California Code of Regulations
Title 23 - Waters
Division 3 - State Water Resources Control Board and Regional Water Quality Control Boards
Chapter 4.5 - Implementation of the Sustainable Groundwater Management Act of 2014
Article 3 - Filing Fees
Section 1040 - Annual Filing Fee Schedule

Universal Citation: 23 CA Code of Regs 1040

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 38, September 20, 2024

Except as provided in section 1041, any person required to file a report shall submit to the board an annual filing fee in accordance with the following schedule:

(a) For groundwater extractions described in section 5202, subdivision (a)(2) of the Water Code, but not section 5202, subdivision (a)(1) of the Water Code:

(1) The annual fee is $300 per well plus:
(A) $10 per acre-foot of groundwater extracted during the preceding water year if the person uses a meter to measure groundwater extractions and certifies on a form provided by the Board that the measurements were made using a meter.

(B) $25 per acre-foot of groundwater extracted during the preceding water year if the person does not use a meter to measure groundwater extractions or fails to certify on a form provided by the Board that the measurements were made using a meter.

(2) For groundwater extractions in an area that became part of an agency's management area during the preceding water year and was within an agency's management area as of September 30, volumetric charges required by subdivision (a)(1) will be based on the volume of groundwater extracted during the portion of the preceding water year when the area was not within the management area of an agency.

(3) For groundwater extractions in an area that is not within the management area of an agency as of September 30, the volumetric charges required by subdivision (a)(1) will be based on the volume of groundwater the person extracted during the entire water year.

(b) For groundwater extractions described in section 5202, subdivision (a)(1) of the Water Code:

(1) The annual fee is $300 per well plus a volumetric charge of $20 per acre-foot of groundwater extracted during the preceding water year, except that for de minimis extractors required to file a report, the annual fee is $100 per well.

(2) For groundwater extractions in a basin where the board has determined pursuant to section 10735.4, subdivision (c) or section 10735.6, subdivision (b) of the Water Code that the deficiencies resulting in the probationary designation have not been remedied, an additional volumetric charge of $15 per acre-foot of groundwater extracted during the preceding water year shall apply to the fee required by subdivision (b)(1).

(c) For persons required to file a report who fail to file the report by February 1, the annual fee shall include an additional charge of 25 percent of the annual fee described in subdivisions (a) and (b), plus 25 percent of the annual fee described in subdivisions (a) and (b) for each 30-day period after February 1 in which the report has not been filed. In no case shall the additional charge exceed three times the annual fee described in subdivisions (a) and (b).

Note: Authority cited: Sections 1529.5, 1530, 5107, 5208 and 10736(d)(3), Water Code. Reference: Sections 5202, 5202(a)(1), 5202(a)(2), 10735.4(c) and 10735.6(b), Water Code.

Note: Authority cited: Sections 1529.5, 1530, 5107, 5208 and 10736(d)(3), Water Code. Reference: Sections 5202, 5202(a)(1), 5202(a)(2), 10735.4(c) and 10735.6(b), Water Code.

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