Rules & Regulations of the State of Tennessee
Title 0400 - Environment and Conservation
Subtitle 0400-48 - Water Resources (Groundwater Protection)
Chapter 0400-48-01 - Regulations To Govern Subsurface Sewage Disposal Systems (Transferred from 1200-01-06)
Section 0400-48-01-.21 - FEES FOR SERVICES

Specific Procedure Covered by Fee

Fee

(a)

Conventional, chamber, EPS and large diameter gravelless pipe subsurface sewage disposal systems permit application processing, making inspections and other regulatory activities relative to the construction of new conventional, chamber and large diameter gravelless pipe subsurface sewage disposal systems and modification or expansion of existing systems because of additions resulting in added wastewater flow, but not for repair of malfunctioning systems. Permits shall be granted or denied within forty-five (45) days of receipt of all necessary information.

Four hundred dollars ($400) up to one thousand (1,000) gpd design flow plus one hundred dollars ($100) for each additional one thousand (1,000) gpd flow, or portion thereof.

(b)

Alternative subsurface sewage disposal systems permit application up to one thousand (1,000) gpd. design flow processing (excluding chamber, EPS and large diameter gravelless pipe systems), making inspections and other enforcement activities relative to the construction of alternative subsurface sewage disposal systems and modification or expansion of existing systems because of additions resulting in added wastewater flow, but not for repair of malfunctioning systems. Permits shall be granted or denied within forty-five (45) days of receipt of all necessary information.

Five hundred dollars ($500) plus one hundred fifty dollars ($150) for each additional one thousand (1,000) gpd flow, or portion thereof.

(c)

Experimental subsurface sewage disposal systems permit application processing, making inspections and other enforcement activities relative to the construction of experimental subsurface sewage disposal systems and expansion of systems because of additions resulting in added wastewater flow, but not for repair of malfunctioning systems. Permits shall be granted or denied within forty-five (45) days of receipt of all necessary information.

Five hundred dollars ($500).

(d)

Subdivision evaluation and plat approval for individual lots - Evaluations of lots within proposed subdivisions to determine and to specify limitations on their usability for subsurface sewage disposal systems.

Two lots or less

One hundred fifty dollars ($150) per lot

Three lots to ten lots

One hundred dollars ($100) per lot

Greater than ten lots

One thousand dollars ($1,000) for the first ten lots plus sixty five dollars ($65) for each additional lot

(e)

Inspections of existing subsurface sewage disposal systems.

Two hundred dollars ($200) per inspection.

(f)

Installer and Pumper Permits - Enforcement activities relative to sewage system installers and septic tank pumpers. Permits shall be granted or denied within forty-five (45) days of the date of application.

Two hundred dollars ($200) per annual permit for pumpers and installers. The $200 annual installer permit applies to installation of conventional, chamber, EPS and large diameter gravelless pipe systems. If an installer wishes to be permitted for installation of alternative systems, an additional one hundred dollars ($100) applies for each type of alternative system.

(g)

Sewage Surveys - Activities involved in the inspections and surveying of subsurface sewage disposal systems.

Actual costs.

(h)

Water Samples - Collection of water samples for bacteriological laboratory analysis, but does not include samples collected in enforcement activities.

1. Mail Deliver

One hundred fifteen dollars ($115) per sample.

2. Direct Deliver

Two hundred fifteen dollars ($215) per sample.

(i)

Plans Review - Review of designs for large conventional or large alternative subsurface sewage disposal systems to the point of permit issuance.

Seven hundred fifty dollars ($750) per proposed system.

(j)

Domestic Septage Disposal Site Permit -Permit application processing, making inspections and other regulatory activity relative to domestic septage disposal sites Permits shall be granted or denied within forty-five (45) days of receipt of all necessary information.

Four hundred dollars ($400).

(k)

Training - Non-state agencies and individuals.

Calculated costs.

(l)

Certificate of Verification by homeowners of existing system.

One hundred dollars ($100).