Ariz. Admin. Code § R12-15-104 - Applications and Filings Subject to Fixed Fee; Fixed Fee Schedule; Mileage Expenses; Costs for Legal Notices

A. The Department shall not accept or take action on the following applications and filings unless the fee shown for the application or filing is paid at the time the application or filing is submitted:

1. Wells:

Type of Application or Filing	Fee
a. Late registration of well	$60.00
b. Well driller's license	$50.00
c. Re-issuance, renewal, or amendment of well driller's license	$50.00
d. Re-activation of expired well driller's license	$50.00
e. Well assignment	$30.00 per well
f. Notice of intention to abandon a well	$150.00
g. Notice of intention to drill a well other than a well described in subsection (A)(1)(h) of this Section	$150.00
h. Notice of intention to drill a well that will not be located in an active management area or irrigation non-expansion area, that will be used solely for domestic purposes and that will have a pump with a maximum capacity of not more than 35 gallons per minute	$100.00
i. Re-issuance of drill card	$120.00
j. Permit to drill non-exempt well in an active management area	$150.00 application fee plus $30.00 permit fee

2. Groundwater:

Type of Application or Filing	Fee
a. Conveyance of farm's flexibility account balance	$250.00
b. Conveyance of notice of authority to irrigate in an irrigation non-expansion area	$500.00
c. Conveyance of groundwater withdrawal permit	$500.00
d. Issuance of notice of authority to irrigate in an irrigation non-expansion area	$75.00

3. Grandfathered rights:

Type of Application	Fee
a. Late application for certificate of grandfathered right in an initial Active Management Area	$100.00
b. Conveyance of certificate of grandfathered right	$500.00
c. Issuance of revised certificate of grandfathered right following partial extinguishment of grandfathered right for assured water supply extinguishment credits	$120.00
d. Revised certificate of Type 2 non-irrigation grandfathered right to reflect new or additional points of withdrawal or the deletion of a point of withdrawal	$250.00
e. Approval of development plan to retire irrigation grandfathered right for a Type 1 non-irrigation grand-fathered right	$500.00
f. Re-issuance of certificate of grandfathered right to reflect a change in family circumstances or a transfer of the right from the rightholder to a trust in which the rightholder is a beneficiary or from a trust to a beneficiary of the trust	$120.00
g. Application for certificate of grandfathered right following the designation of a subsequent Active Management Area	$75.00

4. Underground water storage, savings and replenishment:

Type of Application or Filing	Fee
a. Conveyance of storage facility permit	$500.00
b. Conveyance of water storage permit	$500.00
c. Assignment of long-term storage credits	$250.00

5. Assured water supply:

Type of Application or Filing	Fee
a. Extinguishment of grandfathered right for extinguishment credits	$250.00
b. Conveyance of extinguishment credits	$250.00

6. Surface water:

Type of Application or Filing	Fee
a. Re-issuance of a surface water permit or certificate (not associated with an assignment of the permit or certificate)	$120.00
b. Claim of water right for a stockpond pursuant to A.R.S. § 45-273	$10.00
c. Statement of claim for a water right pursuant to A.R.S. § 45-183	$5.00
d. Assignment of application, permit, certificate or statement of claim	$75.00
e. Certification of water right for a stockpond pursuant to A.R.S. § 45-275	$120.00

7. Dams:

Type of Application	Fee
Approval of plans for construction, enlargement, repair, alteration or removal of dam	2 percent of the total project cost

8. Water Exchange:

Type of Filing	Fee
Notice of water exchange that does not require approval pursuant to A.R.S. § 45-1052(6)(b)	$500.00

9. Weather modification:

Type of Application	Fee
a. License for weather control or cloud modification	$100.00
b. Equipment license for weather control or cloud modification	$10.00

B. In addition to the application or filing fee listed in subsection (A) of this Section, an applicant shall pay any mileage expenses and the actual cost of mailing or publishing any legal notice of the application. This subsection shall not apply to applications listed in subsection (A)(2)(d) or (A)(3)(g) of this Section.

Notes

Ariz. Admin. Code § R12-15-104

New Section made by exempt rulemaking at 16 A.A.R. 1205, effective June 15, 2010 (Supp. 10-2). Amended by exempt rulemaking at 16 A.A.R. 1950, effective September 10, 2010 (Supp. 10-3). Amended by exempt rulemaking at 17 A.A.R. 776, effective April 15, 2011 with an automatic repeal date effective June 4, 2011; new Section made by final rulemaking at 17 A.A.R. 659, effective June 4, 2011 (Supp. 11-2). Amended by final rulemaking at 29 A.A.R. 3478, effective 10/13/2023.