SECTION 324 – FEES
324.1 Annual Registration Fees - 2008 - 2009 Fees
- The NWCAA shall levy annual registration program fees as set forth in Section 324.1(c) to cover the costs of administering the registration program.
- Upon assessment by the NWCAA, registration fees are due and payable. A source shall be assessed a late penalty in the amount of twenty-five percent (25%) of the registration fee for failure to pay the registration fee within thirty (30) days after the due date. The late penalty shall be in addition to the registration fee.
- All registered air pollution sources shall pay the appropriate registration fee(s) as set forth in the current fee schedule adopted by Resolution of the Board of Directors of the NWCAA. A proposed resolution that changes any fee schedules described in this section shall be posted on the NWCAA website for not less than 30 days prior to the Board of Directors meeting at which the Board takes action on the resolution. In addition, an electronic version of the proposed fee schedule changes shall be provided by e-mail to any person requesting notice of proposed fee schedule changes, not less than 30 days prior to the Board meeting at which such changes are considered. It shall be the ongoing responsibility of a person requesting electronic notice of proposed fee schedule amendments to provide their current e-mail address to the NWCAA, however no person is required to request such notice. Each notice of a proposed fee schedule change shall provide for a comment period on the proposal of not less than 30 days. Any such proposal shall be subject to public comment at the Board meeting where such changes are considered. No final decision on a proposed fee schedule change shall be taken until the public comment period has ended and any comments received during the public comment period have been considered.
324.2 New Source Review Fees - 2008 - 2009 Fees
a) New source fees shall be submitted with each Notice of Construction (NOC) application or request for a NOC applicability determination.
b) The applicable fee(s) shall be established in the current fee schedule adopted by Resolution by the Board of Directors of the NWCAA. A proposed resolution that changes any fee schedules described in this section shall be posted on the NWCAA website for not less than 30 days prior to the Board of Directors meeting at which the Board takes action on the resolution. In addition, an electronic version of the proposed fee schedule changes shall be provided by e-mail to any person requesting notice of proposed fee schedule changes, not less than 30 days prior to the Board meeting at which such changes are considered. It shall be the ongoing responsibility of a person requesting electronic notice of proposed fee schedule amendments to provide their current e-mail address to the NWCAA, however no person is required to request such notice. Each notice of a proposed fee schedule change shall provide for a comment period on the proposal of not less than 30 days. Any such proposal shall be subject to public comment at the Board meeting where such changes are considered. No final decision on a proposed fee schedule change shall be taken until the public comment period has ended and any comments received during the public comment period have been considered.
324.3 Variance Fee. The applicable fee(s) shall be established in the current fee schedule adopted by Resolution of the Board of Directors of the NWCAA.
324.4 Issuance of Emission Reduction Credits. The applicable fee(s) shall be established in the current fee schedule adopted by Resolution of the Board of Directors of the NWCAA.
324.5 Plan and examination, filing, SEPA review, and emission reduction credit fees may be reduced at the discretion of the Control Officer by up to 75 percent for existing stationary sources implementing pollution prevention or undertaking voluntary and enforceable emission reduction projects.
PASSED: November 12, 1998
Amended: November 12, 1999, June 14, 2001, July 10, 2003, July 14, 2005, November 8, 2007