Section Env-Ws 370.02 - Design Review Fee(a) In accordance with RSA 485:8, a fee shall be collected for the review of new public water systems or existing public water systems where conversion from transient use to residential use is proposed.(b) The fee shall be determined as follows: (1) For residential-type units, the fee shall be $45 per unit, regardless of the size of the residential units;(2) For new non-residential systems, the fee shall be $45 per unit, wherein the number of units is determined by conversion of the average daily demand to a residential-equivalent unit basis as described in (b)(3), below;(3) For purposes of calculating the fee, a residential-equivalent unit shall be an average daily demand of 300 gallons per day. The average daily demand for non-residential units shall be as defined by Env-Ws 372 and Env-Ws 373. The calculated fee for non-residential systems shall be determined by rounding off to the nearest full residential-equivalent unit;(4) In determining the number of units the system is designed to accommodate, the department shall use system design parameters, proposed plans for additional construction, and other factors bearing on the ultimate system demand;(5) The department shall presume that any application for expansion within 2 years of the initial submittal is part of the initial water system design and therefore subject to the fee;(6) If the average daily demand of a non-residential public water system is less than one-half of a residential-equivalent unit, the fee shall be zero dollars;(7) The maximum fee shall be based on 167 residential-type units or residential-equivalent units, as applicable, and shall be $7,515; and(8) No additional fee shall be charged for revised submissions which do not include additional units, or for submissions requesting an extension or expansion of an existing public water system.(c) As required by RSA 485:8, IV, the applicant shall submit the fee payment at the time of the design review submission. The amount of the fee shall be based on the number of residential-type or residential-equivalent units proposed to be served by the new public water system.N.H. Code Admin. R. Env-Ws 370.02
(See Revision Note at chapter heading for Env-Ws 300) #6521, eff 6-4-97; ss by #8360, INTERIM, eff 6-4-05, EXPIRES: 12-1-05; ss by #8477, eff 11-30-05