Section 21-553. NOTICE OF PROPOSED STORMWATER FEE RATE CHANGE AND PUBLIC HEARING

 

553.1Except as provided in § 6(c) of the District of Columbia Administrative Procedure Act, approved October 21, 1968, D.C. Official Code § 2-505(c), before establishing or changing fees used to fund the District's costs of complying with the National Pollution Discharge Elimination System permit for the municipal separate storm sewer system (MS4 Permit), including the costs of the Stormwater Administration, the Water and Sewer Authority's costs for billing and collecting the stormwater fee, and all administrative, operating, and capital costs associated with the stormwater management activities in the District of Columbia, the Director shall first publish notice of his or her intention to do so in the D.C. Register. The notice may also be published in a newspaper of general circulation in the District of Columbia.

 

553.2The notice shall state as follows:

 

(a)The rate under consideration by the Director;

 

(b)The date, time, and location of a public hearing to be held by the Director on the proposed rate, or a statement that the date, time and location will be specified in a forthcoming notice;

 

(c)The time period during which written comments may be submitted for consideration by the Director; and

 

(d)The requirements of § 554 of this chapter.

 

source

Final Rulemaking published at 55 DCR 10004 (September 26, 2008).