a) If a
permit is required for the activity, permit applicants must pay a
non-refundable permit application review fee. The fee will be determined by the
Department, and the applicant shall be notified of that determination
immediately after review of the application. When appropriate and when it is in
the best interest of the State, the Department may enter into agreements to
allow other State agencies to offset the cost of fees by providing in-kind
services in lieu of cash payments. As outlined in this subsection (a), the
review fee shall be calculated based on the determination of the base review
fee, the application of an escalation adjustment factor, and the addition of
the review fees from any other applicable Parts (see subsection (a)(3)).
Further processing of the application will not be initiated until the review
fee is received.
1) The base review fee shall
be as follows:
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Construction of New Dam
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Class I & II
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$5000
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Class III
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$4500
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Major Modification of Existing Dam
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Class I & II
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$3500
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Class III
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$2500
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Operating Authorization for Existing Dam
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(as required under Sections
3702.30(c)(1)(E)
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and 3702.100)
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All classifications
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$1500
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Removal of Dam
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All classifications
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$2500
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2)
Annual Escalation Adjustment
A) The base
review fee amounts in subsection (a)(1) shall be adjusted on July 1 each year
to account for inflation. The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics' Consumer Price
Index Table for all urban consumers (CPI-U), U.S. city average, all items, base
period 1982-1984 = 100 (Series ID: CUUR0000SA0) (available on the U.S. Bureau
of Labor Statistics' website) shall be used to calculate the adjustment factor.
The adjustment factor shall be directly proportional to the change in the CPI
since June 2013 and shall be calculated according to the following formula:
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Adjustment factor
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=
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CPI (May of current year)
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CPI (June 2013)
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B) The
base fee amounts in subsection (a)(1) shall be multiplied by this factor and
rounded to the nearest $10 to compute the review fee for the coming fiscal year
(July 1 through June 30). The review shall be capped at $5000. The dollar
amounts that result from these calculations will be posted on the Department's
website at
www.dnr.illinois.gov.
3) Review Fee for Multiple-Regulation
Projects
If the construction activity being applied for also requires
authorization under 17 Ill. Adm. Code 3700, 3704 and/or 3708, the review fee
for each Part shall be added to calculate the total review fee. The total
review fee shall be capped at $5000.
b) Submission of Fees
1) Except when possible through electronic
fee submittal, the applicant shall submit the required fee amount in the form
of a check or money order made payable to the Illinois Department of Natural
Resources.
2) If the review fee is
not received within 90 days after the Department's notification of the amount
of that fee, the application shall be deemed withdrawn. A new application and
review fee will need to be submitted to restart the application
process.
3) Insufficient payment or
failure of a permit application fee payment to clear the bank it is drawn
against will result in the automatic withdrawal of the application.
4) All fees shall be deposited into the State
Boating Act Fund (see
615 ILCS
5/35).
c) Refund of Permit Application Fees
Except for refunding of overpayments, permit application fees
shall not be refunded. Application fees are tendered for consideration of the
application only and do not imply any promise of permit issuance by the
Department.
