Air Permit Application Fees Eric Cornwell Manager, Stationary Source Permitting Program

Title V Revenues DROPPING Retiring Coal Plants Boiler MACT Title V revenue in 2014 ~ $12 MM Title V revenue in 2017 ~ $10 MM

WORKLOAD IS NOT DROPPING (MUCH) Air rules don’t go away TV Permits in 2014 = 380 TV Permits in 2018 = 370 Applications processed in 2014 = 642 Applications processed in 2018 = 612

WHAT’s Air Branch DONE TO mitigate? Leaner SSPP Max of 44 In 2010 TO 30 currently Expedited Permitting Fees began 2013 $250K and 40 applications per year Revisions to fee structure

Permit Fees in georgia Classification Source Fee Title V Coal-fired EGUs $37.34 per ton Other Title V sources $35.50 per ton Title V minimum fee $4,500 per year Synthetic minor fee $1700 per year NSPS fee $1500 per year

Application Fees Application Fees Permit Type Generic (Minor and Synthetic Minor) Permit, Title V (Major) Permit Renewal, Off-Permit Change, and No Permit Required Exemption $0 Minor Source Permit or Amendment $250 Name / Ownership Change Permit-by-Rule Synthetic Minor Source Permit or Amendment $1,000 Major Source Permit (not PSD or 112(g)) $2,000 Title V Modifications (all types) PSD, Nonattainment NSR, or 112(g) Permits $7,500

The details Anticipated revenue ~$300K / year Current fee amounts are a half-step Full fees July 1, 2021 Pending DNR Board Approval Invoiced through GECO Payment required within 20 days but email says 10 days - to match expedited timeframe.

How it works… Step 1 – Company submits application no special forms other than expedited form Submittal should indicate application type Step 2 - SSPP staff confirms application type, invoices company using internal database, and emails fee contact an acknowledgement letter containing application number. Step 3 – Company accesses GECO, navigates to Permit Fees, and prints invoice for corresponding application number. Step 4 – Company mails invoice and check to PO box, or pays by CC by calling EPD finance staff. Step 5 – Payment is documented in database by EPD finance staff

QUESTIONS? Eric.cornwell@dnr.ga.gov 404.363.7020