Minnesota Administrative Rules

7002.0435 LABORATORY CERTIFICATION APPLICATION FEES.

Subpart 1.

Payment of fees.

A.

Certification for a calendar year is provisional until the laboratory's certification application is paid.

B.

Fees are nonrefundable once an invoice has been issued.

Subp. 2.

Application points.

The points assessed for certification application or category types designated in this subpart are multiplied by the dollar per point value determined under part 7002.0425 to calculate the appropriate fee.

Application or category type		Points
A.	Initial application	6
B.	Renewal application	4
C.	Voluntary field tests	0
D.	Oxygen utilization	1
E.	Nitrogen	1
F.	Phosphorus	1
G.	Physical	1
H.	Microbiology	1
I.	General I	1
J.	General II	2
K.	General III	4
L.	Metals	4
M.	Organics, purgeable, Gas Chromatograph, and Gas Chromatograph Mass Spectrometer	4
N.	Organics, semivolatile, Gas Chromatograph Mass Spectrometer	4
O.	Organics, organochlorine compounds	4

Subp. 3.

Revised applications.

A.

A laboratory submitting a revised application to add a new test category to the laboratory's certification must pay:

(1)

the full category fee if the application is submitted to the agency on or before July 1; or

(2)

50 percent of the category fee if the application is submitted to the agency after July 1.

B.

A laboratory submitting a revised application to add a test method for a parameter in a category for which the laboratory is already certified must pay 25 percent of the total category fee for the parameter.

Statutory Authority:

MS s 115.84

History:

39 SR 1718

Published Electronically:

June 25, 2015