The Remediation and Redevelopment Program has calculated the hourly review fee for sites in the Voluntary Party Liability Exemption (VPLE) program.

The rate will not change for this upcoming fiscal year; it will continue to be $105 dollars an hour for state fiscal year 2020 which began on July 1, 2019 and ends on June 30, 2020. This has been the rate since July of 2014.

As required by law (Wis. Admin. § NR 750.07), the fee is calculated each year using current wages, fringe, and indirect cost rates. More information about the VPLE is available here: http://dnr.wi.gov/topic/brownfields/vple.html

The VPLE program allows for anyone to conduct a complete investigation and remedial action of a piece of property and receive an exemption from future liability that is transferable to future property owners.  Participants in the VPLE program pay this fee for DNR staff to provide technical oversight of the work conducted as part of the remediation process.