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(F)Low Impact Discharges. $500 Flat Fee. Projects may be classified as low impact discharges if they meet all of the following,criteria: I.The discharge size is less than all of the following:(a)for fill,0.1 acre,and 200 linear feet, and(b)for dredging,25 cubic yards. 2.The discharger demonstrates that:(a)all practicable measures will be taken to avoid impacts: (b)where unavoidable temporary impacts take place,waters and vegetation will be restored to pre-project conditions as quickly as practicable;and(c)where unavoidable permanent impacts take place,there will be no net loss of wetland,riparian area,or headwater functions.including onsite habitat.habitat connectivity,floodwater retention,and pollutant removal. 3.The discharge will not do any of the following:(a)directly or indirectly destabilize a bed of a receiving water:(b)contribute to significant cumulative effects:(c)cause pollution. contamination.or nuisance:(d)adversely affect candidate,threatened,or endangered species: (e)degrade water quality or beneficial uses;(f)be toxic;or(g)include"hazardous"or "designated"material. 4. Discharge is to a water body regulated as"Waters of the United States." (G)Restoration Projects. $500 Flat Fee Projects undertaken for the sole purpose of restoring or enhancing the beneficial uses of water. This schedule does not apply to projects required under a regulatory mandate or to projects that include a non-restorative component,e.g.,land development,property protection,or flood management. (H)General Orders. $60 Flat Fee Projects which are required to submit notification of a proposed discharge to the State and/or Regional Board pursuant to a general water quality certification permitting discharges authorized by a federal general permit or license,(e.g.,a U.S.Army Corps of Engineers nationwide permit). Applies ONLY if general water quality certification was previously granted. (1)Amended Orders Amendments of WDR's or water quality certifications previously issued for one-time discharges not subject to annual billings. (a) Minor project changes,not requiring technical analysis and involving only minimal (a) No fee required processing time. Changes toprojects eligible for flat fees(fee categories C,F.G.and H)where (b) Appropriate flat fee technical analvsis is needed to assure continuing eligibility for flat fee and that beneficial uses are still protected. (c) Project changes not involving an increased discharge amount,but requiringsome (_c) $500 flat fee technical analysis to assure that beneficial uses are still protected and that original (d) Additional fee assessed conditions are still valid,or need to be modified. per increased amount of Project changes involving an increased discharge amount and requiringsome ome discharge(s)per Section technical analvsis to assure that beneficial uses are still protected and that original 2200(a)(3)(plus$500 conditions are still valid,or need to be modified. base price). (e) Major project changes requiring an essentially new analvsis and re-issuance of Le) New fee assessed per WDR's or water quality certification. Section 2200(a)(3). (b)The annual fees for persons issued NPDES permits,except as provided in subdivision (c), shall be based on the following schedules, plus applicable surcharge(s). (b)(1) Each public entity that owns and/or operates a storm water conveyance system, or part of such a system, that is subject to a NPDES permit for storm water discharges from a municipal separate storm sewer system (MS4)shall pay an annual fee according to the following schedule, plus applicable surcharge(s). The fee shall be based on the population of the public entity according to the most recently published United States Census. For public entities other than cities or counties,the population figure shall be the number of people using the entity's facilities on a daily basis. Flood control districts or other special districts named as co-permittees to MS4 permits and school districts,serving students between kindergarten and fourteenth grade, shall not pay an annual fee if the city or county within whose jurisdiction the district lies, pays an annual fee. 4