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San Francisco County Municipal Code § 1176 Hazardous Materials Fee Schedule
San Francisco County Municipal Code · 2026-09 edition · updated 2026-10-22 · San Francisco County
Cite as: San Francisco County Municipal Code § 1176 · Text as of 2026-10-22
(a) Fees Generally. Fees for services and regulatory functions of the Department of Public Health pursuant to this Article shall be as provided in this Section. (b) State Surcharge. Registrants and permittees subject to the requirements of this Article shall pay the annual State surcharge for general program oversight, along with any program-specific service charges established by the Secretary of the California Environmental Protection Agency pursuant to Health and Safety Code Section 25404.5(b). (c) Hazardous Materials Registration Fees. (1) Registration fees shall be payable on the filing of a complete application for a certificate of registration and on annual renewal. On the filing of an addendum disclosing increased quantities or previously undisclosed hazardous materials, a registration fee is due equal to the difference between the most recently charged registration fee and the fee due taking into account the information in the addendum. (2) Registration fees shall be as follows: (A) Temporary certificate of registration, $172; (B) Freight forwarding and freight transportation services establishments, $371; (C) For all other registrants subject to this Article, a fee determined by the total quantity of liquids, quantity of solids and quantity of gases required to be registered by the establishment, excluding hazardous materials contained in underground storage tanks. The applicable fee shall be determined by adding together the appropriate quantity groups as set forth in Chart I for liquids, solids and gases at the establishment (excluding hazardous materials contained in underground storage tanks) in order to arrive at a quantity group total. The corresponding fee for each quantity group total is set forth in Chart II. (D) An establishment required to obtain a UST permit which does not have any aboveground storage of hazardous materials subject to this Article shall be exempt from payment of a registration fee. CHART I QUANTITY GROUPS Group No. Quantity of Liquids (Gallons) Quantity of Solids (Pounds) Quantity of Gases (Cubic Feet) CHART I QUANTITY GROUPS Group No. Quantity of Liquids (Gallons) Quantity of Solids (Pounds) Quantity of Gases (Cubic Feet) 1 Less than 55 less than 500 less than 200 2 55-99 500-999 200-1,499 3 100-499 1,000-1,499 1,500-2,499 4 500-999 1,500-1,999 2,500-3,999 5 1,000-1,499 2,000-3,499 4,000-4,999 6 1,500-1,999 3,500-4,999 5,000-5,999 7 2,000-2,749 5,000-7,499 6,000-6,999 8 2,750-3,499 7,500-9,999 7,000-7,999 9 3,500-4,499 10,000-14,999 8,000-8,999 10 4,500-5,499 15,000-19,999 9,000-9,999 11 5,500-6,499 20,000-24,999 10,000-12,499 12 6,500-7,499 25,000-29,999 12,500-14,999 13 7,500-8,999 30,000-39,999 15,000-17,499 14 9,000-9,999 40,000-49,999 17,500-19,999 15 10,000 or greater 50,000 or greater 20,000 or greater
CHART II CERTIFICATE OF REGISTRATION FEE SCHEDULE Quantity Group Total Registration Fee CHART II CERTIFICATE OF REGISTRATION FEE SCHEDULE Quantity Group Total Registration Fee Fiscal Year 2008 - 2009 1 $284 2 $296 3 $321 4 $384 5 $436 6 $487 7 $540 8 $593 9 $644 10 $694 11 $772 12 $851 13 $928 14 $1,005 15 $1,085 16 $1,160 17 $1,239 18 $1,316 19 $1,395 20 $1,483 21 $1,574 22 $1,665 23 $1,756 24 $1,848 25 $1,937 26 $2,029 27 $2,118 28 $2,222 29 $2,324 30 $2,429 31 $2,532 32 $2,636 33 $2,738 34 $2,842 35 $2,945 36 $3,048 37 $3,153 38 $3,256 39 $3,334 40 $3,411 41 $3,489 42 $3,577 43 $3,618 44 $3,671 45 $3,722
(d) UST Permit Fees. A person required to obtain a UST permit shall pay an annual fee for each tank at each site $327. (e) Aboveground Petroleum Storage Fees. An owner or operator of an aboveground petroleum storage facility shall pay the
following annual fee: Facility Category Facility Petroleum Storage Capacity (gallon) Annual Fee Facility Category Facility Petroleum Storage Capacity (gallon) Annual Fee 1.1 1320 to 10,000 (Tier 1 APS Facility) $565 1.2 1320 to 10,000 (Tier 2 APS Facility) $785 2 10,001 to 100,000 $1003 3 100,001 to 1,000,000 $1130 4 1,000,001 to 10,000,000 $1256 5 10,000,001 to 100,000,000 $1506 6 ≥ 100,000,001 $1695
(f) Miscellaneous Other Fee Schedules. Other hazardous materials fees shall be as follows: TYPE OF FEE AMOUNT TYPE OF FEE AMOUNT Fiscal Year 2008-2009 Application fee for UST repair, modification, removal or closure approval and up to three hours field inspection, per site $877 Field inspection fee, per hour (business hours) $166 Field inspection fee, per hour (Sat., Sun., evenings) $250 Permit Review by Department of City Planning $85 Closure plan processing fee and up to three hours of plan review $543 Closure plan review exceeding three hours, per hour $166 Consultation fee, per hour $166 Director's Hearing pursuant to Sections 1137(a)(3), (4), (5) and (7) $266 Application fee for a Voluntary Remedial Agreement with the Director $476 Voluntary Remedial Agreement Fee, hourly rate $166
(g) Additional Fees as Penalties. Additional fees assessed pursuant to Sections 1120 and 1120.1 shall be as follows:
TYPE OF FEE AMOUNT Fiscal Year 2008-2009 Site investigation (maximum) $1,084 Failure to timely obtain a Certificate of Registration or obtain a UST permit, unless otherwise provided in this section $446 Failure to timely register a temporary storage facility $172 Failure to obtain approval to modify, repair, close, or remove an UST $1,084 Failure to schedule a site inspection prior to the modification, closure, or removal of an UST $542
(h) Application Fee for New Certificate of Registration. Registrants and permittees shall pay an application fee for a new Certificate of Registration $172. (i) Hazardous Materials and Hazardous Waste Base Fee. Any business that is subject to requirements of Articles 21, 21A and/or 22 shall pay an annual base fee $172; this subsection shall not apply to Minimal Quantity Generator as defined in Section 1204(b) of Article 22 of this Code. (j) Beginning with fiscal year 2007-2008, no later than April 15 of each year, the Controller shall adjust the fees provided in this Article to reflect changes in the relevant Consumer Price Index, without further action by the Board of Supervisors. In adjusting the fees, the Controller may round these fees up or down to the nearest dollar, half-dollar or quarter-dollar. The Director shall perform an annual review of the fees scheduled to be assessed for the following fiscal year and shall file a report with the Controller no later than May 1st of each year, proposing, if necessary, an adjustment to the fees to ensure that costs are fully recovered and that fees do not produce significantly more revenue than required to cover the costs of operating the program. The Controller shall adjust fees when necessary in
either case. (Added by Ord. 164-92, App. 6/10/92; amended by Ord. 168-95, App. 5/26/95; Ord. 399-97, App. 10/17/97; Ord. 158-99, File No. 990761, App. 6/11/99; Ord. 184-04, File No. 040747, App. 7/22/2004; Ord. 152-08, File No. 080741, App. 7/30/2008; Ord. 179-10, File No. 100721, App. 7/23/2010)
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