SECTION 252:307-1-7. Annual fees

(a)   Applicable fees. The following fees apply:

(1)   Initial accreditation $1,183.00

(2)   Interim accreditation 696.00

(3)   Renewal fee 35.31

(4)   Renewal late fee 347.86

(5)   Accreditation amendment 69.57

(6)   Fee for 1 category 488.05

(7)   Fee for 2 categories 976.09

(8)   Fee for 3 categories 1,464.14

(9)   Fee for 4 categories 1,952.18

(10)   Fee for 5 or more categories 2,440.23

(11)   Onsite Assessment Fee Reimbursable Expenses

(b)   Calculation of fees. In addition to the application fee required for initial, renewal and interim accreditation, a laboratory must submit the applicable category fee. Fees for accreditation amendment, as described in OAC 252:307-5-2, consist of the accreditation amendment fee. The onsite assessment fee shall be calculated at actual cost, not to exceed $10,000 per individual laboratory, and includes but is not limited to the following: assessor(s) time and labor (preliminary document review, total travel, time-on-site, report preparation, and corrective action review), transportation, per diem (if required), as described in 252:307-7-1. The onsite assessment will be invoiced at the closing of the assessment.

(c)   Annual fee adjustment. To assist in meeting rising costs to the DEQ of the environmental services and regulatory programs associated with the laboratory services program, the fees set out in this Section shall be automatically adjusted on July 1 every year after 2008 to correspond to the percentage, if any, by which the Consumer Price Index (CPI) for the most recent calendar year exceeds the CPI for the previous calendar year. The DEQ may round the adjusted fees up to the nearest dollar. The DEQ may waive collection of an automatic increase in a given year if it determines other revenues, including appropriated state general revenue funds, have increased sufficiently to make the funds generated by the automatic adjustment unnecessary in that year. A waiver does not affect future automatic adjustments. Current laboratory accreditation fees are available on the DEQ website.

(1)   Any automatic fee adjustment under this subsection may be averted or eliminated, or the adjustment percentage may be modified, by rule promulgated pursuant to the Oklahoma Administrative Procedures Act. The rulemaking process may be initiated in any manner provided by law, including a petition for rulemaking pursuant to 75 O.S. § 305 and OAC 252:4-5-3 by any person affected by the automatic fee adjustment.

(2)   If the United States Department of Labor ceases to publish the CPI or revises the methodology or base years, no further automatic fee adjustments shall occur until a new automatic fee adjustment rule is promulgated pursuant to the Oklahoma Administrative Procedures Act.

(3)   For purposes of this subsection, "Consumer Price Index" or "CPI" means the Consumer Price Index - All Urban Consumers (U.S. All Items, Current Series, 1982-1984=100, CUUR0000SA0) published by the United States Department of Labor. The CPI for a calendar year is the figure denoted by the Department of Labor as the "Annual" index figure for that calendar year.

(d)   Onsite assessment fee. All laboratories must pay an onsite assessment fee for each assessment to continue accreditation or as a result of just cause according to this chapter.

[Source: Added at 32 Ok Reg 961, eff 9-15-15; Amended at 36 Ok Reg 1603, eff 9-15-19]