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
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LC 569
 
                           A-Engrossed
 
                         Senate Bill 106
                  Ordered by the Senate March 9
            Including Senate Amendments dated March 9
 
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.
 
  Increases filing fee for request of certification of heating
oil tank decommissioning. Increases filing fee for request of
certification of heating oil tank corrective action.
  Declares emergency, effective on passage.
 
                        A BILL FOR AN ACT
Relating to heating oil tanks; creating new provisions; amending
  ORS 466.872; and declaring an emergency.
Be It Enacted by the People of the State of Oregon:
  SECTION 1. ORS 466.872 is amended to read:
  466.872. (1) In establishing the requirements to certify a
voluntary decommissioning or to approve corrective action on the
basis of a certification received from a heating oil tank service
provider, the Department of Environmental Quality shall include:
  (a) A process for conducting inspections of sites where a
heating oil tank has been decommissioned or where a heating oil
tank service provider certifies corrective action is complete;
  (b) The specific information that a person must submit to
certify that corrective action is complete;
  (c) Provisions that allow the department to reject
certification and require additional corrective action prior to
approval by the department that the certification is complete and
complies with the standard set forth in ORS 465.315; and
  (d) Provisions to require additional information about a
decommissioning before certifying the decommissioning.
  (2) Any person requesting certification of a heating oil tank
decommissioning under subsection (1) of this section shall file a
request with the department accompanied by a filing fee of
  { - $50 - }   { + $75 + }.
  (3) Any person requesting certification of a heating oil tank
corrective action under subsection (1) of this section shall file
a request with the department accompanied by a filing fee of
  { - $125 - }   { + $200 + }.
 
  SECTION 2.  { + The amendments to ORS 466.872 by section 1 of
this 2007 Act apply only to requests made on or after September
1, 2007, or on or after the first day of the second calendar
month following the effective date of this 2007 Act, whichever is
later. + }
  SECTION 3.  { + This 2007 Act being necessary for the immediate
preservation of the public peace, health and safety, an emergency
is declared to exist, and this 2007 Act takes effect on its
passage. + }
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