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other indebtedness may not be deducted in determining the net profit of
the project.
(e) Sales for resale. Notwithstanding
compliance by a State or municipal licensee with the requirements of paragraph (d) of this section, it shall be
subject to the payment of annual
charges to the extent that electric
power generated, transmitted, or distributed by the project is sold to another State, municipality, person, or
corporation for resale, unless the licensee shall show that the power was
sold to the ultimate consumer without
profit. The matter of whether or not a
profit was made is a question of fact to
be established by the licensee.
(f) Interchange of power. Notwithstanding compliance by a State or municipal licensee with the requirements
of paragraph (d) of this section, it shall
be subject to the payment of annual
charges to the extent that power generated, transmitted, or distributed by
the project was supplied under an
interchange agreement to a State, municipality, person, or corporation for
sale at a profit (which power was not
offset by an equivalent amount of
power received under such interchange
agreement) unless the licensee shall
show that the power was sold to ultimate consumers without profit.
(g) Construction period. During the period when the licensed project is under
construction and is not generating
power, it will be considered as operating without profit within the meaning of this section, and licensee will be
entitled to total exemption from the
payment of annual charges, except as
to those charges relating to the use of
a Government dam or tribal lands
within Indian reservations.
(h) Optional showing. When the power
from the licensed project enters into
the electric power system of the State
or municipal licensee, making it impracticable to meet the requirements
set forth in this section with respect to
the operations of the project only, such
licensee may, in lieu thereof, furnish
the same information with respect to
the operations of said electric power
system as a whole.
(i) Application for exemption. Applications for exemption from payment of
annual charges shall be signed by an

authorized executive officer or chief
accounting officer of the licensee or
exemptee and verified under oath. The
application must be filed with the Secretary of the Commission in accordance with filing procedures posted on
the Commission’s Web site at http://
www.ferc.gov within the time allowed
(by § 11.20) for the payment of the annual charges. If the licensee or
exemptee, within the time allowed for
the payment of the annual charges,
files notice that it intends to file an
application for exemption, an additional period of 30 days is allowed within which to complete and file the application for exemption. The filing of an
application for exemption does not by
itself alleviate the requirement to pay
the annual charges, nor does it exonerate the licensee or exemptee from
the assessment of penalties under
§ 11.21. If a bill for annual charges becomes payable after an application for
an exemption has been filed and while
the application is still pending for decision, the bill may be paid under protest
and subject to refund.
[Order 143, 13 FR 6681, Nov. 13, 1948. Redesignated and amended by Order 379, 49 FR 22778,
June 1, 1984. Redesignated at 51 FR 24318,
July 3, 1986; 60 FR 15048, Mar. 22, 1995; Order
737, 75 FR 43403, July 26, 2010]

§ 11.7 Effective date.
All annual charges imposed under
this subpart will be computed beginning on the effective date of the license
unless some other date is fixed in the
license.
[51 FR 24318, July 3, 1986]

§ 11.8 Adjustment of annual charges.
All annual charges imposed under
this subpart continue in effect as fixed
unless changed as authorized by law.
[51 FR 24318, July 3, 1986]

Subpart B—Charges for
Headwater Benefits
SOURCE: Order 453, 51 FR 24318, July 3, 1986,
unless otherwise noted.

§ 11.10 General provision; waiver and
exemptions; definitions.
(a) Headwater benefits charges. (1) The
Commission will assess or approve

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Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
charges under this subpart for direct
benefits
derived
from
headwater
projects constructed by the United
States, a licensee, or a pre-1920 permittee. Charges under this subpart will
amount to an equitable part of the annual costs of interest, maintenance,
and depreciation expenses of such headwater projects and the costs to the
Commission of determining headwater
benefits charges. Except as provided in
paragraph (b) of this section, the owner
of any non-Federal downstream project
that receives headwater benefits must
pay charges determined under this subpart.
(2) Headwater benefits are the additional electric generation at a downstream project that results from regulation of the flow of the river by the
headwater, or upstream, project, usually by increasing or decreasing the release of water from a storage reservoir.
(b) Waiver and exemptions. The owner
of a downstream project with installed
generating capacity of 1.5 MW (2000
horsepower) or less or for which the
Commission has granted an exemption
from section 10(f) is not required to pay
headwater benefits charges.
(c) Definitions. For purposes of this
subpart:
(1) Energy gains means the difference
between the number of kilowatt-hours
of energy produced at a downstream
project with the headwater project and
that which would be produced without
the headwater project.
(2) Generation means gross generation
of electricity at a hydroelectric
project, including generation needed
for station use or the equivalent for direct drive units, measured in kilowatthours. It does not include energy used
for or derived from pumping in a
pumped storage facility.
(3) Headwater project costs means the
total costs of an upstream project constructed by the United States, a licensee, or pre-1920 permittee.
(4) Separable cost means the difference
between the cost of a multiple-function
headwater project with and without
any particular function.
(5) Remaining benefits means the difference between the separable cost of a
specific function in a multiple-function
project and the lesser of:

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(i) The benefits of that function in
the project, as determined by the responsible Federal agency at the time
the project or function was authorized;
or
(ii) The cost of the most likely alternative single-function project providing the same benefits.
(6) Joint-use cost means the difference
between the total project cost and the
total separable costs. Joint-use costs
are allocated among the project functions according to each function’s percentage of the total remaining benefits.
(7) Specific power cost means that portion of the headwater project costs
that is directly attributable to the
function of power generation at the
headwater project, including, but not
limited to, the cost of the electric generators, turbines, penstocks, and substation.
(8) Joint-use power cost means the portion of the joint-use cost allocated to
the power function of the project.
(9) Section 10(f) costs means the annual interest, depreciation, and maintenance expense portion of the jointuse power cost, including costs of nonpower functions required by statute to
be paid by revenues from the power
function.
(10) Party means:
(i) The owner of a non-Federal downstream hydroelectric project which is
directly benefited by a headwater
project constructed by the United
States, a licensee, or a pre-1920 permittee;
(ii) The owner of a headwater project
constructed by the United States, a licensee, or a pre-1920 permittee;
(iii) An operating agency of, or an
agency marketing power from, a headwater project constructed by the
United States; or
(iv) Any party, as defined in
§ 385.102(c) of this chapter.
(11) Final charge means a charge assessed on an annual basis to recover
section 10(f) costs and which represents
the final determination of the charge
for the period for which headwater benefits are assessed. Final charges may
be established retroactively, to finalize
an interim charge, or prospectively.
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a specified period of headwater benefits
pending determination of a final
charge for that period.
(13) Investment cost means the sum of:
(i) Project construction costs, including cost of land, labor and materials,
cost of pre- and post-authorization investigations, and cost of engineering,
supervision, and administration during
construction of the project; and
(ii) Interest during construction.
[Order 453, 51 FR 24318, July 3, 1986, as
amended by Order 699, 72 FR 45324, Aug. 14,
2007]

(a) Applicability. This section applies
to any determination of headwater
benefits charges, unless:
(1) The Commission has approved
headwater benefits charges pursuant to
an existing coordination agreement
among the parties;
(2) The parties reach, and the Commission approves, a settlement with respect to headwater benefits charges,
pursuant to § 11.14(a) of this subpart; or
(3) Charges may be assessed under
§ 11.14(b).
(b) General rule—(1) Summary. Except
as provided in paragraph (b)(3) of this
section, a headwater benefits charge
for a downstream project is determined
under this subpart by apportioning the
section 10(f) costs of the headwater
project among the headwater project
and all downstream projects that are
not exempt from or waived from headwater benefits charges under § 11.10(b)
of this chapter, according to each
project’s share of the total energy benefits to those projects resulting from
the headwater project.
(2) Calculation; headwater benefits formula. The annual headwater benefits
charge for a downstream project is derived by multiplying the section 10(f)
cost by the ratio of the energy gains
received by the downstream project to
the sum of total energy gains received
by all downstream projects (except
those projects specified in § 11.10(b) of
this chapter) plus the energy generated
at the headwater project that is assigned to the joint-use power cost, as
follows:

En
E j + Ed

In which:
P = annual payment to be made for headwater benefits received by a downstream
project,
Cp = annual section 10(f) cost of the headwater project,
En = annual energy gains received at a downstream project, or group of projects if
owned by one entity,
Ed = annual energy gains received at all
downstream projects (except those specified in § 11.10(b) of this chapter), and
Ej = portion of the annual energy generated
at the headwater project assigned to the
joint-use power cost.

(3) If power generation is not a function of the headwater project, section
10(f) costs will be apportioned only
among the downstream projects.
(4) If the headwater project is constructed after the downstream project,
liability for headwater benefits charges
will accrue beginning on the day on
which any energy losses at the downstream project due to filling the headwater reservoir have been offset by
subsequent energy gains. If the headwater project is constructed prior to
the downstream project, liability for
headwater benefits charges will accrue
beginning on the day on which benefits
are first realized by the downstream
project.
(5) No final charge assessed by the
Commission under this subpart may
exceed 85 percent of the value of the
energy gains. If a party demonstrates,
within the time specified in § 11.17(b)(3)
for response to a preliminary assessment, that any final charge assessed
under this subpart, not including the
cost of the investigation assessed under
§ 11.17(c), exceeds 85 percent of the
value of the energy gains provided to
the downstream project for the period
for which the charge is assessed, the
Commission will reduce the charge to
not more than 85 percent of the value.
For purposes of this paragraph, the
value of the energy gains is the cost of
obtaining an equivalent amount of
electricity from the most likely alternative source during the period for
which the charge is assessed.

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§ 11.12 Determination of section 10(f)
costs.
(a) for non-Federal headwater projects.
If the headwater project was constructed by a licensee or pre-1920 permittee and a party requests the Commission to determine charges, the
Commission will determine on a caseby-case basis what portion of the annual interest, maintenance, and depreciation costs of the headwater project
constitutes the section 10(f) costs, for
purposes of this subpart.
(b) For Federal headwater projects. (1)
If the headwater project was constructed or is operated by the United
States, and the Commission has not approved a settlement between the downstream project owner and the headwater project owner, the section 10(f)
cost will be determined by deriving,
from information provided by the headwater project owner pursuant to § 11.16
of this subpart, the joint-use power
cost and the portion of the annual
joint-use power cost that represents
the interest, maintenance, and depreciation costs of the project.
(2) If power is not an authorized function of the headwater project, the section 10(f) cost is the annual interest,
maintenance, and depreciation portion
of the headwater project costs designated as the joint-use power cost, derived by deeming a power function at
the project. The value of the benefits
assigned to the deemed power function,
for purposes of determining the value
of remaining benefits of the joint-use
power cost, is the total value of downstream energy gains included in the
headwater benefits formula.
(3) For purposes of this paragraph,
total value of downstream energy gains
means the lesser of:
(i) The cost of generating an equivalent amount of electricity at the most
likely alternative facility at the time
the headwater project became operational; or
(ii) The incremental cost of installing electrical generation at the headwater project at the time the project
became operational.
§ 11.13 Energy gains calculations.
(a) Energy gains at a downstream
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ulating operation of the downstream
project with and without the effects of
the headwater project. Except for determinations which are not complex or
in which headwater benefits are expected to be small, calculations will be
made by application of the Headwater
Benefits Energy Gains Model, as presented in The Headwater Benefits Energy
Gains (HWBEG) Model Description and
Users Manual, which is available for the
National Technical Information Service, U.S. Department of Commerce, 5285
Port Royal Road, Springfield, VA 22161.
(2) If more than one headwater
project provide energy gains to a downstream project, the energy gains at the
downstream project are attributed to
the headwater projects according to
the time sequence of commencement of
operation in which each headwater
project provided energy gains at the
downstream project, by:
(i) Crediting the headwater project
that is first in time with the amount of
energy gains that it provided to the
downstream project prior to operation
of the headwater project that is next in
time; and
(ii) Crediting any subsequent headwater project with the additional increment of energy gains provided by it
to the downstream project.
(3) Annual energy losses at a downstream project, or group of projects
owned by the same entity, that are attributable to the headwater project
will be subtracted from energy gains
for the same annual period at the
downstream project or group of
projects. A net loss in one calendar
year will be subtracted from net gains
in subsequent years until no net loss
remains.
(b) Energy generated at the headwater
project. (1) Except as provided in paragraphs (b)(2) and (b)(3) of this section,
the portion of the total annual energy
generation at the headwater project
that is to be attributed to the joint-use
power cost is derived by multiplying
the total annual generation at the
headwater project and the ratio of the
project investment cost assigned to the
joint-use power cost to the sum of the
investment cost assigned to both the
specific power cost and the joint-use
power cost of the headwater project, as
follows:

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Ej = E ×

Cj
Cs + C j

In which:
Ej = annual energy generated at the headwater project to be attributed to the
joint-use power cost,
E = total annual generation at the headwater project,
Cj = project investment costs assigned to the
joint-use power cost, and
Cs = project investment costs assigned to
specific power costs.

(2) If the headwater project contains
a pumped storage facility, calculation
of the portion of the total annual energy generation at the headwater
project that is attributable to the
joint-use power cost will be determined
on a case-by-case basis.
(3) If no power is generated at the
headwater project, the amount of energy attributable to the joint-use
power cost under this section is the
total of all downstream energy gains
included in the headwater benefits formula.

(a) Settlements. (1) Owners of downstream and headwater projects subject
to this subpart may negotiate a settlement for headwater benefits charges.
Settlements must be filed with the
Commission for its approval, according
to the provisions of § 385.602.
(2) If the headwater project is a Federal project, any settlement under this
section must result in headwater benefits payments that approximate those
that would result under the energy
gains method.
(b) Continuation of previous headwater
benefits determinations. (1) For any
downstream project being assessed
headwater benefit charges on or before
September 16, 1986, the Commission
will continue to assess charges to that
project on the same basis until changes
occur in the river basin, including hydrology or project development, that
affect headwater benefits.
(2) Any procedures that apply to
§ 11.17(b)(5) of this subpart will apply to
any prospectively fixed charges that
are continued under this paragraph.

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§ 11.14 Procedures for establishing
charges without an energy gains investigation.

§ 11.15 Procedures for determining
charges by energy gains investigation.
(a) Purpose of investigations; limitation.
Except as permitted under § 11.14, the
Commission will conduct an investigation to obtain information for establishing headwater benefits charges
under this subpart. The Commission
will investigate and determine charges
for a project downstream from a nonFederal headwater project only if the
parties are unable to agree to a settlement and one of the parties requests
the Commission to determine charges.
(b) Notification. The Commission will
notify each downstream project owner
and each headwater project owner
when it initiates an investigation
under this section, and the period of
project operations to be studied will be
specified. An investigation will continue until a final charge has been established for all years studied in the
investigation.
(c) Jurisdictional objections. If any
project owner wishes to object to the
assessment of a headwater benefits
charge on jurisdictional grounds, such
objection must:
(1) Be raised within 30 days after the
notice of the investigation is issued;
and
(2) State in detail the grounds for its
objection.
(d) Investigations. (1) For any downstream project for which a final charge
pursuant to an investigation has never
been established, the Commission will
conduct an initial investigation to determine a final charge.
(2) The Commission may, for good
cause shown by a party or on its own
motion, initiate a new investigation of
a river basin to determine whether, because of any change in the hydrology,
project development, or other characteristics of the river basin that effects
headwater benefits, it should:
(i) Establish a new final charge to replace a final charge previously established under § 11.17(b)(5); or
(ii) Revise any variable of the headwater benefits formula that has become a constant in calculating a final
charge.
(3) Scope of investigations. (i) The
Commission will establish a final
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based on information available to the
Commission through the annual data
submission requirements of § 11.16, if
such information is adequate to establish a reasonably accurate final charge.
(ii) If the information available to
the Commission is not sufficient to
provide a reasonably accurate calculation of the final charge, the Commission will request additional data and
conduct any studies, including studies
of the hydrology of the river basin and
project operations, that it determines
necessary to establish the charge.
§ 11.16 Filing requirements.
(a) Applicability. (1) Any party subject
to a headwater benefits determination
under this subpart must supply
project-specific data, in accordance
with this section, by February 1 of
each year for data from the preceding
calendar year.
(2) Within 30 days of notice of initiation of an investigation under § 11.15,
a party must supply project-specific
data, in accordance with this section,
for the years specified in the notice.
(b) Data required from owner of the
headwater project. The owner of any
headwater project constructed by the
United States, a licensee, or a pre-1920
permittee that is upstream from a nonFederal hydroelectric project must
submit the following:
(1) Name and location of the headwater project, including the name of
the stream on which it is located.
(2) The total nameplate rating of installed generating capacity of the
project, expressed in kilowatts, with
the portion of total capacity that represents pumped storage generating capacity separately designated.
(3) A description of the total storage
capacity of the reservoir and allocation
of storage capacity to each of its functions, such as dead storage, power storage, irrigation storage, and flood control storage. Identification, by reservoir elevation, of the portion of the
reservoir assigned to each of its respective storage functions.
(4) An elevation-capacity curve, or a
tabulation of reservoir pool elevations
with corresponding reservoir storage
capacities.
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relevant data governing the release of
water from the reservoir, including a
separate statement of their effective
dates.
(6) A curve or tabulation showing actual reservoir pool elevations throughout the immediately preceding calendar year and for each year included
in an investigation.
(7) The total annual gross generation
of the hydroelectric plant in kilowatthours, not including energy from
pumped storage operation.
(8) The total number of kilowatthours of energy produced from pumped
storage operation.
(9) The investigation costs attributed
to the power generation function of the
project as of the close of the calendar
year or at a specified date during the
year, categorized according to that
portion that is attributed to the specific power costs, and that portion that
is attributed to the joint-use power
costs.
(10) The portion of the joint-use
power cost, and other costs required by
law to be allocated to joint-use power
cost, each item shown separately, that
are attributable to the annual costs of
interest, maintenance, and depreciation, identifying the annual interest
rate and the method used to compute
the depreciation charge, or the interest
rate and period used to compute amortization if used in lieu of depreciation,
including any differing interest rates
used for major replacements or rehabilitation.
(c) Data required from owners of downstream projects. The owner of any hydroelectric project which is downstream
from a headwater project constructed
by the United States, a licensee, or pre1920 permittee must submit the following:
(1) Name and location of the downstream project, including the name of
the stream on which it is located.
(2) Total nameplate rating of the installed generating capacity of the
plant, expressed in kilowatts, with the
portion of total capacity that represents pumped storage generating capacity separately designated.
(3) Record of daily gross generation,
not including energy used for pumped
storage, and any unit outage which
may have occurred.

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(4) The total number of kilowatthours of energy produced from pumped
storage operation.
(d) Abbreviated data submissions. (1)
For those items in paragraphs (b) and
(c) of this section in which data for the
current period are the same as data
furnished for a prior period, the data
need not be resubmitted if the owner
identifies the last period for which the
data were reported.
(2) The Commission will notify the
project owner that certain data items
in paragraphs (b) and (c) are no longer
required to be submitted annually if:
(i) A variable in the headwater benefits formula has become a constant; or
(ii) A prospective final charge, as described in § 11.17(b)(5), has been established.
(e) Additional data. Owners of headwater projects or downstream projects
must furnish any additional data required by the Commission staff under
paragraph (a) of this section and may
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§ 11.17 Procedures for
charges and costs.

payment

of

(a) Payment for benefits from a nonFederal headwater project. Any billing
procedures and payments determined
between a non-Federal headwater
project owner and a downstream
project owner will occur according to
the agreement of those parties.
(b) Charges and payment for benefits
from a Federal headwater project—(1) Interim charges. (i) If the Commission has
not established a final charge and an
investigation is pending, the Commission will issue a downstream project
owner a bill for the interim charge and
costs and a staff report explaining the
calculation of the interim charge.
(ii) An interim charge will be a percentage of the estimate by the Commission staff of what the final charge
will be, as follows:
(A) 100 percent of the estimated final
charge if the Commission previously
has completed an investigation of the
project for which it is assessed; or
(B) 80 percent of the estimated final
charge if the Commission has not completed an investigation of the project
for which it is assessed.

(iii) When a final charge is established for a period for which an interim
charge was paid, the Commission will
apply the amount paid to the final
charge.
(2) Preliminary assessment of a final
charge. Unless the project owner was
assessed a final charge in the previous
year, the Commission will issue to the
downstream project owner a preliminary assessment of any final charge
when it is determined. A staff technical
report explaining the basis of the assessment will be enclosed with the preliminary assessment. Copies of the preliminary assessment will be mailed to
all parties.
(3) Opportunity to respond. After
issuance of a preliminary assessment of
a final charge, parties may respond in
writing within 60 days after the preliminary assessment.
(4) Order and bill. (i) After the opportunity for written response by the parties to the preliminary assessment of a
final charge, the Commission will issue
to the downstream project owner an
order establishing the final charge.
Copies of the order will be mailed to all
parties. A bill will be issued for the
amount of the final charge and costs.
(ii) If a final charge is not established
prospectively under paragraph (b)(5) of
this section, the Commission will issue
an order and a bill for the final charge
and costs each year until prospective
final charges are established. After the
Commission issues an order establishing a prospective final charge, a
bill will be issued annually for the
amount of the final charge and costs.
(5) Prospective final charges. When the
Commission determines that historical
data, including the hydrology, development, and other characteristics of the
river basin, demonstrate sufficient stability to project average energy gains
and section 10(f) costs, the Commission
will issue to the downstream project
owner an order establishing the final
charge from future years. Copies of the
order will be mailed to all parties. The
prospective final charge will remain in
effect until a new investigation is initiated under § 11.15(d)(2).
(6) Payment under protest. Any payment of a final charge required by this
section may be made under protest if a
party is also appealing the final charge

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pursuant to § 385.1902, or requesting rehearing. If payment is made under protest, that party will avoid any penalty
for failure to pay under § 11.21.
(7) Accounting for payments pending
appeal or rehearing. The Commission
will retain any payment received for
final charges from bills issued pursuant
to this section in a special account. No
disbursements to the U.S. Treasury
will be made from the account until 31
days after the bill is issued. If an appeal under § 385.1902 or a request for rehearing is filed by any party, no disbursements to the U.S. Treasury will
be made until final disposition of the
appeal or request for rehearing.
(c) Charges for costs of determinations
of headwater benefits charges. (1) Any
owner of a downstream project that
benefits from a Federal headwater
project must pay to the United States
the cost of making any investigation,
study, or determination relating to the
assessment of the relevant headwater
benefits charge under this subpart.
(2) If any owner of a headwater or
downstream project requests that the
Commission determine headwater benefits charges for benefits provided by
non-Federal headwater projects, the
headwater project owners must pay a
pro rata share of 50 percent of the cost
of making the investigation and determination, in proportion to the benefits
provided by their projects, and the
downstream project owners must pay a
pro rata share of the remaining 50 percent in proportion to the energy gains
received by their projects.
(3) Any charge assessed under this
paragraph is separate from and will be
added to, any final or interim charge
under this subpart.

Pt. 11, App. A
a request for rehearing of that decision
pursuant to § 385.713 of this chapter. In
the event that a timely appeal to the
Chief Financial Officer or a timely request to the Commission for rehearing
is filed, the payment of the bill may be
made under protest, and subject to refund pending the outcome of the appeal
or rehearing.
[60 FR 15048, Mar. 22, 1995]

§ 11.21 Penalties.
If any person fails to pay annual
charges within the periods specified in
§ 11.20, a penalty of 5 percent of the
total delinquent amount will be assessed and added to the total charges
for the first month or part of month in
which payment is delinquent. An additional penalty of 3 percent for each full
month thereafter will be assessed until
the charges and penalties are satisfied
in accordance with law. The Commission may, by order, waive any penalty
imposed by this subsection, for good
cause shown.
[51 FR 24318, July 3, 1986]

APPENDIX A TO PART 11—FEE SCHEDULE
FOR FY 2016
State

County

Alabama .....................

Autauga .........................
Baldwin ..........................
Barbour .........................
Bibb ...............................
Blount ............................
Bullock ...........................
Butler .............................
Calhoun .........................
Chambers ......................
Cherokee .......................
Chilton ...........................
Choctaw ........................
Clarke ............................
Clay ...............................
Cleburne ........................
Coffee ............................
Colbert ...........................
Conecuh ........................
Coosa ............................
Covington ......................
Crenshaw ......................
Cullman .........................
Dale ...............................
Dallas ............................
DeKalb ..........................
Elmore ...........................
Escambia ......................
Etowah ..........................
Fayette ..........................
Franklin .........................
Geneva ..........................
Greene ..........................

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Subpart C—General Procedures
§ 11.20 Time for payment.
Annual charges must be paid no later
than 45 days after rendition of a bill by
the Commission. If the licensee or
exemptee believes that the bill is incorrect, no later than 45 days after its
rendition the licensee or exemptee may
file an appeal of the bill with the Chief
Financial Officer. No later than 30 days
after the date of issuance of the Chief
Financial Officer’s decision on the appeal, the licensee or exemptee may file

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Fee/
acre/
yr
$60.42
105.25
59.80
55.47
96.06
57.58
64.23
80.55
68.82
90.41
77.55
49.52
54.08
65.42
72.59
69.71
74.57
52.66
54.81
59.63
53.65
110.44
66.37
48.52
100.22
83.96
60.06
94.11
56.16
55.63
57.15
53.68