ADEQ notice of changes to your billing rates:

In order to ensure the increase to fees imposes the least burden and cost to our community, your annual registration fees will be divided into two invoices.

The first invoice for this first annual registration fee will be at the current fee level and sent out in January 2025. The second invoice will be delayed until July 2025 and will be for the remaining amount of the increased annual registration fee.

For more information about this fee change, including the full schedule of implementation | See Notice of Final Rulemaking >

Site/Facility Fees:

Billing

In addition to the application fee, ADEQ provides the applicant with itemized bills for expenses associated with application evaluation and processing of the permit decision.

The itemized bill includes:

• The dates of the billing period
• The date and number of review hours performed during the billing period itemized by employee name and position type
• A description of the review task performed, the specific facility and operational unit involved, and the hourly rate
• The amounts of other expenses (see below) are included in the bill

A summary of the total fees paid to date, total fees due for the billing period, the date the payment is due, and the maximum fee for the permit action.

Fees consist of processing charges and other expenses, including:

• Processing charges: ADEQ calculates the processing charges using a rate of $122.00 per hour, multiplied by the number of review hours used to evaluate the application and process the permit decision
• Other expenses: Other expenses include those ADEQ determines are necessary for evaluating the application and processing the permit decision.

These include:

• Per diem expenses
• Transportation costs
• Reproduction costs
• Laboratory analysis charges performed during the review of the permit action
• Public notice advertising and mailing costs, vi. Presiding officer expenses (for public hearings on the permit action)
• Court reporter expenses (for public hearings on the permit action)
• Facility rentals (for public hearings on the permit action)
• Other reasonable and necessary review-related costs are documented in writing and agreed to by the applicant.

ADEQ will issue a final itemized bill after an application is approved or disapproved. The difference will be returned to the applicant if the plan review costs less than the initial fee. If the cost exceeds the initial fee, the applicant must reimburse ADEQ for the difference, up to the maximum fee.