HP1596, LD 2235, item 1 , An Act To Sustain Maine's Core Wastewater Licensing Program and Adjust Related Provisions

An Act To Sustain Maine's Core Wastewater Licensing Program and Adjust Related Provisions

Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:

Sec. 1. 38 MRSA §352, sub-§5-A, as amended by PL 2007, c. 399, §9, is further amended to read:

5-A. Accounting system. In order to determine the extent to which the functions set out in this section are necessary for the licensing process or are being performed in an efficient and expeditious manner, the commissioner shall require that all employees of the department involved in any aspect of these functions keep accurate and regular daily time records. These records must describe the matters worked on, services performed and the amount of time devoted to those matters and services, as well as amounts of money expended in performing those functions. Records must be kept for a sufficient duration of time as determined by the commissioner to establish to the commissioner's satisfaction that the fees are appropriate.

TABLE I

MAXIMUM FEES IN DOLLARS

TITLE 36 SECTION		PROCESSING FEE	CERTIFICATION FEE

656, sub-§1, ¶E, Pollution Control Facilities
	A. Water pollution control facilities with capacities at least 4,000 gallons of waste per day and §1760, sub-§29, water pollution control facilities	$250	$20
	B. Air pollution control and §1760, sub-§30, air pollution control facilities	250	20

TITLE 38 SECTION				PROCESSING FEE	LICENSE FEE

344, sub-§7, Permit by rule				$50	$0
413, Waste discharge licenses				See section 353-B
420-D, Storm water management
	A. If structural means of storm water control are used			$400 for the first acre of disturbed area, plus $200 for each additional whole acre of disturbed area	$100 for the first acre of disturbed area, plus $50 for each additional whole acre of disturbed area
	B. If solely vegetative means of storm water control are used			$200 for the first acre of disturbed area, plus $100 for each additional whole acre of disturbed area	$50 for the first acre of disturbed area, plus $25 for each additional whole acre of disturbed area
	C. When a permit by rule is required			$55	none
	If a project described in paragraph A or B is reviewed and approved by a professional engineer at a soil and water conservation district office that has a memorandum of understanding with the department concerning review of projects pursuant to this section, the total applicable fee is reduced to a processing fee of $100 for the first acre of disturbed area, plus a license fee of $50 for each additional whole acre of disturbed area.
480-E, Natural resources protection
	A. Any alteration of a protected natural resource, except coastal wetlands and coastal sand dunes, causing less than 20,000 square feet of alteration of the resource			140	50
	B. Any alteration of a coastal wetland causing less than 20,000 square feet of alteration of the resource			240	60
	C. Any alteration of a protected natural resource, except coastal sand dunes, causing 20,000 square feet or more of alteration of the resource			.015/sq. ft. alteration	.005/sq. ft. alteration
	C-1. Significant groundwater well			4,577	1,961
	C-2. Activity within a community public water supply primary protection area .			183	64
	D. Any alteration of a coastal sand dune			3,500	1,500
	E. Condition compliance			84	0
	F. Minor modification			184	0
485-A, Site location of development
	A. Residential subdivisions
		1. Affordable housing		50/lot	50/lot
		2. On public water and sewers		175/lot	175/lot
		3. All Other		250/lot	250/lot
	B. Industrial parks			460/lot	460/lot
	C. Mining			1,500	1,000
	D. Structures			4,000	2,000
	E. Other			1,000	1,000
543, Oily waste discharge				40	160
560, Vessels at anchorage				125	100
587, Ambient air quality or emissions standards variances				5,050	50
590, Air emissions licenses				See section 353-A
633, Hydropower projects
	A. New or expanded generating capacity			450/MW	50/MW
	B. Maintenance and repair or other structural alterations not involving an increase in generating capacity			150	150
33 United States Code, Chapter 26, Water Quality Certifications, in conjunction with applications for hydropower project licensing or relicensing
	A. Initial consultation			1,000	0
	B. Second consultation			1,000	0
	C. Application
		1. Storage		1,000	0
		2. Generating		300/MW	50/MW
1304, Waste management
	A. Septage disposal
		1. Site designation		50	25
	B. Land application of sludges and residuals program approval
		1. Industrial sludge		400	400
		2. Municipal sludge		300	275
		3. Bioash		300	275
		4. Wood ash		300	75
		5. Food waste		300	75
		6. Other residuals		300	175
	C. Landfill
		1. Closing plans for secure landfills		1,500	1,500
		2. Closing plans for attenuation landfills		500	500
		3. Post-closure report		175	175
		4. Preliminary information reports		175	175
		5. License transfers		500	175
		6. Special waste disposal
			a. One-time disposal of quantities of 6 cubic yards or less	50	50
			b. One-time disposal of quantities greater than 6 cubic yards	100	100
			c. Program approval for routine disposal of a special waste	300	300
		7. Minor revision for secure land fills landfills		600	100
		8. Minor revision for attenuation landfills		100	100
		9. Public benefit determination		175	175
	D. Incineration facility
		2. License transfer		175	175
	E. License transfer other than for landfills and incinerators			100	100
	F. Minor revision for septage facilities and solid waste facilities other than landfills			100	100
	G. Permit by rule for one-time activities			100	100

TABLE II

WASTE MANAGEMENT FEES - ANNUAL LICENSE

MAXIMUM FEES IN DOLLARS

TITLE 38 SECTION				PROCESSING FEE	ANNUAL LICENSE FEE
1304, Waste management
	A. Septage disposal
		1. Landspreading		$550	$250
		2. Storage		50	75
	B. Residuals compost facility
		1. Type I		150	150
		3. Type II and Type III less than 3,500 cubic yards		700	500
		5. Type II and Type III 3,500 cubic yards or greater		1,400	850
	C. Land application of sludges and residuals
		1. Sites with program approval
			a. Industrial sludge	150	250
			b. Municipal sludge	75	200
			c. Bioash	75	200
			d. Wood ash	50	125
			e. Food waste	50	125
			f. Other residuals	50	125
		2. Sites without program approval
			a. Industrial sludge	300	550
			b. Municipal sludge	150	250
			c. Bioash	150	250
			d. Wood ash	75	200
			e. Food waste	75	200
			f. Other	75	200
1310-N, Solid waste facility siting
	A. Landfill
		1. Existing, nonsecure municipal solid waste landfills accepting waste from fewer than 15,000 people		3,500	1,000
		2. Existing, nonsecure municipal solid waste landfills accepting waste from more than 15,000 people		3,500	3,500
		3. New or expanded for secure landfill		5,000	8,500
		5. Nonsecure wood waste or demolition debris landfills, or both, if less than or equal to 6 acres		700	750
	B. Incineration facilities
		1. New or expanded for the acceptance of municipal or special wastes, or both		3,500	5,000
		2. Municipally owned and operated solid waste incinerators with licensed capacity of 10 tons per day or less		3,500	1,000
	C. Transfer station and storage facility			750	175
	D. Tire storage facility			400	450
	F. Processing facility other than municipal solid waste composting			700	700
	G. Beneficial use activities other than agronomic utilization
		3. Fuel substitution		700	500
		4. Beneficial use without risk assessment		700	200
		5. Beneficial use with risk assessment		1,400	500
	H. Permit by rule for ongoing activities			100	100

Sec. 2. 38 MRSA §353-B, sub-§1, as enacted by PL 1997, c. 794, Pt. B, §7, is amended to read:

1. Fees assessed. After the effective date of this section, licensees must pay annual waste discharge license fees consisting of a base or minimum plus fee, an annualized license renewal service fee and amounts from paragraph B , reflecting the quantity of pollutants actually discharged or licensed to be discharged and from paragraph C , in consideration of the potential for water quality impact.

A. A base fee is and an annualized license renewal service fee are assessed for the categories of waste discharge licenses identified in subsection 2, paragraph A. When a license authorizes discharges in more than one category, only the largest base fee and the associated annualized license renewal service fee may be applied to the license. When discharge fees described in paragraph B are not applicable or appropriate for a particular license group or discharge activity, only the base fee is and annualized license renewal service fees are assessed.

B. In addition to the base fee amount and annualized license renewal service fee amounts, fees are assessed in consideration of the quantity and nature of pollutants discharged. When data are available, average daily discharge quantities are used in computing fees for conventional and nonconventional pollutants discharged from publicly owned sanitary and industrial process wastewater sources. When data are not available and for other pollutants and categories, fees are determined using the discharge limits established in a waste discharge license.

C. In addition to the base , annualized license renewal service and discharge fees described in paragraphs A and B, fees may be assessed for the following.

(1) The base fee may be increased by a factor reflecting the initial dilution of an effluent as discharged to the receiving water. This assessment is applied to publicly owned sanitary nonresidential domestic wastewater and industrial process wastewater sources licensed for more than 50,000 gallons per day and having initial dilutions of less than 1,000 to one , except those sources where the licensed flow is less than 50,000 gallons per day and the initial dilution is greater than 50 to one. The assessment is determined by multiplying the applicable base fee times 1.5 divided by the square root of the chronic dilution factor.

(2) When a license authorizes multiple discharge points from the same location, there is an additional fee of $35 per discharge point.

D. If there are no discharges pursuant to a waste discharge license during an entire year, only the base fee is and annualized license renewal service fees are assessed for that year plus applicable water quality impact and multiple discharge points adjustments from paragraph C may be assessed.

E. If a licensee continues to discharge following expiration of the license, the licensee shall continue to pay any applicable waste discharge license fees provided for in this section. This paragraph does not authorize the discharge and does not affect the applicability of any penalty or enforcement provision.

Sec. 3. 38 MRSA §353-B, sub-§2, as amended by PL 2005, c. 602, §1, is further amended to read:

2. Maximum fee amounts and rates. Waste discharge license fees are as set out in this section.

A. The base , annualized license renewal service and maximum fees that may be assessed to categories of discharge activities are as follows.

Discharge Group Base fee not to exceed Maximum fee for individual in group Annualized license renewal service fee

Publicly owned treatment facilities, greater than 6,000 gallons per day but less than 5 million gallons per day and no significant industrial waste annual fee $175 none

Publicly owned treatment facilities, 6,000 10,000 gallons per day or less annual fee $60 $67 $180 none $150

Publicly owned treatment facilities, more than 10,000 gallons per day to 0.1 million gallons per day annual fee $219 none $150

Publicly owned treatment facilities, more than 0.1 million gallons per day to 1.0 million gallons per day annual fee $219 none $225

Publicly owned treatment facilities, more than 1.0 million gallons per day to 5.0 million gallons per day annual fee $219 none $450

Publicly owned treatment facilities, greater than 5 million gallons per day or with significant industrial waste annual fee $770 none $650

Major industrial facility, process wastewater (based on EPA list of major source discharges) annual fee $1,850 none $650

Other industrial facility, process wastewater annual fee $630 none $300

Food handling or packaging waste-water annual fee $315 $2,100 $150

Fish rearing facility over 0.1 million gallons per day annual fee $230 $288 $1,400 $1,753 $300

Fish rearing facility 0.1 million gallons per day or less annual fee $288 $400 none

Marine aquaculture facility annual fee* $288 --- none

Noncontact cooling water annual fee $90 $7,000 $60

Industrial or commercial sources, miscellaneous or incidental non-process wastewater annual fee $115 $2,100 $150

Municipal combined sewer overflow annual fee $115 $1,400 $150

Sanitary wastewater, excluding overboard discharge annual fee $60 $1,200 $300

Sanitary overboard discharge, commercial sources annual fee $210 $1,200

Sanitary overboard discharge, residential sources 600 gallons per day and less annual fee $175 ---

Sanitary overboard discharge, residential sources more than 600 gallons per day annual fee $200 $600

Sanitary overboard discharge, public sources annual fee $210 $500

Aquatic pesticide application annual fee* $200 --- $370

Snow dumps annual fee* $125 --- $150

Salt and sand storage pile annual fee* $150 --- $225

Log storage permit annual fee* $200 --- $150

General permit coverage for industrial storm water discharges (except construction) annual fee* $300 ---

General permit coverage for marine aquaculture facility annual fee* $125 --- none

General permit coverage (other) annual fee* $100 --- $30

Experimental discharge license license fee* $500 --- $225

Mixing New or amended mixing zone, in addition to other applicable fees flat fee* $4,000 ---

Formation of sanitary district flat fee* $300 ---

Transfer of license for residential or commercial sanitary wastewater flat fee* $100 ---

*Discharge or license quantity fees do not apply to these categories.

When a license authorizes multiple discharge points in different categories in the same license, the total maximum fee for the license may not exceed the maximum fee for the most significant category plus 1/2 of the maximum fee for each of the other applicable categories.

B. The annual rate per unit for various pollutants and groups of discharges used in computing discharge and license quantity fees may not exceed the limits set out in this paragraph. When a license authorizes the discharge of pollutants fitting more than one category, the appropriate fee is due for each group and type of pollutant.


License group or type of pollutant	Rate

Conventional pollutants, license rate	$1.25 per pound

Conventional pollutants, discharge rate	$2.40 per pound

Conventional pollutants, primary treatment only	$0.55 per pound

Conventional pollutants, food handling or packing facilities	$0.05 per pound

Nonconventional or toxic pollutants	Variable*

Heat (as licensed flow x temperature x 8.34)	$0.045 per million BTU

Flow: fish rearing facilities	$45 per million gallons

Flow: combined sewer overflows (based on treatment facility design)	$55 per million gallons

Flow: nonprocess from industrial or commercial sources	$175 per million gallons

Flow: publicly owned treatment facilities, greater than 6,000 10,000 gallons per day	$630 per million gallons

Flow: process from industrial or commercial sources	$630 per million gallons

Flow: treated storm water	$17.50 per million gallons

Flow: sanitary, from commercial sources excluding overboard discharge	$0.02 per gallon

Flow: from publicly owned facilities, 6,000 10,000 gallons per day or less	$0.02 per gallon

Flow: sanitary from overboard discharge	$0.05 per gallon

*The license rate per pound is $10.50 divided by the licensed effluent concentration in miligrams milligrams per liter. The discharge rate per pound is $21 divided by the licensed effluent concentration in miligrams milligrams per liter.

For the purposes of this section, the term "conventional pollutant" means oxygen-demanding compounds, suspended or dissolved solids, oil and grease. The term "nonconventional pollutants" means other chemical constituents subject to fees. Excluded from fees are the following: pH, residual chlorine, settleable solids, bacteria, whole effluent toxicity tests, color, any compound without numeric license limitations and effluent concentrations reported as being below acceptable detection limits.

Annual discharge or license quantity fees may be calculated using either pounds of pollutants or allowable flow, as is most appropriate for the circumstances of a particular discharge category, situation or location. License limits may be supplemented by applications and related supporting materials when necessary to calculate effluent quantities or concentrations.

Sec. 4. 38 MRSA §353-B, sub-§6, as enacted by PL 1997, c. 794, Pt. B, §7, is repealed.

Sec. 5. 38 MRSA §420-D, sub-§12, as enacted by PL 2005, c. 219, §7, is repealed.

summary

This bill moves storm water management law fees from the storm water management law into the Department of Environmental Protection’s fee schedule and breaks existing fees into processing and certification or license fees consistent with other fees.

This bill amends wastewater discharge fees.

This bill provides that when a waste discharge licensee continues to discharge following expiration of a license, the license fees must continue to be paid. This provision is not intended to amend or affect any existing enforcement or penalty provision.

The bill repeals the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 38, section 353-B, subsection 6, which established fees that applied during the initial year after the effective date of Title 38, section 353-B.

HP1596 LD 2235	Signed on 2008-04-04 - Second Regular Session - 123rd Legislature - Text: MS-Word, RTF or PDF		LR 3341 Item 1
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Discharge Group		Base fee not to exceed	Maximum fee for individual in group	Annualized license renewal service fee

Publicly owned treatment facilities, greater than 6,000 gallons per day but less than 5 million gallons per day and no significant industrial waste	annual fee	$175	none

Publicly owned treatment facilities, 6,000 10,000 gallons per day or less	annual fee	$60 $67	$180 none	$150

Publicly owned treatment facilities, more than 10,000 gallons per day to 0.1 million gallons per day	annual fee	$219	none	$150

Publicly owned treatment facilities, more than 0.1 million gallons per day to 1.0 million gallons per day	annual fee	$219	none	$225

Publicly owned treatment facilities, more than 1.0 million gallons per day to 5.0 million gallons per day	annual fee	$219	none	$450

Publicly owned treatment facilities, greater than 5 million gallons per day or with significant industrial waste	annual fee	$770	none	$650

Major industrial facility, process wastewater (based on EPA list of major source discharges)	annual fee	$1,850	none	$650

Other industrial facility, process wastewater	annual fee	$630	none	$300

Food handling or packaging waste-water	annual fee	$315	$2,100	$150

Fish rearing facility over 0.1 million gallons per day	annual fee	$230 $288	$1,400 $1,753	$300

Fish rearing facility 0.1 million gallons per day or less	annual fee	$288	$400	none

Marine aquaculture facility	annual fee*	$288	---	none

Noncontact cooling water	annual fee	$90	$7,000	$60

Industrial or commercial sources, miscellaneous or incidental non-process wastewater	annual fee	$115	$2,100	$150

Municipal combined sewer overflow	annual fee	$115	$1,400	$150

Sanitary wastewater, excluding overboard discharge	annual fee	$60	$1,200	$300

Sanitary overboard discharge, commercial sources	annual fee	$210	$1,200

Sanitary overboard discharge, residential sources 600 gallons per day and less	annual fee	$175	---

Sanitary overboard discharge, residential sources more than 600 gallons per day	annual fee	$200	$600

Sanitary overboard discharge, public sources	annual fee	$210	$500

Aquatic pesticide application	annual fee*	$200	---	$370

Snow dumps	annual fee*	$125	---	$150

Salt and sand storage pile	annual fee*	$150	---	$225

Log storage permit	annual fee*	$200	---	$150

General permit coverage for industrial storm water discharges (except construction)	annual fee*	$300	---

General permit coverage for marine aquaculture facility	annual fee*	$125	---	none

General permit coverage (other)	annual fee*	$100	---	$30

Experimental discharge license	license fee*	$500	---	$225

Mixing New or amended mixing zone, in addition to other applicable fees	flat fee*	$4,000	---

Formation of sanitary district	flat fee*	$300	---

Transfer of license for residential or commercial sanitary wastewater	flat fee*	$100	---