Fees provided for in this chapter shall be required of all enumerated in the definition of owner. Fees for an enlargement to an existing dam or mine tailings impoundment structure shall be based upon the increase in storage capacity or tailings storage capacity. Fees for alterations or repairs of an existing dam or mine tailings impoundment structure shall be based on an estimate, made by the director, of costs of inspections to be made, however, in no case shall such fees exceed that which would be required by the fee schedule for construction of the dam or mine tailings impoundment structure.
The fee for construction of a dam or mine tailings impoundment structure, or for enlarging an existing dam or mine tailings impoundment structure, shall be two hundred dollars ($200) plus the following amount:
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(a)  For one thousand (1,000) acre-feet capacity or less, ten dollars ($10.00) for each ten (10) acre-feet or part thereof.
(b)  For over one thousand (1,000) acre-feet capacity but not exceeding ten thousand (10,000) acre-feet capacity, one thousand dollars ($1,000) plus one dollar ($1.00) for each ten (10) acre-feet or part thereof over the first one thousand (1,000) acre-feet capacity.
(c)  For storage in excess of ten thousand (10,000) acre-feet, one thousand nine hundred dollars ($1,900) plus twenty cents (20¢) for each ten (10) acre-feet or part thereof over the first ten thousand (10,000) acre-feet capacity. In no case, however, shall the fee be more than six thousand dollars ($6,000).
All plans, drawings and specifications shall not be considered by the department until the filing fee is received. All moneys received by the department under the provisions of this chapter shall be deposited in the water administration fund created under section 42-238a, Idaho Code, and shall be available to the department in carrying out the provisions of this chapter. Fees submitted shall not be refunded.