The authority shall prepare or cause to be prepared an EIS for a proposed action involving an applicant only where practicable considering existing staff and resources and when the public interest will be thereby served. In such cases, the authority may charge a fee and costs to the applicant for the preparation of such EIS. Where the authority reviews an EIS for a proposed action involving an applicant, the authority may charge a fee and costs to the applicant for the review of an EIS involved with said action. The fee and costs charged shall be the entire costs to the authority of such preparation and/or review. The fee and costs shall include personal services of authority employees computed at an hourly rate, fringe benefits attributable to such personal services, overhead attributable to such personal services plus any other costs attributable to EIS preparation or review. In no event shall the fee for EIS preparation and review exceed any limit contained in 6 NYCRR 617.11.

The authority may also charge a fee to an applicant for the costs of publishing or filing any notices required by this Part and for costs incurred in the conduct of a public hearing. The fee charged shall be the entire cost to the authority of such publishing, filing or hearings. The costs shall include personal services of authority employees; computed as set forth in subdivision (a) of this section.

(c) The technical services of the authority may be made available on a fee basis reflecting the costs thereof to other agencies, and the fee charged to any applicant pursuant to this section may reflect such costs.