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 9VAC25-20-110 - Fee schedules for individual VPDES and VPA new permit issuance, and individual VWP, SWW, and GWW new permit issuance and existing permit reissuance

Current through Register Vol. 40, No. 24, July 15, 2024
A. Virginia
				  Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (VPDES) permits. The following fee
				  schedules apply to applications for issuance of a new individual VPDES permit
				  or certificate. (Note: All flows listed in the table below are facility
				  "design" flows.)
VPDES Industrial Major
$24,000
VPDES Municipal Major
$21,300
VPDES Industrial Minor/No Standard
								Limits
$10,200
VPDES Industrial Minor/Standard
								Limits
$3,300
VPDES Industrial Stormwater
$7,200
VPDES Municipal Minor/Greater Than 100,000
								GPD
$7,500
VPDES Municipal Minor/10,001 GPD-100,000
								GPD
$6,000
VPDES Municipal Minor/1,001 GPD-10,000
								GPD
$5,400
VPDES Municipal Minor/1,000 GPD or
								less
$2,000
VPDES Municipal - The authorization for land
								application, distribution, or marketing of biosolids or land disposal of sewage
								sludge
$5,000*
*For a new VPDES permit that includes authorization
								for land application, distribution, or marketing of biosolids or land disposal
								of sewage sludge, the $5,000 biosolids permit fee will be paid in addition to
								the required VPDES permit fee.
B.
				  Virginia Pollution Abatement (VPA) permits. The following fee schedules apply
				  to applications for issuance of a new individual VPA permit or certificate.
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
$15,000
VPA Industrial Wastewater Operation/Land
								Application of Less Than 10 Inches Per Year
$10,500
VPA Industrial Sludge Operation
$7,500
VPA Combined Sludge Operation - Industrial Sludge
								(excluding water treatment plant residuals) and Municipal
								Biosolids
$7,500
VPA Municipal Wastewater Operation
$13,500
VPA Municipal Biosolids Operation
$5,000
All other operations not specified
								above
$750
C.
				  Virginia Water Protection (VWP) permits. The following fee schedules apply to
				  applications for issuance of a new individual and reissuance of an existing
				  individual VWP permit or certificate. 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. (Note: Withdrawal amounts shown in
				  the table below are maximum daily withdrawals.)
VWP Individual/Surface Water Impacts (Wetlands,
								Streams and/or Open Water)
$2,400 plus $220 for each 4,356 sq. ft. (1/10 acre)
								(or portion thereof) of incremental impact over 87,120 sq. ft. (two acres)
								($60,000 maximum)
VWP Individual/Minimum Instream Flow - Withdrawals
								equal to or greater than 3,000,000 gallons on any day
$25,000
VWP Individual/Minimum Instream Flow - Withdrawals
								between 2,000,000 and 2,999,999 gallons on any day
$20,000
VWP Individual/Minimum Instream Flow - Withdrawals
								between 1,000,000 and 1,999,999 gallons on any day
$15,000
VWP Individual/Minimum Instream Flow - Withdrawals
								less than 1,000,000 gallons on any day that do not otherwise qualify for a
								general VWP permit for water withdrawals
$10,000
VWP Individual/Reservoir - Major
$35,000
VWP Individual/Reservoir - Minor
$25,000
VWP Individual/Nonmetallic Mineral
								Mining
$2,400 plus $220 for each 4,356 sq. ft. (1/10 acre)
								(or portion thereof) of incremental impact over 87,120 sq. ft. (two acres)
								($7,500 maximum)
D.
				  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. The following fee schedules apply to
				  applications for issuance of a new individual, and reissuance of an existing
				  individual SWW permit or certificate.
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
$12,000
E.
				  Groundwater Withdrawal (GWW) permits issued in response to Chapter 25 (§
										62.1-254 et
				  seq.) of Title 62.1 of the Code of Virginia. The following fee schedules apply
				  to applications for issuance of a new individual, and reissuance of an existing
				  individual GWW permit or certificate.
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
$1,200
Groundwater Withdrawal - effective through December
								31, 2018
$6,000
Groundwater Withdrawal - effective January 1,
								2019
$9,000
Statutory Authority: §
												62.1-44.15:6
						of the Code of Virginia.