(1) As used in this section, "cabinet" shall mean the Energy and Environment Cabinet.
(2) An applicant for a permit to discharge pollutants into waters of the Commonwealth shall be subject to a permit fee by the cabinet.
(3) The permit fee shall be equal to the cost of review but shall not exceed the following amounts:
(a) Major industry: three thousand two hundred dollars ($3,200);
(b) Minor industry: two thousand one hundred dollars ($2,100);
(c) Nonprocess industry: one thousand dollars ($1,000);
(d) Large, non-publicly-owned treatment works: one thousand seven hundred dollars ($1,700);
(e) Intermediate, non-publicly-owned treatment works: one thousand five hundred dollars ($1,500);
(f) Small, non-publicly-owned treatment works: one thousand dollars ($1,000);
(g) Agriculture: one thousand two hundred dollars ($1,200); and (h) Surface mining operation: one thousand two hundred dollars ($1,200).
(4) The cabinet may impose the maximum permit fee if a discharge falls into multiple categories. Effective:June 29, 2017