18 Alaska Admin. Code § 72.956

Current through May 31, 2024

Section 18 AAC 72.956 - General permit authorization fees

(a) An applicant must pay the appropriate fee as listed in the following table for authorization to operate under an existing general permit issued under 18 AAC 72.900 or 18 AAC 83.205, or authorization to operate under a general permit issued under 33 U.S.C. 1342 (Clean Water Act, sec. 402) that has been certified by the department under 33 U.S.C. 1341 (Clean Water Act, sec. 401):

GENERAL PERMIT AUTHORIZATION FEES
	Fee (in dollars)
(1) Annual fee for a domestic wastewater system covered under a general permit, with a daily maximum permitted flow, in gallons per day (gpd), of1
(A) 0 - 1,500	665
(B) 1,501 - 15,000	765
(C) 15,001 - and over	1,280
(2) One-time fee for a construction activity that consists of excavation dewatering	950
(3) Annual fee for fish hatcheries and aquaculture facilities	1,715
(4) Annual fee for seafood processing covered under a general permit	1,715
(5) Annual fee for log transfer facilities	435
(6) One-time fee for hydrostatic test water	1,145
(7) One-time fee for aquifer pump testing, in support of mineral mining development and exploration	1,145
(8) Annual fee for wastewater discharges from drinking water filter backwash	1,635
(9) Annual fee for cooling water general permit	2,050
(10) One-time fee for construction general permit (CGP) for stormwater runoff	580
(11) Annual fee for multi-sector general permit (MSGP) for stormwater	735
(12) Annual fee for mechanical placer mining with a mixing zone authorized under ISAAC 70.2402	315
(13) Annual fee for placer small suction general permit	25
(14) Annual fee for placer medium suction general permit	90
(15) Annual fee for mechanical placer mining without a mixing zone authorized under 18 AAC 72.240	225
(16) Annual fee for placer Norton Sound general permit	715
(17) Annual fee for each general permit authorization for oil and gas exploration and development
(A) North Slope oil and gas general permit	700
(B) Cook Inlet oil and gas general permit	3,600
(C) Arctic oil and gas general permit	2,370
(D) Underground Injection Control Class I well general permit	950
(18) Annual fee for arctic geotechnical general permit	4,575

Notes to table:

¹ If the applicant is a business with fewer than 20 employees, the fee is reduced by a travel cost of $85.

² If the applicant is a business with fewer than 20 employees, the fee is reduced by a travel cost of $25.

(b) For one-time fees, an applicant for an authorization shall pay the fee for the authorization upon application.

(c) For annual fees, an applicant for or recipient of an authorization shall pay the fee for the authorization upon application and annually afterwards within 30 days after issuance of the billing.

(d) If a new application is received not earlier than October 1 and not later than December 31, the applicant shall pay one-half of the annual fee required under (a) of this section for that year.

(e) For any annual fee received later than 30 days after issuance of the billing, a late fee of $20 may be charged for each month that the payment is late.

(f) A fee required under (a) of this section is not refundable.

(g) If an authorization to operate under a general permit is transferred from an existing owner or operator to a new owner or operator, the new owner or operator shall pay the applicable fees described in (a) of this section during the next annual billing cycle.

(h) An owner or operator may request in writing to terminate an existing authorization to operate under a general permit if a discharge is not occurring. If an authorization is terminated at the request of the owner or operator, the owner or operator must file a new application and pay a new application fee for a new authorization before resuming the wastewater discharge.

18 AAC 72.956

Eff. 1/17/2002, Register 161; am 12/23/2009, Register 192; am 10/22/2016, Register 220, January 2017; am 10/1/2023, Register 247, October 2023

Authority:AS 37.10.052

AS 44.46.020

AS 44.46.025

AS 46.03.020

AS 46.03.050

AS 46.03.100

AS 46.03.110

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