Virginia Administrative Code › Title 9 - ENVIRONMENT › Agency 25 - STATE WATER CONTROL BOARD › Chapter 20 - FEES FOR PERMITS AND CERTIFICATES › Part III - Determination of Fee Amount › Section 9VAC25-20-120 - Fee schedules for major modification of individual permits or certificates requested by the permit or certificate holder

Current through Register Vol. 40, No. 24, July 15, 2024
The following fee schedules apply to applications for major
					 modification of an individual permit or certificate requested by the permit or
					 certificate holder:
1. Virginia
				  Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (VPDES) permits. The application fees
				  listed in the table below apply to a major modification that occurs (and
				  becomes effective) before the stated permit expiration date. (Note: All flows
				  listed in the table below are facility "design" flows.)
VPDES Industrial Major
$12,000
VPDES Municipal Major
$10,650
VPDES Industrial Minor/No Standard
								Limits
$5,100
VPDES Industrial Minor/Standard
								Limits
$3,300
VPDES Industrial Stormwater
$3,600
VPDES Municipal Minor/Greater Than 100,000
								GPD
$3,750
VPDES Municipal Minor/10,001 GPD - 100,000
								GPD
$3,000
VPDES Municipal Minor/1,001 GPD - 10,000
								GPD
$2,700
VPDES Municipal - modification relating to the
								authorization for land application, distribution, or marketing of biosolids or
								land disposal of sewage sludge
$1,000*
VPDES Municipal Minor/1,000 GPD or
								Less
$1,000
*The fee for modification of a VPDES permit due to
								changes relating to authorization for land application, distribution, or
								marketing of biosolids or land disposal of sewage sludge shall be $1,000,
								notwithstanding other modification fees incurred. The modification fee shall
								apply for any addition of land application sites to a permit.
2.
				  Virginia Pollution Abatement (VPA) permits. The application fees listed in the
				  table below apply to a major modification that occurs (and becomes effective)
				  before the stated permit expiration date.
VPA Concentrated Animal Feeding
								Operation
(Reserved)
VPA Intensified Animal Feeding
								Operation
(Reserved)
VPA Industrial Wastewater Operation/Land
								Application of 10 or More Inches Per Year
$7,500
VPA Industrial Wastewater Operation/Land
								Application of Less Than 10 Inches Per Year
$5,250
VPA Industrial Sludge Operation
$3,7501
VPA Combined Sludge Operation - Industrial Sludges
								(excluding water treatment plant residuals) and Municipal
								Biosolids
$3,7501
VPA Municipal Wastewater Operation
$6,750
VPA Municipal Biosolids Operation
$1,0001, 2
All other operations not specified
								above
$375
1 The modification fee
								shall apply for any addition of land application sites to a permit.
2When adding any
								industrial source (excluding water treatment plant residuals) to a permit that
								only authorizes the land application of municipal biosolids, the modification
								fee for a VPA combined sludge operation shall apply.
3.
				  Virginia Water Protection (VWP) permits. (Note: Only one permit application fee
				  shall be assessed per application; for a permit application involving more than
				  one of the operations described below, the governing fee shall be based upon
				  the primary purpose of the proposed activity.)
VWP Individual/Surface Water Impacts (Wetlands,
								Streams and/or Open Water)
$1,200 plus $110 for each 4,356 sq. ft. (1/10 acre)
								(or portion thereof) of incremental impact over 87,120 sq. ft. (two acres)
								($30,000 maximum)
VWP Individual/Minimum Instream
								Flow
$5,000
VWP Individual/Reservoir (Major or
								Minor)
$12,500
VWP Individual/Nonmetallic Mineral
								Mining
$1,200 plus $110 for each 4,356 sq. ft. (1/10 acre)
								(or portion thereof) of incremental impact over 87,120 sq. ft. (two acres)
								($3,750 maximum)
4.
				  Surface Water Withdrawal (SWW) permits or certificates issued in response to
				  Chapter 24 (§
										62.1-242 et seq.) of
				  Title 62.1 of the Code of Virginia.
Agricultural withdrawal not exceeding 150 million
								gallons in any single month
(Reserved)
Agricultural withdrawal greater than 150 million
								gallons but less than 300 million gallons in any single month
(Reserved)
Agricultural withdrawal of 300 million gallons or
								greater in any single month
(Reserved)
Surface Water Withdrawal
$6,000
5.
				  Groundwater Withdrawal (GWW) permits issued in response to Chapter 25 (§
										62.1-254 et
				  seq.) of Title 62.1 of the Code of Virginia.
Agricultural withdrawal not exceeding 150 million
								gallons in any single month
(Reserved)
Agricultural withdrawal greater than 150 million
								gallons but less than 300 million gallons in any single month
(Reserved)
Agricultural withdrawal of 300 million gallons or
								greater in any single month
(Reserved)
Groundwater Withdrawal/Initial Permit for an
								Existing Withdrawal Based Solely on Historic Withdrawals
$600
Groundwater Withdrawal
$3,000
Statutory Authority: §
												62.1-44.15:6
						of the Code of Virginia.