5 Colo. Code Regs. § 1002-102.5
The cash fees generated from this section shall be used to implement clean water program activities associated with the commerce and industry sector. These fees cover a portion of the Division's direct and indirect costs associated with administering the federal "Clean Water Act,"33 U.S.C. sec. 1251 et seq. and "Water Quality Control Act" (C.R.S. Title 25, Art. 8) for the commerce and industry sector. All fees shall be credited to the clean water cash fund per section 25-8-210(4), C.R.S.
This section includes the clean water annual cash fee schedules for the commerce and industry fee payor type. The Division may assess an annual fee upon commerce and industry fee payors, and all such fees shall be in accordance with 102.5(2) Table A. The commerce and industry fee payor type includes activities associated with mining, hydrocarbon refining, sugar processing, industrial stormwater, utilities not included in the private and public utilities sector, manufacturing activities, commercial activities, and all other industrial activities.
102.5(2) Table A Commerce and Industry Annual Cash Fee Schedule | ||
Fee Subcategory | Description | Annual Fee |
Category 1 Sand and gravel and placer mining individual permit | ||
I-A | Pit dewatering only | $910 |
I-B | Pit dewatering or wash-water discharge | $1,037 |
I-C | Mercury use with discharge impact | $1,164 |
I-D | Storm water discharge only | $791 |
Category 2 Coal mining individual permit | ||
II-A | Sedimentation ponds, surface runoff only | $1,783 |
II-B | Mine water, preparation plant discharge | $2,401 |
Category 3 Hard rock mining individual permit | ||
III-A | Mine dewatering from 0 up to 49,999 gallons per day | $2,074 |
III-B | Mine dewatering from 50,000 up to 999,999 gallons per day | $3,912 |
III-C | Mine dewatering, 1,000,000 gallons per day or more | $5,968 |
III-D | Mine dewatering and milling with no discharge | $5,968 |
III-E | Mine dewatering and milling with discharge | $17,975 |
III-F | No discharge | $2,074 |
III-G | Milling with discharge from 0 up to 49,999 gallons per day | $6,095 |
III-H | Milling with discharge, 50,000 gallons per day or more | $12,153 |
Category 4 Oil Shale | ||
IV-A | Sedimentation ponds, surface runoff only | $3,621 |
IV-B | Mine water from 0 up to 49,999 gallons per day | $3,912 |
IV-C | Mine water from 50,000 up to 999,999 gallons per day | $4,858 |
IV-D | Mine water from 1,000,000 gallons per day or more | $4,730 |
IV-E | Mine water and process water discharge | $17,975 |
IV-F | No discharge | $3,329 |
Category 5 General Permits | ||
V-A | Sand and gravel with process discharge and storm water | $492 |
V-B | Sand and gravel without process discharge - storm water only | $137 |
V-C | Placer mining | $946 |
V-D | Coal mining | $1,419 |
V-E | Industrial - single municipal industrial - storm water only | $337 |
V-F | Active mineral mines less than ten acres - storm water only | $227 |
V-G | Active mineral mines - ten acres or more - storm water only | $683 |
V-H | Inactive mineral mines - storm water only | $137 |
V-I | Department of transportation - sand and gravel storm-water permit | $7,933 |
V-J | Coal degasification - process water from 0 up to 49,999 gallons per day | $3,912 |
V-K | Coal degasification - process water from 50,000 up to 99,999 gallons per day | $5,968 |
V-L | Coal degasification - process water, 100,000 gallons per day or more | $17,975 |
V-M | Minimal discharge of industrial or commercial waste waters - general permit | $712 |
Category 6 Power plants | ||
VI-A | Cooling water only, no discharge | $2,074 |
VI-B | Process water from 0 up to 49,999 gallons per day | $3,912 |
VI-C | Process water from 50,000 up to 999,999 gallons per day | $5,968 |
VI-D | Process water from 1,000,000 up to 4,999,999 gallons per day | $17,975 |
VI-E | Process water, 5,000,000 gallons per day or more | $17,975 |
Category 7 Sugar Processing | ||
VII-A | Cooling water only, no discharge | $2,201 |
VII-B | Process water from 0 up to 49,999 gallons per day | $2,693 |
VII-C | Process water from 50,000 up to 999,999 gallons per day | $6,731 |
VII-D | Process water from 1,000,000 up to 4,999,999 gallons per day | $17,975 |
VII-E | Process water, 5,000,000 gallons per day or more | $17,975 |
Category 8 Petroleum refining | ||
VIII-A | Cooling water only, no discharge | $2,074 |
VIII-B | Process water from 0 up to 49,999 gallons per day | $4,658 |
VIII-C | Process water from 50,000 up to 999,999 gallons per day | $5,977 |
VIII-D | Process water from 1,000,000 up to 4,999,999 gallons per day | $17,975 |
VIII-E | Process water, 5,000,000 gallons per day or more | $17,975 |
Category 9 Fish Hatcheries | ||
IX | Fish hatcheries | $1,492 |
Category 10 Manufacturing and other industry: | ||
X-A | Cooling water only | $2,074 |
X-B | Process water from 0 up to 49,999 gallons per day | $3,912 |
X-C | Process water from 50,000 up to 999,999 gallons per day | $5,968 |
X-D | Process water from 1,000,000 up to 4,999,999 gallons per day | $17,975 |
X-E | Process water from 5,000,000 up to 19,999,999 gallons per day | $22,086 |
X-F | Process water, 20,000,000 gallons per day or more | $35,950 |
X-G | No discharge | $2,693 |
X-H | Amusement and recreation services | $2,693 |
Category 11 Individual industrial storm-water permits: | ||
XI-A | Individual industrial - less than ten acres | $537 |
XI-B | Individual industrial - ten acres or more | $683 |
XI-C | Individual industrial - storm water only - international airports | $11,316 |
This section includes the clean water cash fee schedules for the following regulatory requirements: permit application and permit modification.
The Division may assess an annual permit fee and a nonrefundable permit application fee for new permits that must equal fifty percent of the annual permit fee in Section 102.5(2).
The Division may assess a fee for an amendment or modification to permits. For minor amendments, the fee must be in an amount equal to twenty-five percent of the annual permit fee in Section 102.5(2) for the permit being amended, not to exceed two thousand eight hundred ten dollars. For major amendments, the fee must be in an amount equal to fifty-five percent of the annual permit fee in Section 102.5(2) for the permit being amended, not to exceed five thousand nine hundred fifty dollars.
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