Surface Water General Permit Fees

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New FY25 Surface Water General Permit Fees

Revised On: Aug. 1st, 2024 - 08:40 am

General permits for facilities discharging pollutants to protected Arizona surface waters.  These fees are subject to an annual adjustment and will be updated on this page annually.

Category

Factors for Establishing Fees

Initial Fee and
Annual Fees

Municipal

Separate

Storm Sewer

System

General Permit

The fee is based on the population of the permitted area:

  • Less than or equal to 10,000
  • Greater than 10,000 but less than or equal to 100,000
  • Greater than 100,000

The fee for a non-traditional municipal separate storm sewer system,

such as a hospital, college, or military facility

 

$3,670

$7,330

$11,000

 

$7,330

Construction

General Permit

The fee is based on the amount of acreage identified in the Notice of Intent:  

  • Less than or equal to 1 acre  
  • Greater than 1 acre but less than or equal to 50 acres  
  • Greater than 50 acres

Erosivity Waiver

Pollution prevention plan review  

Each additional submittal due to deficiency

 

If more than one person must apply for general permit coverage of the same facility or discharge activity, each person pays:

 

 

$370

$510

$730

$1,100

$1,470, no annual fee

$730, no annual fee

 

Fee applicable to the amount of acreage each person controls

Multi-Sector

General Permit

The fee is based on the amount of acreage identified in the Notice of Intent:

  • Less than or equal to 1 acre
  • Greater than 1 acre but less than or equal to 40 acres
  • Greater than 40 acres

 

Pollution prevention plan review

  • Each additional submittal due to deficiency

 

Certificate of No Exposure

 

If more than one person must apply for a general permit

coverage of the same facility or discharge activity, each person pays:

 

$510

$730

$1,470

 

$1,470 no annual fee

$730, no annual fee

 

$1,830, no annual fee

 

Fee applicable to the amount of

acreage each person controls

De Minimis General Permit
  • Notice of Intent for Single Source
  • Notice of Intent for Areawide/Project-Wide/Facility-Wide
  • Review of a Best Management Practices Plan (BMPP)
  • Each additional submittal due to deficiency

$370

$730

$1,470, no annual fee

$730, no annual fee

Pesticide General Permit
  • Single Source Permit
  • Areawide Permit
  • Pesticide Discharge Management Plan Review
  • Each additional submittal due to deficiency

$370

$730

$1,470

$730, no annual fee

Emergency

Discharge

General Permit

Authorization for emergency discharge

$14,670, no annual fee

Biosolids General Permit

Amount of Biosolids prepared per calendar year in dry metric tons:

  • >0 to <290
  • ≥ 290 to <1,500
  • ≥ 1,500 to <15,000
  • ≥ 15,000

 

$730

$1,830

$2,200

$2,930

 

Biosolids Land Applicators
  • Initial registration
  • Registration amendment

  • Annual report based on the amount of dry metric tons applied:

  • Less than or equal to 7,500 dry metric tons
    Greater than 7,500 dry metric tons but less than or equal to 15,000 dry metric tons
  • Greater than 15,000 dry metric tons

$730, no annual fee

$370

 



Annual Fee $3,670
Annual Fee $4,400

Annual Fee $6,600