Section 70. Establishing fees

Part III. Fees

A. The commissioner shall establish a schedule of fees to be charged by the department for services related to construction, maintenance, and repair or replacement of onsite sewage disposal systems, alternative discharge systems, and private wells and for appeals before the Review Board.

B. In establishing fees, the commissioner shall consider the actual or estimated average cost to the agency of delivering each service included in the schedule of fees.

The following fee schedule is hereby established:

SCHEDULE OF FEES
Application or Service	Fee
Certification letter, no onsite soil evaluator/professional engineer (OSE/PE) documentation (no charge for well)	$350
Certification letter with OSE/PE documentation, ≤1,000 gpd	$320
Certification letter with OSE/PE documentation, >1,000 gpd	$1,400
Construction permit for treatment works only, no OSE/PE documentation	$425
Combined well and treatment works construction permit, no OSE/PE documentation	$725
Combined well and treatment works construction permit with OSE/PE documentation, ≤1,000 gpd	$525
Construction permit for treatment works only with OSE/PE documentation, ≤1,000 gpd	$225
Construction permit for treatment works only with OSE/PE documentation, >1,000 gpd	$1,400
Combined well and treatment works construction permit with OSE/PE documentation, >1,000 gpd	$1,700
Private well construction or abandonment permit, with or without OSE/PE documentation	$300
Closed-loop geothermal well system (one fee per well system)	$300
Alternative discharge system inspection fee	$75
Minor modification to an existing system	$100
Appeal before the Review Board	$135

Historical Notes

Derived from VR355-34-03 § 3.1, eff. July 1, 1989; amended, Volume 32, Issue 10, eff. February 12, 2016.

Statutory Authority

§§ 32.1-12, 32.1-164, and 32.1-176.4 of the Code of Virginia.