Wisconsin Administrative Code
Department of Natural Resources
NR 700-799 - Environmental Protection - Investigation and Remediation of Environmental Contamination
Chapter NR 750 - Fees for providing oversight for the contaminated land recycling program
Section NR 750.07 - Assessment and payment of fees for department oversight on or after March 1, 1996
Current through August 26, 2024
(1) ASSESSMENT OF OVERSIGHT FEES. Beginning on March 1, 1996, applicants shall pay oversight fees to offset department costs incurred on or after July 1, 1995, for activities conducted under s. 292.15, Stats., and this chapter. Oversight fees assessed to applicants shall be based upon the hourly billing rate, established under sub. (2), for hours spent by department staff and other department costs, including, but not limited to, the following activities:
Note: Section 292.15(4), Stats., was repealed by 2011 Wis. Act 103.
(2)HOURLY BILLING RATE. The department shall calculate on an annual basis an hourly billing rate at which oversight fees shall be assessed. The hourly billing rate shall be calculated by averaging hourly wages of personnel employed by the department in the contaminated land recycling program, and by multiplying the sum by the annual fringe benefit rate and the annual indirect rate. Indirect costs include costs associated with personnel providing support to employees who provide oversight, daily operating costs, travel, equipment, supplies and training.
(3)DEPOSIT. The applicant shall submit to the department an advance deposit to cover oversight fees. The advance deposit shall be submitted within 30 days after the applicant is notified that the department believes that the property is eligible under s. 292.15, Stats. The advance deposit shall be $2,000 for properties of one acre or less and $4,000 for properties larger than one acre.
(4)QUARTERLY PAYMENTS.
(5)RETURN OF ANY UNUSED DEPOSIT. When the applicant has been issued a certificate of completion under s. 292.15, Stats., or after department receipt of a notice under s. NR 750.05(3), the department shall return to the applicant any amount of the applicant's deposit that exceeds the amount of costs incurred by the department for the applicant's project.
(7)FAILURE TO PAY REQUIRED FEES. If the applicant fails to pay department oversight fees that are required under this section, the department shall cease to provide oversight to the applicant and may not issue a certificate of completion as provided under s. 292.15, Stats.