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Title 9 - ENVIRONMENTAgency 15 - DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITYChapter 40 - SMALL RENEWABLE ENERGY PROJECTS (WIND) PERMIT BY RULE
Part II - Permit by Rule Provisions
Section 9VAC15-40-110 - Fees

9 Va. Admin. Code § 15-40-110

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Current through Register Vol. 41, No. 4, October 8, 2024
Section 9VAC15-40-110 - Fees
A. Purpose. The purpose of this section is to establish schedules and procedures pertaining to the payment and collection of fees from any applicant seeking a new permit by rule or a modification to an existing permit by rule for a small wind energy project.
B. Permit fee payment and deposit. Fees for permit by rule applications or modifications shall be paid by the applicant as follows:
1. Due date. All permit application fees or modification fees are due on submittal day of the application or modification package.
2. Method of payment. Fees shall be paid by check, draft, or postal money order made payable to "Treasurer of Virginia/DEQ" and shall be sent to the Department of Environmental Quality, Receipts Control, P.O. Box 1104, Richmond, VA 23218. When the department is able to accept electronic payments, payments may be submitted electronically.
3. Incomplete payments. All incomplete payments shall be deemed nonpayments.
4. Late payment. No application or modification submittal will be deemed complete until the department receives proper payment.
C. Fee schedules. Each application for a permit by rule and each application for a modification of a permit by rule is a separate action and shall be assessed a separate fee. The amount of the permit application fee is based on the costs associated with the permitting program required by this chapter. The fee schedules are shown in the following table:

Type of Action

Fee

Permit by rule application (including first three years of operation)

$16,000

Permit by rule modification (after first three years of operation)

$5,000

D. Use of fees. Fees are assessed for the purpose of defraying the department's costs of administering and enforcing the provisions of this chapter including, but not limited to, permit by rule processing, permit by rule modification processing, and inspection and monitoring of small wind energy projects to ensure compliance with this chapter. Fees collected pursuant to this section shall be used for the administrative and enforcement purposes specified in this section and in § 10.1-1197.6 E of the Code of Virginia.
E. Fund. The fees, received by the department in accordance with this chapter, shall be deposited in the Small Renewable Energy Project Fee Fund.
F. Periodic review of fees. Beginning July 1, 2012, and periodically thereafter, the department shall review the schedule of fees established pursuant to this section to ensure that the total fees collected are sufficient to cover 100% of the department's direct costs associated with use of the fees.

9 Va. Admin. Code § 15-40-110

Derived from Virginia Register Volume 27, Issue 6, eff. December 22, 2010; amended, Virginia Register Volume 29, Issue 23, eff. August 14, 2013; Amended, Virginia Register Volume 31, Issue 21, eff. 7/30/2015.
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Statutory Authority

§ 10.1-1197.6 of the Code of Virginia.