Section 24-136
§ 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.
Section 24-137
§ 24-137 Operating certificate fees. (a) A person applying for an
operating certificate or a renewal of an operating certificate shall pay
for each such operating certificate or renewal a fee in accordance with
subdivision (c) of section 24-136 of this code.
(b) The fee for each field reinspection required because of a notice
of disapproval for a major deficiency shall be equal to the fee required
in subdivision (a) of this section.
(c) There shall be an additional fee imposed for each operating
certificate issued or renewed on the basis of a notarized affidavit
supplied in response to a notice of disapproval for a minor deficiency
issued after a field inspection that shall be equal to fifty percent of
the fee required in subdivision (a) of this section.
(d) The expiration date of a valid operating certificate may be
abridged by the commissioner for the convenience of the department for
good cause shown. The fee to renew the abridged operating certificate
shall be reduced by one thirty-sixth for each full or partial month that
the unabridged operating certificate would have been valid.
(e) (1) The fee for an operating certificate for equipment, except
refuse burning equipment, issued for a period other than three years
shall be prorated on the basis of one thirty-sixth of the full fee for
each full month of the duration of the certificate.
(2) The fee for an operating certificate for refuse burning equipment
issued for a period other than twelve months shall be prorated on the
basis of one-twelfth of the full fee for each full or partial month of
the duration of the certificate.
Section 24-138
§ 24-138 Administrative fees. (a) A person requesting the issuance
of a certificate of instruction under section 24-161 of this code shall
pay a fee of 25 dollars.
(b) A person requesting a copy of a permit, operating or registration
certificate or other public record in the administration's files kept
pursuant to this code, or a record search, or a certification shall pay
the following fees:
(1) For one copy of a permit, a fee of 6 dollars.
(2) For one copy of an operating certificate, a fee of 10 dollars.
(3) For one copy of a registration certificate, a fee of 10 dollars.
(4) For each copy of a document, other than a permit or operating or
registration certificate, a fee of 6 dollars. If the record cannot be
duplicated by the administration with its own equipment, a fee of 6
dollars plus the cost of commercial duplication.
(5) For each additional copy made as part of a request for multiple
copies of any of the aforementioned documents, a fee of 2 dollars for
each additional copy.
(6) For each record search concerning a single premise, a fee of 30
dollars.
(7) For one certification, a fee of 6 dollars; for each additional
certification a fee of 4 dollars.
(c) The owner filing an environmental rating report pursuant to
section 24-154 of this code shall pay a fee in accordance with schedule
D.
SCHEDULE D
Fee For Environmental Rating Report
Report for Emission
Source Fed by the
Following Equipment A B C D
One unit of equipment $200 $150 $100 $100
Two or more identical pieces
of equipment 300 250 200 200
Each additional different
type of equipment 100 for each additional item of equipment
(d) A person who submits an application for acceptance for listing of
any equipment or apparatus pursuant to subdivision c of section 24-125
of this chapter shall pay the following fee:
(1) For each application for acceptance of fuel burning equipment
rated at less than 2.8 million Btu per hour input or gross output firing
rate, whichever is greater, $400.00.
(2) For each application for acceptance of fuel burning equipment
rated at equal to or greater than 2.8 million Btu per hour input or
gross output firing rate, whichever is greater, $600.00.
(3) For each application for acceptance of apparatus, or of equipment
other than fuel burning equipment, $400.00.
(4) For each application for an amendment of prior acceptance of
equipment or apparatus, $300.00.
Section 24-139
§ 24-139 Departmental publication fees. The department may charge for
a copy of its publication a fee in an amount not to exceed the unit cost
of the preparation and distribution of the publication.
Section 24-140
* § 24-140 Administrative fees. (a) A person applying for the
registration of the demolition of a building shall pay a fee to be
computed by multiplying the street frontage in feet by the number of
stories of the building times 25 cents, provided that the minimum fee
shall not be less than $250.00. Wherever a building shall have frontage
on more than one street, the longer frontage shall be used in the above
computation.
(b) A person applying for the registration of the spraying of
insulating material shall pay a fee to be computed by multiplying the
street frontage in feet by the number of stories of the building times
60 cents, provided that the minimum fee shall not be less than $250.00.
Wherever a building shall have frontage on more than one street, the
longer frontage shall be used in the above computation.
(c) A person applying for or renewing the registration of equipment
shall pay a fee of $110.00 for each such registration or renewal with
respect to equipment which in the aggregate, feeding into a common
emission point, has a Btu input or gross output equal to or greater than
350,000 Btu per hour but less than 1 million Btu per hour, and $190.00
for each such registration or renewal with respect to equipment which in
the aggregate has a Btu input or gross output equal to or greater than 1
million Btu per hour but less than 2.8 million Btu per hour feeding into
a common emission point. A person applying for or renewing the
registration of other equipment shall pay a fee of $190.00 for each such
registration or renewal.
(d) A person issued a registration of equipment or apparatus for a
period of less than three years shall pay a pro-rated registration fee
on the basis of one thirty-sixth of the full fee for each full month of
the registration period.
* NB Amended Ch. L.L. 49/85 § 10, language juxtaposed per Ch. 907/85 §
14
Section 24-140.1
§ 24-140.1 Exemptions. The provisions of sections 24-136 and 24-137,
and subdivisions (c) and (d) of section 24-140 of this code, insofar as
such provisions impose fees relating to fuel burning equipment or refuse
burning equipment, or to any apparatus to serve such equipment, shall
not be applicable if such equipment is owned or operated by, and located
within premises owned or operated by, a corporation or association
organized and operated exclusively for religious, charitable or
educational purposes, or for one or more such purposes, no part of the
net earnings of which inures to the benefit of any private shareholder
or individual, and provided that such equipment and the portion of the
premises upon which it is located are to be used exclusively by such
corporation or association for one or more such purposes.