Oregon Environmental Quality Commission

Minutes of the Three Hundred and Thirty-ninth Meeting

October 17, 18 and 19, 2007

Regular Meeting^[1]

Oregon Convention Center, Room A-106
777 NE Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd.
Portland, Oregon 97209

All Commissioners were present for the meeting.

Wednesday, October 17—Regular meeting began at 8:30 a.m.

C.  Rule Adoption: Oregon Air Contaminant Discharge Permit Fee Increase
The Air Contaminant Discharge Permit (ACDP) program contributes to the prevention of air pollution and helps reduce the number of unhealthy air days and the risks from air toxics. For example, the ACDP program limits the amount of pollution through permit requirements and prevents pollution through technical assistance. Oregon’s ACDP program is part of Oregon’s federally approved State Implementation Plan (SIP) to achieve national air quality standards. The Department proposed increases to ACDP fees as needed to effectively protect Oregon’s air quality. Commissioner Uherbelau moved, and Commissioner Dodson seconded a motion to: 1) Determine that the increased fees in the proposed rule as presented in Attachment A are necessary to cover the reasonable indirect and direct costs of implementing Oregon’s Air Contaminant Discharge Permit program; and 2) Amend OAR 340-216-0020 Table 2 as presented in Attachment A to increase Oregon’s Air Contaminant Discharge Permit fees by 20 percent, except that Table 2, Part 1., Initial Permitting Application Fees: a., Short Term Activity ACDP is corrected to show $250.00-$300.00 instead of $2,500.00-$3,000.00. The motion carried unanimously.