Okla. Admin. Code § 252:626-3-10

Current through Vol. 42, No. 4, November 1, 2024

Section 252:626-3-10 - Permit fees

(a) Permits will not be issued until all fees are paid. Applicants may enter into a monthly billing agreement with the DEQ.

(b) Fees for water treatment facility construction permit applications are as follows:

(1) New facilities and major modifications that alter the original design or the design capacity:

(A) Non-community systems (new) - $722.00

(B) Community systems (new)

(i) less than 10 MGD - $2,910.00

(ii) 10 MGD or greater design flow - $5,825.00

(2) Modifications of existing water treatment systems:

(A) Chemical feed system (not including disinfection) - $440.00

(B) Minor modifications that will not alter the design capacity of the facility such as flow measurement, chlorine contact basins, disinfection and back-up power - $1,455.00

(C) Major modifications that alter the original design or the design capacity of the treatment plant - $2,910.00

(3) Supply facilities:

(A) Well(s) - $580.00 each (maximum $2,910.00)

(B) Storage Tanks - $440.00 each

(C) Raw water transmission lines - $440.00

(D) Chlorination (ground water system) - $440.00

(4) Distribution system improvements:

(A) Line extensions (rounded to the nearest one hundred feet (100')): $150.00 for the initial one to five hundred feet (1-500') plus $28.50 for each additional one hundred feet (100') with a maximum total line extension fee of $5,825.00.

(B) Booster station(s) - $440.00 each

(C) Municipalities that utilize the alternative permitting process described in 252:626-3-4 shall submit payment to DEQ for twenty percent (20%) of the total fee calculated in (A) and (B) of this paragraph. This fee may be paid upon submission of plans, or on a monthly or quarterly basis.

(5) Permit Exemption - $100.00

(c) REAP (Rural Economic Assistance Program) and emergency grant projects (PWS systems funded in whole by grant monies made available through the Oklahoma Water Resources Board as authorized by 82 O.S. § 1085.39 ) are exempt from permit fees. Projects partially funded by REAP and emergency grant projects may be exempt from a portion of the permit fees by the percentage said funding is providing for the total cost of the project.

(d) Individual household well inspection - $200.00 each

(e) To assist in meeting rising costs to the Department for implementing the Public Water Supply Construction Standards program, the fees set out in (b) and (d) of this Section shall be automatically adjusted on July 1^st every year to correspond to the percentage, if any, by which the Consumer Price Index (CPI) for the most recent calendar year exceeds the CPI for the previous calendar year. The Department may round the adjusted fees up to the nearest dollar. The Department may waive collection of an automatic increase in a given year if it determines other revenues, including appropriated state general revenue funds, have increased sufficiently to make the funds generated by the automatic adjustment unnecessary in that year. A waiver does not affect future automatic adjustments.

(1) Any automatic fee adjustment under this subsection may be averted or eliminated, or the adjustment percentage may be modified, by rule promulgated pursuant to the Oklahoma Administrative Procedures Act. The rulemaking process may be initiated in any manner provided by law, including a petition for rulemaking pursuant to 75 O.S. ' 305 and 252:4-5-3 by any person affected by the automatic fee adjustment.

(2) If the United States Department of Labor ceases to publish the CPI or revises the methodology or base years, no further automatic fee adjustments shall occur until a new automatic fee adjustment rule is promulgated pursuant to the Oklahoma Administrative Procedures Act.

(3) For purposes of this subsection, "Consumer Price Index" or "CPI" means the Consumer Price Index - All Urban Consumers (U.S. All Items, Current Series, 1982-1984=100, CUUR0000SA0) published by the United States Department of Labor. The CPI for a calendar year is the figure denoted by the Department of Labor as the "Annual" index figure for that calendar year.

Okla. Admin. Code § 252:626-3-10

Added at 18 Ok Reg 1612, eff 6-1-01; Amended at 24 Ok Reg 1540, eff 6-15-07; Added at 28 Ok Reg 1275, eff 7-1-11