74th OREGON LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY--2007 Regular Session
 
NOTE:  Matter within  { +  braces and plus signs + } in an
amended section is new. Matter within  { -  braces and minus
signs - } is existing law to be omitted. New sections are within
 { +  braces and plus signs + } .
 
LC 566
 
                         Senate Bill 103
 
Printed pursuant to Senate Interim Rule 213.28 by order of the
  President of the Senate in conformance with presession filing
  rules, indicating neither advocacy nor opposition on the part
  of the President (at the request of Governor Theodore R.
  Kulongoski for Department of Environmental Quality)
 
 
                             SUMMARY
 
The following summary is not prepared by the sponsors of the
measure and is not a part of the body thereof subject to
consideration by the Legislative Assembly. It is an editor's
brief statement of the essential features of the measure as
introduced.
 
  Increases annual fee assessed to generators of hazardous waste.
 
                        A BILL FOR AN ACT
Relating to hazardous waste generation; creating new provisions;
  and amending ORS 466.165.
Be It Enacted by the People of the State of Oregon:
  SECTION 1. ORS 466.165 is amended to read:
  466.165. (1) An annual fee may be required of every generator,
air or water transporter and permittee under ORS 466.005 to
466.385 and 466.992. The fee shall be in an amount determined by
the Environmental Quality Commission to be adequate, less any
federal funds budgeted therefor by legislative action, to carry
on the monitoring, inspection and surveillance program
established under ORS 466.195 and to cover related administrative
costs.
  (2) A generator assessed an annual fee established under
subsection (1) of this section shall pay only that part of the
annual fee that exceeds the amount paid in the previous calendar
year under ORS 465.375 (3).
  (3) A generator assessed an annual fee under subsection (1) of
this section shall pay to the Department of Environmental
Quality, as part of the annual fee, an annual hazardous waste
generation fee of   { - $110 - }   { + $130 + } per metric ton of
waste generated during the year. Notwithstanding the amount of
waste generated during the year, the hazardous waste generation
fee paid under this subsection may not exceed   { - $27,500 - }
 { + $32,500 + }.
  (4) The limitation on the hazardous waste generation fee in
subsection (3) of this section does not apply to late charges
assessed by the department for failure to pay the hazardous waste
generation fee by the due date.
  (5) Fees collected under this section are continuously
appropriated to the department to pay the cost of carrying on the
monitoring, inspection and surveillance program under ORS 466.195
and related administrative costs.
  SECTION 2.  { + The amendments to ORS 466.165 by section 1 of
this 2007 Act apply to annual fees assessed on or after the
effective date of this 2007 Act for waste generated on or after
January 1, 2007. + }
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