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- 1. Who is covered?
- 2. What is the fee?
- 3. Major Source Fee Schedule
- 4. Non-Major Source Fee Schedule
- 5. How does the applicant determine the fee to be paid?
- 6. What happens if the proper fee is not paid?
- 7. Does the applicant still have to pay the fee if the request for a permit is ultimately denied?
- 8. What if there is a dispute over the fee amount due?
- 9. Is a construction permit fee form available on-line?
- 10. Who do I contact with questions?
Anyone that applies for an air pollution construction permit. In addition, anyone that undertakes construction without a construction permit that should have applied for an air pollution construction permit and paid construction permit fees is subject to these fees.
The fee is to be paid to the Agency at the time the construction permit application is submitted.
The fee is effective for all applications submitted and is determined from the following schedule.
| Base Fees | Amount |
|---|---|
| First emission unit | New $4,000 Modified $2,000 |
| Each additional new or modified emission unit
If only modified units are involved, the maximum fee is $5,000 |
$1,000 each |
| Supplemental Fees | |
| New major source ("entry fee") | $5,000 |
| New source or emission unit subject to local siting review (i.e., a new landfill), a commercial incinerator or other municipal waste, hazardous waste, or waste tire incinerator, a commercial power generator, or one or more other emission units designated as a complex source by Agency rulemaking. | $25,000 |
| Netting for any pollutant, i.e., reliance on contemporaneous emission decrease(s) | $3,000 per pollutant |
| New major source subject to Prevention of Significant Deterioration (PSD) | $12,000 |
| Major modification subject to PSD | $6,000 |
| New major source subject to nonattainment New Source Review (NSR) | $20,000 |
| Major modification subject to nonattainment NSR | $12,000 |
| Determination of Maximum Achievable Control Technology for a pollutant, if the project is not subject to BACT or LAER for the related PSD or nonattainment NSR pollutant (e.g., volatile organic material or hazardous air pollutants) | $5,000 (per unit) |
| Public Hearing Fee | $10,000 |
| Applications Subject Only To A Filing Fee If an application only involves the following activities, only a filing fee applies
|
$500 |
| Base Fees | |
|---|---|
| Small project - No more than one new emission unit or no more than two modified emission units or no more than one new emission unit and one modified emission unit | $500 |
| Other project - More than one new emission unit or more than two modified units | $1,000 |
| Supplemental Fees | |
| New State source ("entry fee") | $500 |
| New source or emission unit subject to local siting review (i.e., a new landfill), a commercial incinerator or other municipal waste, hazardous waste, or waste tire incinerator, a commercial power generator, or one or more other emission units designated as a complex source by Agency rulemaking. | $15,000 |
| Transition from Major Source to Non-Major Source | $4,000 |
| Public Hearing Fee | $10,000 |
| Types of Applications Subject Only To A Filing Fee If an application only involves the following, only a filing fee applies
|
$500 |
No fee will be assessed for a request to correct an issued permit that involves only an Agency error, provided the request is received within any deadline for a permit appeal to the Pollution Control Board.
Applicants for a new or revised air pollution construction permit are required to submit a certification of the fees estimated to be due, accompanied by payment of such estimated permit fee, with each construction permit application submitted to the Agency.
The Agency has prepared a Construction Permit Fee Form (FEE-197) for applicants to use in calculating the proper fee, available from our Air forms web page.
If the Agency determines at any time that a construction permit application is subject to an additional fee, the Agency will notify the applicant in writing of the amount due and the applicant has sixty (60) days to remit the assessed fees to the Agency.
The Agency is not required to process, nor does the statutory time frame for the Agency to review an application begin to run, until the Agency receives the initial air pollution construction permit application fee and certified estimate of the required fee.
If the Agency determines at any time that a construction permit application is subject to an additional fee, and the proper fee established is not submitted within 60 days upon request for further remittance and the construction permit is not yet issued, the Agency is not required to further review or process the application, and the statutory time frame for issuing a permit is stayed until the proper fee is remitted.
If the proper fee has not been paid but the permit has already been issued, the Agency will notify the permittee and the permittee is given 60 days to remit the additional fee. If the permittee does not remit the additional fee within 60 days, upon written notice, the Agency may immediately revoke the construction permit.
In the event that a permittee issued a construction permit makes the fee payment from an account with insufficient funds, the Agency will notify the permittee. If the permittee does not pay the proper fee within 60 days of receipt of written notice, the Agency may, by written notice, immediately revoke the air pollution construction permit.
Yes. If the construction permit application is denied, the construction permit application fees are still owed by the applicant.
The denial or revocation of a permit for failure to pay the construction permit fee is subject to review by the Board, pursuant to the provisions of subsection (a) of Section 40 of the Act.
Yes. This form and other construction permit forms are available from our Air forms web page .
Additional information or assistance is available by contacting the Permit Section at (217) 785-1705.