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Groundwater Individual Permit Fees

 

Water Fees

Groundwater Individual Permit

A Groundwater Individual permit is usually intended for large facilities, such as; municipal wastewater treatment plants, mines, or other industrial facilities that discharge to an aquifer. These permit fees are subject to an annual adjustment and will be updated annually. Those facilities that require a Groundwater Individual permit are subject to:

  • Hourly fees of $174 per hour
  • Maximum fee caps
  • Annual Fees

 

Permit Type

Maximum Fee

Individual or area-wide

$285,400

Complex modification to individual or area-wide

$214,050

Clean closure of the facility

$71,350

Standard modification to individual or area-wide 


Maximum fee (cumulative per submittal)


Modification under A.A.C. R18-9-A211(C)(1) through (3)


Modification under A.A.C. R18-9-A211(C)(4) through (6)


Modification under A.A.C. R18-9-A211(C)(7), (D)(2)(b) through (i), and (k) through (l)


Modification under A.A.C. R18-9-A211(D)(2)(a) and (j)


Modification under A.A.C. R18-9-A211(B) that is not classified as complex modification under R18-14-101(2)



$214,050


No fee


$7,135


$21,405


$35,675



$35,675

For an APP issued before July 1, 2011, the fee for a submittal required by a compliance schedule is assessed per submittal and cumulative up to the maximum fee. The applicable maximum fee for all compliance schedule submissions shall be according to one of the three maximum fee categories listed below. The maximum fee is for the lifetime of the APP unless a new compliance schedule is established in the APP due to a modification that is classified as both a significant amendment under A.A.C. R18-9-A211(B) and a complex modification under R18-14-101(2)


For a permit with a compliance schedule where one or more submissions require a permit modification that requires a determination or reevaluation of BADCT, the fee is assessed as described above for each standard modification, with a maximum fee for the permit’s entire compliance schedule of:


For a permit with a compliance schedule where one or more submissions require a permit modification, but no determination or reevaluation of BADCT is required, the fee is assessed as described above for each standard modification, with a maximum fee for the permit’s entire compliance schedule of:


For a permit with a compliance schedule requiring one or more submissions that require ADEQ review but do not require a permit modification, the maximum fee for the permit’s entire compliance schedule is:








$214,050





$142,700




$142,700

For an APP issued on or after July 1, 2011, the fee for a submittal required by a compliance schedule is assessed per submittal and cumulative up to the maximum fee for the lifetime of the APP

$142,700

Determination of applicability

$21,405

 

Permits are subject to annual fees, assigned during permitting based on annual Permitted Discharge Volume of: 
 

Permitted Discharge Volume (GPD) 

Annual Fee (for constructed)

Annual Fee (if not constructed)

3,000 to 9,999

$714

$357

10,000 to 99,999

$1,427

$357

100,000 to 999,999

$3,568

$714

1,000,000 to 9,999,999

$8,562

$892

10,000,000 or more

$12,130

$1,070