Washington Administrative Code
Title 173 - Ecology, Department of (See also Titles 197, 317, 372, and 508)
Chapter 173-455 - Air quality fee rule
Section 173-455-031 - Process to update fees
Universal Citation: WA Admin Code 173-455-031
Current through Register Vol. 24-06, March 15, 2024
(1) New source review and other air permitting fees for year 2024 and beyond.
(a) Fee schedule:
(i) Starting in 2023, ecology must prepare an
annual budget that reflects the cost of the program;
(ii) Ecology will base the budget on the
program costs per
RCW
70A.15.2210(2);
(iii) Ecology may choose to establish fees to
cover program costs for a two-year period;
(iv) If increases of permitting fees are
necessary, ecology must evenly distribute the increased program cost as a
percentage of the increased costs across all sources subject to the
program.
(b) Public
notice. Except as provided by subsection (3) of this section, ecology must:
(i) Post the draft budget and draft new
source review and other air quality permitting fee schedule on ecology's
website by August 1st of the year before the fee schedule goes into
effect.
(ii) Provide a 30-day
public comment period on the draft budget and draft fee schedule.
(iii) Post the final budget and fee schedule
on ecology's website by December 1st of the year before the fee schedule goes
into effect.
(2) Carbon dioxide mitigation fees for year 2024 and beyond.
(a) Fee schedule:
(i) Starting in 2023, ecology must prepare an
annual budget that reflects the cost of the program;
(ii) Ecology will base the budget on the
program costs per
RCW
70A.15.6270(3);
(iii) Ecology may choose to establish fees to
cover program costs for a two-year period;
(iv) If increases of carbon dioxide
mitigation fees are necessary, ecology must evenly distribute the increased
program cost as a percentage of the increased costs across all sources subject
to the program.
(b)
Public notice. Except as provided by subsection (3) of this section, ecology
must:
(i) Post the draft budget and draft
carbon dioxide mitigation fee schedule on ecology's website by August 1st of
the year before the fee schedule goes into effect.
(ii) Provide a 30-day public comment period
on the draft budget and draft fee schedule.
(iii) Post the final budget and fee schedule
on ecology's website by December 1st of the year before the fee schedule goes
into effect.
(3) If a change of permitting fees and/or carbon dioxide mitigation fees is not necessary, ecology may post notice of its determination that a fee change is not necessary in lieu of posting the draft fee schedule as required by subsections (1)(b) and (2)(b) of this section.
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