N.J. Admin. Code § 7:14A-22.25 - Treatment works approval fees
(a)
Fees charged for treatment works approvals shall be calculated as follows:
1. Applicants for a treatment works approval
shall be categorized based on the construction costs of their projects as
follows:
i. Category 1 includes projects
where the construction costs are greater than $ 1,000,000;
ii. Category 2 includes projects where the
construction costs are greater than $ 250,000 but are less than or equal to $
1,000,000.
iii. Category 3 includes
projects where the construction costs are less than or equal to $
250,000.
2. Fees for
treatment works approvals shall be based upon the coefficient "P" where:
i. "P" = EB/[T1 + 2(T2) + 4(T3) +
1,500,000(N1) + 500,000(N2)];
ii.
"EB" = the estimated budget for the Department 's treatment works approval
program for the forthcoming fiscal year;
iii. "T1" = the sum of the construction costs
for all projects in Category 1 from the prior fiscal year;
iv. "T2" = the sum of the construction costs
for all projects in Category 2 from the prior fiscal year;
v. "T3" = the sum of the construction costs
for all projects in Category 3 from the prior fiscal year;
vi. "N1" = the total number of projects in
Category 1 from the prior fiscal year; and
vii. "N2" = the total number of projects in
Category 2 from the prior fiscal year.
3. All applicants for a treatment works
approval shall pay one of the following fees based upon the category in which
the project falls as determined by (a)1 above:
i. Category 1 fee = 4P($ 250,000) + 2P($
750,000) + P(construction cost of the applicant 's project - $
1,000,000);
ii. Category 2 fee =
4P($ 250,000) + 2P(construction cost of the applicant 's project - $ 250,000);
or
iii. Category 3 fee =
4P(construction cost of the applicant 's project).
4. An applicant for a treatment works
approval shall pay a minimum fee of $ 850.00.
5. The Department shall prepare an annual fee
schedule report that will include the following:
i. The coefficient "P" of the fee formula
derived from the equation in (a)2i above;
ii. A detailed financial statement showing
the estimated budget for the forthcoming fiscal year. The statement shall
include a breakdown of the treatment works approval program by account title
(for example, print and office supplies, vehicular, and maintenance of
vehicles); and
iii. A detailed
financial statement of the previous fiscal year's actual expenditures including
a breakdown by account titles, total by category of treatment works approval
applications reviewed, actual revenue and any credit/deficit to be carried
forward to the next fiscal year.
6. The Department shall hold a public hearing
concerning the fees to be assessed for the forthcoming fiscal year only when
projected fees exceed a 10 percent increase as compared to the previous fiscal
year's fees. The Department shall hold the hearing prior to the actual
assessment of fees. The Department shall provide public notice of the hearing
in the New Jersey Register, DEP Bulletin , and one or more newspapers with
general circulation.
7. In those
years not requiring a public hearing , publication of the forthcoming fiscal
year's coefficient "P" together with a synopsis of the fee schedule report
shall appear in the New Jersey Register, the DEP Bulletin and one or more
newspapers with general circulation.
8. The annual TWA fee schedule report will be
made available on the Department 's website at
http://www.nj.gov/dep/dwq/, at
any time after public notice is published in accordance with (a)6 or 7 above,
or may be obtained by submitting a request and self addressed 10 inch by 13
inch (minimum size) envelope to:
New Jersey
Environmental Regulation
Division of Water Quality
Bureau of Financing and
PO Box 425, 3rd floor
Trenton, New Jersey 08625-0425
(b) Requests to extend the expiration date of
a valid treatment works approval will be processed in accordance with
N.J.A.C.
7:14A-22.12. The fee for a request for an
extension of time is $ 200.00.
(c)
Request to modify a valid treatment works approval will be processed in
accordance with
N.J.A.C.
7:14A-22.11. The fee for a request to modify
a treatment works approval shall be calculated based upon the construction cost
of the project change(s) in accordance with (a)1 through 3 above. If the value
of the fee so calculated is less than $ 500.00, the applicant shall pay a
treatment works approval modification minimum fee of $ 500.00.
(d) All fees shall be made payable to the
"Treasurer, State of New Jersey--Environmental Services Fund" and shall
accompany the application.
(e) Any
fee under this section that is subject to N.J.A.C. 7:1L shall be payable in
installments in accordance with N.J.A.C. 7:1L.
Notes
See: 40 N.J.R. 1478(a), 41 N.J.R. 142(a).
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