Section 24-136. Permit fees; schedules

(a)  If more than one of the fee
  schedules prescribed by subdivision (c) of this section is applicable to
  the equipment, the governing schedule shall be the one which results  in
  the highest fee.
    (b)  If  a process is to be installed or altered which has a number of
  units of equipment, a separate fee  shall  be  paid  for  each  unit  of
  equipment.
    (c)  the  fee  for  a  permit  to  install  or  certificate to operate
  equipment shall be as follows:
    (1) For fuel burning equipment in which the heat from  the  combustion
  of  the fuel is transmitted through a heat transfer surface, or in which
  the heat from the combustion of the fuel is transmitted directly to  the
  material  being processed, the fee shall vary with the type of fuel used
  and the gross input rating at maximum designed fuel consumption  of  the
  equipment. The fee shall be as set forth in schedule A.
 
                                 SCHEDULE A
                       FEES FOR FUEL BURNING EQUIPMENT
 
               Gross Input Rating or Designed Fuel Consumption
                        Rating in Millions of Btu/Hr
 
    #4 and #6 Fuel Oil and        #1 and #2 Fuel Oil
         Solid Fuels            Gasoline and Natural Gas              Fee
     1.0 to less than  4.2         2.8 to less than 10               $345
     4.2 to less than  7.0          10 to less than 20                470
     7.0 to less than 14.0          20 to less than 35                595
    14.0 to less than 21.0          35 to less than 50                700
    21.0 to less than 28.0          50 to less than 70                830
    28.0 to less than 35.0          70 to less than 100               940
    35.0 to less than 42.0         100 to less than 140              1440
    42.0 or greater                140 or greater                1440+125
                                                        per ea. add'l ten
                                                           million Btu/Hr
                                                              or fraction
                                                                  thereof
 
    (2)  For refuse burning equipment, the fee shall vary with the maximum
  horizontal  inside  cross  sectional  area  of  the  primary  combustion
  chamber, as set forth in schedule B.
 
                                 SCHEDULE B
                      FEES FOR REFUSE BURNING EQUIPMENT
 
  Maximum horizontal inside
  cross sectional area of
  primary combustion chamber
  in square feet:
 
                                                                   Fee
             8 or less............................................$300
            8.1 through 25.........................................475
            25.1 through 50........................................750
            50.1 through 75.......................................1500
            75.1 or more..........................................2400
 
    (3) For equipment other than fuel burning equipment and refuse burning
  equipment  the  fee shall vary with the designed discharge in cubic feet

  of gas emitted from the equipment at standard conditions of 30 inches of
  mercury barometric pressure and 60 degrees F.  of  temperature,  as  set
  forth in Schedule C.
 
                                 SCHEDULE C
 
                 FEES FOR EQUIPMENT OTHER THAN FUEL BURNING
                         OR REFUSE BURNING EQUIPMENT
 
  Cubic feet of gas emitted
  from the equipment per                  Environmental Rating
  minute:
                                       D         C         B         A
 
  5,000 or less                      $200       250       280       315
  5,001 through 20,000                375       470       525       590
  20,001 through 50,000               565       700       795       875
  50,001 through 100,000              750       940      1060      1175
  100,001 or more                    1125      1405      1580      1750
 
    (d) The fee for a permit to install apparatus shall be as follows:
    (1)  If  the  apparatus  is  to  be  installed at the same time as the
  installation of the equipment which it  will  serve,  no  fee  shall  be
  charged.
    (2)  If  the  apparatus  is  to be installed to serve already existing
  equipment which has an operating certificate, no fee shall be charged.
    (3) If the apparatus is to be  installed  to  serve  already  existing
  equipment  which  does  not have an operating certificate, the amount of
  the fee to install the apparatus shall  be  the  amount  payable  for  a
  permit to install the equipment itself.
    (e) The fee for a permit to alter equipment shall be as follows:
    (1)  If  the  alteration  will modify or change the design, process or
  arrangement of the equipment, the fee shall be the amount payable for  a
  permit to install the unit of equipment to be altered.
    (2)  If the alteration will increase the capacity of the equipment and
  the equipment has an operating certificate, the fee shall be based  upon
  the  increase  in  the  gross  output rating, designed fuel consumption,
  horizontal inside cross-sectional area of the primary combustion chamber
  or cubic feet of gas emitted per minute in the amount prescribed by  the
  appropriate schedule as set forth in subdivision (c) of this section.
    (3)  If the alteration will increase the capacity of the equipment and
  the equipment does not have an operating certificate, the fee  shall  be
  the  amount  payable for a permit to install the unit of equipment to be
  altered.
    (f) The fee for a permit to alter apparatus shall be as follows:
    (1) If  the  equipment  served  by  the  apparatus  has  an  operating
  certificate, no fee shall be charged.
    (2)  If  the  equipment  served  by  the  apparatus  does  not have an
  operating certificate, the fee shall be the amount payable for a  permit
  to install the equipment.
    (g)  (1)  The  fee  to  amend  a  permit to install or alter equipment
  applications that have been issued a notice of disapproval because of an
  unacceptable design shall be equal to fifty percent of the fee  required
  for the permit to install or alter equipment.
    (2)  The  fee  to  reinstate  a  cancelled application for a permit to
  install or alter equipment shall be equal to the fee  required  for  the
  permit to install or alter equipment.

    (3)  The  fee to amend a permit to install or alter equipment prior to
  an operating certificate for  such  equipment  shall  be  equal  to  ten
  percent  of  the  fee  required  for  the  permit  to  install  or alter
  equipment.
    (4)  If an application for a permit is cancelled or denied, no portion
  of the fee shall be refunded or applied to any subsequent application.
    (5) The fee to amend an application for a permit to install  or  alter
  equipment  or  control apparatus, where a notice of disapproval has been
  issued because of an incomplete application, shall be 95 dollars.
    (6) The fee to amend a permit  or  an  application  for  a  permit  to
  install  or  alter  equipment  or  control apparatus in any instance not
  provided for in paragraphs one through five of this subdivision shall be
  65 dollars.
    * (h) The fee for an authorization to  discontinue  the  operation  of
  refuse burning equipment shall be $50.00.
    * NB Amended L.L. 49/85 § 7, language juxtaposed per Ch. 907/85 § 14
    (i)  The  fee  for  an  application  to reinstate an expired permit to
  install or alter equipment or apparatus filed more than thirty days  but
  less  than  one  hundred  eighty  days  after the expiration date of the
  permit shall be equal to fifty percent of the  fee  for  the  permit  to
  install or alter equipment.
    (j)  The  fee  for  an  application  to reinstate an expired permit to
  install or alter equipment or apparatus more  than  one  hundred  eighty
  days  after  the expiration date of the permit shall be equal to the fee
  for a permit to install or alter equipment.