(1) The department shall supply an application form to be used to initiate the process for obtaining the construction permit.

(2) The application form shall be submitted to the department at the time that the first substantive engineering information becomes available about the proposed project.

(3) An initial, nonrefundable payment which may represent all or a portion of the construction permit fee, shall be included along with the application form. The amount of the initial construction permit fee payment is defined in WAC 173-175-390.