D.C. Mun. Regs. tit. 20, r. 20-5605
Current through Register Vol. 71, No. 52, December 27, 2024
5605.1 The annual registration fee shall be eight hundred dollars ($800) for each tank with a capacity of over ten thousand (10,000) gallons; four hundred fifty dollars ($450) for each tank with a capacity of ten thousand (10,000) gallons or less; except the fee for a heating oil tank with a capacity of ten thousand (10,000) gallons or less shall be two hundred dollars ($200). The owner or operator of a heating oil tank with a capacity of more than ten thousand (10,000) gallons shall pay eight hundred dollars ($800).
5605.2 The annual registration fee shall be paid in full by January 1 of each year. Any annual registration fee not received by January 1 of each year shall be subject to a late fee of two hundred dollars ($200).
5605.3 The following fees will be charged for the listed Departmental activities:
(a) The fee for review of plans and specifications and performing facility inspections for UST installations is two hundred fifty dollars ($250) per tank;(b) The fee for performing facility inspections and for review of reports related to UST closure- in-place is two hundred fifty dollars ($250) per tank, except that the fee for these activities for heating oil tanks with a capacity of less than one thousand one hundred (1,100) gallons is one hundred fifty dollars ($150) per tank ;(c) The fee for performing facility inspections and review of reports related to UST removal is two hundred fifty dollars ($250) per tank, except the fee for these activities for heating oil tanks with a capacity of less than one thousand one hundred (1,100) gallons is one hundred fifty dollars ($150) per tank; and(d) The initial fee for participation in the Voluntary Remediation Action Program is five thousand dollars ($5000), except that the Department may waive the fee if the applicant is a neighboring property owner who is unable to obtain relief from the responsible party. The initial fee shall be reduced by twenty- five percent (25%) if the applicant demonstrates, to the satisfaction of the Department, that the corrective action plan will use green remediation. In addition, an annual fee of five hundred dollars ($500) to continue in the program will be charged and is payable on the one year anniversary date of Conditional Authorization Letter issued pursuant to § 6212.3 until a no further action or case closure letter is issued. This paragraph shall not apply to a Voluntary Remediation Action Program application approved on or before February 21, 2020.5605.4 The following application fees will be charged for the licensing of any business and the certification of any individual who installs, upgrades, repairs, permanently closes, or tests UST systems under Chapter 65:
(a) The initial application fee to license a business is four hundred dollars ($400), and the annual renewal application fee is two hundred dollars ($200), except that the initial application fee for businesses certified by a neighboring state under § 6501 is three hundred dollars ($300); and(b) The initial application fee to certify an individual is two hundred fifty dollars ($250), and the annual renewal application fee is one hundred fifty dollars ($150).5605.5 The fees in this section may be increased for each calendar year by the percentage, if any, by which the Consumer Price Index as published by the Department of Labor increased between the last two calendar years. For example, the fees for 2019 would be based on the increase, if any, from 2017 to 2018.
D.C. Mun. Regs. tit. 20, r. 20-5605
Final Rulemaking published at 46 DCR 7699 (October 1, 1999); as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 56 DCR 6678 (August 21, 2009); amended by Final Rulemaking published at 67 DCR 1778 (2/21/2020)Authority: Unless otherwise noted, the authority for this chapter is § 13 of the District of Columbia Underground Storage Tank Management Act of 1990, as amended, D.C. Law 8-242, D.C. Code § 6-995.1 et seq. (1995 Repl. Vol.), Mayor's Order 91-160 dated October 9, 1991; and the District of Columbia Water Pollution Control Act of 1984, D.C. Law 5-188, D.C. Code 6-921 (1995 Repl. Vol.), Mayor's Order 85-152 dated September 12, 1985.