OAR 340-045-0075

 

Permit Fee Schedule

 

 

Table 70A: Industrial NPDES & WPCF Individual Permit Application and Modification Fees

DEQ Class

New Permit

Application Fee1

Major Modification at Permit Renewal

Major Modification Prior to Permit Expiration

Minor Modification

Permit Transfer

Tier 1

$52,111

$13,091

$26,015

$912

$82

Tier 2

$10,487

$3,328

$5,199

$912

$82

Special WPCF Permits issued pursuant to OAR 340-045-0061

$497

N/A

N/A

N/A

$82

1. New permit applications must include the annual fee specified in Table 70B in addition to the new permit application fee.

 

 

 

70B: Industrial NPDES & WPCF Individual Permit Annual Fees

Type

Description

NPDES Tier 1

NPDES Tier 2

WPCF Tier 1

WPCF Tier 2

B01

Pulp, paper, or other fiber pulping industry

$18,222

N/A

$16,912

N/A

 

Food or Beverage Processing - includes produce, meat, poultry, seafood or dairy for human, pet, or livestock consumption

B02

Washing or Packing only

N/A

$2,533

N/A

$2,330

B03

Processing – small. Flow ≤ 0.1 mgd, or 0.1 < flow < 1 mgd for less than 180 days per year

N/A

$3,787

N/A

$3,583

B04

Processing – medium. 0.1 mgd < Flow < 1 mgd for 180 or more days per year, or flow ≥ 1 mgd for less than 180 days per year

N/A

$5,344

N/A

$5,140

B05

Processing – large. Flow ≥ 1 mgd for 180 or more days per year.

$18,222

$16,011

$16,912

$15,805

 

Primary Smelting or Refining

B06

Aluminum

$18,222

$16,011

$16,912

$15,805

B07

Non-ferrous metals utilizing sand chlorination separation facilities

$18,222

$16,011

$16,912

$15,805

B08

Ferrous and non-ferrous metals not elsewhere classified

$10,421

$8,208

$9,111

$8,006

B09

Chemical manufacturing with discharge of process wastewater

$18,222

$16,011

$16,912

$15,805

B10

Cooling water discharges in excess of 20,000 BTU per sec

$10,421

$8,208

$9,111

$8,006

 

Mining Operations – includes aggregate or ore processing

B11

Large (over 500,000 cubic yards per year or involving chemical leaching)

$18,222

$16,011

$16,912

$15,805

B12

Medium (100,000 to 500,000 cubic yards per year)

N/A

$5,605

N/A

$5,401

B13

Small (less than 100,000 cubic yards per year)

N/A

$1,706

N/A

$1,502

 

All facilities not elsewhere classified which dispose of process wastewater (includes remediated groundwater)

B14

Tier 1 sources

$18,222

N/A

$16,912

N/A

B15

 

Tier 2 sources

N/A

$3,526

N/A

$3,325

B16

All facilities not elsewhere classified which dispose of non-process wastewaters (for example: small cooling water discharges, boiler blowdown, filter backwash)

N/A

$2,361

N/A

$2,157

B17

Dairies, fish hatcheries and other confined feeding operations on individual permits

N/A

$2,066

N/A

$1,864

B18

All facilities which dispose of wastewater only by evaporation from watertight ponds or basins

N/A

N/A

N/A

$1,370

 

Timber and Wood Products

B19

Sawmills, log storage, instream log storage

$5,111

$2,900

$3,802

$2,695

B20

Hardboard, veneer, plywood, particle board, pressboard manufacturing, wood products

$5,404

$3,194

$4,096

$2,991

B21

Wood preserving

$4,573

$2,361

$3,263

$2,157

 

Table 70C: Domestic NPDES & WPCF Individual Permits

 

Description

Type

Classification Criteria

(Based on Average Dry Weather Design Flow,

or as defined in 40CFR)

Class

New Permit

App.Fee1

Base

Annual Fee,

5 year

permits

Base

Annual Fee,

10 year

permits

Additional

Annual Fees

Major

Modification

Minor

Modification

Nondischarging

lagoons

E

N/A

Tier 2

$3,398

N/A

$1,085

Additional fees

include population

and pretreatment

fees. See tables

70D and 70E for

determination of

these fees.

$1,740

$912

Lagoons that

discharge to

surface waters

Db

Flow < 1 mgd

Tier 2

$6,710

$1,301

N/A

 

$3,398

$912

 

C2b

1 mgd ≤ Flow < 2 mgd

Tier 1

$33,221

$3,429

N/A

 

$16,651

$912

 

C1b

2 mgd ≤ Flow < 5 mgd

Tier 1

$33,221

$4,698

N/A

 

$16,651

$912

 

Bb

5 mgd ≤ Flow < 10 mgd

Tier 1

$33,221

$6,755

N/A

 

$16,651

$912

Treatment systems

other than lagoons

 

Da

Flow < 1 mgd

Tier 2

$6,710

$1,846

$1,713

 

$3,398

$912

 

C2a

1 mgd ≤ Flow < 2 mgd

Tier 1

$33,221

$5,830

$4,994

 

$16,651

$912

 

C1a

2 mgd ≤ Flow < 5 mgd

Tier 1

$33,221

$8,590

$7,755

 

$16,651

$912

 

Ba

5 mgd ≤ Flow < 10 mgd

Tier 1

$33,221

$12,775

$11,939

 

$16,651

$912

 

A3

10 mgd ≤ Flow < 25 mgd

Tier 1

$33,221

$19,928

N/A

 

$16,651

$912

 

A2

25 mgd ≤ Flow < 50 mgd

Tier 1

$33,221

$42,282

N/A

 

$16,651

$912

 

 

A1

≥ 50 mgd

Tier 1

$33,221

$71,943

N/A

 

$16,651

$912

Septage alkaline

stabilization facilities

F

N/A

Tier 2

$912

N/A

$374

N/A

N/A

$414

 

 

 

 

 

 

Description

Type

Classification Criteria

(Based on Average Dry Weather Design Flow,

or as defined in 40CFR)

Class

New Permit

App.

Fee1

Base

Annual Fee,

5 year

permits

Base

Annual Fee,

10 year

permits

Additional

Annual Fees

Major

Modification

Minor

Modification

Municipal Separate Storm Sewer System

 

Phase 1

See 40 CFR §122.26

N/A

$18,449

$4,153

N/A

N/A

$8,982

$1,603

 

Phase 2

 

N/A

$826

$850

N/A

N/A

N/A

$1,603

Underground Injection Control

Various

As defined in 40 CFR parts 9, 144, 145 and 146

N/A

$10,487

N/A

$2,157

N/A

$5,106

$912

1.  New permit applications must include the annual fee in addition to the new permit application fee.

 

 

Table 70D: Domestic NPDES & WPCF Annual Population Fee

Population range

Annual fee

500,000+

$96,654

400,000 to 499,999

$73,941

300,000 to 399,999

$51,227

200,000 to 299,999

$28,512

150,000 to 199,999

$23,060

100,000 to 149,999

$15,188

50,000 to 99,999

$9,526

25,000 to 49,999

$4,281

15,000 to 24,999

$2,437

10,000 to 14,999

$1,588

5,000 to 9,999

$966

1,000 to 4,999

$289

100 to 999

$54

0 to 99

$0

 

 

 

 

 

Table 70E: Annual Pretreatment Fees

Description

Fee

Pretreatment Fee

$1,657

Significant Industrial User

$553 per industry

 

 

Table 70F: Technical Activity and Other Fees

Activity

Fee

New or substantially modified sewage treatment facility

$7,623

Minor sewage treatment facility modifications and pump stations

$828

Pressure sewer system or major sewer collection system expansion

$581

Minor sewer collection system expansion or modification

$165

New or substantially modified water pollution control facilities using alkaline agents to stabilize septage

$828

Permit Transfer

$82

 

Table 70G: General NPDES &WPCF Permits

Number

Type

Description

New Permit Application Fee1

Annual Fee

100-J

NPDES

Cooling water/heat pumps

$213

$483

200-J

NPDES

Filter Backwash

$213

$483

300-J

NPDES

Fish Hatcheries

$338

$483

400-J

NPDES

Log Ponds

$213

$483

500-J

NPDES

Boiler blowdown

$213

$483

600

WPCF

Offstream small scale mining – processing less than five cubic yards of material per day, or less than 1500 cubic yards per year

$0

$0

  

Offstream small scale mining – processing 1,500 to10,000 cubic yards of material per year

$213

$0

700-PM2

NPDES

Suction dredges

$0

$25

900-J

NPDES

Seafood processing

$213

$483

1000

WPCF

Gravel mining

$213

$483

1200-A3

NPDES

Storm Water: Sand, gravel, and other non-metallic mining

$826

$850

1200-C3

NPDES

Storm Water: Construction activities – one acre or more

$826

$850

1200-C3

NPDES

Storm Water: Construction activities – less than one acre and part of a common plan of development disturbing one or more acres

$243

$0

1200-CA

NPDES

Storm Water: Construction activities performed by public agencies – one acre or more

$826

$850

1200-COLS3

NPDES

Stormwater: industrial stormwater discharge to Columbia Slough

$826

$850

1200-Z3,4

NPDES

Storm Water: Industrial

$826

$850

1400-A

WPCF

Wineries and seasonal fresh pack operations whose wastewater flow does not exceed 25,000 gallons per day and is only disposed of by land irrigation.

$213

$283

1400-B

WPCF

Wineries and small food processors not otherwise eligible for a 1400A general permit.

$338

$483

1500-A

NPDES

Petroleum hydrocarbon clean-up

$338

$483

1500-B

WPCF

Petroleum hydrocarbon clean-up

$338

$483

1700-A

NPDES

Vehicle & equipment wash water

$471

$483

1700-B

WPCF

Vehicle & equipment wash water

$471

$483

1900-J

NPDES

Non-contact geothermal heat exchange

$471

$483

2401

WPCF

Tier 1 graywater reuse and disposal system for residential systems not exceeding 300 gallons per day, or equivalent specific geographic area graywater reuse and disposal area permit

$50

$40

2402

WPCF

Tier 2 graywater reuse and disposal system for systems not exceeding 1,200 gallons per day, or equivalent specific geographic area graywater reuse and disposal area permit

$534

$50

Other

$471

$483

 

1. New permit applications must include both the new permit application fee and the first year’s annual fee.

2. A person registered under the 700-PM permit may pre-pay $90 for permit coverage through 2014 in lieu of the $25 annual fee.

3. Some of these permits are administered by public agencies under contract with DEQ.

4. This permit incorporates the 1300-J permit.

 

 

 

Table 70H: General Permit Activity and Other Fees

Activity

Fee

Disposal system plan review1

$519

Site inspection and evaluation1

$1,298

Permit Transfer

$82

1.  These fees apply when these activities are required for DEQ’s review of the application.