Sec. 1. 38 MRSA §353-B, sub-§2, as enacted by PL 1997, c. 794, Pt. B, §7, is amended to read:

2. Maximum fee amounts and rates. Waste discharge license fees are as set out in this section.

A. The base and maximum fees that may be assessed to categories of discharge activities are as follows.

Discharge Group Base fee Maximum fee

not to for individual

exceed in group

Publicly owned annual fee $175 none

treatment facilities,

greater than 6,000

gallons per day but

less than 5 million

gallons per day and

no significant

industrial waste

Publicly owned annual fee $60 $180

treatment facilities,

6,000 gallons per day

or less

Publicly owned annual fee $770 none

treatment facilities,

greater than 5 million

gallons per day or

with significant

industrial waste

Major industrial annual fee $1,850 none

facility, process

wastewater (based

on EPA list of

major source

discharges)

Other industrial annual fee $630 none

facility, process

wastewater

Food handling or annual fee $315 $2,100

packaging waste-

water