Policy for Application and Other Fees

POLICY DIRECTIVE
Division:	Water Resources Management		P.D.	W.R. 97-3
Prepared By:	Martin Goebel, P.Eng.		Issue Date:	Oct. 31, 1997
Approved By:	Martin Goebel	Director	Re-Issue Date:	July 24, 2000
Approved By:	Ken Dominie	ADM	Review Date:
Authorized By:	Paul L. Dean	DM	Superseded:
	Oliver Langdon	Minister	Cancelled:

Subject:

Application and Other Fees

1.0 INTRODUCTION

This policy directive establishes tariffs or fees for providing administrative and technical services in the water resource management area.

2.0 BACKGROUND

Application and other fees have been collected under this policy and its successor since October 1996.

3.0 LEGISLATION

3.1 Section 21 of the Executive Council Act.

This section allows the minister to establish tariffs or fees to be paid to government for inspections, issuing licences, permits, grants, conveyances or in respect of applications for same and for searching of a register, file or document kept by the department.

3.2 Water Resources Act, SNL 2002 cW-4.01, ("the Act")

Various permits and licences must be applied for under Sections 14, 36, 37, 39, 48, 58, and 61 of the Act. This Act covers water use licences, permits of waterworks and wastewater works, permits in connection with protected water supply areas and permits to alter a body of water.

4.0 Fee Schedules:

4.1 Application Fees for Water Use Licences under Section 14 of the Water Resources Act, SNL 2002 cW-4.01.

-	Municipal
	-	Municipality with population up to 500 persons	$100
	-	More than 500 up to 1,000	$150
	-	More than 1,000 up to 5,000	$250
	-	More than 5,000	$500
-	Commercial and Industrial
	-	Marine aquaculture	$100
	-	Commercial	$100
	-	Industrial	$500
	-	Cooling, washing dust or sand or gravel, and asphalt plants	$200
	-	Other temporary withdrawals (i.e. portable pumps)	$100
-	Water Bottling and Other Finished Water Based Products
	-	Water removal from surface, groundwater sources or icebergs	$1,000
-	Water Power
	-	Plants with capacity up to 5 MW	$2,000
	-	More than 5 up to 10 MW	$5,000
	-	More than 10 MW	$10,000
-	Request for amendment of a water use licence		$50

4.2 Application Fees for Permit of Waterworks and or Wastewater Works under Sections 36 and 37 of the Water Resources Act, SNL 2002 cW-4.01.

-	Water and/or Sewer Servicing
	-	1 - 10 services		$200
	-	11 - 25 services		$300
	-	26 - 100 services		$500
	-	more than 100 services		$1,000
-	Sewage pumping, outfall sewer, trunk or sewage treatment
	-	less than 25,000 litres per day		$200
	-	25,001 - 100,000 litres per day		$300
	-	100,001 - 5,000,000 litres per day		$500
	-	more than 5,000,000 litres per day		$1,000
-	Water pumping/storage, transmission, or treatment
	-	less than 25,000 litres per day		$200
	-	25,001 - 100,000 litres per day		$300
	-	100,001 - 5,000,000 litres per day		$500
	-	more than 5,000,000 litres per day		$1,000
-	Infrastructure upgrading
	-		Valve chambers	$200
	-		Pressure reducing chamber	$200
	-		Screen chamber	$200
	-		Hydrant installation	$200
	-		Enclosures � STP or lift station	$200
	-		Water main poly pigging	$200
	-		Temporary water/sewer bypass	$200
-	Other works not noted above must be discussed with the appropriate regional office. The fee will be based upon project cost and complexity

4.3 Application Fees for Designations and Permits under Sections 39, 58, 61 the Water Resources Act, SNL 2002 cW-4.01.

-	Application fee for protection of a public water supply area	$100
-	Wellhead protection designation	$100
-	Approval of development activity within a protected water supply area	$75
-	Non domestic well permit	$100
-	Permit for development activity in a wellhead protected water supply area	$100

4.4 Application Fees for Permits under Section 48 of Water Resources Act, SNL 2002 cW-4.01.

	Bridges:
-	A bridge spanning less than 5 metres	$100
-	A bridge spanning 5 metres or more but less than 10 metres	$200
-	A bridge spanning 10 metres or more but less than 30 metres	$500
-	A bridge spanning 30 metres or more	$1,000
	Culverts:
-	A culvert less than 1200 mm in diameter or width	$50
-	A culvert greater than or equal to 1200 mm in diameter or width	$100
	Dams and Related Works:
-	A hydro-electric power project control dam	$2,000
-	All other control dams including dykes and berms	$500
-	A water intake greater than 100 mm or infiltration gallery	$500
-	A pipe or conduit installed under any body of water including intakes less than 100 mm in diameter	$50
	Drainage Works:
-	A storm drainage work involving discharge into a body of water	$200
-	A ditching system for peat mining or agriculture	$200
-	A settling basin	$100
	Marine Works:
-	A wharf, dock, boathouse, slipway or dredging for same	$100
	Other Construction:
-	A water course diversion, channelization, or infilling	$500
-	Exploratory drilling through or under water (per site)	$100
-	Use of winter or ice roads across any body of water	$50
-	Fording (per site), transmission line inspection, ATV or a pedestrian bridge	$50
-	Any construction, grubbing, clearing or installation of structures within 15 m of the high water mark of a body of water if not specifically carried out in conjunction with any other category of this fee schedule.	$50

4.5 Water Well Drilling Licence under the Well Drilling Regulations NLR 63/03

Annual Licence Fee

$100

4.6 Request for Information and Documentation

-	Copies of documents, certificates, reports	$.25 /page
-	Processing and compiling data	$20 /hour
-	Electronic data put on diskette, tape or e-mailed	$20 /item
-	Electronic Bulletin Board Access Account	$250 /year
-	Water Well Data for Newfoundland and Labrador CD 1950-2002	$50

4.8 Publications

An appropriate cost shall be determined for any reports, publications, computer applications software or any miscellaneous products. Where prices have already been set for such items, the same prices shall remain in effect.

5.0 OTHER PROVISIONS

Fees are non-refundable. This means that there is no refund if the application is not recommended for approval or if the licence or water use authorization is not issued. If an application for approval is incomplete and/or the applicant must provide more information or revise the same application then no further application fees will be charged. HST will be charged.

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