Division of Air Quality Air Permit Program

Fee Evaluation Background & History

The most recent Fee Evaluation report (PDF) was conducted in 2014 and those fee regulations were made effective on September of 2015 and are located on the main fee evaluation webpage.

The following documents provide a history of the Air Permit Fee Regulations and various fee packages that have passed over the last 12 years. The Air Permit Program has made major revisions to the way it charges for permit services. The 2005 Fixed Fee Support Document contains an explanation and background on these changes. The department has established fixed fees for the renewal of Title V Permits, for annual recurring compliance costs for Title V Permits and for certain minor permits and certain permit actions. Certain permits and permit actions, known as Designated Regulatory Services, will be charged for under a fee per hour system at 149% of the hourly rate of the department staff who perform the work. The department also established a method to enter into Negotiated Service Agreements for negotiating and setting the price for complex permits. The documents below list out the past fee evaluations, fee regulations along with supporting documentation.

2010 Fee Rate Evaluation

• Public Notice, March 1, 2010 (PDF)
• Supplemental Public Notice, March 3, 2010 (PDF)
• Proposed Regulations, 18 AAC 50, Permit Administration and Emission Fees (PDF)
• Fee Rate Evaluation Report, February 25, 2010 (PDF)
• Fee Rate Evaluation Report Appendix Table of Contents with links to documents, March 18, 2010 (Table of Contents has been updated with additional FY11 data, PDF)
• Permit Fee Table (showing old citations and new citations and fee comparison) (PDF)

2006 Fee Rate Evaluation

• ISER Emission Fee Review Final (6/27/08, PDF)
• Final Report (PDF)
• Response to Comments (PDF)
• Final Report Appendix (PDF)
• Regulations Web Page for further information

2005 Fixed Fee Rule Making

• Fixed Fee Rule Making 2005 - History
• Fixed Fee Support Paper (PDF)
• Original Public Notice for Fixed Fee Proposal (Expired) (PDF)
• Original Proposed Rule for Fixed Fees (Public Notice Draft) (PDF)
• Comment from Unocal (PDF)
• Comment from Alyeska Pipeline Service Company (PDF)
• Comment from Alaska Miners Association, Inc. (PDF)
• Draft Response to Public Comments (PDF)
• Adoption Draft of Fixed Fee Regulations (PDF) (Caution: Obsolete Document)
• Plain English Guide to the Fixed Fee Regulations (Revised February 9, 2005) (PDF)
• Final Adoption Draft Re-Adopted by the Commissioner and Forwarded to the Lieutenant Governor on December 30, 2004 (PDF)