1. (a) The appropriate fee in accordance with the following schedule must accompany an application for accreditation, renewal of accreditation, change of ownership, change in administrative information, addition of fields of accreditation or supplemental onsite assessment. A check must be payable to ‘‘Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.’’ When the Department is able to accept credit card payments, an environmental laboratory may make payment by credit card and shall pay to the Commonwealth all service charges or other administrative fees in addition to the accreditation fees. The fees are as follows:

   Category	Fee
   Application fee—Initial Application for State Accreditation	$1,500
   Application fee—Renewal Application for State Accreditation	$700
   Application fee—Ownership Transfer or Change in Administrative Information	$150
   Application fee—Initial Application for NELAP Accreditation	$3,500
   Application fee—Renewal Application for NELAP Accreditation	$2,750
   Application fee—Addition of Field of Accreditation	$350
   Application fee—Supplemental Onsite Assessment	$500
   Basic Drinking Water Category—Includes one method for each of the following: Total Coliform Bacteria, Fecal Coliform Bacteria, E. coli Bacteria, Heterotrophic Bacteria, Nitrate, Nitrite, Fluoride, Cyanide	$750
   Basic Nonpotable Water Category—Includes one method for each of the following: Fecal Coliform Bacteria, BOD, CBOD, Nitrate, Ammonia, Total Nitrogen, Total Kjeldahl Nitrogen, Nitrite, Phosphorus, and one method for each type of residue including % Solids for land applied biosolids	$850
   Asbestos—first matrix	$600
   Basic Microbiology—includes fecal coliform, total coliform, E. coli and heterotrophic bacteria—first matrix	$700
   Complex Microbiology—first matrix	$1,000
   Trace Metal Category—first matrix	$750
   Inorganic Nonmetal Category—first matrix	$850
   Purgeable Volatile Organic Chemicals—first matrix	$850
   Extractable and Semivolatile Organic Chemicals—first matrix	$1,750
   Dioxin—first matrix	$850
   Radiochemical Category—first matrix	$950
   Whole Effluent Toxicity Testing—first matrix	$950
   Asbestos—second matrix	$450
   Basic Microbiology—includes fecal coliform, total coliform, E. coli and heterotrophic bacteria—second matrix	$600
   Complex Microbiology—second matrix	$900
   Trace Metal Category—second matrix	$600
   Inorganic Nonmetal Category—second matrix	$700
   Purgeable Volatile Organic Chemicals—second matrix	$700
   Extractable and Semivolatile Organic Chemicals—second matrix	$1,600
   Dioxin—second matrix	$700
   Radiochemical Category—second matrix	$850
   Asbestos—third matrix	$400
   Basic Microbiology—includes fecal coliform, total coliform, E. coli and heterotrophic bacteria—third matrix	$500
   Complex Microbiology—third matrix	$800
   Trace Metal Category—third matrix	$550
   Inorganic Nonmetal Category—third matrix	$650
   Purgeable Volatile Organic Chemicals—third matrix	$600
   Extractable and Semivolatile Organic Chemicals—third matrix	$1,450
   Dioxin—third matrix	$650
   Radiochemical Category—third matrix	$750

2. (b) At least every 3 years, the Department will recommend regulatory changes to the fees in this section to the EQB to address any disparity between the program income generated by the fees and program costs. The regulatory amendment will be based upon an evaluation of the accreditation program fees income and the Department’s costs of administering the accreditation program.
3. (c) An environmental laboratory owned or operated by a Commonwealth agency is exempt from this fee requirement, but shall apply for accreditation under this chapter.
4. (d) Fees are nonrefundable.
5. (e) In addition to the nonrefundable application fee, an out-of-State environmental laboratory shall reimburse the Department for the costs associated with onsite assessments necessitated by accreditation as specified in § 252.206 (relating to out-of-State onsite reimbursement).

Authority

The provisions of this § 252.204 amended under 27 Pa.C.S. § § 4103(a), 4104 and 4105; and section 1920-A of The Administrative Code of 1929 (71 P.S. § 510-20).

Source

The provisions of this § 252.204 amended April 9, 2010, effective April 10, 2010, 40 Pa.B. 1898; amended July 28, 2017, effective July 29, 2017, 47 Pa.B. 4085. Immediately preceding text appears at serial pages (348791) to (348792).

Cross References

This section cited in 25 Pa. Code § 252.201 (relating to application and supporting documents); and 25 Pa. Code § 252.203 (relating to accreditation renewal).