This section establishes fees for public sewage as regulated under chapter 246-271 WAC.

(1) The minimum fee for required review of land application of raw sewage or treatment plant effluent shall be two hundred dollars. If review time exceeds four hours, fifty dollars for each additional hour or part of an hour shall be added to the minimum fee.

(2) The minimum fee for required review of comprehensive sewer plans shall be two hundred dollars. If review time exceeds four hours, fifty dollars for each additional hour or part of an hour shall be added to the minimum fee.

This section establishes fees for on-site sewage systems as regulated under chapter 246-272A WAC.

(1) Fees for proprietary product registration are as follows:

(2) The base fee is required at the time of application. Any hourly fees for additional review time must be paid in full before the product will be registered.

This section establishes fees for large on-site sewage systems (LOSS) as regulated under chapter 246-272B WAC.

(1) The following nonrefundable fees apply to engineering and environmental reviews and inspections of LOSS.

(a) New and modification project reviews. The owner shall pay a project review base fee of eight hundred forty-eight dollars at the time the project application is submitted to the department. The fee covers up to eight hours of review time. The owner shall pay one hundred six dollars per hour for additional review time over eight hours.

(b) Reduced modification project reviews. The owner may request and the department may approve a reduced project review base fee of four hundred twenty-four dollars at the time the project application is submitted to the department. The fee covers up to four hours of review time. The owner shall pay one hundred six dollars per hour for additional review time over four hours.

(c) Review of LOSS documents in response to permit conditions. The owner shall pay a fee based on one hundred six dollars per hour.

(d) Review of LOSS documents not associated with project reviews or permit conditions under (a), (b) or (c) of this subsection. The owner shall pay a fee based on one hundred six dollars per hour.

(e) Site inspections and inspections related to enforcement events. The owner shall pay a fee of one thousand dollars.

(f) Final inspections. The owner shall pay a fee of five hundred dollars.

(2) Initial operating permit and annual operating permit renewals. The owner shall pay nonrefundable operating permit fees consisting of a base fee plus a department-approved LOSS design flow fee as shown in Table A Operating Permit Fees.

Table A

Operating Permit Fees

(3) Initial operating permits. The owner shall pay operating permit fees at the time the operating permit application is submitted to the department in accordance with WAC 246-272B-02150 and 246-272B-02200.

(4) Renewal of annual operating permits. The owner shall pay annual operating permit fees to the department at least thirty days prior to the expiration of the current operating permit in accordance with WAC 246-272B-02650.

(5) Late applications. The department will assess a ninety-four dollar late application processing fee to LOSS owners that do not submit an annual operating permit at least thirty days prior to the permit's expiration date.

(6) Outstanding fees. LOSS owners shall pay all outstanding fees under this section before the department will issue a notice to proceed, project approval, or annual operating permit.

This section establishes fees for on-site sewage system tanks as regulated under chapter 246-272C WAC.

(1) Fees for review and approval of design and construction plans for a prefabricated or cast-in-place on-site sewage system tank are as follows:

(2) The base fee is required at the time of application.

(3) All hourly fees for additional review time must be paid in full before any department approval is granted.

The fees for review and inspection of reclaimed water use projects will be calculated based on a rate of one hundred two dollars per hour.

(1) The applicant shall pay to the department, with the application, a three hundred fifty dollar fee. This fee includes two hundred dollars for developing criteria and review procedures, plus one hundred fifty dollars for up to two hours of product-specific review. Additional review time will be billed at seventy-five dollars per hour.

(2) All fees must be paid prior to the department's approval.