Stormwater Management Program Fee Schedule
A. Authority and Applicability:
1. The Westmoreland Conservation District (WCD) is delegated by the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection the responsibility for reviewing the Post Construction Management (PCSM) plans and conducting sites visits and inspections during the construction process for sites requiring NPDES permits.
2. The Westmoreland Conservation District, by the authority of its Board of Directors, shall charge a processing fee for stormwater management plan review, NPDES and PCSM plan review and for stormwater BMP construction inspections*. Effective date is April 1, 2012.
3. The processing fee shall apply to all applications that are submitted to the District requesting stormwater plan review, NPDES and PCSM plan review and the required stormwater BMP construction inspections*.
4. The purpose of the processing fee is to help the District recover costs incurred in the stormwater management plan review, NPDES and PCSM plan review and the stormwater BMP construction inspection* process.
* The ‘stormwater BMP construction inspection process’ refers only to WCD’s delegated responsibility to provide regulatory inspections during construction of the project, not to ongoing annual inspections of BMP’s in the future and not inspections of the ‘critical stages’ of BMP installations as identified in the NPDES permit Section C, Item 8. Both of these are the responsibility of the site owner, the permittee, and the licensed design professional of record for the site.
B. Fees:
1. Fees will be based on NPDES Total Disturbed Area coverage. NPDES Total Disturbed Area is that portion of the total project area where earth disturbance activities are planned to occur. For phased projects, this refers to the disturbed area of the initial project phase plus the planned disturbed areas of subsequent project phases. For projects not requiring NPDES, and/or under 1.0 acre, the fee will be the lowest amount. The size of the area shall be in acres to the nearest tenth of an acre.
District Stormwater Plan Review Fees
| Disturbed Acreage | Fee |
| 0-0.9 | $150. |
| 1.0-1.9 | $200. |
| 2.0-4.9 | $250. |
| 5.0-9.9 | $300 |
| 10.-19.9 | $350. |
| 20-49.9 | $500. |
| 50-99.9 | $650. |
| 100.0 and over | $800. |
2. A PCSM baseline fee of $250. will be charged for plans that do not request a stormwater approval but require an NPDES permit. Example – Utility lines. Effective April 1, 2012.
C. Fee Waiver
1. Fees will be waived for an applicant filed under the name of an agency of the United States or the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. This waiver does not apply to private, not for profit organizations, or school districts.
D. Additional Fees:
1. Where the applicant or his agent fails to directly address and attempt to resolve the concerns expresses by the District in the review process, and such actions require the District to conduct more than two plan reviews, an additional fee of $150.00 will be imposed for each subsequent submission.
2. If the original plan design or site conditions have changed significantly since the original submission, the District may deem the original plan no longer valid, and a new processing fee submission (based on disturbed acreage) will be imposed with plan resubmission.
3. When site construction and final site stabilization are not completed within three years from the initial plan review and acknowledgment of plan adequacy, the District reserves the right to require resubmission of a plan according to current stormwater management plan submission requirements and processing fees.
E. Fee Submission Requirements:
1. The applicant will submit a check or money order (cash is not accepted) made payable to the Westmoreland Conservation District and will submit this fee with the completed WCD application form and the project plans. Plans will not be reviewed unless all components are submitted and complete.
2. If submissions are incomplete, or the check is returned due to insufficient funds, the applicant will be notified and the plans will not be reviewed until the submission is complete.
3. If an application includes a General or Individual NPDES construction permit and/or an erosion and sedimentation control plan submission, the applicant shall include at least three checks:
• one to the Westmoreland Conservation District for the stormwater management plan processing fee or the PCSM baseline fee combined with the erosion and sedimentation plan review fee if applicable**,
• one to the Westmoreland Clean Water Fund for the NPDES filing fee, and
• one to the Commonwealth of PA Clean Water Fund for the NPDES disturbed acreage fee of $100 per disturbed acre. This check will be forwarded to SW PA DEP by WCD.
** Please refer to the WCD Erosion and Sedimentation Control Program Fee Schedule for the appropriate Erosion and Sedimentation Control Plan review fees.
4. The District fee shall not be combined with any other municipal or county fee. The canceled check will be the applicant’s receipt. No separate receipt will be provided unless requested.
Refer to the E&S Program Fee Schedule for permit information.
