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recreation,or the posting of an area used for spawning or growth of aquatic resources, including shellfish and migratory fish. Category"2" - Those discharges of waste which could impair the designated beneficial uses of the receiving water,cause short-term violations of water quality objectives,cause secondary drinking water standards to be violated,or cause a nuisance. Category"3" - Those discharges of waste which could degrade water quality without violating water quality objectives,or cause a minor impairment of designated beneficial uses compared with Category 1 and Category 2. COMPLEXITY Category"X'- Any major NPDES discharger; any discharge of toxic wastes; any small volume discharge containing toxic waste or having numerous discharge points or ground water monitoring; any Class I waste management unit. Category"B"- Any discharger not included above which has physical,chemical,or biological treatment systems (except for septic systems with subsurface disposal),or any Class II or Class III waste management units. Category"C" - Any person for whom waste discharge requirements have been prescribed pursuant to Section 13263 of the Water Code not included as a Category"A"or Category`B"as described above. Included would be discharges having no waste treatment systems or that must comply with best management practices,discharges having passive treatment and disposal systems,such as septic systems with subsurface disposal systems,or dischargers having waste storage systems with land disposal. (3) Municipal dischargers with approved pretreatment programs shall be subject to a surcharge of$3,800. (b) NPDES permits for areawide urban storm water discharges, as defined by the United States Environmental Protection Agency(USEPA),(40 CFR Part 122),for areas with a population greater than 100,000 shall be subject to an annual fee of$10,000. NPDES permits for areawide urban storm water discharges, as defined by USEPA, for areas with a population less than 100,000 persons shall be subject to an annual fee of$5,000. A public entity which lies within more than one Region shall be subject to an annual fee based upon its total population without regard to the number of areawide urban storm water permits issued by a Regional Board. (c) (1) Storm water discharges that are regulated by a general(NPDES)storm water discharges and which discharge into a municipal separate storm water sewer system regulated by an areawide urban storm water permit shall pay an annual fee of$250.00. (2) All other storm water discharges that are regulated by a general(NPDES)storm water permit shall pay a annual fee of$500.00. (3) An amount equal to the fee prescribed in subdivisions (1) and(2) above shall be submitted with the discharger's Notice of Intent(NOI)to be regulated under a general(NPDES)storm water permit and shall serve as the fust annual fee. For the purposes of this section,a Notice of Intent(NOI)submitted is considered to be a report of waste discharge. (4) Facilities required to have a(NPDES)storm water permit and that are regulated by waste discharge requirements adopted pursuant to Water Code Section 13263 shall be exempt from the annual fee for regulation of storm water discharges. 2