Pennsylvania Code › Title 25 - ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION › Part I - Department of Environmental Protection › Subpart C - Protection of Natural Resources › Article II - Water Resources › Chapter 91 - GENERAL PROVISIONS › APPLICATIONS AND PERMITS › Section 91.22 - Fees

Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 28, July 13, 2024
(a) Applications
						for new individual water quality management permits, reissuance of individual
						water quality management permits and requests for permit amendments and
						transfers shall be accompanied by a fee payable to "Commonwealth of
						Pennsylvania" in the amounts specified as follows.
Category
Application Type
Fee
Joint Pesticides Permit
New
								  and Reissuance
$250
Amendment
$100
Transfer
$50
Major Sewage Treatment
								  Facility
New
$10,000
Amendment
$2,000
Transfer
$250
Major Industrial Waste Treatment
								  Facility
New
$15,000
Amendment
$2,000
Transfer
$500
Minor and Non-NPDES Sewage Treatment
								  Facility
New
$5,000
Amendment
$500
Transfer
$250
Minor and Non-NPDES Industrial Waste
								  Treatment Facility
New
$7,500
Amendment
$500
Transfer
$250
Single Residence Sewage Treatment
								  Plant
New
$200
Amendment
$100
Transfer
$50
Small Flow Treatment
								  Facility
New
$1,000
Amendment
$200
Transfer
$100
Sewer Extensions
New
$2,500
Amendment
$500
Transfer
$250
Pump Station
New
$2,500
Amendment
$500
Transfer
$250
Land Application and Reuse of
								  Sewage
New and Reissuance
$5,000
Amendment
$1,000
Transfer
$250
Land Application and Reuse of
								  Industrial Waste
New and Reissuance
$10,000
Amendment
$2,000
Transfer
$250
Manure Storage and Wastewater
								  Impoundment
New
$1,000
Amendment
$500
Transfer
$250
(b) NOI fees for coverage under a general
						water quality management permit, including fees for amendments to and transfers
						of general permit coverage, shall be made payable to the "Commonwealth of
						Pennsylvania." The fees for a general permit in §
												91.27(b)(1)
						(relating to general water quality management permit) will be established in
						the general permit. NOI fees may not exceed the individual permit application
						fees in subsection (a) for the equivalent category and application
						type.
(c) The Department will
						review the adequacy of the fees established in this section every 3 years and
						provide a written report to the EQB. The report will identify disparities
						between the amount of program income generated by the fees and the costs to
						administer the program, and contain recommendations to increase fees to
						eliminate any disparities, including recommendations for regulatory amendments
						to increase program fees.
(d) Any
						Federal or Commonwealth agency or independent Commonwealth commission that
						provides funding to the Department for the implementation of the WQM 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 §
														91.22 amended under sections 5 and
							 6 of The Clean Streams Law (35 P.S. §§
															691.5 and
							 691.6); and section 1920-A of
							 The Administrative Code of 1929 (71 P.S. §
															510-20).
This section cited in 25 Pa. Code §
														91.27 (relating to general water
							 quality management permit); and 25 Pa. Code §
														92.22 (relating to application
							 fees).