Current through Register Vol. 43, No. 39, September 26, 2024
(a) Each person
applying for a permit pursuant to
K.S.A.
65-165, and amendments thereto, and each
holder of a permit issued pursuant to
K.S.A.
65-165 and amendments thereto, shall submit
the appropriate fee in accordance with the following schedule:
Schedule of Fees at Annual Rate
Unit Rates and
Classification Minimum Rates
(1) Municipal or commercial $185/year/million
gallons per
wastewater treatment facility. day permitted capacity and for
any portion thereof.
$185 minimum fee per year.
(2) Municipal storm water system
(A) population less than 100,000 None
persons.
(B) population of 100,000 persons or $2,000
per year.
greater
(3) Industrial wastewater $320/year/million
gallons per
treatment facility. day permitted capacity and for
any portion thereof.
$320 minimum fee per year.
(4) Cooling water discharge.
Surface disposal:
(A)
Non-contact cooling water. $60 per year.
(B) treated cooling water. $120/year/million
gallons per
day permitted capacity and for
any portion thereof.
$120 minimum fee per year.
(5) Dewatering discharge. $60 per year.
(6) Pretreatment permit. $320 per
year.
(7) General permit. $60 per
year.
(8) Industrial storm water
discharge.
(A)
General permit $60 per year.
(B)
individual permit. $320 per year.
(9) Confined feeding facility or
public livestock market required
to register or obtain a permit:
(A) Initial registration fee,
regardless of animal unit
capacity $25 one-time fee.
(B) permit fee:
(i) Animal unit capacity of 999
or less $25 per year.
(ii) animal unit capacity of
1,000-4,999 $100 per year.
(iii) animal unit capacity of
5,000-9,999 $200 per year.
(iv) animal unit capacity of
10,000 or more $400 per year.
(10) Truck-washing facility for
animal wastes.
(A)
Private truck-washing facility
for animal wastes with any
combination of owned trailers
or trucks totaling no more than
two $25 per year.
(B) Private truck-washing facility
for animal wastes with any
combination of owned trailers
or trucks totaling more than two $200 per year.
(C) all other truck-washing
facilities
for animal wastes. $320 per year.
(b)
(1) Plans and specifications shall not be
reviewed and processing and issuance of a permit shall not take place until the
required fee is paid. Fees shall be made payable to the "Kansas department of
health and environment-water pollution control permit."
(2) Fees paid in accordance with the schedule
in subsection (a), including fees paid for facilities that are never built or
that are abandoned, shall not be refunded.
(3) Each operator who is operating a facility
in which two or more of the wastewaters identified in subsection (a) are
discharged shall pay the appropriate fee for each type of wastewater
discharged, even if only one permit has been issued for the facility.
(4) Permit fees shall be based on
the minimum rate or unit rate, whichever is greater. The full unit rate shall
be applied to any portion of a unit. The fee per unit shall not be prorated.
(5) A permit fee shall be paid
annually in accordance with subsection (a).
(6) If ownership of the permitted facility
changes during the term of a valid permit, no additional fee shall be required
unless a change occurs that results in a new or expanded facility or operation.
(7) If a change occurs during the
term of a valid permit that results in an expanded capacity of the facility or
operation, a new application shall be required. Upon approval, the existing
permit shall be amended and shall continue in effect for the remainder of the
original term, unless revoked. The additional fee shall be based only on the
difference between the original permitted capacity and the expanded capacity.
The new annual fee for the expanded facility shall be based on the unit rate at
the expanded capacity or the minimum rate, whichever is greater, for the
remainder of the term of the permit.
