Current through August 31, 2023
All regulated public drinking water systems shall pay an annual
drinking water system fee. The fee shall be assessed to regulated public
drinking water systems as provided in this section. (3-24-22)
01.
Effective Date. Annual fees
shall be paid for each fee year beginning October 1, 1993, and continuing for
each succeeding year. (3-24-22)
02.
Fee Schedule. (3-24-22)
a.
Community and Nontransient noncommunity public drinking water systems shall pay
an annual fee according to the following fee schedule:
|
Number of
Connections |
Fee |
|
1 to 20 |
$100 |
|
21 to 184 |
$5 per connection, not to exceed a total of $735 per
system |
|
185 to 3,663 |
$4 per connection, not to exceed a total of $10,988
per system |
|
3,664 or more |
$3 per connection |
(3-24-22)
b.
The annual fee for transient public drinking water systems is twenty-five
dollars ($25). (3-24-22)
c. New
public drinking water systems formed after October 1 will not pay a fee until
the following October. (3-24-22)
03.
Fee Assessment. (3-24-22)
a. An annual fee assessment will be generated
for each community and nontransient noncommunity public drinking water system
listed in the Department's Safe Drinking Water Information System (SDWIS).
(3-24-22)
b. Community and
nontransient noncommunity public drinking water systems will be notified each
year of the official number of connections listed in SDWIS. Systems will have
at least one (1) month to notify the Department if the number of connections
listed in SDWIS is not in agreement with the system's records.
(3-24-22)
c. The official number of
connections listed in SDWIS following each yearly update, as required in
Subsection 010.03.b., will be used to
calculate the annual fee for community and nontransient noncommunity public
drinking water systems for the next fee year of October 1 through September 30.
(3-24-22)
04.
Billing. An annual fee shall be assessed and a statement will be
mailed to all community, nontransient noncommunity, and transient public
drinking water systems listed in SDWIS by the Department on or before September
1 of each year. (3-24-22)
05.
Payment. (3-24-22)
a. Payment of
the annual fee shall be due on October 1, unless it is a Saturday, a Sunday, or
a legal holiday, in which event the payment shall be due on the successive
business day. Fees paid by check or money order shall be made payable to the
Idaho Department of Environmental Quality and sent to 1410 North Hilton Street,
Boise, ID 83706-1255. (3-24-22)
b.
If a public water system consists of two hundred fifty (250) connections or
more, the system may request to divide its annual fee payment into equal
monthly or quarterly installments by submitting a request to the Department on
the proper request form provided with the initial billing statement.
(3-24-22)
c. The Department will
notify applicable systems, in writing, of approval or denial of a requested
monthly or quarterly installment plan within ten (10) business days of the
Department receiving such a request. (3-24-22)
d. If a public water system has been approved
to pay monthly installments then each installment shall be due by the first day
of each month, unless it is a Saturday, a Sunday, or a legal holiday, in which
event the installment shall be due on the successive business day.
(3-24-22)
e. If a public water
system has been approved to pay quarterly installments then each installment
shall be due by the first day of the month of each quarter (October 1, January
1, April 1, and July 1), unless it is a Saturday, a Sunday, or a legal holiday,
in which event the installment shall be due on the first successive business
day. (3-24-22)
06.
Delinquent Unpaid Fees. A public water system will be delinquent
in payment if its annual fee assessment has not been received by the Department
by November 1; or if having first opted to pay monthly or quarterly
installments, its monthly or quarterly installment has not been received by the
Department by the last day of the month in which the monthly or quarterly
payment is due. (3-24-22)
07.
Suspension of Services and Disapproval Designation. (3-24-22)
a. For any system delinquent in payment of
fee assessed under Subsections
010.02 and
010.06, in excess of ninety (90)
days, technical services provided by the Department may be suspended except for
the following: (3-24-22)
i. Issuance of
monitoring waivers; (3-24-22)
ii.
Review and processing of engineering reports; and (3-24-22)
iii. Review of plans and specifications for
design and construction as set forth in Sections
501 through
552. (3-24-22)
b. For any system delinquent in payment of
fee assessed under Subsections
010.02 and
010.06, in excess of one hundred
and eighty (180) days, the Department may suspend all technical services
provided by the Department including any of the following: (3-24-22)
i. Review and processing of engineering
reports; (3-24-22)
ii. Review of
plans and specifications for design and construction as set forth in Sections
501 through
552; (3-24-22)
iii. Renewal of monitoring waivers; or
(3-24-22)
iv. Granting of new
monitoring waivers. (3-24-22)
c. For any system delinquent in payment of
fee assessed under Subsections
010.02 and
010.06, in excess of one hundred
and eighty (180) days, the Department may disapprove the public water system
pursuant to Subsection
007.06.
(3-24-22)
08.
Reinstatement of Suspended Services and Approval Status. For any
public water system for which delinquency of fee payment, pursuant to
Subsection 010.07, has resulted in the
suspension of technical services, the disapproval of a public water system, or
both, continuation of technical services, reinstatement of public water system
approval, or both, will occur upon payment of delinquent annual fee
assessments. (3-24-22)
09.
Enforcement Action. Nothing in Section
010 waives the Department's right
to undertake an enforcement action at any time, including seeking penalties, as
provided in Section
39-108, Idaho Code.
(3-24-22)
10.
Responsibility
to Comply. Subsection
010.07 shall in no way relieve
any system from its obligation to comply with all applicable state and federal
drinking water statutes, rules, regulations, or orders. (3-24-22)
