Fee Schedules

(a) Operators of waterworks or wastewater works. Certification, renewal, and registration fees for operators of waterworks or wastewater works are: (1) $62.00 per certification application; (2) $46.00 per certification renewal; (3) $23.00 per registered helpernon-certified helper certificate; (4) $23.00 per registered helpernon-certified helper certificate renewal; (5) $8.00 reinstatement fee per certification per month expired; and (6) $8.00 late payment of application fee per month not received after date of certification examination, following a grace period of thirty (30) days after examination. (b) Operators of laboratories owned by or associated with waterworks or wastewater works. Certification fees for operators of laboratories owned by or associated with waterworks or wastewater works are: (1) $62.00 per certification application; (2) $46.00 per certification renewal; (3) $8.00 reinstatement penaltyfee per certification per month expired; and (4) $8.00 late payment of application penaltyfee per month not received after date of certification examination, following a grace period of thirty (30) days after examination. (c) Failure to timely pay fees. If an application fee and/or any late fees as described in (a) and (b) above are not received within 180 days of date of certification examination the results of examination are nullified and the applicant mustshall reapply to sit for a certification examination. (d) Nonrefundable. Fees charged under this section are not refundable. (e) Nontransferable. Fees may not be transferred from one applicant to another. (f) Automatic fee adjustment. To assist in meeting rising costs to the DepartmentDEQ of the operator certification program associated with licensing and enforcement of certified operators, the fees set out in paragraphs (a) and (b) above shall be automatically adjusted on July 1st every five yearsevery year to correspond to the percentage, if any, by which the Consumer Price Index (CPI) for the most recent calendar year exceeds the CPI for the calendar year immediately preceding the start of that five-yearmost recent calendar year. The DepartmentDEQ may round the adjusted fees up to the nearest dollar. The DepartmentDEQ may waive collection of an automatic increase in a given year if it determines other revenues, including appropriated state general revenue funds, have increased sufficiently to make the funds generated by the automatic adjustment unnecessary in that year. A waiver does not affect future automatic adjustments. (1) Any automatic fee adjustment under this subsection may be averted or eliminated, or the adjustment percentage may be modified, by rule promulgated pursuant to the Oklahoma Administrative Procedures Act. The rulemaking process may be initiated in any manner provided by law, including a petition for rulemaking pursuant to 75 O.S. § 305 and OAC 252:4- 5-3 by any person affected by the automatic fee adjustment. (2) If the United States Department of Labor ceases to publish the CPI or revises the methodology or base years, no further automatic fee adjustments shall occur until a new automatic fee adjustment rule is promulgated pursuant to the Oklahoma Administrative Procedures Act. (3) For purposes of this subsection, "Consumer Price Index" or "CPI" means the Consumer 10 Price Index - All Urban Consumers (U.S. All Items, Current Series, 1982-1984=100, CUUR0000SA0) published by the United States Department of Labor. The CPI for a calendar year is the figure denoted by the Department of Labor as the "Annual" index figure for that calendar year. SUBCHAPTER 3. CERTIFICATION Section