C.R.S. § 25-8-502
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Current — June 23, 2021
As of December 22, 2020
(1.1) For each regulated activity listed in this subsection (1.1), the division may assess an annual permit fee and a nonrefundable permit application fee for new permits that must equal fifty percent of the annual permit fee. The full amount of the application fee is credited toward the annual permit fee. All such fees must be in accordance with the following schedules:
(1.1) For each regulated activity listed in this subsection (1.1), the division may assess an annual permit fee and a nonrefundable permit application fee for new permits that must equal fifty percent of the annual permit fee. The full amount of the application fee is credited toward the annual permit fee. All such fees must be in accordance with the following schedules:
Facility Categories and Subcategories for Permit Fees within the Commerce and Industry Sector Annual Fees
(D) Storm water discharge only $700(II) Coal mining:
(A) Sedimentation ponds, surface runoff only $1,578
(III) Hardrock mining:
(A) Mine dewatering from 0 up to 49,999 gallons
per day $1,835
(B) Mine dewatering from 50,000 up to
999,999 gallons per day $3,462
per day or more $5,281
no discharge $5,281
with discharge $15,907
per day $5,394
per day or more $10,755
(IV) Oil shale:
(A) Sedimentation ponds, surface runoff only $3,204
(B) Mine water from 0 up to 49,999
gallons per day $3,462
(C) Mine water from 50,000 up to 999,999
gallons per day $4,299
(D) Mine water from 1,000,000 gallons
per day or more $4,186
(E) Mine water and process water discharge $15,907
(F) No discharge $2,946
(V) General permits:
(A) Sand and gravel with process discharge
and storm water $435(B) Sand and gravel without process discharge
- storm water only $121(C) Placer mining $837(D) Coal mining $1,256
(E) Industrial - single municipal industrial
- storm water only $298(F) Active mineral mines less than ten acres
- storm water only $201(G) Active mineral mines - ten acres or more
- storm water only $604(H) Inactive mineral mines - storm water only $121(I) Department of transportation - sand and
gravel storm-water permit $7,020
(J) Coal degasification - process water
from 0 up to 49,999 gallons per day $3,462
(K) Coal degasification - process water from
50,000 up to 99,999 gallons per day $5,281
(L) Coal degasification - process water,
100,000 gallons per day or more $15,907
(M) Minimal discharge of industrial or
commercial waste waters - general permit $630(VI) Power plants:
(A) Cooling water only, no discharge $1,835
(B) Process water from 0 up to 49,999
gallons per day $3,462
(C) Process water from 50,000 up to 999,999
gallons per day $5,281
(D) Process water from 1,000,000 up to 4,999,999
gallons per day $15,907
(E) Process water, 5,000,000 gallons per
day or more $15,907
(VII) Sugar processing:
(A) Cooling water only, no discharge $1,948
(B) Process water from 0 up to 49,999
gallons per day $2,383
(C) Process water from 50,000 up to 999,999
gallons per day $5,957
(D) Process water from 1,000,000 up to 4,999,999
gallons per day $15,907
(E) Process water, 5,000,000 gallons
per day or more $15,907
(VIII) Petroleum refining:
(A) Cooling water only, no discharge $1,835
(B) Process water from 0 up to 49,999 gallons
per day $4,122
(C) Process water from 50,000 up to 999,999
gallons per day $5,289
(D) Process water from 1,000,000 up to 4,999,999
gallons per day $15,907
(E) Process water, 5,000,000 gallons per
day or more $15,907
(IX) Fish hatcheries $1,320
(X) Manufacturing and other industry:
(A) Cooling water only $1,835
(B) Process water from 0 up to 49,999
gallons per day $3,462
(C) Process water from 50,000 up to 999,999
gallons per day $5,281
(D) Process water from 1,000,000 up to 4,999,999
gallons per day $15,907
(E) Process water from 5,000,000 up to 19,999,999
gallons per day $19,545
(F) Process water, 20,000,000 gallons
per day or more $31,814
(G) No discharge $2,383
(H) Amusement and recreation services $2,383
(XI) Individual industrial storm-water permits:
(A) Individual industrial - less than ten acres $475(B) Individual industrial - ten acres or more $604(C) Individual industrial - storm water only
- international airports $10,014
Facility Categories and Subcategories for Permit Fees within the Construction Sector Annual Fees
storm-water construction discharges from
projects where DOT is the permittee -
statewide permit $9,400
commercial wastewater $630(G) Low complexity $820(H) High complexity $2,000
(I) Construction - storm water only; less than
1 acre of disturbed area $165(J) Construction - storm water only;
from 1 acre to less than 30 acres $350(K) Construction - storm water only;
30 acres or more of disturbed area $540(III) The fee for an individual permit for construction activity is four thousand four hundred dollars; and
(IV) The division shall use the revenue generated by the fees set forth in subsections (1.1)(c)(II)(G) to (1.1)(c)(II)(K) and (1.1)(c)(III) of this section to continue to fund the administration and oversight of the construction sector and shall use the increased revenue, when compared with the revenue generated by the corresponding fees as they existed on June 30, 2015, to fund new services provided under the alternative compliance assurance model. The division shall not use the increased revenue to fund additional enforcement staff. The division may use the increased revenue for the following purposes:
(A) Increasing inspections of the construction sector to meet compliance objectives identified by the federal environmental protection agency;
(B) Implementing a compliance strategy that relies on increased assistance and follow-up to obtain an overall increase in compliance instead of increased reliance on enforcement;
(C) Targeting additional compliance assistance towards permittees to seek increased compliance, including: Streamlined site visits that provide initial assistance consultations and increased assistance resources such as guidance documents, presentations, and online resources; review and response to the inspected entity’s written response to the inspection; follow-up inspections and additional inspections for owners and operators with systemic violations; and increased overall inspection frequency;
(D) Maintaining and increasing current service levels of administration and oversight for the division’s storm water management system administrator program; and
(E) Targeting enforcement towards operators that show chronic violations, significant violations, or recalcitrant response actions.
Facility Categories and Subcategories for Permit Fees within the Public and Private Utilities Sector Annual Fees
discharge $580(B) Water treatment plants - routine discharge $872(C) Discharges associated with treated water
distribution systems for a population of
3,300 or fewer $128(D) Discharges associated with treated
water distribution systems for
a population from 3,301 up to 9,999 $256(E) Discharges associated with treated
water distribution systems for a
population of 10,000 or more $384(III) Domestic wastewater - lagoons:
(A) Sewage from 0 up to 49,999 gallons per day $641(B) Sewage from 50,000 up to 99,999 gallons
per day $1,031
(C) Sewage from 100,000 up to 499,999 gallons
per day $1,501
(D) Sewage from 500,000 up to 999,999 gallons
per day $2,586
(E) Sewage from 1,000,000 up to 1,999,999 gallons
per day $3,867
(F) Sewage, 2,000,000 gallons per day or more $7,881
(IV) Domestic wastewater - mechanical plants:
(A) Sewage from 0 up to 19,999 gallons per day $750(B) Sewage from 20,000 up to 49,999 gallons
per day $1,196
(C) Sewage from 50,000 up to 99,999 gallons
per day $1,757
(D) Sewage from 100,000 up to 499,999 gallons
per day $2,733
(E) Sewage from 500,000 up to 999,999 gallons
per day $4,538
(F) Sewage from 1,000,000 up to 2,499,999 gallons
per day $7,430
(G) Sewage from 2,500,000 up to 9,999,999 gallons
per day $13,920
(H) Sewage from 10,000,000 up to 49,999,999
gallons per day $24,132
(I) Sewage from 50,000,000 up to 99,999,999
gallons per day $27,840
(J) Sewage, 100,000,000 gallons per day or more $30,622
(V) Domestic facilities discharge to unclassified waters - general permit:
(A) Sewage from 0 up to 49,999 gallons per day $555(B) Sewage from 50,000 up to 199,999 gallons
per day $976(C) Sewage from 200,000 up to 599,999 gallons
per day $1,427
(D) Sewage from 600,000 up to 999,999 gallons
per day $2,269
(VI) Industrial dischargers subject to categorical effluent standards discharging to publicly owned treatment works with pretreatment programs, not including categorical industries subject to zero-discharge standards:
(A) Very low flow - less than 100 gallons per day $356(B) 100 up to 9,999 gallons per day $853(C) 10,000 up to 50,000 gallons per day $1,277
(D) More than 50,000 gallons per day $1,704
(VII) All other significant industrial dischargers discharging to publicly owned treatment works with pretreatment, including categorical industries subject to zero-discharge standards:
(A) Less than 10,000 gallons per day $214(B) 10,000 up to 50,000 gallons per day $426(C) More than 50,000 gallons per day $567(D) Pit dewatering only $329(VIII) Industrial dischargers subject to categorical effluent standards discharging to publicly owned treatment works without pretreatment programs, not including categorical industries subject to zero discharge standards:
(A) Less than 10,000 gallons per day $994(B) 10,000 up to 50,000 gallons per day $1,562
(C) More than 50,000 gallons per day $2,130
(IX) All other significant industrial dischargers discharging to publicly owned treatment works without pretreatment programs, including categorical industries subject to zero-discharge standards:
(A) Less than 10,000 gallons per day $426(B) 10,000 up to 50,000 gallons per day $639(C) More than 50,000 gallons per day $853(X) Domestic wastewater - lagoons:
(A) Sewage from 0 up to 49,999 gallons per day $92
per day $92
per day $92
per day $92
per day $99
(A) Sewage from 0 up to 19,999 gallons per day $92
(B) Sewage from 20,000 up to 49,999 gallons per day $92
(C) Sewage from 50,000 up to 99,999 gallons per day $92
(D) Sewage from 100,000 up to 499,999 gallons
per day $92
(E) Sewage from 500,000 up to 999,999 gallons
per day $92
(F) Sewage from 1,000,000 up to 2,499,999 gallons
per day $99
per day $115(H) Sewage from 10,000,000 up to 49,999,999
gallons per day $128(I) Sewage from 50,000,000 up to 99,999,999
gallons per day $143(J) Sewage, 100,000,000 gallons per day or more $156(XII) Wastewater reuse authorizations:
(A) Facility capacity of less than 100,000
gallons per day $549(B) Facility capacity from 100,000 gallons to
499,999 gallons per day $1,025
(C) Facility capacity from 500,000 gallons to
999,999 gallons per day $1,708
(D) Facility capacity from 1,000,000 gallons to
2,499,999 gallons per day $2,806
(E) Facility capacity from 2,500,000 gallons to
9,999,999 gallons per day $5,246
(F) Facility capacity, 10,000,000 gallons per
day or more $7,686
(XIII) and (XIV)Repealed.
Facility Categories and Subcategories for Permit Fees within the Municipal Separate Storm Sewer System Sector Annual Fees
of 10,000 or fewer $462(B) Storm water municipal for a population
from 10,000 up to 49,999 $1,053
(C) Storm water municipal for a population
from 50,000 up to 99,999 $2,626
(D) Storm water municipal for a population
of 100,000 or more $5,265
10,000 up to 49,999 $1,619
50,000 up to 99,999 $4,043
100,000 up to 249,999 $8,093
250,000 or more $13,754
storm water systems, owned or
operated by the department of
transportation, in municipal areas
where storm water permits are required $5,668
(1.2)
(1.3) For each service listed below, the division may assess a fee for the service, and all such fees must be in accordance with the following schedules:
(1.3) For each service listed below, the division may assess a fee for the service, and all such fees must be in accordance with the following schedules:
general permits from 0 up to 1,000,000
gallons per day $1,281
per day $641(B) Major facilities, 1,000,000 gallons
per day or more $1,025
per day $1,922
per day or more $3,843
Facility Categories and Subcategories for Wastewater Site Applications and Design Reviews Fees
New $9,440Expansion $7,553
New $18,882
Expansion $15,105
New $28,322
Expansion $22,658
New $37,763
Expansion $30,211
New $2,361
Expansion $1,889
New $4,720
Expansion $3,776
New $7,081
Expansion $5,664
New $9,440
Expansion $7,553
a change from gas chlorination to liquid
chlorination or from any form of
chlorination to ultraviolet light
disinfection, less than 100,000
gallons per day $550(J) Amendments to site applications concerning
a change from gas chlorination to liquid chlorination
or from any form of chlorination to ultraviolet light
disinfection from 100,000 to 999,999 gallons per day $1,102
(K) Amendments to site applications concerning a change
from gas chlorination to liquid chlorination or from any
form of chlorination to ultraviolet light disinfection
from 1,000,000 to 9,999,999 gallons per day $1,652
(L) Amendments to site applications concerning a change
from gas chlorination to liquid chlorination or from any
form of chlorination to ultraviolet light disinfection,
10,000,000 gallons per day or more $2,203
(M) Other amendments to site application, less than
100,000 gallons per day $787(N) Other amendments to site applications from
100,000 to 999,999 gallons per day $1,574
(O) Other amendments to site applications
from 1,000,000 to 9,999,999 gallons per day $2,361
(P) Other amendments to site applications,
10,000,000 gallons per day or more $3,146
(Q) On-site wastewater treatment systems $5,490
(R) Extension $793(S) Interceptor site applications $1,586
(T) Interceptor certifications $366(U) Outfall sewers $1,586
New $5,978
Expansion $4,758
New $12,078
Expansion $9,638
New $18,056
Expansion $14,396
New $24,034
Expansion $19,276
New $1,464
Expansion $1,220
New $3,050
Expansion $2,440
New $4,514
Expansion $3,660
New $5,978
Expansion $4,758
from gas chlorination to liquid chlorination or from any
form of chlorination to ultraviolet light disinfection,
less than 100,000 gallons per day $610(J) Amendments to site applications concerning a change
from gas chlorination to liquid chlorination or from any
form of chlorination to ultraviolet light disinfection
from 100,000 to 999,999 gallons per day $1,220
(K) Amendments to site applications concerning a change
from gas chlorination to liquid chlorination or from
any form of chlorination to ultraviolet light
disinfection from 1,000,000 to
9,999,999 gallons per day $1,830
(L) Amendments to site applications concerning a change
from gas chlorination to liquid chlorination or from any
form of chlorination to ultraviolet light disinfection,
10,000,000 gallons per day or more $2,440
(M) Other amendments to site application,
less than 100,000 gallons per day $854(N) Other amendments to site applications,
from 100,000 to 999,999 gallons per day $1,708
(O) Other amendments to site applications, from
1,000,000 to 9,999,999 gallons per day $2,562
(P) Other amendments to site applications,
10,000,000 gallons per day or more $3,416
(Q) On-site wastewater treatment systems $3,660
(R) Interceptor site applications $1,708
(S) Outfall sewers $1,708
(1.4) The division may establish an interim fee that must be consistent and equitable with the fees contained in subsection (1.1) of this section in any case where a facility other than those listed must be permitted. This interim fee applies until the date of adjournment sine die of the next regular session of the general assembly following imposition of the interim fee.
(1.4) The division may establish an interim fee that must be consistent and equitable with the fees contained in subsection (1.1) of this section in any case where a facility other than those listed must be permitted. This interim fee applies until the date of adjournment sine die of the next regular session of the general assembly following imposition of the interim fee.
(1.5)
(1.6) There is hereby created the animal feeding operations fund, which consists of all fees collected for regulated activities associated with the animal agriculture sector in paragraph (a) of subsection (1.1) of this section, as well as all fees collected for services provided by the division associated with the animal agriculture sector in subsection (1.3) of this section. The division shall transmit the fees to the state treasurer, who shall credit them to the animal feeding operations fund. Any unexpended and unencumbered moneys remaining in the animal feeding operations fund at the end of any fiscal year remain in the animal feeding operations fund and shall not be transferred or revert to the general fund or any other fund. The general assembly shall annually appropriate the moneys in the animal feeding operations fund to the department of public health and environment for the direct and indirect costs associated with the permitting and oversight of animal feeding operations under this article.
(1.6) There is hereby created the animal feeding operations fund, which consists of all fees collected for regulated activities associated with the animal agriculture sector in paragraph
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Digitized from: Public.Law — Colorado Revised Statutes. Reproduced from public-domain Colorado statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.