25 Pa. Code § 302.202

Current through Register Vol. 55, No. 1, January 4, 2025

Section 302.202 - Operator certification program fees

(a) An application for a certification action or post-presentation credit must be accompanied by a nonrefundable check or money order payable to the "Commonwealth of Pennsylvania." The applicant's client ID should be printed on the check or money order.

(b) Applications to become an approved training provider, course and conference approvals, course rosters and requests for examination sessions must be accompanied by a nonrefundable check or money order payable to the "Commonwealth of Pennsylvania."

(c) The annual service fee paid by system owners must be accompanied by a nonrefundable check or money order payable to the "Commonwealth of Pennsylvania." The system Public Water Supply ID or NPDES Permit Number should be printed on the check or money order. The annual service fee for systems in subsection (d) is a fee per public water supply ID, NPDES permit number (for discharge systems), Clean Streams Law permit number (for nondischarge systems) or satellite collection system. If this annual service fee is not remitted within 60 days of notification by the Department that the fee is due, interest shall accrue on the entire amount from the original date payment was due, at a rate of 12% per annum until payment is remitted.

(d) Fees shall be paid into the State Treasury into a special restricted revenue account in the General Fund known as the Safe Drinking Water Account administered by the Department for use in protecting the public from the hazards of unsafe drinking water and which funds are hereby appropriated to the Department for purposes authorized in the act.

(e) The fees are as follows:

Operators:

Initial Certification Class A, B, C, D ....................$150

Initial Certification Class Dc, Class E ....................$100

Certification through Reciprocity Class A, B, C, D....................$150

Certification through Reciprocity Class Dc; Class E....................$100

Certificate Renewal....................$60

Examination Session....................$35

Replacement of Certificate or Pocket Card ....................$25

Post-presentation Credit Application ....................$250

Training:

Training Provider Approval Application.................... $90

Brief Course Approval.................... $115

Full Course Approval.................... $300

Conference Approval.................... $70

Course Rosters.................... $1 per name

Classroom Courses offered by the Department are $10 per contact hour maximum per person.

Web-based Courses offered by the Department are $30 per contact hour maximum per person.

Onsite Training offered by the Department is $1,600 per event.

Approved Examination Providers:

Ten or more examination sessions per year.................... $800

Five to ten examination sessions per year.................... $700

Two to five examination sessions per year.................... $600

One examination session per year.................... $400

Owners:

Annual Service Fee Class A System.................... $500

Annual Service Fee Class B System.................... $150

Annual Service Fee Class C System.................... $100

Annual Service Fee Class D and E Systems.................... $65

(f) An operator holding a valid certificate as of September 18, 2010, is not required to pay the initial certification fees identified in subsection (e). This operator is subject to all other fees in this section.

(g) The fees identified in subsection (e) are in addition to any fees charged by an approved examination provider as defined in § 302.602 (relating to approved examination providers)

(h) The fees identified in subsection (e) related to course approval are a one-time fee assessed for the course. Training providers that have courses approved as of September 18, 2010, are not required to pay this fee for these approved courses.

(i) A conference approval fee is a one-time fee assessed for the entire conference and is not based on the number of training sessions in the conference.

(j) Persons regulated by the act will not pay more than a total of $10,000 annually to the Commonwealth for operator certification fees specified under subsection (e).

(k) Federal or State agencies that provide funding to the Department through terms and conditions of a mutual agreement for the administration of this program will not be subject to the fees in subsection (e).

(l) The Department will review the adequacy of the fees established in this section at least once every 3 years and provide a written report to the EQB. The report will identify any disparity between the amount of program income generated by the fees and the costs to administer these programs, and it will contain recommendations to modify fees to eliminate the disparity, including recommendations for regulatory amendments to modify program fees.

25 Pa. Code § 302.202

This section cited in 25 Pa. Code § 302.201 (relating to form of application); 25 Pa. Code § 302.301 (relating to board procedures for certification action); and 25 Pa. Code § 302.603 (relating to examination eligibility).