567—64.16 (455B) Fees.
	 64.16(1) A person who applies for an individual permit or coverage under a general permit to construct, install, modify or operate a disposal system shall submit along with the application an application fee or a permit fee or both as specified in 64.16(3). Certain individual facilities shall also be required to submit annual fees as specified in 64.16(3)“b.” Fees shall be assessed based on the type of permit coverage the applicant requests, either as general permit coverage or as an individual permit. For a construction permit, an application fee must be submitted with the application. For General Permits Nos.	1, 2, 3 and 5, the applicant has the option of paying an annual permit fee or a multiyear permit fee at the time the Notice of Intent for coverage is submitted.
For individual storm water only permits, a one-time, multiyear permit fee must be submitted at the time of application. A storm water only permit is defined as an NPDES permit that authorizes the discharge of only storm water and any allowable non-storm water as defined in the permit. For all other non-storm water NPDES permits and operation permits, the applicant must submit an application fee at the time of application and the appropriate annual fee on a yearly basis. A non-storm water NPDES permit is defined as any individual NPDES permit or operation permit issued to a municipality, industry, semipublic entity, or animal feeding operation that is not an individual storm water only permit. If a facility needs coverage under more than one NPDES permit, fees for each permit must be submitted appropriately.
Fees are nontransferable. If the application is returned to the applicant by the department, the permit fee will be returned. No fees will be returned if the permit or permit coverage is suspended, revoked, or modified, or if the activity is discontinued. Failure to submit the appropriate fee at the time of application renders the application incomplete, and the department shall suspend processing of the application until the fee is received. Failure to submit the appropriate annual fee may result in revocation or suspension of the permit as noted in 64.3(11)“f.”
	 64.16(2) Payment of fees. Fees shall be paid by check or money order made payable to the “Iowa Department of Natural Resources.”
For facilities needing coverage under both a storm water only permit and a non-storm water NPDES permit, separate payments shall be made according to the fee schedule in 64.16(3).
	 64.16(3) Fee schedule. The following fees have been adopted:
	  a.   	 For coverage under the NPDES general permits, the following fees apply:
	 (1) 	 Storm Water Discharges Associated with Industrial Activity, NPDES General Permit No.	1.

Annual Permit Fee 	 $175(per year)	
or	
Five-year Permit Fee 	 $700	
Four-year Permit Fee 	 $525	
Three-year Permit Fee 	 $350	
All fees are to be submitted with the Notice of Intent for coverage under the general permit.
	 (2) 	 Storm Water Discharge Associated with Industrial Activity for Construction Activities, NPDES General Permit No.	2. The fees are the same as those specified for General Permit No.	1 in subparagraph (1) of this paragraph.
	 (3) 	 Storm Water Discharge Associated with Industrial Activity from Asphalt Plants, Concrete Batch Plants, and Rock Crushing Plants, NPDES General Permit No.	3. The fees are the same as those specified for General Permit No.	1 in subparagraph (1) of this paragraph.
	 (4) 	 Discharge from Private Sewage Disposal Systems, NPDES Permit No.	4. No fees shall be assessed.
	 (5) 	 Discharge from Mining and Processing Facilities, NPDES General Permit No.	5. Fees as established in Iowa Code section 455B.197 are to be submitted by August 30 of every year unless a multiyear fee payment was received in an earlier year. New facilities seeking General Permit No.	5 coverage shall submit fees with the Notice of Intent for coverage. Maximum coverage is five years, four years, three years, and one year, respectively. In the event a facility is no longer eligible to be covered under General Permit No.	5, the remainder of the fees previously paid by the facility shall be applied toward its individual permit fees.
	  b.   	 Individual NPDES and operation permit fees. The following fees are applicable for the described individual NPDES permit:
	 (1) 	 For permits that authorize the discharge of only storm water associated with industrial activity and any allowable non-storm water, a five-year permit fee of $1,250 must accompany the application.
	 (2) 	 For permits that authorize the discharge of only storm water from municipal separate storm sewer systems and any allowable non-storm water, a five-year permit fee of $1,250 must accompany the application.
	 (3) 	 For operation and non-storm water NPDES permits not subject to subparagraphs (1) and (2), a single application fee of $85 as established in Iowa Code section 455B.197 is due at the time of application. The application fee is to be submitted with the application forms (as required by 567—Chapter 60) at the time of a new application, renewal application, or amendment application. Before an approved amendment request submitted by a facility holding a non-storm water NPDES permit can be processed by the department, the application fee must be submitted. Application fees will not be charged to facilities holding non-storm water NPDES permits when an amendment request is initiated by the director, when the requested amendment will correct an error in the permit, or when there is a transfer of title or change in the address of the owner as noted in 64.14(455B).
	 (4) 	 For every major and minor municipal facility, every semipublic facility, every major and minor industrial facility, every facility that holds an operation permit (no wastewater discharge into surface waters), and every open feedlot animal feeding operation required to hold a non-storm water NPDES permit, an annual fee as established in Iowa Code section 455B.197 is due by August 30 of each year.
	 (5) 	 For every municipal water treatment facility with a non-storm water NPDES permit, no fee is charged (as established in Iowa Code section 455B.197).
	 (6) 	 For a new facility, an annual fee as established in Iowa Code section 455B.197 is due 30 days after the new permit is issued.
	  c.   	 Wastewater construction permit fees. A single construction permit fee as established in Iowa Code section 455B.197 is due at the time of construction permit application submission.
	 64.16(4) Fee refunds for storm water general permit coverage—pilot project. Rescinded IAB 10/16/02, effective 11/20/02.
[Editorial change: IAC Supplement 2/11/09; ARC 7625B, IAB 3/11/09, effective 4/15/09]