South Carolina Environmental Laboratory Certification Program
Amended Fee Assessment Schedule (Regulation 61-30) -
Effective March 1, 2001
(ANNUAL FEES ARE NOT PRORATED)

(a) Application Fee
-$125.00
(b) Minimum Annual Fee (per laboratory)
-$125.00
(c) Clean Water Act (CWA) Inorganics (per parameter)
-$20.00
(d) Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA) Inorganics (per parameter)
-$20.00
(e) SDWA "Secondary" inorganics (per parameter)
-$20.00
(f) CWA Organics  
(i)   PCBs and Pesticides
-$350.00
(ii)  Herbicides
-$350.00
(iii) Volatiles
-$350.00
(iv)  Semi-Volatiles
-$350.00
(v)   Dioxins and Furans
-$350.00
(g) SDWA Organics  
(i)   Trihalomethanes 
-$350.00
(ii)  Synthetic Organic Compounds
-$350.00
(iii) Volatiles
-$350.00
(h) Microbiology  
(i)    Total Coliform
-$75.00
(ii)   Fecal Coliform
-$75.00
(iii)  Fecal Streptococci
-$75.00
(i) Biology  
(i)    Toxicity Testing
-$500.00/species
(ii)   Taxonomy
-$250.00
(j) Solid & Hazardous Wastes (SW-846 Methods)*  
(i)    Inorganics (per parameter)
-$20.00
(ii)   Organics (per parameter group)
-$350.00
(k) Air Quality Analyses*  
(i)     Inorganics (per parameter)
-$20.00
(ii)    Organics (per parameter group)
-$350.00

* SW-846 and Air Quality certification fees shall be capped at $1500 for those laboratories which have paid the applicable per-parameter fees for CWA tests.

The Department acknowledges that in some instances analytical methodology appropriate for a test or sample matrix may not be formally cited in the Federal and State Laws. When methods are not available in an authoritative source, the Department may specify or allow methods from other sources.

Please Note: This copy of the regulation is provided by the Department of Health and Environmental Control (Department) for the convenience of the public. Every effort has been made to ensure its accuracy and completeness, however, it is not the official text. The Department reserves the right to withdraw or correct the text if deviations from the official text as published in the State Register are found.