Ariz. Admin. Code § R18-14-104 – Annual Fees for Water Quality Protection Services Subject to Hourly Rate Fee

A. Annual Registration Fees. The annual registration fee required under A.R.S. § 49-242 is in Table 2, adjusted annually under subsection (F).
B. The Department shall assess an annual fee for an AZPDES related water quality protection service subject to an hourly rate fee as listed in Table 3, adjusted annually under subsection (F).
C. The Department shall assess an annual fee of $714, adjusted annually under subsection (F) for an individual reclaimed water permit.
D. The Department shall assess an annual fee and an annual waste disposal fee as applicable to UIC regulated facilities, subject to an hourly rate fee, as listed in Tables 3.1 and 3.2, adjusted annually under subsection (F).
E. The Department shall assess an annual fee of $101,250, adjusted annually under subsection (F), for AWP permits and for AWP Demonstration permits.
F. The Director shall adjust the annual fees listed in subsections (A), (B), (C), (D), and (E) every August 1, to the nearest $10, beginning August 4, 2023, by multiplying the annual fee by the Consumer Price Index (CPI) for the most recent year, and then dividing by the CPI for the year 2023. The CPI for any year is the average of the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers, Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, AZ, all items published by the United States Department of Labor, as of the close of the 12-month period ending on June 30 of that year.

Table 2. APP Annual Registration Fees

Discharge or Influent per Day under the Individual APP or Notice of Disposal (in Gallons)	Annual Registration Fee	Annual Registration Fee if New Facility Under New APP Not Yet Constructed
3,000 to 9,999	$714	$357
10,000 to 99,999	$1,427	$357
100,000 to 999,999	$3,568	$714
1,000,000 to 9,999,999	$8,562	$892
10,000,000 or more	$12,130	$1,070

Historical Note

Table 2 made by final rulemaking at 17 A.A.R. 568, effective July 1, 2011 (Supp. 11-2). Amended by final rulemaking at 29 A.A.R. 1869 (August 25, 2023), with an immediate effective date of August 4, 2023 (Supp. 23-3).

Table 3. AZPDES Annual Fees

Permit Type	Annual Fee	Annual Fee if New Facility Under New AZPDES Not Yet Constructed
Municipal separate storm sewer system	$14,270	N/A
Wastewater treatment plant (based on gallons of discharge per day):
§ Less than 99,999	$357	$357
§ 100,000 to 999,999	$714	$714
§ 1,000,000 to 9,999,999	$3,568	$892
§ 10,000,000 or more	$5,708	$1,070
Facility or activity that is not a wastewater treatment plant or municipal separate storm sewer and designated in the permit as either:
Major	$3,568	$892
Minor	$714	$714
Pretreatment program	$4,281	N/A
Consolidated individual permit for multiple AZPDES individual permits, as allowed under A.A.C. R18-9-B901(C)	Aggregate of the applicable annual fees of each individual permit	Aggregate of the applicable annual fees of each individual permit

Historical Note

Table 3 made by final rulemaking at 17 A.A.R. 568, effective July 1, 2011 (Supp. 11-2). Amended by final rulemaking at 29 A.A.R. 1869 (August 25, 2023), with an immediate effective date of August 4, 2023 (Supp. 23-3).

Table 3.1. UIC Annual Fees

Permit Type	Annual Registration Fee	Annual Waste Disposal Fee
Area	$10,000 (and not subject to any other annual registration fee in Tables 3.1 and 3.2)	N/A
Class I	No Annual Registration Fee	$0.002/gallon. Minimum Fee: $10,000/year Maximum Fee: $25,000/year
Class II	See Table 3.2	N/A
Class III	See Table 3.2	N/A
Class V “Individual”	See Table 3.2	N/A
Class VI	No Annual Registration Fee	$0.08/ton Minimum Fee: $10,000/year

Historical Note

Table 3.1 made by final rulemaking at 28 A.A.R. 1811 (July 29, 2022), effective September 6, 2022 (Supp. 22-3).

Table 3.2. UIC Annual Registration Fees

Design Injection Flow Rate in Gallons per day1, 2	Annual Registration Fee
3,000 to 9,999	$600
10,000 to 99,999	$1,200
100,000 to 999,999	$3,000
1,000,000 to 9,999,999	$7,000
10,000,000 or more	$10,000

1 A Class II, III or V Individual UIC permittee with multiple wells or multiple permits may consolidate their same-class wells for the purpose of “design injection flow rate in gallons per day” under Table 3.2.

2 An Area permit is not subject to Table 3.2.

Historical Note

Table 3.2 made by final rulemaking at 28 A.A.R. 1811 (July 29, 2022), effective September 6, 2022 (Supp. 22-3).

Schedule A. Repealed

Historical Note

Schedule A adopted effective November 15, 1996 (Supp. 96-4). Schedule repealed by final rulemaking at 7 A.A.R. 564, effective January 2, 2001 (Supp. 01-1).

Schedule B. Repealed

Historical Note

Schedule B adopted effective November 15, 1996 (Supp. 96-4). Schedule repealed by final rulemaking at 7 A.A.R. 564, effective January 2, 2001 (Supp. 01-1).

Schedule C. Repealed

Historical Note

Schedule C adopted effective November 15, 1996 (Supp. 96-4). Schedule repealed by final rulemaking at 7 A.A.R. 564, effective January 2, 2001 (Supp. 01-1).

Schedule D. Repealed

Historical Note

Schedule D adopted effective November 15, 1996 (Supp. 96-4). Schedule repealed by final rulemaking at 7 A.A.R. 564, effective January 2, 2001 (Supp. 01-1).

Historical Note

Adopted effective November 15, 1996 (Supp. 96-4). Amended by final rulemaking at 7 A.A.R. 564, effective January 2, 2001 (Supp. 01-1). Amended by final rulemaking at 17 A.A.R. 568, effective July 1, 2011 (Supp. 11-2). Tables 2 and 3 removed from this Section to conform with the A.A.C. codification scheme; amended by final rulemaking at 28 A.A.R. 1811 (July 29, 2022), effective September 6, 2022 (Supp. 22-3). Amended by final rulemaking at 29 A.A.R. 1869 (August 25, 2023), with an immediate effective date of August 4, 2023 (Supp. 23-3). Amended by final rulemaking at 31 A.A.R. 1161 (April 4, 2025), with an immediate effective date of March 4, 2025 (Supp. 25-1).