PRIOR PRINTER'S NO. 1669 PRINTER'S NO. 1993
No. 1206 Session of 2007
INTRODUCED BY SURRA, BELFANTI, BIANCUCCI, CALTAGIRONE, COHEN,
EACHUS, FREEMAN, GOODMAN, GRUCELA, JOSEPHS, KULA, LEACH,
MAHONEY, MYERS, M. O'BRIEN, PETRONE, SCAVELLO, STABACK,
TANGRETTI, WOJNAROSKI, STURLA, YOUNGBLOOD, GERGELY, McGEEHAN,
FABRIZIO, JAMES, BENNINGTON, THOMAS, SANTONI, PRESTON AND
McILVAINE SMITH, MAY 24, 2007
AS REPORTED FROM COMMITTEE ON ENVIRONMENTAL RESOURCES AND
ENERGY, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, AS AMENDED, JUNE 20, 2007
AN ACT
1 Amending the act of April 9, 1929 (P.L.177, No.175), entitled
2 "An act providing for and reorganizing the conduct of the
3 executive and administrative work of the Commonwealth by the
4 Executive Department thereof and the administrative
5 departments, boards, commissions, and officers thereof,
6 including the boards of trustees of State Normal Schools, or
7 Teachers Colleges; abolishing, creating, reorganizing or
8 authorizing the reorganization of certain administrative
9 departments, boards, and commissions; defining the powers and
10 duties of the Governor and other executive and administrative
11 officers, and of the several administrative departments,
12 boards, commissions, and officers; fixing the salaries of the
13 Governor, Lieutenant Governor, and certain other executive
14 and administrative officers; providing for the appointment of
15 certain administrative officers, and of all deputies and
16 other assistants and employes in certain departments, boards,
17 and commissions; and prescribing the manner in which the
18 number and compensation of the deputies and all other
19 assistants and employes of certain departments, boards and
20 commissions shall be determined," further providing for the <--
21 establishment of certain fees PROVIDING FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT <--
22 AND ALLOCATION OF AN ADDITIONAL MUNICIPAL WASTE LANDFILL
23 DISPOSAL FEE in the Department of Environmental Protection; <--
24 and making repeals.
25 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
26 hereby enacts as follows:
1 Section 1. Section 607-A heading, introductory paragraph and <--
2 (5)(i) of the act of April 9, 1929 (P.L.177, No.175), known as
3 The Administrative Code of 1929, added July 1, 1981 (P.L.143,
4 No.48), are amended and the section is amended by adding
5 subsections and clauses to read:
6 SECTION 1. SECTION 607-A HEADING AND INTRODUCTORY PARAGRAPH <--
7 OF THE ACT OF APRIL 9, 1929 (P.L.177, NO.175), KNOWN AS THE
8 ADMINISTRATIVE CODE OF 1929, ADDED JULY 1, 1981 (P.L.143,
9 NO.48), ARE AMENDED AND THE SECTION IS AMENDED BY ADDING A
10 SUBSECTION AND CLAUSE TO READ:
11 Section 607-A. Department of Environmental [Resources.--]
12 Protection.--(a) The Department of Environmental [Resources]
13 Protection is authorized to charge fees for the following
14 purposes and in the following amounts:
15 * * *
16 (5) Water and related matters: <--
17 [(i) Public water supply surface Fee to be set
18 water allocation permit. by regulation
19 of department
20 to reimburse
21 costs of admin-
22 istering the
23 act of June 24,
24 1939 (P.L.842,
25 No.365)]
26 * * *
27 (8) Dam safety, water obstructions and encroachments
28 annual oversight and review fees:
29 (i) Annual oversight monitoring
30 fee - Class A, 1..................... 550.00
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1 (ii) Annual oversight monitoring
2 fee - Class A, 2..................... 275.00
3 (iii) Annual oversight monitoring
4 fee - Class A, 3..................... 15.00
5 (iv) Annual oversight monitoring
6 fee - Class B, 1..................... 550.00
7 (v) Annual oversight monitoring
8 fee - Class B, 2..................... 275.00
9 (vi) Annual oversight monitoring
10 fee - Class B, 3..................... 15.00
11 (vii) Annual oversight monitoring
12 fee - Class C, 1..................... 500.00
13 (viii) Annual oversight monitoring
14 fee - Class C, 2..................... 210.00
15 (ix) Annual oversight monitoring
16 fee - Class C, 3..................... 15.00
17 (x) Letter of amendment or authorization
18 review fee - Class A................. 1,000.00
19 (xi) Letter of amendment or authorization
20 review fee - Class B................. 650.00
21 (xii) Letter of amendment or authorization
22 review fee - Class C................. 300.00
23 (xiii) Major dam design revision review
24 fee - Class A........................ 1,000.00
25 (xiv) Major dam design revision review
26 fee - Class B........................ 650.00
27 (xv) Major dam design revision review
28 fee - Class C........................ 300.00
29 (xvi) Permit application - Class A,
30 Hazard 1............................. 12,200.00
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1 (xvii) Permit application - Class A,
2 Hazard 2............................. 11,600.00
3 (xviii) Permit application - Class A,
4 Hazard 3............................. 10,700.00
5 (xix) Permit application - Class B,
6 Hazard 1............................. 9,100.00
7 (xx) Permit application - Class B,
8 Hazard 2............................. 8,800.00
9 (xxi) Permit application - Class B,
10 Hazard 3............................. 8,100.00
11 (xxii) Permit application - Class C,
12 Hazard 1............................. 5,000.00
13 (xxiii) Permit application - Class C,
14 Hazard 2............................. 4,600.00
15 (xxiv) Permit application - Class C,
16 Hazard 3............................. 3,700.00
17 (xxv) Permit application - modification
18 of dam - Class A, 1.................. 8,300.00
19 (xxvi) Permit application - modification
20 of dam - Class A, 2.................. 8,300.00
21 (xxvii) Permit application - modification
22 of dam - Class A, 3.................. 8,000.00
23 (xxviii) Permit application - modification
24 of dam - Class B, 1.................. 5,500.00
25 (xxix) Permit application - modification
26 of dam - Class B, 2.................. 5,500.00
27 (xxx) Permit application - modification
28 of dam - Class B, 3.................. 5,300.00
29 (xxxi) Permit application - modification
30 of dam - Class C, 1.................. 3,600.00
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1 (xxxii) Permit application - modification
2 of dam - Class C, 2.................. 3,600.00
3 (xxxiii) Permit application - modification
4 of dam - Class C, 3.................. 3,400.00
5 (xxxiv) Permit application of operation
6 and maintenance of existing dam
7 - Class A, 1......................... 6,700.00
8 (xxxv) Permit application of operation
9 and maintenance of existing dam
10 - Class A, 2......................... 6,600.00
11 (xxxvi) Permit application of operation
12 and maintenance of existing dam
13 - Class A, 3......................... 5,300.00
14 (xxxvii) Permit application of operation
15 and maintenance of existing dam
16 - Class B, 1......................... 5,300.00
17 (xxxviii) Permit application of operation
18 and maintenance of existing dam
19 - Class B, 2......................... 5,000.00
20 (xxxix) Permit application of operation
21 and maintenance of existing dam
22 - Class B, 3......................... 4,300.00
23 (xl) Permit application of operation
24 and maintenance of existing dam
25 - Class C, 1......................... 3,500.00
26 (xli) Permit application of operation
27 and maintenance of existing dam
28 - Class C, 2......................... 3,300.00
29 (xlii) Permit application of operation
30 and maintenance of existing dam
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1 - Class C, 3......................... 3,300.00
2 (xliii) Review fees for environmental
3 assessments of non-jurisdictional
4 dams or letters of amendment and
5 authorization - Class A.............. 600.00
6 (xliv) Review fees for environmental
7 assessments of non-jurisdictional
8 dams or letters of amendment and
9 authorization - Class B.............. 500.00
10 (xlv) Review fees for environmental
11 assessments of non-jurisdictional
12 dams or letters of amendment and
13 authorization - Class C.............. 400.00
14 (xlvi) Base individual water obstruction
15 and encroachment administrative
16 filing fee........................... 1,000.00
17 (xlvii) Additional filing fee for
18 permanent wetlands impacts
19 - general............................ 1,600.00
20 (per tenth acre)
21 (xlviii) Additional filing fee for
22 temporary wetlands impacts
23 - general............................ 500.00
24 (per tenth acre)
25 (xlix) Additional filing fee for
26 watercourse impacts - general........ 12.00
27 (per linear foot)
28 (l) Additional filing fee for
29 floodway impacts - general........... 1.00
30 (per square foot)
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1 (li) Additional filing fee for
2 permanent wetlands impacts - special
3 protection resources................. 2,000.00
4 (per tenth acre)
5 (lii) Additional filing fee for
6 temporary wetlands impacts - special
7 protection resources................. 500.00
8 (per tenth acre)
9 (liii) Additional filing fee for
10 watercourse impacts - special
11 protection resources................. 15.00
12 (per linear foot)
13 (liv) Additional filing fee for
14 floodway impacts - special
15 protection resources................. 1.00
16 (per square foot)
17 (lv) Water obstruction and
18 encroachment general permit
19 registration........................ 500.00
20 (or lesser amount specified
21 in general permit)
22 (lvi) Individual water obstruction and
23 encroachment permit amendment
24 fee - major amendment............... 500.00
25 (lvii) Individual water obstruction and
26 encroachment permit amendment
27 fee - minor amendment............... 100.00
28 (9) Explosives permit and license fees:
29 (i) Annual blasters license............... 70.00
30 (ii) Blasting activity permit............. 250.00
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1 (iii) Magazine storage license............ 200.00
2 (iv) Blasting activity (permit by rule)... 10.00
3 (v) Magazine security plan................ 240.00
4 (vi) Magazine security plan revision...... 100.00
5 (vii) Annual purchase permit.............. 40.00
6 (viii) Annual sales permit................ 40.00
7 (10) Hazardous waste fees:
8 (i) Annual administration during
9 closure - impoundment facility....... 150.00
10 (ii) Annual administration during
11 closure - land disposal facility..... 150.00
12 (iii) Annual administration during
13 closure - other facility............. 75.00
14 (iv) Annual permit
15 administration - captive treatment... 900.00
16 (v) Annual permit
17 administration - commercial treatment 2,600.00
18 (vi) Annual permit
19 administration - incinerator......... 1,700.00
20 (vii) Annual permit
21 administration - land disposal
22 facility............................. 3,250.00
23 (viii) Annual permit
24 administration - storage............. 700.00
25 (ix) Annual permit administration
26 - surface impoundment................ 3,250.00
27 (x) Application - captive
28 incinerator.......................... 70,000.00
29 (xi) Application - captive
30 land disposal........................ 92,800.00
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1 (xii) Application - captive
2 storage.............................. 18,200.00
3 (xiii) Application - captive
4 surface impoundment.................. 18,200.00
5 (xiv) Application - captive
6 treatment............................ 18,200.00
7 (xv) Application - commercial
8 incinerator.......................... 121,000.00
9 (xvi) Application - commercial
10 land disposal........................ 162,500.00
11 (xvii) Application - commercial
12 storage.............................. 46,800.00
13 (xviii) Application - commercial
14 surface impoundment.................. 46,800.00
15 (xix) Application - commercial
16 treatment............................ 46,800.00
17 (xx) Application - post-closure
18 permit............................... 32,500.00
19 (xxi) Generic Module I
20 application.......................... 1,800.00
21 (xxii) Hazardous waste generator
22 annual fee........................... 1,000.00
23 (xxiii) Hazardous waste
24 transporter - application............ 1,000.00
25 (xxiv) Hazardous waste transporter
26 license cards (per card)............. 10.00
27 (xxv) Hazardous waste transporter
28 license renewal...................... 500.00
29 (xxvi) Modification - Class 1 and 2....... 900.00
30 (xxvii) Modification - Class 3............50% of initial
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1 application
2 (xxviii) Module I
3 application.......................... 400.00
4 (11) Municipal waste annual administration and application
5 fees:
6 (i) Annual permit administration
7 - agricultural utilization........... 450.00
8 (ii) Annual permit administration
9 - construction/demolition landfill... 9,750.00
10 (iii) Annual permit administration
11 - composting facility................ 1,400.00
12 (iv) Annual permit administration
13 - incinerator or resource
14 recovery facility.................... 5,900.00
15 (v) Annual permit administration
16 - land reclamation utilization....... 2,750.00
17 (vi) Annual permit administration
18 - municipal waste landfill........... 32,300.00
19 (vii) Annual permit administration
20 - other processing facility.......... 2,500.00
21 (viii) Annual permit administration
22 - transfer facility.................. 2,800.00
23 (ix) Application - agricultural
24 utilization.......................... 2,850.00
25 (x) Application - construction/demolition
26 landfill............................. 31,600.00
27 (xi) Application - demonstration
28 facility............................. 27,600.00
29 (xii) Application - infectious or
30 chemotherapeutic waste general
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1 permit............................... 1,900.00
2 (xiii) Application - incinerator or
3 resource recovery facility........... 23,000.00
4 (xiv) Application - land reclamation
5 utilization.......................... 9,650.00
6 (xv) Application - municipal waste
7 landfill............................. 40,150.00
8 (xvi) Application - other processing
9 facilities........................... 18,200.00
10 (xvii) Application - transfer
11 facility............................. 18,350.00
12 (xviii) Beneficial use of sewage sludge
13 general permit....................... 2,700.00
14 (xix) General permit application........... 1,700.00
15 (xx) General permit modification........... 500.00
16 (xxi) General permit - determination
17 of applicability..................... 1,250.00
18 (xxii) General permit - registration....... 350.00
19 (xxiii) Infectious or chemotherapeutic
20 waste - determination of
21 applicability........................ 1,000.00
22 (xxiv) Infectious or chemotherapeutic
23 waste - general permit
24 registration......................... 500.00
25 (xxv) Infectious or chemotherapeutic
26 waste permit modification............ 500.00
27 (xxvi) Infectious or chemotherapeutic
28 waste permit renewal................. 1,000.00
29 (xxvii) Infectious or chemotherapeutic
30 waste transporter license............ 2,300.00
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1 (xxviii) Infectious or chemotherapeutic
2 waste transporter license renewal.... 950.00
3 (xxix) Modification - additional types of
4 waste not covered by permit.......... 550.00
5 (xxx) Modification - agricultural
6 utilization.......................... 1,000.00
7 (xxxi) Modification - demonstration
8 facility............................. 13,300.00
9 (xxxii) Modification - incinerator or
10 resource recovery facility........... 14,500.00
11 (xxxiii) Modification - land reclamation
12 utilization.......................... 2,950.00
13 (xxxiv) Modification - minor modification. 2,700.00
14 (xxxv) Modification - municipal waste or
15 construction/demolition landfill..... 24,600.00
16 (xxxvi) Modification - other processing
17 facilities........................... 10,750.00
18 (xxxvii) Modification - transfer
19 facilities........................... 12,900.00
20 (xxxviii) Permit reissuance............... 4,600.00
21 (xxxix) Permit renewal.................... 5,850.00
22 (12) Residual waste annual administration and
23 application fees:
24 (i) Annual permit administration - agricultural
25 utilization.......................... 1,350.00
26 (ii) Annual permit administration
27 - composting facility................ 2,500.00
28 (iii) Annual permit administration
29 - incinerator........................ 1,750.00
30 (iv) Annual permit administration
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1 - land reclamation utilization....... 4,700.00
2 (v) Annual permit administration
3 - landfill........................... 11,300.00
4 (vi) Annual permit administration
5 - other processing facility.......... 2,500.00
6 (vii) Annual permit administration
7 - transfer facility.................. 2,100.00
8 (viii) Application - agricultural
9 utilization.......................... 12,100.00
10 (ix) Application - captive incinerator.... 14,750.00
11 (x) Application - demonstration
12 facility............................. 9,450.00
13 (xi) Application - disposal impoundment... 27,350.00
14 (xii) Application - land reclamation
15 utilization.......................... 12,100.00
16 (xiii) Application - noncaptive
17 incinerator.......................... 23,500.00
18 (xiv) Application - other processing
19 facilities.......................... 15,000.00
20 (xv) Application - residual waste
21 landfill............................. 30,700.00
22 (xvi) Application - transfer facility..... 15,000.00
23 (xvii) Closure administration - disposal
24 impoundment.......................... 17,600.00
25 (xviii) Closure administration - landfill. 17,600.00
26 (xix) Closure administration - other
27 processing or disposal............... 1,500.00
28 (xx) General permit - determination
29 of applicability..................... 1,250.00
30 (xxi) General permit - registration....... 400.00
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1 (xxii) General permit - renewal........... 1,500.00
2 (xxiii) Modification - agricultural
3 utilization.......................... 1,500.00
4 (xxiv) Modification - disposal
5 impoundment.......................... 16,000.00
6 (xxv) Modification - incinerator.......... 12,800.00
7 (xxvi) Modification - land
8 reclamation utilization.............. 5,100.00
9 (xxvii) Modification - landfill........... 24,300.00
10 (xxviii) Modification - minor
11 modification......................... 2,600.00
12 (xxxix) Modification - other
13 processing facilities................ 11,500.00
14 (xxx) Permit reissuance................... 4,950.00
15 (xxxi) Permit renewal........,............ 5,200.00
16 (13) (8) Municipal waste landfill disposal fee: <--
17 (i) Additional disposal fee for all solid
18 waste received at municipal waste landfill
19 per ton of weighted waste or per three
20 cubic yards of volume - measured waste... 2.75
21 (14) Water allocation application fees: <--
22 (i) Change in service territory
23 application.......................... 2,000.00
24 (ii) Increased water rights
25 permit - application................. 2,000.00
26 (iii) Increased water rights permit - fee
27 per million gallons per day.......... 2,000.00
28 (iv) Increased water rights permit - fee
29 per source........................... 3,750.00
30 (v) New permit - application.............. 4,000.00
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1 (vi) New permit - fee per million gallons
2 per day.............................. 4,000.00
3 (vii) New permit - fee per source......... 7,500.00
4 (viii) Subsidiary permit - application.... 2,000.00
5 (ix) Subsidiary permit - fee per million
6 gallons per day...................... 1,000.00
7 (x) Subsidiary permit - fee per source.... 2,000.00
8 (15) Oil and gas application fees:
9 (i) Alternative methods................... 200.00
10 (ii) Alternative methods with well permit. 100.00
11 (iii) Brine spreading..................... 100.00
12 (iv) Inactive status...................... 100.00
13 (v) Pillar permit......................... 100.00
14 (vi) Well permit transfer................. 100.00
15 (vii) Variance............................ 200.00
16 (viii) Variance with well permit.......... 100.00
17 (ix) Waiver............................... 200.00
18 (x) Waiver with well permit............... 100.00
19 (xi) Well permit.......................... 1,475.00
20 (b) Notwithstanding the establishment of the fees in
21 paragraphs (a)(8) through (14), the Department of Environmental
22 Protection, including the Environmental Quality Board, shall
23 continue to exercise the authority previously granted to
24 establish or change fees by regulation.
25 (c) The Department of Environmental Protection will review
26 the adequacy of the fees established in subsection (a) at least
27 once every three years and provide a written report to the
28 Environmental Quality Board. The report shall identify any
29 disparity between the amount of program income generated by the
30 fees and the costs to administer these programs and shall
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1 contain recommendations to increase fees to eliminate the
2 disparity, including recommendations for regulatory amendments
3 to increase program fees.
4 (d) (B) The additional municipal waste disposal fee <--
5 established in paragraph (a)(13)(i) (A)(8)(I) shall be allocated <--
6 as follows:
7 (1) $2.25 shall be deposited into the Hazardous Sites
8 Cleanup Fund established under section 901 of the act of
9 October 18, 1988 (P.L.756, No.108), known as the "Hazardous
10 Sites Cleanup Act," and the department may expend these
11 moneys in accordance with section 902 of the "Hazardous Sites
12 Cleanup Act."
13 (2) $.50 shall be deposited into the Environmental
14 Stewardship Fund established in 27 Pa.C.S. § 6104 (relating
15 to fund) and the department may expend these moneys in
16 accordance with 27 Pa.C.S. Ch. 61 (relating to environmental
17 stewardship and watershed protection), including payments
18 authorized by 27 Pa.C.S. § 6115(d)(4) (relating to debt
19 retirement).
20 (e) The well permit fee established in subsection <--
21 (a)(15)(xi) shall be allocated as follows:
22 (1) $1,375.00 shall be placed in the General Fund.
23 (2) $100.00 shall be appropriated to the Department of
24 Environmental Protection to carry out the purposes of the act
25 of December 19, 1984 (P.L.1140, No.223), known as the "Oil
26 and Gas Act."
27 Section 2. Repeals are as follows:
28 (1) The General Assembly declares that the repeal under
29 paragraph (2) is necessary to effectuate the addition of
30 section 607-A(a)(10)(xxix).
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1 (2) Section 903(d)(1) of the act of October 18, 1988
2 (P.L.756, No.108), known as the Hazardous Sites Cleanup Act,
3 is repealed insofar as it relates to the fee to be charged.
4 (3) All other acts and parts of acts are repealed
5 insofar as they are inconsistent with this act.
6 Section 3 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2007, or <--
7 immediately, whichever is later.
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