Section 401 Water Quality Certification & Isolated Wetland Permit Fees

Three key provisions of the 401 Water Quality Certification and Isolated Wetland Permit fees are:

1. A person that applies for a Certification or Permit must pay an application fee of $200 at the time of application.
2. In addition to the application fee, that person must pay the following review fees:
   
   

   RESOURCE IMPACTED	REVIEW FEE
   Wetland	$500 per acre
   Ephemeral Stream	$5 per linear foot or $200, whichever is greater
   Intermittent Stream	$10 per linear foot or $200, whichever is greater
   Perennial Stream	$15 per linear foot or $200, whichever is greater
   Lake	$3 per cubic yard of dredged or fill material

   
    
3. For 401 Water Quality Certification applications, one-half of the applicable review fee is due at the time of application. The remainder of the fee shall be paid at the time the Director takes an action on the application.
4. For Isolated Wetland Permit applications, the entire review fee is due at the time of application.

The total fee paid shall not exceed $25,000 per application. If the applicant is a county, township, or municipal corporation in the state, the total fee paid shall not exceed $5,000 per application.

When submitting an application, please provide a check, payable to the Treasurer of the State of Ohio for the application fee and one half of the review fee. The balance of the review fee will be due once the Agency has taken a final action on an application. You will receive an invoice from Ohio EPA for the remaining fees that are due.

For Isolated Wetland Permits:

All After-the-Fact projects will be assessed double the sum of the application and review fees.