Permit fees

Permit fees. Permit fees. A storm water discharge permit fee shall be paid annually by each permittee under this subchapter, and by each permittee whose WPDES permit incorporates storm water management requirements under this subchapter. Permit fees are due by June 30th each year. The fees shall be assessed according to the following schedule: (1) For city or village owned or operated municipal separate storm sewer systems, an annual permit fee shall be based on the total municipal population as reported by the latest U.S. bureau of the census decennial census. The population residing within an area served by a combined sewer outfall may not be included in determining the total municipal population for purposes of establishing the annual permit fee. For town owned or operated municipal separate storm sewer systems, an annual permit fee shall be based on the population within the urbanized area as defined by the U.S. census bureau. The annual permit fees are listed in Table 1. (2) For any other owner or operator of a municipal separate storm sewer system including county, state and federal systems, the fee shall be $500.