Construction stormwater NOI filing fees vary widely by state. Some states charge no state filing fee at all, many charge between $100 and a few hundred dollars, and the most expensive states run past $3,000 for a first year once application and annual fees are combined. Many states tier fees by project size or charge recurring annual amounts, while others impose flat rates regardless of acreage.
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What NOI filing fees apply in Alabama, Alaska, Arkansas, and Florida for construction SWPPP permits?
Alabama replaced its construction stormwater fee schedule on October 15, 2026. Under ADEM's new Schedule F, registration for coverage under ALR100000 is $1,000, which includes any site disturbing under five acres, plus $100 per acre at five acres or more, with a $10,000 cap per permit action. A priority construction site adds $100, plus $10 per acre at five acres or more. Reissuance of existing coverage is $0. The $1,385 flat fee still quoted in older ADEM material was the outgoing Schedule D amount and no longer applies.
Alaska requires a one-time $580 fee for the DEC Construction General Permit. Alaska DEC states that one fee applies to a site even if multiple NOIs are submitted.
Arkansas identifies an annual fee of $200 for the large-site permit ARR150000 covering 5 acres or more. The separate NOI application amount is not disclosed in available materials. The page indicates ARR150000 expires October 31, 2026 and references a renewal effective November 1, 2026.
Florida charges $250 for small construction disturbing 1 to less than 5 acres and $400 for large construction disturbing 5 or more acres. The fee is required with the NOI and is attributed to Florida Administrative Code rule 62-4.050(4)(d).
What NOI filing fees apply in Oklahoma, Oregon, South Dakota, and Utah for construction SWPPP permits?
Oklahoma requires a $100 application fee for the OKR10 Construction Stormwater permit. For a new construction site or project, the annual fee is $347.71; existing permittees are invoiced for the annual fee.
Oregon lists a $1,560 application fee and $1,604 first annual fee for the 1200-C construction stormwater registration, both due with application materials, effective November 1, 2026. A small-lot 1200-C registration has a one-time $455 cost. An additional $978 plan-review fee may apply when an environmental management plan or active chemical treatment system plan review is required.
South Dakota charges a first-year stormwater fee submitted with the NOI: $100 for sites under 5 acres, $250 for 5 to under 40 acres, $500 for 40 to under 80 acres, and $750 for 80 acres or more.
Utah charges an annual permit fee under its UPDES construction stormwater general permit (UTRC00000, effective July 1, 2024 through June 30, 2029) rather than a one-time NOI charge. The common-plan tier for sites disturbing under one acre is $150 per year, and the fee steps up by disturbed-acreage tier above that on the Division of Water Quality's current fee schedule. A low-erosivity waiver is $100 per qualifying project. Coverage is not issued until the fee is paid.
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Why do construction SWPPP NOI filing fees differ so much between states?
States set their own fee structures based on program administration costs, site size, and whether they charge one-time or recurring fees. Some states impose a flat application fee regardless of acreage, while others tier fees by disturbance area or add annual renewal charges.
Oregon's combined application and first-year fee exceeds $3,100 for standard projects, reflecting detailed plan-review requirements. Alaska's one-time $580 fee covers the entire permit term, even if multiple NOIs are submitted for the same site. Florida and South Dakota scale fees by project size, recognizing that larger sites generate more runoff and require more oversight.
Annual fees in Arkansas and Oklahoma shift the cost burden across the permit term rather than concentrating it at application. Modification fees apply when an operator changes or the disturbance area expands after initial coverage, and they are worth re-checking against the live schedule rather than an older guide. Alabama is the clearest example: its modification fee moved from $800 under the outgoing Schedule D to $1,000, plus $100 per added acre at five acres or more, under Schedule F effective October 15, 2026. Our breakdown of what an Alabama construction stormwater permit costs in 2026 lays out the current figures.
What NOI filing fees apply in Texas, California, Arizona, Nevada, Colorado, Georgia, Illinois, North Carolina, and Tennessee?
Texas charges a flat $225 application fee when the Notice of Intent for TXR150000 is filed electronically through STEERS, and no separate annual fee. Sites disturbing one to under five acres do not file an NOI in Texas at all; they post a site notice instead, so no fee applies.
California bills an annual fee rather than a one-time charge: $511 plus $54 per disturbed acre, based on total acreage disturbed over the life of the project. The first payment goes in with the NOI in SMARTS and is then invoiced every year until the Notice of Termination is approved. A small-construction rainfall erosivity waiver is a one-time $200.
Arizona charges the same amount at application and at each annual renewal, tiered by acreage under A.A.C. R18-14-109 Table 6: $377.70 for one acre or less, $527.93 above one acre through 50 acres, and $755.40 above 50 acres. A low-erosivity waiver is $1,132.05. Those are the FY27 figures effective August 4, 2026, and ADEQ re-indexes them every August 1.
Nevada charges an application fee plus a smaller annual review fee, both tiered by disturbed acreage: $300 plus $200 a year under 10 acres, $400 plus $200 from 10 to under 50 acres, $750 plus $400 from 50 to under 100 acres, $1,000 plus $400 from 100 to under 500 acres, and $1,250 plus $400 at 500 acres or more. NDEP also charges a $200 reinspection fee for each denied Notice of Termination.
Colorado sets its construction stormwater fees in Regulation 102 rather than in the permit. The annual fee is $165 under one acre, $350 from one to under 30 acres, and $540 at 30 acres or more, and the application fee is half the annual amount: $82.50, $175, or $270. The annual fee is billed every July 1 until the certification is terminated.
Georgia charges per acre of land disturbed, measured to the nearest tenth of an acre and paid before land disturbance begins. Where a certified Local Issuing Authority administers the program, the fee is $40 per acre to the state plus $40 per acre to the local authority. Where there is no certified Local Issuing Authority, the full $80 per acre goes to the state. There is no cap and no annual fee.
Illinois charges $250 for sites under five acres and $750 at five acres or more, filed through CDX. Projects inside an active MS4 community are exempt from the fee.
North Carolina charges a flat $127 for coverage under its construction general permit, plus the same $127 as an annual fee each permit year until coverage is terminated, and the fee must be paid before the electronic NOI is reviewed. The $120 figure still circulating online is out of date; the current amount took effect July 1, 2025.
Tennessee tiers its application fee by total project acreage: $250 from one to under five acres, $1,000 from five to under 20, $3,000 from 20 to under 50, $6,000 from 50 to under 150, and $10,000 at 150 acres or more. Sites under one acre pay nothing, and subsequent coverage under an already-permitted larger common plan is $100. Projects running longer than a year also pay an annual maintenance fee, from $125 at the smallest tier to $3,750 at the largest.
What NOI filing fees apply in Pennsylvania, Ohio, Michigan, New York, Virginia, Washington, Missouri, and Kansas?
Pennsylvania splits the PAG-02 fee in two, both due with the Notice of Intent and written as separate checks: a disturbed-acreage fee of $100 per acre, rounded to the nearest whole acre, plus a flat $500 administrative filing fee paid to the county conservation district that administers the program. There is no cap and no annual fee, and a permit transfer costs nothing. Conservation districts may add their own review fees, which vary by county.
Ohio charges a $200 base NOI fee plus $20 per acre above five acres, with the acreage add-on capped at $300, so no project pays more than $500. Individual lots inside an already-permitted development pay nothing. The current general permit is OHC000006, effective April 23, 2023 through April 22, 2028; Ohio EPA's own stormwater page still refers in places to the expired OHC000005.
Michigan runs construction stormwater as a permit-by-rule. Sites of five acres or more file a Notice of Coverage through MiEnviro with a one-time $400 permit fee. Sites of one to under five acres pay no state fee and file no Notice of Coverage at all: coverage attaches automatically once the Part 91 soil erosion and sedimentation control permit is in hand, though the inspection and certified-operator duties still apply. The Part 91 permit fee itself is set by the county or municipal enforcing agency, and there is no statewide amount.
New York charges no application fee. Article 72 regulatory fees apply instead: a one-time initial authorization fee of $110 per disturbed acre plus $675 per acre of new impervious surface, then $110 per year while coverage stays open. Projects owned or managed by a local government or a state agency pay only the flat $110 per year. The $100 and $600 figures still quoted in many write-ups were raised back in 2015.
Virginia is the most expensive state on this list, and its fees rose sharply on July 1, 2026. Registration-statement totals now run $4,100 for one to under five acres, $5,100 for five to under 10, $6,800 for 10 to under 50, $9,100 for 50 to under 100, and $14,300 at 100 acres or more. A single-family detached home under five acres is $209, and a non-residential common plan under one acre is $450. Annual maintenance fees run from $650 to $2,250 on the same tiers. Where a locality is the plan-approving authority it keeps 70 percent of the fee and DEQ takes 30 percent. Virginia now CPI-adjusts these amounts every July 1, so confirm the current figure on DEQ's fee page before budgeting a large job.
Washington charges no application fee either, only an annual permit fee billed on the state fiscal year and invoiced until the permit is terminated, whether or not work has stopped. For FY2027 the tiers are $550 under one acre, $850 for one to under five, $1,400 for five to under seven, $1,940 for seven to under 10, $2,650 for 10 to under 20, $3,200 for 20 to under 50, $3,450 for 50 to under 100, $3,700 for 100 to under 500, $4,000 for 500 to under 1,000, and $4,200 at 1,000 acres or more. The current permit is the 2026 CSWGP, effective January 1, 2026 through December 31, 2030, so any fee table quoted against the old 2021 permit is out of date.
Missouri charges one fee with the application that covers the full five-year term: $500 for one to under five acres, $600 for five to under 10, $750 for 10 to under 25, $1,500 for 25 to under 100, $3,000 for 100 to under 500, and $5,000 at 500 acres or more. There is no annual fee on a land-disturbance general permit. Watch the numbering: an ordinary private construction site now receives an MO-RA00000-series permit, while the MO-R100000 area-wide permit is for governments running a DNR-approved local program.
Kansas is the simplest and cheapest in the country: a flat $60 annual permit fee, no acreage tiers, and no separate application charge. The first year's $60 goes in with the NOI, and KDHE invoices the same $60 every year until a Notice of Termination is filed. The permit is S-MCST-2208-1, federal number KSR100000, effective August 1, 2022 through July 31, 2027.
What about construction SWPPP NOI filing fees in the states not covered above?
Fee practice varies far more than the permits themselves. Some states publish construction stormwater fees in a plain agency fee schedule, some put them only in administrative rules rather than on a stormwater web page, and a few administer EPA-issued permits with no state application charge at all. Rhode Island, for example, assigns a per-site permit number at registration and publishes no filing-fee amount.
Kentucky charges no filing fee at all. 401 KAR 5:310, Section 2, Table 2 lists stormwater construction general permit coverage at $0, so the only real cost of getting covered is preparing the plan the eNOI certifies. The filing itself runs through the KY DEP eForms portal a minimum of seven days before work starts, and coverage begins only when the Division of Water issues written notification. Full detail on the Kentucky SWPPP requirements page.
The following states and the District of Columbia are not covered above: Connecticut, Delaware, Hawaii, Idaho, Indiana, Iowa, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Mississippi, Montana, Nebraska, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, North Dakota, Rhode Island, Vermont, West Virginia, Wisconsin and Wyoming.
If your project is in a state not listed, contact the state environmental or water-quality agency directly or consult the permit-specific instructions. Fee schedules may appear in administrative rules, permit fact sheets, or NOI instructions rather than on general stormwater web pages.
Do EPA-administered construction SWPPP permits charge NOI filing fees?
Available materials do not establish a nationwide EPA construction stormwater NOI filing fee. In states where EPA directly administers the Construction General Permit, the agency may not charge an application fee, or the fee structure may differ from state-delegated programs.
State-administered programs impose their own application, annual, or site-size-based charges independent of EPA requirements. The verified state fees above should not be treated as EPA requirements or as a nationwide minimum. Check the specific permit under which your project will be covered to confirm whether a filing fee applies and how it is calculated.
When are construction SWPPP NOI filing fees due and how are they paid?
Most states require payment of the NOI filing fee at the time you submit your Notice of Intent. Florida, Oregon, and South Dakota explicitly state that fees are due with the NOI or application materials. Utah will not issue coverage until the fee is paid.
Payment methods vary by state. Some agencies accept online payment through a permit portal, while others require a check mailed with a paper NOI. Oregon's fee schedule distinguishes between the application fee and the first annual fee, both due together. Oklahoma invoices existing permittees for the annual fee separately from the initial application charge.
Late or missing fees can delay permit coverage, leaving your site out of compliance before work begins. Verify the payment method and deadline in your state's NOI instructions or permit fact sheet.
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Are there additional fees beyond the construction SWPPP NOI filing fee?
Yes, many states charge annual renewal fees, modification fees, or plan-review fees in addition to the initial NOI filing fee. Arkansas and Oklahoma both impose annual fees that recur each year the permit remains active. Arkansas bills $200 a year for large sites of 5 acres or more, and Oklahoma bills an annual fee on top of its $100 application fee. Alabama's fee schedule changed on October 15, 2026. Under the new Schedule F a permit modification costs $1,000, plus $100 per added acre at 5 acres or more, with a $10,000 cap per permit action. The old $800 modification fee under Schedule D no longer applies.
Oregon may assess an additional $978 plan-review fee when an environmental management plan or active chemical treatment system plan review is required, and Oregon's fee schedule changed effective November 1, 2026. This fee is separate from the application and first annual fee. South Dakota's fee structure is tiered by acreage, so expanding a site mid-project may trigger a higher fee bracket.
Budget for the full permit term, not just the initial application. Annual fees can add hundreds of dollars per year, and modifications or plan reviews may be necessary if project scope changes.
What else should contractors know about construction SWPPP NOI filing fees?
Does the construction SWPPP NOI filing fee cover plan preparation?
No, the NOI filing fee is a regulatory charge paid to the state or EPA for permit coverage. It does not include the cost of preparing your SWPPP, conducting inspections, or maintaining records. Pro SWPPP prepares plans, files permits, performs inspections, and keeps records; customer crews install BMPs and we document and inspect.
Can contractors get a refund if a construction SWPPP project is canceled?
Refund policies vary by state and are rarely published in general fee schedules. Some states may refund fees if you withdraw your NOI before coverage is issued, but most do not refund fees once the application is processed. Contact your state agency if you need to cancel coverage and want to inquire about a refund.
Do small construction SWPPP projects under one acre pay NOI filing fees?
Projects under one acre that are part of a larger common plan of development may require permit coverage and pay the same fees as larger sites. Florida's small-construction fee of $250 applies to sites disturbing 1 to less than 5 acres. South Dakota's under-5-acre fee is $100, and it is an annual fee rather than a one-time charge, accruing each August 1 for as long as coverage stays open. Check your state's acreage and common-plan thresholds to determine whether your project requires an NOI.
Are construction SWPPP NOI filing fees tax-deductible?
Permit fees are generally considered ordinary and necessary business expenses and may be deductible. Consult your accountant or tax advisor to confirm how to classify NOI filing fees and other stormwater compliance costs on your tax return.
Where can contractors find the most current construction SWPPP NOI fee schedule for their state?
Check your state environmental or water-quality agency's stormwater permit page, the permit fact sheet, or the NOI instructions. Fee schedules may also appear in state administrative rules. If you cannot locate the fee online, call the agency's stormwater permit coordinator directly.
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By Derek E. Chinners, CPESC — Founder & Stormwater Consultant, Pro SWPPP, LLC
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