Chapter 915 Oregon Laws 1999

Session Law

 

AN ACT

 

HB 5020

 

Relating to the financial administration of the Department of Environmental Quality; and declaring an emergency.

 

Be It Enacted by the People of the State of Oregon:

 

      SECTION 1. For the purpose of carrying out the provisions of ORS 291.055 (1)(e), the following new fees, approved by the Oregon Department of Administrative Services, for the Department of Environmental Quality with authority to modify fees by administrative rule or which have not met the maximum amount prescribed by statute, are approved as follows:

 

      (1)     Air Quality Division

      (a)     Title V Operating Permit

      (A)    Existing Source Permit

               Revision, Moderate............................. $                      8,330

      (B)    Existing Source

               Administrative

               Amendment......................................... $                         278

      (b)    Air Contaminant Discharge

               General Permit Fees

      (A)    Filing Fee and Compliance

               Determination Fees.............................        100% of fees in

                                                                                  Air Contaminant

                                                                              Sources and

                                                                              Associated Fee

                                                                                  Schedule Table 4

                                                                              - OAR 340-028-1750

      (B)    All other General

               Permit Fees.......................................... 75% of fees in

                                                                                  Air Contaminant

                                                                              Sources and

                                                                              Associated Fee

                                                                              Schedule Table 4

                                                                              - OAR 340-028-1750

      (2)     Waste Management and

               Cleanup Division

      (a)     Hazardous Waste

               Permit Modification

      (A)    Class 1, Low Workload...................... $                         425

      (B)    Class 1, Medium Workload................ $                      1,500

      (C)    Class 1, High Workload...................... $                      2,800

      (D)    Class 2, Low Workload...................... $                      5,000

      (E)    Class 2, Medium Workload................ $                    10,000

      (F)    Class 2, High Workload...................... $                    20,000

      (G)    Class 2 processed as Class 3............... $                    31,000

      (H)    Class 3, Low Workload...................... $                      7,500

      (I)     Class 3, Medium Workload................ $                    15,000

      (J)     Class 3, High Workload...................... $                    31,000

      (K)    Hazardous Waste RCRA................... $                    30,000

      (b)    Composting Facility Solid

               Waste Permit Review

               and Compliance

      (A)    Composting Facility Registration

               (small facilities composting

               green feedstocks)

      (i)      Permit Application.............................. $ 100 (one-time fee)        

      (ii)     Permit Compliance............................. $          100 per year

      (B)    Composting Facility

               General Permit

               (large facilities composting

               green feedstocks)

      (i)      Permit Application.............................. $ 500 (one-time fee)

      (ii)     Permit Compliance............................. $ 500/year if

                                                                              utilizing less

                                                                              than or equal

                                                                              to 7,500 tons

                                                                              of feedstocks

                                                                              composted/year

                                                                              $ 1,000/year if

                                                                              utilizing over

                                                                              7,500 tons and less

                                                                              than or equal to

                                                                              50,000 tons of

                                                                              feedstocks

                                                                              composted/year

                                                                              $ 5,000/year if

                                                                              utilizing over

                                                                              50,000 tons of

                                                                              feedstocks

                                                                              composted/year

      (C)    Composting Facility

               Full Permit

               (facilities composting

               nongreen feedstocks)

      (i)      Permit Application.............................. $ 1,000 for

                                                                              facilities

                                                                              composting over

                                                                              20 tons and less

                                                                              than or equal to

                                                                              7,500 tons of

                                                                              feedstocks/year

                                                                              $ 5,000 for

                                                                              facilities

                                                                              composting more

                                                                              than 7,500 tons

                                                                              of feedstocks/year

      (ii)     Permit Compliance

               (per year)............................................. $ 500/year if

                                                                              utilizing up to

                                                                              7,500 tons of

                                                                              feedstock

                                                                              composted/year

                                                                              $ 1,500/year if

                                                                              utilizing over

                                                                              7,500 tons and

                                                                              less than or

                                                                              equal to 50,000

                                                                              tons/year of

                                                                              feedstock

                                                                              composted/year

                                                                              $ 5,000/year if

                                                                              utilizing over

                                                                              50,000 tons of

                                                                              feedstock

                                                                              composted/year

 

      SECTION 2. For the purpose of carrying out the provisions of ORS 291.055 (1)(e), the following fee increases, approved by the Oregon Department of Administrative Services, for the Department of Environmental Quality with authority to modify fees by administrative rule or which have not met the maximum amount prescribed by statute, are approved as follows:

 

      (1)     Air Quality Division

      (a)     Title V Operating Permit

      (A)    Existing Source Permit

               Revision, Simple.................................. $                      1,110

      (B)    Existing Source Permit

               Revision, Complex.............................. $                    16,660

      (b)    Air Contaminant

               Discharge Permit ................................ Air Contaminant

                                                                              Sources and

                                                                              Associated Fee

                                                                              Schedule (Table 4

                                                                              - OAR 340-028-1750)

      (2)     Waste Management and

               Cleanup Division

      (a)     Management facility permit

               annual compliance

               determination fee

      (A)    Storage................................................. $                    18,750

      (B)    Treatment-Single

               Technology.......................................... $                    37,500

      (C)    Treatment

               -Multiple Technology.......................... $                    75,000

      (D)    Disposal facility

               -single................................................... $                    75,000

      (E)    Disposal facility

               -multiple............................................... $                  150,000

      (F)    Disposal facility

               - any post-closure ............................... $                    18,750

      (b)    Hazardous Waste

               Generator Fees

      (A)    Hazardous Waste Generation Fee

                    Base fee ($90 per metric ton) multiplied

                          by weight of each hazardous waste stream

                          and by the fee factor for the management

                          method reported in the annual generation

                          report:

                    Metals recovery (for reuse)...........................               50

                    Solvents recovery...........................................              .50

                    Other recovery...............................................              .50

                    Hazardous Wastewater (Not managed

                          immediately upon generation

                          only in ENU or WWTU).........................              .50

                    Incineration....................................................            1.00

                    Energy recovery (reuse as fuel)....................               75

                    Fuel blending.................................................              .75

                    Aqueous inorganic treatment.......................              .00

                    Aqueous organic treatment..........................              .00

                    Aqueous organic and

                          inorganic (combined)...............................              .00

                    Sludge treatment............................................            1.00

                    Stabilization....................................................            1.00

                    Other treatment.............................................            1.00

                    Neutralization (off-site).................................              .75

                    Land disposal.................................................            1.50

                    Management Method

                          Unknown or not reported.......................            2.00

                    Maximum initial fee.......................................        $2,500

      (B)    Annual activity verification fee

      (i)      Large Quantity

               Generators........................................... $                         525

      (ii)     Small Quantity

               Generators........................................... $                         300

      (c)     Pollution Control Tax

               Credit Program

               application fees

      (A)    Preliminary Certification................... one-half of one

                                                                              percent of the

                                                                              estimated facility

                                                                              cost; minimum

                                                                              $50, maximum

                                                                              $7,500, or $50

                                                                              for applications

                                                                              claiming

                                                                              alternatives to

                                                                              open field

                                                                              burning

      (B)    Final Certification............................... one percent of

                                                                              estimated facility

                                                                              cost; minimum

                                                                              $50, maximum

                                                                              $15,000

                                                                              $50 for final

                                                                              applications

                                                                              claiming

                                                                              alternatives to

                                                                              open field

                                                                              burning

      (3)     Water Quality Division

      (a)     Wastewater Discharge Permit

               application processing fee

      (A)    New applications

      (i)      Major industries.................................. $                    31,400

      (ii)     Minor industries.................................. $                      6,280

      (iii)    Agricultural......................................... $                      6,280

      (B)    Permit renewals (including

               request for effluent limit

               modification)

      (i)      Major industries.................................. $                    15,700

      (ii)     Minor industries.................................. $                      3,140

      (iii)    Agricultural......................................... $                      3,140

      (C)    Permit renewals (without

               request for effluent limit

               modification)

      (i)      Major industries.................................. $                      7,850

      (ii)     Minor industries.................................. $                      1,180

      (iii)    Agricultural......................................... $                      1,180

      (D)    Permit modifications

               (involving increase in

               effluent limitations)

      (i)      Major industries.................................. $                    15,700

      (ii)     Minor industries.................................. $                      3,140

      (iii)    Agricultural......................................... $                      3,140

      (E)    New General Permits,

               by permit number

      (i)      100, 200, 400, 500, 600

               (over 1,500 cubic yards

               per year), 900, 1000,

               1200D, 1200S, 1400A.......................... $                           80

      (ii)     300, 1200F, 1300, 1400B,

               1500, 1600............................................ $                         155

      (iii)    All other 1200, 1700............................ $                         235

      (iv)    Others not elsewhere specified........... $                         235

      (v)     In addition, the following

               fees shall be added to

               categories (A) to (D)

               when the listed activities

               are a required part of the

               application review process:

      (I)     Disposal system plan review............... $                         315

      (II)    Site inspection and evaluation............ $                         785

      (F)    Renewal of General Permits,

               as listed in subparagraph (E)

               of this paragraph................................ $                           35

      (b)    Annual Compliance

               Determination Fee for

               Industrial, Commercial

               and Agricultural Sources

      (A)    Major pulp, paper,

               paperboard, hardboard

               and other fiber pulping

               industry................................................ $                      9,420

      (B)    Major sugar beet

               processing, potato and

               other vegetable processing

               and fruit processing industry............. $                      9,420

      (C)    Seafood Processing Industry

      (i)      Bottom fish, crab and/or

               oyster processing................................. $                      1,060

      (ii)     Shrimp processing............................... $                      1,060

      (iii)    Salmon and/or tuna

               processing............................................ $                      1,885

      (iv)    Surimi processing................................ $                      1,885

      (D)    Electroplating Industry

      (i)      Rectifier output capacity

               of 15,000 amperes or more................. $                      9,420

      (ii)     Rectifier output capacity

               of less than 15,000 amperes

               but more than 5,000 amperes............. $                      4,710

      (E)    Primary aluminum smelting............... $                      9,420

      (F)    Primary smelting and/or

               refining of nonferrous

               metals utilizing sand

               chlorination separation

               facilities................................................ $                      9,420

      (G)    Primary smelting and/or

               refining of ferrous and

               nonferrous metals not

               elsewhere classified above.................. $                      4,710

      (H)    Alkalies, chlorine, pesticide

               or fertilizer manufacturing

               with discharge of process

               wastewaters......................................... $                      9,420

      (I)     Petroleum refineries with

               a capacity in excess of

               15,000 barrels per day

               discharging process

               wastewater........................................... $                      9,420

      (J)     Cooling water discharges

               in excess of 20,000 BTU/sec................ $                      4,710

      (K)    Milk products processing

               industry that processes

               in excess of 250,000

               pounds of milk per day....................... $                      9,420

      (L)    Major mining operations

               (over 500,000 cubic yards

               per year)............................................... $                      9,420

      (M)   Minor mining and/or

               processing operations

      (i)      Medium (100,000 to 500,000

               cubic yards per year)

               mechanical processing........................ $                      3,140

      (ii)     Medium using froth

               floatation.............................................. $                      4,710

      (iii)    Medium using chemical

               leaching................................................ $                      6,280

      (iv)    Small (less than 100,000

               cubic yards per year)

               mechanical processing........................ $                         785

      (v)     Small using froth

               floatation.............................................. $                      1,570

      (vi)    Small using chemical

               leaching................................................ $                      3,140

      (N)    All facilities not

               elsewhere classified with

               disposal of process wastewater.......... $                      1,885

      (O)    All facilities not

               elsewhere classified that

               dispose of nonprocess

               wastewater........................................... $                     1,180

      (P)    Dairies and other confined

               feeding operations on

               individual permits............................... $                        705

      (Q)    All facilities that

               dispose of wastewater

               only by evaporation from

               watertight ponds or basins................. $                         705

      (R)    General Permits, as

               listed under paragraph

               (a)(E)(i) to (iv) of

               this subsection...................................... $            275, except

                                                                                          for category

                                                                                          1400A, $155

 

      SECTION 3. This 1999 Act being necessary for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health and safety, an emergency is declared to exist, and this 1999 Act takes effect July 1, 1999.

 

Approved by the Governor July 30, 1999

 

Filed in the office of Secretary of State July 30, 1999

 

Effective date July 30, 1999

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