Authority: IC 13-13-5-2; IC 13-14-8; IC 13-16; IC 13-18-4-1

Affected: IC 36-1-2-23

Sec. 5. (a) The following governmental entities shall remit with each construction permit application made under this article a fee of one hundred dollars ($100) but are excluded from payment of the fees in subsection (b)(1):

1. (1) County, municipality, or township, which is defined as a unit under IC 36-1-2-23.
2. (2) A nonprofit organization.
3. (3) A conservancy district.
4. (4) A school corporation that operates a sewage treatment facility.
5. (5) A regional water or sewage district.

(b) The following fees must be remitted by a person not listed in subsection (a) at the time a construction permit application is submitted to the department:

1. (1) The fees for wastewater treatment construction permits are as follows:

   TYPE		PROCESSING FEE
   New wastewater treatment plant (except industrial):
   	Up to 500,000 gallons per day	$1,250
   	Greater than 500,000 gallons per day	$2,500
   New industrial wastewater treatment plant (including pretreatment):
   	Up to 500,000 gallons per day for:
   	Biological or chemical treatment	$1,250
   	Physical treatment	$250
   	Greater than 500,000 gallons per day for:
   	Biological or chemical treatment	$2,500
   	Physical treatment	$500
   WWTP expansion:
   	Up to fifty percent (50%) design capacity:
   	Greater than 500,000 gallons per day	$1,250
   	Up to 500,000 gallons per day	$625
   	Greater than fifty percent (50%) design capacity:
   	Greater than 500,000 gallons per day	$2,500
   	Up to 500,000 gallons per day	$1,250

2. (2) A fee of one hundred dollars ($100) must be submitted with each new or modified sanitary sewer construction permit application.

(c) The fee is not refundable after staff review and processing of the permit application has commenced.

(Water Pollution Control Division; 327 IAC 3-5-5; filed Sep 24, 1987, 3:00 p.m.: 11 IR 611; filed Oct 22, 1991, 5:00 p.m.: 15 IR 220; errata, 15 IR 1024; filed Sep 3, 1996, 3:00 p.m.: 20 IR 11; readopted filed Jan 10, 2001, 3:23 p.m.: 24 IR 1518; readopted filed Nov 21, 2007, 1:16 p.m.: 20071219-IR-327070553BFA; readopted filed Jul 29, 2013, 9:21 a.m.: 20130828-IR-327130176BFA; errata filed Jul 31, 2017, 11:06 a.m.: 20170809-IR-327170349ACA; readopted filed Jun 14, 2019, 1:59 p.m.: 20190710-IR-327190246BFA; filed May 23, 2022, 9:56 a.m.: 20220622-IR-327200026FRA; readopted filed Oct 18, 2024, 1:57 p.m.: 20241113-IR- 327230810RFA)