1. (a) Except as provided in subsection (e) of this section, an annual facility fee of $50 is assessed for each underground storage tank subject to the registration provisions of §334.7 of this title (relating to Registration). The fees shall be billed to and paid by the owner of the tank.
2. (b) Payment of annual facility fees is due within 30 days of the date the executive director sends a statement of the assessment to the tank owner. Annual facility fees must be paid by check, certified check, or money order made payable to the "Texas Natural Resource Conservation Commission." Payments must be mailed to the address specified in the billing statement.
3. (c) The executive director shall establish a schedule for billing of annual facility fees. The amount of the fee to be paid, regardless of the actual billing date, shall be based on the number of regulated underground storage tanks in place on or after the first day of each fiscal year (September 1).
4. (d) An agency of the federal government is not subject to an assessment under this section for any revenue used to match federal funds for the remediation of leaking underground storage tanks. In any fiscal year in which fee revenues are used to match federal funds for remediation of a leaking underground storage tank, the commission shall determine the prorated contribution of each federal underground storage tank (UST) facility to the leaking underground storage tank trust fund in that year. The assessment of annual UST facility tank fees in the following year shall be adjusted by crediting the account of each federal facility for the excess amount paid in the previous year.
5. (e) An annual facility fee shall not be assessed for an underground storage tank which is owned, operated, or maintained by a common carrier railroad, as provided in the Texas Water Code, §26.344(g).

Source Note:The provisions of this §334.21 adopted to be effective June 25, 1990, 15 TexReg 3429; amended to be effective November 8, 1995, 20 TexReg 8800.