(1)
The applicable inspection fee shall be paid by check or money order payable to
the department of ecology and mailed to the following address:
Department of Ecology
Cashiering Unit
P.O. Box 47611
Olympia, Washington 98504-7611.
(2) In the event a check is returned due to
insufficient funds, the department shall consider the inspection fee to be
unpaid.
(3)
Delinquent
accounts. Dam owners are considered delinquent in the payment of fees if
the fees are not received by the first invoice billing due date. Delinquent
accounts will be processed in the following manner:
(a) Municipal and government entities shall
be notified by certified mail that they have one hundred eighty days to bring
the delinquent account up-to-date. Regulatory orders may be issued to enforce a
restriction of reservoir filling until all delinquent fees are paid on accounts
that remain delinquent after ninety days.
(b) Nonmunicipal or nongovernment dam owners
shall be notified by the department by certified mail that they have one
hundred eighty days to bring the delinquent account up-to-date. Accounts that
remain delinquent after one hundred eighty days may be turned over for
collection. In addition, a surcharge totaling twenty percent of the delinquent
amount owed will also be added. The surcharge is to recover the costs for
collection. If the collection agency fails to recover the delinquent fees after
twelve months, the department may issue regulatory orders to enforce
restriction of reservoir filling until all delinquent fees are paid.
