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BEFORE THE BOARD OF ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW OF THE STATE OF MONTANA
TO: All Concerned Persons 1. On January 13, 2010, at 1:30 p.m., the Board of Environmental Review will hold a public hearing in Room 35, 2. The board will make reasonable accommodations for persons with disabilities who wish to participate in this public hearing or need an alternative accessible format of this notice. If you require an accommodation, contact Elois Johnson, Paralegal, no later than 5:00 p.m., January 4, 2010, to advise us of the nature of the accommodation that you need. Please contact Elois Johnson at Department of Environmental Quality, P.O. Box 200901, Helena, Montana 59620-0901; phone (406) 444-2630; fax (406) 444-4386; or e-mail ejohnson@mt.gov. 3. The rule proposed to be amended provides as follows, stricken matter interlined, new matter underlined: 17.38.106 FEES (1) remains the same. (2) Department review will not be initiated until fees calculated under (2)(a) through (e) and (5) have been received by the department. If applicable, the final approval will not be issued until the calculated fees under (3) and (4) have been paid in full. The total fee for the review of a set of plans and specifications is the sum of the fees for the applicable parts or sub-parts listed in these citations. (a) The fee schedule for designs requiring review for compliance with department Circular DEQ-1 is set forth in Schedule I, as follows: SCHEDULE I Policies ultra violet disinfection............................................................... $ point-of-use/point-of-entry treatment........................................ $ Section 1.0 Engineering Report........................................................... $ Section 3.1 Surface water quality and quantity..................................................................... $ structures..................................................................................... $ Section 3.2 Ground water..................................................................... $ Section 4.1 Clarification standard clarification................................................................. $ solid contact units...................................................................... $ Section 4.2 Filtration rapid rate.................................................................................... $ pressure filtration....................................................................... $ diatomaceous earth................................................................... $ slow sand.................................................................................... $ direct filtration............................................................................. $ biologically active filtration........................................................ $ membrane filtration.................................................................... $ micro and ultra filtration............................................................. $ bag and cartridge filtration........................................................ $ Section 4.3 Disinfection........................................................................ $ Section 4.4 Softening............................................................................ $ Section 4.5 Aeration natural draft................................................................................. $ forced draft.................................................................................. $ spray/pressure............................................................................ $ packed tower.............................................................................. $ Section 4.6 Iron and manganese......................................................... $ Section 4.7 Fluoridation........................................................................ $ Section 4.8 Stabilization....................................................................... $ Section 4.9 Taste and odor control...................................................... $ Section 4.10 Microscreening................................................................ $ Section 4.11 Ion exchange.................................................................... $ Section 4.12 Adsorptive media............................................................ $ Chapter 5 Chemical application........................................................... $ Chapter 6 Pumping facilities................................................................ $ Section 7.1 Plant storage...................................................................... $ Section 7.2 Hydropneumatic tanks...................................................... $ Section 7.3 Distribution storage........................................................... $ Section 7.4 Cisterns.............................................................................. $ Chapter 8 Distribution system per lot fee..................................................................................... $ non-standard specifications...................................................... $ transmission distribution (per lineal foot)................................. $ Chapter 9 Waste disposal.................................................................... $ Appendix A new systems............................................................................... $ modifications.............................................................................. $ (b) The fee schedule for designs requiring review for compliance with department Circular DEQ-2 is set forth in Schedule II, as follows: SCHEDULE II Chapter 10 Engineering reports and facility plans engineering reports (minor)...................................................... $ comprehensive facility plan (major)......................................... $ Chapter 30 Design of sewers per lot fee..................................................................................... $ non-standard specifications...................................................... $ collection system (per lineal foot)............................................. $ Chapter 40 Sewage pumping station force mains (per lineal foot)...................................................... $ 1000 gpm or less....................................................................... $ greater than 1000 gpm.............................................................. $ Chapter 60 Screening grit removal screening devices and comminutors....................................... $ grit removal................................................................................. $ flow equalization......................................................................... $ Chapter 70 Settling................................................................................ $ Chapter 80 Sludge handling................................................................. $ Chapter 90 Biological treatment.......................................................... $ nonaerated treatment ponds.................................................... $ aerated treatment ponds.......................................................... $ Chapter 100 Disinfection...................................................................... $ Appendices A, B, C, & D (per design)................................................ $ (c) The fee schedule for designs requiring review for compliance with department Circular DEQ-3 is set forth in Schedule III, as follows: SCHEDULE III Section 3.2 Ground water................................................................................. $ Chapter 6 Pump facilities.................................................................................. $ Chapter 7 Finished storage/hydropneumatic tanks....................................... $ Chapter 8 Distribution system.......................................................................... $ (d) The fee schedule for designs requiring review for compliance with department Circular DEQ-4 is set forth in Schedule IV, as follows: SCHEDULE IV Chapter 7 Septic Tanks........................................................................ $ Chapters 8, 10, 11, 12, 13 Absorption Trenches............................... $ Chapter 9 Dosing System..................................................................... $ Chapter 14 Elevated Sand Mounds..................................................... $ Chapters 15, 16, 17 Filters................................................................... $ Chapters 17, 18 ETA and ET Systems............................................... $ Chapter 20 Aerobic Treatment............................................................. $ Chapter 21 Chemical Nutrient-Reduction Systems............................ $ Chapter 24, 25, 26, 27 Holding Tanks, Pit Privy, Seepage Pits...... $ Appendix D............................................................................................. $ Non-degradation Review...................................................................... $ (e) The fee schedule for the review of plans and specifications not covered by a specific department design standard, but within one of the following categories, is set forth in Schedule V as follows: SCHEDULE V Spring box and collection lateral.......................................................... $ (3) Fees for review of plans and specifications not covered under (2) are established by the department based on a charge of $ (4) The fee for review of plans and specifications previously denied, for staff time over two hours, is $ (5) through (7) remain the same. AUTH: 75-6-108, MCA IMP: 75-6-108, MCA REASON: The Legislature requires the department to collect fees commensurate with the cost of reviewing plans and specifications for public water supply and public sewer systems. Section 75-6-108(3), MCA, states: "The board shall by rule prescribe fees to be assessed by the department on persons who submit plans and specifications for construction, alteration, or extension of a public water supply system or public sewage system. The fees must be commensurate with the cost to the department for reviewing the plans and specifications." Past legislative audits identified that the department was not recovering the costs for engineering review. In 2005, at the request of the department, the board revised its engineering review fees. In an effort to minimize impact to the regulated community, the department proposed, and the board adopted, the fees with the understanding that additional fee increases may be required in the future to ensure that the fees would be commensurate with the costs of review. In 2007, the department again proposed, and the board adopted, fee increases to accommodate funding shortages. However, those increases did not take into account overhead costs, such as utilities and rent, attributable to engineering reviews, and other increased program costs, including inflation. When overhead and other costs attributable to engineering reviews are considered, the department projects, based on fiscal year 2009 revenues, a minimum budget shortage of $254,000 for fiscal year 2010. The department anticipates that the fee increases proposed in this rule amendment would provide additional fee revenue in the amount of $254,000 to remedy this funding shortage in fiscal year 2011 and in the immediately succeeding fiscal years. There are approximately 2,100 public water supplies and approximately the same number of wastewater treatment facilities that would be affected by the fee increase. They would not be affected on a yearly basis, however. The increased fees would affect them only in years in which they submit design plans and specifications to the department's Public Water Supply and Subdivisions Bureau for approval. 4. Concerned persons may submit their data, views, or arguments, either orally or in writing, at the hearing. Written data, views, or arguments may also be submitted to Elois Johnson, Paralegal, Department of Environmental Quality, 5. Katherine Orr, attorney for the board, or another attorney for the Agency Legal Services Bureau, has been designated to preside over and conduct the hearing. 6. The board maintains a list of interested persons who wish to receive notices of rulemaking actions proposed by this agency. Persons who wish to have their name added to the list shall make a written request that includes the name, e-mail, and mailing address of the person to receive notices and specifies that the person wishes to receive notices regarding: air quality; hazardous waste/waste oil; asbestos control; water/wastewater treatment plant operator certification; solid waste; junk vehicles; infectious waste; public water supply; public sewage systems regulation; hard rock (metal) mine reclamation; major facility siting; opencut mine reclamation; strip mine reclamation; subdivisions; renewable energy grants/loans; wastewater treatment or safe drinking water revolving grants and loans; water quality; CECRA; underground/above ground storage tanks; MEPA; or general procedural rules other than MEPA. Notices will be sent by e-mail unless a mailing preference is noted in the request. Such written request may be mailed or delivered to Elois Johnson, Paralegal, Department of Environmental Quality, 1520 E. Sixth Ave., P.O. Box 200901, Helena, Montana 59620-0901, faxed to the office at (406) 444-4386, e-mailed to Elois Johnson at ejohnson@mt.gov, or may be made by completing a request form at any rules hearing held by the board. 7. The bill sponsor contact requirements of 2-4-302, MCA, do not apply. Reviewed by: BOARD OF ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW /s/ James M. Madden BY: /s/ Joseph W. Russell JAMES M. MADDEN JOSEPH W. RUSSELL, M.P.H., Rule Reviewer Chairman Certified to the Secretary of State, December 14, 2009.
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