The Environmental Quality Board meets on September 17 to consider a final regulation increasing Air Quality Title V emission fees from $57.50 per ton of emissions to $85 per ton.  The change is estimated to initially generate about $5.1 million more in revenue to the Department of Environmental Protection to administer the Title V program.

The fees are required by state and federal law to cover the cost of Title V program administration, but due to declining air emissions, the existing fee structure was not adequate to meet agency costs.

The meeting will be held in Room 105 of the Rachel Carson Building starting at 9:00.

For more information and a copy of the final regulation and other related fee package documents, including the Regulatory Analysis Form, visit the Environmental Quality Board webpage.

9/9/2013