(1) The fee assessed
hereunder may only be used to gather data and information necessary to compile
an EIS. No fee may be assessed if an
agency intends only to compile an EA or a programmatic review. If a department
collects a fee and later determines that additional data and information must
be collected or that data and information supplied by the applicant and relied
upon by the agency are inaccurate or invalid, an additional fee may be assessed
under the procedures outlined in these rules if the maximum fee has not been
collected.
(2) Whenever the agency has completed work on the
EIS, it shall submit to the applicant a complete accounting of how any fee was
expended. If the money expended is less
than the fee collected, the remainder of the fee shall be refunded to the
applicant without interest within 45 days after work has been completed on the
final EIS.