From: KELLY W BROWN

Sent: Wed Mar 09 16:27:33 2011

To: ToxicsRuleMaking

Subject: Proposed fee increases

Importance: Normal

Thank you for the opportunity to make a comment on DEQ's proposed fee increases. I am absoluteley against the them.

Government treats increases like they are a given. A 2 percent increase doesn't sound like much until it is added to all of the other fees, regulations, taxes, and anti-business efforts of the State of Oregon. The private sector continues to be forced to do more with less to be competitive. It’s time that the State of Oregon and DEQ did more with less, or better yet, less with less.

Respectfully,

Kelly Brown

Pendleton, OR