Pennsylvania Code › Title 25 - ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION › Part I - Department of Environmental Protection › Subpart C - Protection of Natural Resources › Article I - Land Resources › Chapter 77 - NONCOAL MINING › Subchapter C - PERMITS AND PERMIT APPLICATIONS › GENERAL › Section 77.106 - Fees

Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 28, July 13, 2024
(a)
Payment.
A permit application for noncoal mining activities
						  shall be accompanied by a nonrefundable payment for the permit application fee
						  payable to the "Commonwealth of Pennsylvania." The applicable permit
						  application fee amount is specified in subsection (e). For purposes of this
						  subsection, permit applications include all of the applications listed in
						  subsection (e).
(b)
Assessment.
The Department will assess an annual
						  administration fee for each permitted activity and facility. For licensed mine
						  operators, this annual administration fee will be assessed annually, will be
						  collected as part of the mine operator's license renewal application and will
						  include the appropriate annual administration fee for each of the licensee's
						  permitted facilities. If the permittee is not required to maintain a mining
						  license, a notice of the annual administration fee will be sent to the
						  permittee for all of the permittee's permitted facilities and the fee must be
						  paid within 30 days of receipt of the notice. The applicable fee amounts are
						  specified in subsection (f).
(c)
Deposit of funds.
Fees collected under this section and all
						  enforcement cost recovery funds will be deposited in the Noncoal Surface Mining
						  Conservation and Reclamation Fund. The fees collected under this section will
						  be used by the Department for the purposes specified by the act.
(d)
Regulatory amendment.
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 program fees income and the Department's
						  costs of administering the program.
(e)
Permit application fee
						  schedule.
(1) Effective January 1,
						  2020, the permit application fee schedule is as follows:
(i)
New Permits.
Fee
Large Surface Mining Permit-Groundwater Pumping
									 Authorized
$22,450
Large Surface Mining Permit-No Groundwater
									 Pumping
$15,000
Small Surface Mining Permit
$600
Underground Mining Permit
$22,450
(ii)
Major Amendments.
Fee
Large Surface Mining Permit-Groundwater Pumping
									 Authorized
$4,250
Large Surface Mining Permit-No Groundwater
									 Pumping
$1,775
Underground Mining Permit
$2,950
(iii)
Minor Amendments.
Fee
Large Surface Mining Permit
$775
Small Surface Mining Permit
$200
(iv)
Transfers.
Fee
Large Surface Mining Permit
$975
Underground Mining Permit
$975
(v)
Other Actions.
Fee
Bonding Increment
$500
Completion Report Application
$650
Blast Plan
$550
Notice of Intent to Explore
$65
Pre-applications
$3,750
Renewal
$175
(2) Effective January 1, 2022, the permit
						  application fee schedule is as follows:
(i)
New Permits.
Fee
Large Surface Mining Permit-Groundwater Pumping
									 Authorized
$25,525
Large Surface Mining Permit-No Groundwater
									 Pumping
$17,025
Small Surface Mining Permit
$675
Underground Mining Permit
$25,525
(ii)
Major Amendments.
Fee
Large Surface Mining Permit-Groundwater Pumping
									 Authorized
$4,850
Large Surface Mining Permit-No Groundwater
									 Pumping
$2,000
Underground Mining Permit
$3,350
(iii)
Minor Amendments.
Fee
Large Surface Mining Permit
$900
Small Surface Mining Permit
$225
(iv)
Transfers.
Fee
Large Surface Mining Permit
$1,125
Underground Mining Permit
$1,125
(v)
Other Actions.
Fee
Bonding Increment
$550
Completion Report Application
$750
Blast Plan
$675
Notice of Intent to Explore
$75
Pre-applications
$4,250
Renewal
$200
(3) Effective January 1, 2024, the permit
						  application fee schedule is as follows:
(i)
New Permits.
Fee
Large Surface Mining Permit-Groundwater Pumping
									 Authorized
$29,500
Large Surface Mining Permit-No Groundwater
									 Pumping
$19,750
Small Surface Mining Permit
$775
Underground Mining Permit
$29,500
(ii)
Major Amendments.
Fee
Large Surface Mining Permit-Groundwater Pumping
									 Authorized
$5,625
Large Surface Mining Permit-No Groundwater
									 Pumping
$2,350
Underground Mining Permit
$3,900
(iii)
Minor Amendments.
Fee
Large Surface Mining Permit
$1,050
Small Surface Mining Permit
$250
(iv)
Transfers.
Fee
Large Surface Mining Permit
$1,300
Underground Mining Permit
$1,300
(v)
Other Actions.
Fee
Bonding Increment
$650
Completion Report Application
$875
Blast Plan
$775
Notice of Intent to Explore
$85
Pre-applications
$4,950
Renewal
$225