16-219 C.M.R. ch. 1
16-219 DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY
OFFICE OF STATE FIRE MARSHAL
Chapter 1: FEE SCHEDULES FOR PLANS EXAMINATION
SUMMARY: This rule establishes the fees for examination of plans for construction, reconstruction, repair, renovation, sprinkler systems, and barrier-free construction. The fee schedules established by this rule cover the following areas:
The fee schedule for new construction, reconstruction, repairs or renovations is 1.5/10 of 1% of the cost to construct or reconstruct the portion of the project that is subject to State Fire Marshal review.
The fee for review of a plan for new construction, reconstruction, repairs or renovations of a public school may not exceed $450.00 and is set forth in the following rule.
Due to limited storage space and to further local, state and national security and safety interests, electronic submission is encouraged.
$ 25.00 for each dwelling unit of each NFPA 13D system.
$ 100.00 for each fire pump installation, where the fire pump is listed for fire service
$ 1.00 for each fire sprinkler head in new systems or addition to existing systems
$ .50 for each relocated sprinkler head
Permits are not required for maintenance replacement of heads, including recall programs, where there is no change to the pipe length, pipe type, system type or occupancy / hazard. If a job involves more than this, then the fee applies only to the other work. Plan reviews will not begin until the appropriate fee is received.
RESUBMITTAL FEE
An additional fee of $ 50.00 will be charged for every submittal that is required to follow-up with information that was incomplete and/or inaccurate in the original submittal, either of which delays the permitting process. (This may be due to critical information that is lacking or in error on the blueprints/CAD drawings, hydraulic calculations, or application form. This fee is not to be charged for missing "non-essential information" or when there is a note explaining why the critical information is missing, and when it will be supplied.) It is also to be paid when "as-built" drawings are required upon job completion, or when a permit has been amended, because both of these require additional processing. If a full submittal is required because the original submittal is rejected, then another full permit fee will be required instead of the $ 50.00 resubmittal fee.
Any commercial or industrial installation over $ 1,000,000.00 shall require review by a fire protection engineer at additional expense to the fire sprinkler contractor.
ARCHIVE / STORAGE FEE
An additional fee of $ 50.00 will be charged for each submittal after the fourth submission per license year (per contractor) that is not submitted in electronic format. Fire sprinkler permit submittals are stored for reference, and because of limited storage space, the electronic submission is encouraged.
Drawings may be submitted as e-mail attachments in AutoCAD as dwg files. Larger files can be zipped, or mailed on CD disc. Calc's may be sent as pdf files, or as Hydratec files. The application form may be sent as an e-mail attachment in AutoCAD as a dwg file, or it may be sent as a hardcopy without this storage fee. The check may only be received through the mail.
FEE AMOUNT CONSTRUCTION COST
$ 25.00 UNDER $ 100,000.00
BUT LESS THAN 350,000.00
BUT LESS THAN 600,000.00
BUT LESS THAN 2,000,000.00
CHECKS PAYABLE TO: TREASURER, STATE OF MAINE
STATUTORY AUTHORITY: 25 M.R.S.§§ 2450, 2452; 32 M.R.S.§1374
EFFECTIVE DATE:
November 5, 1983 - filing 83-303
July 28, 1993 - filing 93-275 (EMERGENCY)
May 6, 1995 - filing 95-193
EFFECTIVE DATE (ELECTRONIC CONVERSION):
May 15, 1996
REPEALED AND REPLACED:
August 17, 2002 - filing 2002-308; includes additional subject matter from repealed Chapters 247 and 249.
AMENDED:
June 1, 2003 - filing 2003-165
NON-SUBSTANTIVE CHANGES:
March 3, 2004 - Explanatory Note on page 1, title wording for table on page 2
AMENDED:
April 23, 2006 – filing 2006-151
October 28, 2019 – filing 2019-181