1. (a) Applications for new individual water quality management permits, reissuance of individual water quality management permits and requests for permit amendments and transfers shall be accompanied by a fee payable to ‘‘Commonwealth of Pennsylvania’’ in the amounts specified as follows.

   Category	Application Type	Fee
   Joint Pesticides Permit	New and Reissuance	$250
   	Amendment	$100
   	Transfer	$50
   Major Sewage Treatment Facility	New	$10,000
   	Amendment	$2,000
   	Transfer	$250
   Major Industrial Waste Treatment Facility	New	$15,000
   Amendment	$2,000
   	Transfer	$500
   Minor and Non-NPDES Sewage Treatment Facility	New	$5,000
   Amendment	$500
   	Transfer	$250
   Minor and Non-NPDES Industrial Waste Treatment Facility	New	$7,500
   Amendment	$500
   	Transfer	$250
   Single Residence Sewage Treatment Plant	New	$200
   Amendment	$100
   	Transfer	$50
   Small Flow Treatment Facility	New	$1,000
   	Amendment	$200
   	Transfer	$100
   Sewer Extensions	New	$2,500
   	Amendment	$500
   	Transfer	$250
   Pump Station	New	$2,500
   	Amendment	$500
   	Transfer	$250
   Land Application and Reuse of Sewage	New and Reissuance	$5,000
   Amendment	$1,000
   	Transfer	$250
   Land Application and Reuse of Industrial Waste	New and Reissuance	$10,000
   Amendment	$2,000
   	Transfer	$250
   Manure Storage and Wastewater Impoundment	New	$1,000
   Amendment	$500
   	Transfer	$250

2. (b) NOI fees for coverage under a general water quality management permit, including fees for amendments to and transfers of general permit coverage, shall be made payable to the ‘‘Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.’’ The fees for a general permit in § 91.27(b)(1) (relating to general water quality management permit) will be established in the general permit. NOI fees may not exceed the individual permit application fees in subsection (a) for the equivalent category and application type.
3. (c) The Department will review the adequacy of the fees established in this section every 3 years and provide a written report to the EQB. The report will identify disparities between the amount of program income generated by the fees and the costs to administer the program, and contain recommendations to increase fees to eliminate any disparities, including recommendations for regulatory amendments to increase program fees.
4. (d) Any Federal or Commonwealth agency or independent Commonwealth commission that provides funding to the Department for the implementation of the WQM program through terms and conditions of a mutual agreement and any municipality that is currently designated as a financially distressed municipality by the Department of Community and Economic Development under the Municipalities Financial Recovery Act (53 P.S. § § 11701.101—11701.712) may be exempt from the fees in this section.

Authority

The provisions of this § 91.22 amended under sections 5 and 6 of The Clean Streams Law (35 P.S. § § 691.5 and 691.6); and section 1920-A of The Administrative Code of 1929 (71 P.S. § 510-20).

Source

The provisions of this § 91.22 adopted September 2, 1971, effective September 3, 1971, 1 Pa.B. 1804; amended November 7, 1980, effective November 8, 1980, 10 Pa.B. 4294; amended January 28, 2000, effective January 29, 2000, 30 Pa.B. 521; amended August 27, 2021, effective August 28, 2021, 51 Pa.B. 5361. Immediately preceding text appears at serial page (336591).

Cross References

This section cited in 25 Pa. Code § 91.27 (relating to general water quality management permit); and 25 Pa. Code § 92.22 (relating to application fees).