(a) Each operator shall submit a fee of $18,890 for each storage facility and $305 for each storage well annually on or before January 31. The operator shall pay the fee for each cavern storage well, whether plugged or unplugged, and for each unplugged reservoir storage well.

(b) Each permit applicant shall submit a fee of $1,500, in addition to any applicable plan fees specified in paragraph (c)(2), to the conservation division with any permit application submitted according to K.A.R. 82-3-1203.

(c) Each operator shall submit a fee in the amount of $1,500 to the conservation division for each of the following at the time of submission of the application or plan:

(1) An application to amend a storage facility permit according to K.A.R. 82-3-1205;
(2) each drilling and completion plan filed according to K.A.R. 82-3-1209;
(3) each workover plan filed according to K.A.R. 82-3-1211;
(4) each plugging-monitoring status plan according to K.A.R. 82-3-1218;
(5) each well plugging plan according to K.A.R. 82-3-1219;
(6) each application for temporary abandonment status for the storage facility or any storage well according to K.A.R. 82-3-1220; and
(7) an application to decommission and abandon the storage facility according to K.A.R. 82-3-1221.

(d) Each operator shall submit a fee in the amount of $1,500 to the conservation division for each of the following, in a single payment on or before the last day of the month in which the activity occurs, with a description of the activity listed on a form provided by the conservation division:

(1) Performance of any long-term monitoring and testing activity according to K.A.R. 82-3-1214 or K.A.R. 82-3-1215;
(2) performance of the annual review of the safety and emergency response plan according to K.A.R. 82-3-1216; and
(3) performance of the annual storage facility inspection according to K.A.R. 82-3-1217.

(e) All fees shall be nonrefundable and shall be made payable to the "Kansas corporation commission compressed air energy storage fund," pursuant to K.S.A. 66-1279 and amendments thereto.