34A-1-58.1. Ethanol production plants--Application and annual fees. Ethanol production plants are exempt from the fees established in § 34A-1-58 and, in lieu thereof, are subject to the fees established by this section. Concurrent with the submittal of a permit application pursuant to this chapter, the applicant for an air quality permit for an ethanol production plant shall submit to the department an application fee of one thousand dollars. In addition, the owner or operator of an ethanol production plant shall submit to the department an annual fee for the duration of the air quality permit. The annual fee shall consist of an administrative fee of one thousand dollars and an emissions fee in the amount of forty dollars per ton of total suspended particulate matter, sulfur dioxide, nitrogen oxide, volatile organic compounds, and hazardous air pollutants emitted to the air by the ethanol production plant during the previous calendar year. The department shall give written notice of the amount of the fee to be assessed and the basis for the assessment under this section to the owner or operator of the ethanol production plant by June first of each calendar year. The annual fee shall accrue on July first of the year after the permit is issued and annually thereafter. The annual fee is due and payable by July thirty-first and shall be remitted to the Department of Environment and Natural Resources along with the forms prescribed by the secretary in rules promulgated pursuant to chapter 1-26. The fees shall be administered and used by the department in the same manner as prescribed for other fees established in this chapter.

Source: SL 2007, ch 202, § 1; SL 2011, ch 1 (Ex. Ord. 11-1), § 161, eff. Apr. 12, 2011; SL 2019, ch 158, § 2.