Section 300.06. Fee processing.

 

(1)   Fee required. The department shall charge a fee for permits or approvals. The permit or approval fee shall accompany the permit application or request for approval. Projects funded in whole or in part by any federal agency or state agency are exempt from fees. Except for federal or state agency dam projects, any construction, alteration, change in operation, transfer or abandonment of a dam requires a fee pursuant to s. 31.39 (3) , Stats.

(2)   Basic fees. For fees charged for permits, approvals or determinations under ss. 30.10 to 30.205 , 30.21 to 30.27 , 31.02 to 31.185 , 31.33 to 31.38 , and 281.36 , Stats., the department shall classify the types of permits, approvals or determinations based on the estimated time spent by the department in reviewing, investigating and making determinations whether to grant the permits or approvals. The fees are established as follows:

(a) For a permit or approval with an estimated time of 3 hours or less, the fee shall be $50.

(b) For a permit or approval with an estimated time of more than 3 hours but not more than 9 hours, the fee shall be $300.

(c) For a permit or approval with an estimated time of more than 9 hours, the fee shall be $500.

(3)   Supplemental fees. When the applicant requests in writing that the permit be issued in a shorter time interval than the total time interval allowed in s. NR 300.04 , the department shall respond in writing within 20 working days to state whether it can comply with the request. If the request to expedite the permit review is accepted by the department, the applicant shall submit $2000 in supplemental fees for each expedited permit request which is accepted by the department, in addition to the applicable fees in sub. (2) . If the department fails to make a decision on the completed application within the time limits requested, the department shall refund the supplemental fee.

(4)   Refunds. The department shall refund a permit, approval or determination fee if the applicant withdraws the application before the department determines that the application for the permit or approval is complete. The department shall refund a permit or approval fee for permits, approvals or determinations issued under ss. 30.10 to 30.205 , 30.21 to 30.27 , and 281.36 , Stats., if the department fails to make a determination on the application within the time limits specified in s. NR 300.04 . These refunds will only be applied to complete applications for permits, approvals or determinations received on or after September 1, 2000. The department may not refund a permit or approval fee after the department determines that the application is complete for permits or approvals issued under ss. 30.206 , 31.02 to 31.38 , Stats., or for any after-the-fact permit or approval applications.

(5)   Late application fee. If the applicant applies for a permit or requests an approval after the project is begun or after it is completed, the department shall charge an amount equal to twice the amount of the fee that it would have charged under this section.

(6)   Multiple fees. If more than one fee is applicable to a project, the department shall charge only the highest fee of those that are applicable.

History: Cr., Register, October, 1998, No. 514 , eff. 11-1-98; am. (4), Register, August, 2000, No. 536 , eff. 9-1-00; CR 02-015 : am. (2) (intro.), (3) and (4) Register January 2003 No. 565 , eff. 2-1-03; emerg. am. (1), eff. 4-19-04; CR 04-065 : am. (1) Register April 2005 No. 592 , eff. 5-1-05; corrections in (2), (4) made under s. 13.92 (4) (b) 7. , Stats., Register May 2013 No. 689 .