WSR 13-20-072
PERMANENT RULES
PUGET SOUND
CLEAN AIR AGENCY
[Filed September 27, 2013, 2:20 p.m., effective November 1, 2013]
Effective Date of Rule: November 1, 2013.
Purpose: To update two North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) codes to reflect the latest changes published in 2012 by the department of commerce.
Citation of Existing Rules Affected by this Order: Amending Regulation I, Section 7.07.
Statutory Authority for Adoption: Chapter 70.94 RCW.
Adopted under notice filed as WSR 13-17-121 on August 21, 2013.
Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Comply with Federal Statute: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Federal Rules or Standards: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Recently Enacted State Statutes: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted at Request of a Nongovernmental Entity: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted on the Agency's Own Initiative: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Clarify, Streamline, or Reform Agency Procedures: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted Using Negotiated Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Pilot Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Other Alternative Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Date Adopted: September 26, 2013.
Craig Kenworthy
Executive Director
AMENDATORY SECTION
REGULATION I, SECTION 7.07 OPERATING PERMIT FEES
(a) The Agency shall assess annual operating permit fees as set forth in Section 7.07(b) below to cover the cost of administering the operating permit program.
(b) Upon assessment by the Agency, the following annual operating permit fees are due and payable within 45 days of the invoice date. They shall be deemed delinquent if not fully paid within 90 days of the date of the invoice and will be subject to an additional delinquent fee equal to 25% of the original fee, not to exceed $6,500. In addition, persons knowingly under-reporting emissions or other information used to set fees, or persons required to pay emission or permit fees who are more than 90 days late with such payments may be subject to a penalty equal to 3 times the amount of the original fee owed (in addition to other penalties provided by chapter 70.94 RCW).
(1) Sources in the following North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) codes (North American Industry Classification System Manual, U.S. Executive Office of the President, Office of Management and Budget, 1997), or sources subsequently determined by the control officer to be assigned to either Section 7.07 (b)(1)(i) or 7.07 (b)(1)(ii) shall be subject to the following facility fees:
(i) Operating permit sources with the following NAICS codes:
  NAICS
NAICS Description Fee
  221112
Fossil Fuel Electric Power Generation
  324110
Petroleum Refineries
  327213
Glass Container Manufacturing
  327310
Cement Manufacturing
  331110
  ((331111))
Iron and Steel Mills and Ferroalloy
Manufacturing
  336411
Aircraft Manufacturing
  336413
Other Aircraft Parts and Auxiliary Equipment Manufacturing
  928110
National Security
 
. . . .$57,200
(ii) Operating permit sources with the following NAICS codes:
  NAICS
NAICS Description Fee
  311119
Other Animal Food Manufacturing
  311812
Commercial Bakeries
  321912
Cut Stock, Resawing Lumber, and Planing
  321918
Other Millwork (including Flooring)
  321999
All Other Miscellaneous Wood Product Manufacturing
  322220
  ((322222))
Paper Bag and Coated and Treated Paper
Manufacturing ((Coated and Laminated Paper Manufacturing))
  326140
Polystyrene Foam Product Manufacturing
  327121
Brick and Structural Clay Tile Manufacturing
  332996
Fabricated Pipe and Pipe Fitting Manufacturing
 
. . . .$14,300
(iii) Operating permit sources with NAICS codes other than listed above. . . .$28,600
(2) Additional emission rate fees shall be paid in addition to the annual operating permit fees of Section 7.07 (b)(1):
$30 for each ton of CO reported in the previous calendar year, and
$60 for each ton of NOx reported in the previous calendar year, and
$60 for each ton of PM10 reported in the previous calendar year, and
$60 for each ton of SOx reported in the previous calendar year, and
$60 for each ton of VOC reported in the previous calendar year, and
$60 for each ton of HAP reported in the previous calendar year.
(c) In addition to the fees under Sections 7.07 (b)(1) and (b)(2) above, the Agency shall, on a source-by-source basis, assess the following fees:
(1) $500 for administrative permit amendments [WAC 173-401-720], and
(2) for minor permit modifications [WAC 173-401-725 (2) and (3)], a fee equal to 10% of the annual operating permit fee, not to exceed $6,500, and
(3) for the original issuance [WAC 173-401-700], significant modification [WAC 173-401-725(4)], reopening for cause [WAC 173-401-730], or renewal [WAC 173-401-710] of an operating permit, a fee equal to 20% of the annual operating permit fee, not to exceed $13,000, and
(4) to cover the costs of public involvement under WAC 173-401-800, and
(5) to cover the costs incurred by the Washington State Department of Health in enforcing 40 CFR Part 61, Subpart I and chapter 246-247 WAC.
(d) In addition to the fees described under Sections 7.07 (b) and (c) above, the Agency shall collect and transfer to the Washington State Department of Ecology a surcharge established by the Department of Ecology under chapter 173-401 WAC to cover the Department of Ecology's program development and oversight costs.
(e) Continued payment to the Agency of the annual operating permit fee maintains the operating permit and the status of the source as an operating facility.
Reviser's note: The brackets and enclosed material in the text of the above section occurred in the copy filed by the agency and appear in the Register pursuant to the requirements of RCW 34.08.040.