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

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

3. 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

4. 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

5. 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

6. 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

7. 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 says 10 days - to match expedited timeframe.

8. 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 s 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

17. QUESTIONS?