Washington Code 43.21K.150 – Costs of processing proposals — Fees — Voluntary contributions
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(1) Agencies authorized to enter into environmental excellence program agreements may assess and collect a fee to recover the costs of processing environmental excellence program agreement proposals. The amount of the fee may not exceed the direct and indirect costs of processing the environmental excellence program agreement proposal. Processing includes, but is not limited to: Working with the sponsor to develop the agreement, meeting with stakeholder groups, conducting public meetings and hearings, preparing a record of the decision to enter into or modify an agreement, and defending any appeal from a decision to enter into or modify an agreement. Fees also may include, to the extent specified by the agreement, the agencies’ direct costs of monitoring compliance with those specific terms of an agreement not covered by permits issued to the participating facility.
Terms Used In Washington Code 43.21K.150
- Appeal: A request made after a trial, asking another court (usually the court of appeals) to decide whether the trial was conducted properly. To make such a request is "to appeal" or "to take an appeal." One who appeals is called the appellant.
- Facility: means a site or activity that is regulated under any of the provisions of the environmental laws. See Washington Code 43.21K.010
- Sponsor: means the owner or operator of a facility, including a municipal corporation, subject to regulation under the environmental laws of the state of Washington, or an authorized representative of the owner or operator, that submits a proposal for an environmental excellence program agreement. See Washington Code 43.21K.010
- Stakeholder: means a person who has a direct interest in the proposed environmental excellence program agreement or who represents a public interest in the proposed environmental excellence program agreement. See Washington Code 43.21K.010
(2) Agencies assessing fees may graduate the initial fees for processing an environmental excellence program agreement proposal to account for the size of the sponsor and to make the environmental excellence program agreement program more available to small businesses. An agency may exercise its discretion to waive all or any part of the fees.
(3) Sponsors may voluntarily contribute funds to the administration of an agency’s environmental excellence program agreement program.
[ 1997 c 381 § 18.]