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
Associated
Fee
Schedule
Table 4
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OAR 340-028-1750
(B) All other General
Permit Fees.......................................... 75%
of fees in
Air
Contaminant
Sources
and
Associated
Fee
Schedule
Table 4
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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
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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
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
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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