1. A. Exception. Notwithstanding §§B—E of this regulation and Regulation .09 of this chapter, and in the discretion of the Department, fees for minor improvements or revisions to existing permits may be waived or reduced.
2. B. Application and Permit Fees. An applicant for a permit to install, materially alter, or materially extend a major sewerage system shall pay the sum of the applicable fees set forth in the fee schedules in §§C—E of this regulation.

3. C. Sewage Treatment Plants.

   1. (1) Fees for a new plant and fees for an existing plant at which two or more new unit processes are to be constructed are as follows:

      Design Capacity	Fee
      Greater than 10 MGD	$2,000
      From 5 up to 10 MGD	1,625
      From 1 up to 5 MGD	1,200
      From 0.5 up to 1 MGD	900
      Less than 0.5 MGD	750

   2. (2) Fees for an existing plant at which only one new unit process is to be constructed are as follows:

      Design Capacity	Fee
      Greater than 10 MGD	$1,750
      From 5 up to 10 MGD	1,500
      From 1 up to 5 MGD	1,100
      From 0.5 up to 1 MGD	800
      Less than 0.5 MGD	450

   3. (3) If no fee is due under §C(1) or (2) of this regulation, the fee shall be the lesser of the:

      1. (a) Amount listed in §C(2) of this regulation for the design capacity of the particular plant; or

      2. (b) Sum of the following:

         1. (i) $125 for each unit process that is installed, materially altered, or materially extended, plus
         2. (ii) $125 for each component, which is not part of a unit process, that is installed, materially altered, or materially extended.
   4. (4) In §C(3)(b) of this regulation, examples of components which are not part of a unit process include bar screens, comminutors, splitter boxes, flow meters, sludge holding tanks, and sludge drying beds.

4. D. Sewage Collection Lines.

   1. (1) Fees for new lines and material alterations and material extensions to existing lines are set forth in §D(2) and (3) of this regulation. Sewage treatment plant and pumping station fees are additional.

   2. (2) Fees for sewage collection lines and appurtenances are as follows:

      Length in Feet, Excluding Pumping Stations	Fee
      Greater than 10,000	$1,800
      From 5,000 up to 10,000	1,400
      From 2,000 up to 5,000	800
      From 400 up to 2,000	450
      Less than 400	125

5. E. Pumping Stations.

   1. (1) Fees for new pumping stations and for material alterations and material extensions to existing pumping stations are set forth in the following fee schedule:

      Design Capacity	Fee
      Greater than 10 MGD	$1,400
      From 5 up to 10 MGD	1,100
      From 1 up to 5 MGD	800
      From 0.5 up to 1 MGD	600
      Less than 0.5 MGD	400

   2. (2) The combined design capacity of all lift stations applied for under the permit shall be used in calculating the design capacity.

Authority: Environment Article, §§9-204 and 9-510, Annotated Code of Maryland

Effective date: January 1, 1992 (18:25 Md. R. 2759)

Regulations .02, .05, and .06 amended as an emergency provision effective November 17, 1995 (22:25 Md. R. 1959); amended permanently effective February 26, 1996 (23:4 Md. R. 274)

Regulation .03C adopted effective October 4, 1999 (26:20 Md. R. 1548)

Regulation .04A amended effective October 4, 1999 (26:20 Md. R. 1548)