15A NCAC 02Q .0206      PAYMENT OF FEES

(a)  Payment of fees required pursuant to 15A NCAC 02Q .0200 may be by check or money order made payable to the N.C. Department of Environmental Quality. Annual permit fee payments shall refer to the permit number.

(b)  If, within 30 days after being billed, the permit holder fails to pay an annual fee required pursuant to 15A NCAC 02Q .0200, the Director may initiate action to terminate the permit pursuant to 15A NCAC 02Q .0309 or .0519.

(c)  A holder of multiple permits may arrange to consolidate the payment of annual fees into one annual payment.

(d)  The payment of the permit application fee required by 15A NCAC 02Q .0200 shall accompany the application and is non‑refundable.

(e)  The Division shall annually prepare and make publicly available an accounting showing aggregate fee payments collected pursuant to 15A NCAC 02Q .0200 from facilities that have obtained or will obtain permits pursuant to 15A NCAC 02Q .0500 except synthetic minor facilities, as defined in 15A NCAC 02Q .0503, and showing a summary of reasonable direct and indirect expenditures required to develop and administer the Title V permit program.

(f)  In lieu of the procedures in Paragraph (a) of this Rule, fees required pursuant to 15A NCAC 02Q .0200 may be paid electronically if an electronic payment option is available for the fee, as provided on the Division of Air Quality Permitting website at https://deq.nc.gov/about/divisions/air-quality/air-quality-permitting.

History Note:        Authority G.S. 143‑215.3(a)(1),(1a),(1b),(1d);

Temporary Adoption Eff. March 8, 1994 for a period of 180 days or until the permanent rule becomes effective, whichever is sooner;

Eff. July 1, 1994;

Amended Eff. September 1, 2015;

Readopted Eff. April 1, 2018;

Amended Eff. September 1, 2023.