§ 38 §353-B — Annual waste discharge license fees

Maine § 38 §353-B

• Jurisdiction: Maine
• Title 38: WATERS AND NAVIGATION
• Ch. 2: DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

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1.
Fees assessed.
After the effective date of this section, licensees must pay annual waste discharge license fees. Annual waste discharge license fees for existing licensees are determined as set out in subsection 2. Annual waste discharge license fees for new licensees, or licensees that have been reclassified to a new discharge group, are determined by the discharge group to which the facility is assigned. The fee for a new waste discharge license is the median fee for the selected discharge group, and this fee must be paid at the time of application. If the application for a new license is denied, 50% of the initial annual fee must be refunded.
2.
Fee amounts.
Waste discharge license fees are determined as specified in this subsection.
3.
Schedule.
The fee for existing licenses must be paid on the anniversary date of the license or another date initially established by the department. This date, once established, remains the scheduled date for paying the annual fee, regardless of future changes of the anniversary date.
4.
Renewals, amendments and modifications.
Except for transfers of licenses for discharges of sanitary wastewater from commercial or residential sources as provided for in subsection 2, there are no additional fees assessed for license renewals, amendments or modifications. Upon significant changes in discharge flow, a licensee may apply for modification of the license to change the licensed discharge flow. The percent change in discharge flow must be used to adjust the annual waste discharge license fee by an equivalent percentage.
5.
Nonpayment of fees.
Failure to pay an annual fee within 30 days of the anniversary date of a license is sufficient grounds for revocation of the license, permit or privilege under section 342, subsection 11‑B.
6.
Initial year fee rates.
7.
Revenues derived from surcharge.
Revenues derived from a water quality improvement surcharge must be paid to the Treasurer of State, who shall credit those revenues to the Water Quality Improvement Fund established under section 424‑B.

Legislative History

PL 1997, c. 794, §B7 (NEW). PL 2001, c. 230, §1 (AMD). PL 2003, c. 246, §1 (AMD). PL 2005, c. 602, §1 (AMD). RR 2007, c. 2, §28 (AFF). PL 2007, c. 558, §§2-4 (AMD). PL 2009, c. 213, Pt. FFFF, §§2, 3 (AMD). RR 2011, c. 2, §43 (COR). PL 2011, c. 546, §§1-3 (AMD). PL 2015, c. 124, §4 (AMD). PL 2019, c. 631, §1 (AMD). PL 2025, c. 62, §1 (AMD).