor Industrial Waste Facility not covered by
								  ELG
$1,500
Minor Industrial Waste Facility covered by
								  ELG
$3,000
Major Industrial Waste Facility [LESS THAN] 250
								  MGD
$7,500
Major Industrial Waste Facility [GREATER THAN OR
								  EQUAL TO] 250 MGD
$50,000
Industrial Stormwater
$1,500
CAFO
$500
MS4
$2,500
CAAP
$1,500
Pesticides
$1,500
Mining Activity
$0
Stormwater Associated with Construction
								  Activities
$500
(c) (Reserved).
(d) (Reserved).
(e) The Department will review the adequacy
						of the fees established in this section at least once every 3 years and provide
						a written report to the EQB. The report will identify any disparity between the
						amount of program income generated by the fees and the costs to administer
						these programs, and contain recommendations to increase fees to eliminate the
						disparity, including recommendations for regulatory amendments to increase
						program fees.
(f) Any Federal or
						State agency or independent state commission that provides funding to the
						Department for the implementation of the NPDES Program through terms and
						conditions of a mutual agreement and any municipality that is currently
						designated as a financially distressed municipality by the Department of
						Community and Economic Development under the Municipalities Financial Recovery
						Act (53 P.S. §§
													11701.101-11701.712) may be exempt from the
						fees in this section.
The provisions of this §
														92a.62 amended under sections
							 5(b)(1) and 6 of The Clean Streams Law (35 P.S. §§
															691.5(b)(1) and
							 691.6); and section 1920-A of
							 The Administrative Code of 1929 (71 P.S. §
															1920-A).
This section cited in 25 Pa. Code §
														92a.26 (relating to application
							 fees).