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DEQ consolidates environmental fees and proposes recycled‑water permit fees to raise $200,000 annually
Summary
DEQ presented consolidation of environmental fee chapters and proposed a new fee schedule for recycled water (reuse) permits intended to generate about $200,000 annually to sustain the growing recycled water program; the committee approved the docket after DEQ said public comment was minimal and stakeholders were engaged in negotiated rulemaking.
The Idaho Department of Environmental Quality presented a rulemaking to consolidate environmental fee schedules into a single chapter (IDAPA 58.01.114) and to add a fee schedule for recycled water (reuse) permits. The Senate Environment and Energy Committee approved the docket after DEQ described the program’s funding needs.
DEQ said the recycled water program, established in 1985, has grown significantly and permit numbers roughly doubled from about 75 active permits in 2005 to nearly 150 in…
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