Section Env-Dw 402.02 - Design Review Fee(a) In accordance with RSA 485:8, a fee shall be collected for the review of new public water systems or existing public water systems where conversion from transient use to residential use is proposed.(b) As required by RSA 485:8, IV, the applicant shall submit the fee payment at the time of the design review submission.(c) The amount of the fee shall be based on the number of residential-type or residential-equivalent units proposed to be served by the new public water system, determined as follows: (1) For residential-type units, $45 per unit, regardless of the size of the residential units; and(2) For new non-residential systems, $45 per residential-equivalent unit, rounded off to the nearest full residential-equivalent unit.(d) A residential-equivalent unit shall be 300 gallons per day (gpd) average daily demand.(e) The department shall determine the number of units the system is designed to accommodate based on the applicant's system design parameters, proposed plans for additional construction, and other factors bearing on the ultimate system demand.(f) Any application for expansion within 2 years of the initial submittal shall be deemed part of the initial water system design and therefore subject to the fee.(g) If the average daily demand of a non-residential public water system is less than 150 gpd, the fee shall be zero dollars .(h) The maximum fee shall be $7,515, equivalent to 167 residential units or residential-equivalent units, as applicable.(i) No additional fee shall be charged for revised submissions that do not include additional units, or for submissions requesting an extension or expansion of an existing community water system.N.H. Admin. Code § Env-Dw 402.02
(See Revision Note at part heading for Env-Dw 402) #10609, eff 6-1-14