Fees

Under the Disposal at Sea Regulations of CEPA, every permit application is subject to a non-refundable application fee of $2500 that must be paid in full prior to its review. Cheques should be made payable to the Receiver General for Canada. Post-dated cheques are not acceptable. Permits may not exceed one year. For projects longer than one year, the application fee applies for each yearly application. If the same party is conducting more than one project in a year, in most cases, a new application and fee must be submitted for each project. Some multi-site permits may be granted, consult with your Environment Canada Regional Office for details.

Under the Ocean Dumping Permit Fee Regulations (Site Monitoring) of Financial Administration Act, applications to dispose of dredged material and inert, inorganic geological matter (usually excavated native till) are subject to a monitoring fee of $470 per 1000 cubic meters. Further details are set out below. For information on the rationale for these fees see " Why are fees charged?" in the Frequently Asked Questions section. Further details on applying for a permit are found in the Application section.

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Calculating your monitoring fee

The monitoring fee applies only to permits for dredged material and inert, inorganic geological matter and is set at $470 per 1000 m³ (cubic metres).

The quantity of material to be disposed of should be estimated based on scow measure. Where pipeline disposal or bed-leveling techniques are used, place measure may be used. All quantities are to be rounded up to the nearest 1000 m³ for the purpose of the fees. An estimate of the quantity to be disposed of must be included in the application, with a detailed description of how the estimate was derived and the error associated with the prediction.

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Payment options

Half of the monitoring fee is due before publication of the permit in the Canada Gazette, with the remainder due at the midpoint of the term specified in the permit. For example, if you have a permit for one year from January to January, you may pay half your fee before your permit is published and the other half in June. Alternatively, you may pay the entire amount due before your permit's publication.

Permit applicants should pay the fees by cheque or money order made payable to the Receiver General for Canada. At this time, credit cards are not accepted.

Permit applicants within the federal government (a department or agency) should pay the fee by an Interdepartmental Settlement (or IS). Contact the nearest Environment Canada Regional Office for appropriate procedures.

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Refunds

Permittees can apply for a refund of monitoring fees paid for every unused 1000 m³ within 30 days of the expiry of their permit or completion of the operations under the permit. The permittee must submit the request to the Regional Program with the final disposal report showing the amounts disposed of under the permit. The regional program will examine the report and confirm the amount to be refunded. Refunds will be issued by Environment Canada in Ottawa and will be paid by cheque. (Permittees within the federal government will receive their refunds through the Interdepartmental Settlement system.) At this time, the Program will not credit future applications.

To qualify for a refund, permittees must have paid all fees in full, complied with all reporting requirements and completed the work under the permit.

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If you need to increase the quantity under the permit

You will need send a written request for an amendment to your Regional Office. No form is required, but please quote your permit number in your request.

In most cases, amendments to increase the quantity, up to double the orginal amount, are accepted provided other factors in granting your orginal permit have not significantly changed. If there are contaminant concerns near the load site, you may need to carry out additional sampling and analysis.

If the total increase is greater than double your original quantity, either by a single amendment or successive amendments, you will need to obtain a new permit.

Please bear in mind that under CEPA, a request for an amendment is subject to the same review process as a permit. As well, an amendment only comes into effect after the 30 day consultation period following its publication in the Canada Gazette.

When you ask to increase the quantity of your permit, you will owe the extra amount that applies to the additional quantity. Payment options are as follows:

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