Date of Adoption: May 23, 2002.

     Purpose: To adjust the fees for notice of construction to cover program costs.

     Citation of Existing Rules Affected by this Order: Amending Regulation I, Section 6.04.

     Statutory Authority for Adoption: Chapter 70.94 RCW.

      Adopted under notice filed as WSR 02-09-084 on April 17, 2002.

     Changes Other than Editing from Proposed to Adopted Version: In 6.04(a) the items were reordered or combined; also the reference for Construction/Reconstruction of Major Sources of HAPs was changed from 6.07(f) to 1.07.

     Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Comply with Federal Statute: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Federal Rules or Standards: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Recently Enacted State Statutes: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.

     Number of Sections Adopted at Request of a Nongovernmental Entity: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.

     Number of Sections Adopted on the Agency's Own Initiative: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.

     Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Clarify, Streamline, or Reform Agency Procedures: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.

     Number of Sections Adopted Using Negotiated Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0;      Pilot Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Other Alternative Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
     Effective Date of Rule: September 1, 2002.

June 17, 2002

Steven M. Van Slyke

Supervisory Engineer

REGULATION I SECTION 6.04 NOTICE OF CONSTRUCTION FEES

     (a) A Notice of Construction application is incomplete until the Agency has received ((a)) fees as shown below:

     ((General (not classified below) for each Piece of Equipment or Control Equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . $500))

     Filing Fee (for each application, to be paid prior to any review) . . . . . . . . . . . . $750

     Spray-Coating Booth (commercially manufactured) . . . . . . . . . . . . $250

     Coffee Roaster (less than 40 pounds/batch, with thermal oxidizer) . . . . . . . . . . . . $500

     Hot Mix Asphalt Batch Plant . . . . . . . . . . . . $7,000

     Soil Thermal Desorption Unit . . . . . . . . . . . . $5,000

     Electric Generation Project: (combined heat input capacity)

     10-100 million Btu/hr (2.9-29 MW) . . . . . . . . . . . . $5,000

     101-250 million Btu/hr (29-73 MW) . . . . . . . . . . . . $10,000

     > 250 million Btu/hr (> 73 MW) . . . . . . . . . . . . $15,000

     Composting Facility . . . . . . . . . . . . $((2,500))

5,000

     Commercial Solid Waste Handling Facility . . . . . . . . . . . . $5,000

     Landfill Gas System . . . . . . . . . . . . $2,500

     Refuse Burning Equipment: (rated charging capacity)

     < 12 tons per day ((or less)) . . . . . . . . . . . . $5,000

     ((greater than)) > 12 tons ((per day but less than)) and < 250 tons per day . . . . . . . . . . . . $20,000

     > 250 tons per day ((or greater)) . . . . . . . . . . . . $50,000

     ((Soil Thermal Desorption Unit (initial) . . . . . . . . . . . . $3,000

     Relocation of Approved Desorption Unit to New Address . . . . . . . . . . . . $1,000))

     Other (not listed above) for each Piece of Equipment and Control Equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . $500

     Additional Charges (for each application):

     SEPA Threshold Determination . . . . . . . . . . . . $((250))

500

     (DNS, under Regulation I, Section 2.04)

     SEPA Threshold Determination . . . . . . . . . . . . $1,500

     (MDNS, under Regulation I, Section 2.07)

     ((Air Toxics Review (under Regulation III, Section 2.07 (c)(2)) . . . . . . . . . . . . $500

     Air Toxics Review (under Regulation III, Section 2.07 (c)(3)) . . . . . . . . . . . . $5,000))

     Public Notice . . . . . . . . . . . . $500

     (under Regulation I, Section 6.06)          (+ publication) costs

     NSPS or NESHAP . . . . . . . . . . . . $1,000

     (per subpart of 40 CFR Parts 60, 61, and 63)

     Refined Dispersion Modeling Analysis . . . . . . . . . . . . $500

     (under Regulation III, Section 2.07 (c)(2))

     Major Source, Major Modification, or Emission Increases greater than Prevention of Significant Deterioration Thresholds (((see Regulation I, Section 6.07(d)))) . . . . . . . . . . . . $5,000

     (under WAC 173-400-112 or WAC 173-400-113) (+ Ecology fees)

     Construction or Reconstruction of a Major Source of Hazardous Air Pollutants (see Regulation I, Section ((6.07(f))) 1.07) . . . . . . . . . . . . $2,500

     Tier II Air Toxics Review . . . . . . . . . . . . $5,000

     (under WAC 173-460-090)               (+ Ecology fees)

     Opacity/Grain Loading Correlation . . . . . . . . . . . . $5,000

     ((Emissions Units Subject to an NSPS or NESHAP (except residential wood heaters, asbestos renovation or demolition, and perchloroethylene dry cleaning) . . . . . . . . . . . .

$1,000

     Public Notice (plus publication fees) . . . . . . . . . . . . $500))

     (b) A notification under Section 6.03 (b)(1) through Section 6.03 (b)(9) of this regulation is incomplete until the Agency has received a fee of $100. An application processed as a Notice of Construction exemption under Section 6.03 (b)(10) requires payment of the Notice of Construction filing fee only.

     (c) The Control Officer is authorized to enter into a written cost-reimbursement agreement with an applicant for review of complex projects, which require an environmental impact statement, as provided in RCW 70.94.085.

     Reviser's note: The typographical error in the above material occurred in the copy filed by the Puget Sound Clean Air Agency and appears in the Register pursuant to the requirements of RCW 34.08.040.

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