DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY

NOTICE OF PROPOSED RULEMAKING, HEARING

A Statement of Need and Fiscal Impact accompanies this form.

Department of Environmental Quality   OAR Chapter 340

Agency and Division                    Administrative Rules Chapter Number

_Larry McAllister                     503-229-6412

Rules Coordinator                        Telephone

811 SW Sixth Ave., Portland, OR 97204          mcallister.larry@deq.state.or.us

Address          email address

RULE CAPTION

Amend the Clean Water State Revolving Fund – Permanent Rules

RULEMAKING ACTION

ADOPT: OAR 340-054-0098, 340-054-0100, 340-054-0102, 340-054-0104, 340-054-0106, 340-054-0108

AMEND: OAR 340-054-0024, 340-054-0025, 340-054-0035

REPEAL: NA

RENUMBER: NA

AMEND AND RENUMBER: NA

RULE SUMMARY

The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (the Act) allows the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to allocate $44.3 million to Oregon DEQ's Clean Water State Revolving Fund (CWSRF) to create jobs and promote economic recovery. To meet the requirements of the Act, the Environmental Quality Commission (EQC) adopted temporary amendments to DEQ's CWSRF loan program administrative rules in April 2009. By law, these temporary rules will expire in October 2009. The adoption of this permanent rulemaking will replace the temporary rules and ensure DEQ's program will meet the requirements of the Act.

To request additional information, please contact:

1)  Larry McAllister at the Department of Environmental Quality, 811 SW Sixth Avenue, Portland, Oregon 97204, call toll free in Oregon 800-452-4011x6412 or (503) 229-6412, fax (503) 229-6037, mcallister.larry@deq.state.or.us.

2)  or visit DEQ’s public notices webpage http://www.deq.state.or.us/news/publicnotices/PN.asp

5 p.m. Monday, August 24, 2009

Last day to receive public comments