Section 696.9 - Operation and storage fee(a) Requirement.--Storage operators shall pay the department a fee on each ton of carbon dioxide injected for storage.(b)Amount.--The fee under this section shall be in an amount set by the Environmental Quality Board. The following apply: (1) The fee shall be based on the department's anticipated expenses associated with: (i) Regulating storage facilities during their construction, operation and preclosure phases.(ii) Long-term monitoring and management of the storage facility following issuance of the certificate of project completion under section 11.(2) The department shall transmit to the Legislative Reference Bureau for publication in the next available issue of the Pennsylvania Bulletin a schedule of the fee set under this section.(c) Deposit.--The fee imposed by the department under this section shall be deposited as follows:(1) Fifty percent of the fee shall be deposited into the fund.(2) Fifty percent of the fee shall be deposited into the restricted account within the fund established under section 10(a)(2).(d) Penalties.--Penalties imposed for violations of this act or regulations promulgated under this act and funds received by the department from financial responsibility mechanisms shall be remitted to the fund.Added by P.L. (number not assigned at time of publication) 2024 No. 87,§ 9, eff. 7/17/2024.