Ground Water Monitoring

Base Fee (first monitoring pipe)

$325

Distance Charge (distance to site, one-way from Health Department, 1-time       charge)

$4 per mile

Each additional site

$60

Septic Permits

Application Fee (non-refundable; in addition to the permit fee)

$130

Permit Fees:

 

Septic tank only

$170

Conventional drainfield using gravity distribution

$185

Seepage Pit, Absorption Bed, Conventional drainfield using pressure distribution 

 $250

 Pit Privy or Waterless Toilet

  $185

 Other Alternative System

  $280

 Experimental System construction permit

  $325

 Experimental System annual fee

  $145

 Temporary Septic Permit (does not require application fee)

  $45
 Other Fees:  

 Pressure Distribution Sizing

  $50

 Septic Determination

  $60

 Septic Re-inspection or Site Visit

  $80

 Septic Installer Certification (New)

  $100

 Septic Installer Annual Renewal

  $65

 Construction Without Permit

  three times permit & application fee

Site Evaluations
Per proposed septic system site

$250
Non-degradation Analysis (categorical exemption, N groundwater analysis, P breakthrough)       

$115
Non-degradation Analysis (adjacent to surface water, must have stream flow data) 

$40
Approved Site Evaluator Test  $55
   

Staff Work Misc.
Miscellaneous Staff Work per hour

$65

Subdivision Submittals

Local Charge per application submittal

$300
 Local Charge per reviewed lot  $100
 Exempt Lot within Sanitation Review Application (per lot)  $150
 Review of Subdivision Exemption Requests  $150

State Review Fees

Refer to MT DEQ

Water Lab Services

Total Coliform (Presence/Absence)

 

0-29 samples per month

$18

 30 or more samples per month

  $16

 Quanti-tray (mpn)

  $22
 Heterotrophic Plate Count  $23
 Mailing fee per bottle  $5
 Replacement bottle  $2
 Water Sampling - staff collected (includes P/A for one sample)  $70

Well Permits

New Permits

$125

Extra Site Visit

$80

Re-inspection Fee

$80
 Change of Location Fee  $25

 

Variance Fees
Variance Application

$725

 

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