§ 252.204. Fees.
(a) The appropriate fee in accordance with the following schedule must accompany an application for accreditation, renewal of accreditation, change of ownership, change in administrative information, addition of fields of accreditation or supplemental onsite assessment. A check must be payable to ‘‘Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.’’ When the Department is able to accept credit card payments, an environmental laboratory may make payment by credit card and shall pay to the Commonwealth all service charges or other administrative fees in addition to the accreditation fees. The fees are as follows:
Category Fee Application fee—Initial Application for State Accreditation $1,500 Application fee—Renewal Application for State Accreditation $700 Application fee—Ownership Transfer or Change in Administrative Information $150 Application fee—Initial Application for NELAP Accreditation $3,500 Application fee—Renewal Application for NELAP Accreditation $2,750 Application fee—Addition of Field of Accreditation $350 Application fee—Supplemental Onsite Assessment $500 Basic Drinking Water Category—Includes one method for each of the following: Total Coliform Bacteria, Fecal Coliform Bacteria, E. coli Bacteria, Heterotrophic Bacteria, Nitrate, Nitrite, Fluoride, Cyanide $750 Basic Nonpotable Water Category—Includes one method for each of the following: Fecal Coliform Bacteria, BOD, CBOD, Nitrate, Ammonia, Total Nitrogen, Total Kjeldahl Nitrogen, Nitrite, Phosphorus, and one method for each type of residue including % Solids for land applied biosolids $850 Asbestos—first matrix $600 Basic Microbiology—includes fecal coliform, total coliform, E. coli and heterotrophic bacteria—first matrix $700 Complex Microbiology—first matrix $1,000 Trace Metal Category—first matrix $750 Inorganic Nonmetal Category—first matrix $850 Purgeable Volatile Organic Chemicals—first matrix $850 Extractable and Semivolatile Organic Chemicals—first matrix $1,750 Dioxin—first matrix $850 Radiochemical Category—first matrix $950 Whole Effluent Toxicity Testing—first matrix $950 Asbestos—second matrix $450 Basic Microbiology—includes fecal coliform, total coliform, E. coli and heterotrophic bacteria—second matrix $600 Complex Microbiology—second matrix $900 Trace Metal Category—second matrix $600 Inorganic Nonmetal Category—second matrix $700 Purgeable Volatile Organic Chemicals—second matrix $700 Extractable and Semivolatile Organic Chemicals—second matrix $1,600 Dioxin—second matrix $700 Radiochemical Category—second matrix $850 Asbestos—third matrix $400 Basic Microbiology—includes fecal coliform, total coliform, E. coli and heterotrophic bacteria—third matrix $500 Complex Microbiology—third matrix $800 Trace Metal Category—third matrix $550 Inorganic Nonmetal Category—third matrix $650 Purgeable Volatile Organic Chemicals—third matrix $600 Extractable and Semivolatile Organic Chemicals—third matrix $1,450 Dioxin—third matrix $650 Radiochemical Category—third matrix $750 (b) At least every 3 years, the Department will recommend regulatory changes to the fees in this section to the EQB to address any disparity between the program income generated by the fees and program costs. The regulatory amendment will be based upon an evaluation of the accreditation program fees income and the Department’s costs of administering the accreditation program.
(c) An environmental laboratory owned or operated by a Commonwealth agency is exempt from this fee requirement, but shall apply for accreditation under this chapter.
(d) Fees are nonrefundable.
(e) In addition to the nonrefundable application fee, an out-of-State environmental laboratory shall reimburse the Department for the costs associated with onsite assessments necessitated by accreditation as specified in § 252.206 (relating to out-of-State onsite reimbursement).
Authority The provisions of this § 252.204 amended under 27 Pa.C.S. § § 4103(a), 4104 and 4105; and section 1920-A of The Administrative Code of 1929 (71 P.S. § 510-20).
Source The provisions of this § 252.204 amended April 9, 2010, effective April 10, 2010, 40 Pa.B. 1898; amended July 28, 2017, effective July 29, 2017, 47 Pa.B. 4085. Immediately preceding text appears at serial pages (348791) to (348792).
Cross References This section cited in 25 Pa. Code § 252.201 (relating to application and supporting documents); and 25 Pa. Code § 252.203 (relating to accreditation renewal).
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