NORTHERN SONOMA COUNTY AIR POLLUTION CONTROL DISTRICT

RULE 310 - PERMIT FEE SCHEDULES

It is hereby determined that the cost of reviewing permit applications, issuing authorizations, and of inspections, testing and monitoring pertaining to such issuance, exceeds the fees prescribed herein. In determining the fees to be charged, identical or like equipment within each process unit that requires a permit may be totaled for each schedule. In the event that more than one fee schedule is applicable to an Authority to Construct or Permit to Operate, the governing schedule shall be that which results in the highest fee. A CPI fee adjustment factor may be applied to the initial fee with 1992 as base year.

SCHEDULE 1
ELECTRIC MOTOR HORSEPOWER SCHEDULE

Any stationary source of air contaminant emissions for which an Authority to Construct or a Permit to Operate is required, where an electric motor or equivalent drive unit is used as the power supply, shall be assessed a permit fee based on the total rated horsepower of all such drive units, or their horsepower equivalent in kilovolt amperes (1 KVA=1.34 HP), included in such stationary source in accordance with the following schedule.

SCHEDULE 2
FUEL BURNING AND POWER GENERATION EQUIPMENT SCHEDULE

Any stationary source of air contaminant emissions, for which an Authority to Construct or Permit to Operate is required, in which fuel may at any time be burned or in which power may be generated, with the exception of incinerators or refuse burners which are covered in Schedule 3, shall be assessed a permit fee based upon its rated design capacity of heat input expressed in millions of British Thermal Units (BTU) per hour, using gross heating value of the fuel or its equivalent, in accordance with the following schedule:

Any stationary source of air contaminant emissions, for which an Authority to Construct or Permit to Operate is required, for the disposal of approved combustibles by burning, shall be assessed a permit fee based on the maximum horizontal inside cross sectional area of the primary combustion chamber, in accordance with the following schedule.

SCHEDULE 4
STATIONARY CONTAINER SCHEDULE

Any stationary tank, reservoir, or other container for which an Authority to Construct or Permit to Operate is required, shall be assessed a permit fee based on capacities in gallons or cubic equivalent, in accordance with the following schedule. An annual renewal fee shall not be assessed for this equipment category, except for sources which are subject to compliance with federal new source performance standards.

SCHEDULE 5
PROCESS WEIGHT SCHEDULE

Any stationary source of air contaminant emissions, for which an Authority to Construct or Permit to Operate is required, shall be assessed a permit fee based upon the maximum process weight rate calculated in pounds per hour.

SCHEDULE 6
MISCELLANEOUS SCHEDULE

Any stationary source of air contaminant emissions, for which an Authority to Construct or Permit to Operate is required, shall be assessed a permit fee based upon the volumetric exhaust rate from the source, expressed in actual cubic feet per minute.

Any stationary source of air contaminant emissions relative to the production or utilization of geothermal steam, for which an Authority to Construct or Permit to Operate is required shall be assessed a permit fee in accordance with the following schedule.

SCHEDULE 8
MAJOR SOURCE FEE SCHEDULE

Any stationary source of regulated air contaminant emissions, for which an Authority to Construct or Permit to Operate is required, shall be assessed a permit fee based upon the annual average emissions, calculated in tons per year. As used in this paragraph, the term regulated air contaminant shall mean (1) a volatile organic compound; (2) each pollutant regulated under New Source Performance Standards or National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants and (3) each pollutant for which a National primary Ambient Air Quality Standard has been promulgated (except carbon monoxide).