LAC 33:V.10121. Fees

A. An annual fee shall be submitted with the inventory form by each owner or operator required to report under the Right-to-Know Law. The fee shall be assessed in proportion to the number of hazardous materials manufactured, used, or stored on site. B.1. The fees for facilities not meeting the definition of small business in R.S. 30:2363 shall be assessed as follows. Number of Hazardous Materials Present at Facility | Amount of Fees Charges 01 to 25 | $ 65 26 to 75 | $ 85 76 to 100 | $170 Over 100 | $255 2. Any facility required to pay a fee pursuant to R.S. 30:2374 and any retail gas station exempt from reporting pursuant to R.S. 30:2370 shall not be required to pay an additional fee to the local emergency planning committee other than the fees already imposed by the local emergency planning committee for the collection of information required by the Right-to-Know Law prior to the 1997 Regular Legislative Session. 3. In the case of owners or operators reporting facilities with numbers of hazardous materials referenced above at multiple locations throughout the state, no owner or operator shall be assessed total fees in excess of $2,000. 4. The fee per facility for small businesses as defined in the Right-to-Know Law shall not exceed $25. C. Small businesses, as defined in these rules, would submit a reduced fee of $25 for each facility. The same ceilings on fees as detailed above would apply. D. State, parish, and municipal governmental entities who must report under these rules are exempt from paying any fee. E. All checks must be made payable to the Right-to-Know Unit and submitted as applicable with the printed copy of the Tier II invoice (which is generated automatically by the program upon electronic submission of the completed Tier Two form). If an inventory form is received without proper payment, it cannot be processed and compliance with the law is not attained. F. The following facilities are exempt from filing fees but must submit Tier Two Inventory forms: 1. liquified petroleum gas facilities having only liquified petroleum gas which are in full compliance with Liquified Petroleum Gas Commission regulations.