The following is for the 2013 Water Quality Permit Fees rulemaking adoption.

This is to be used for:

1)  “Current News” update on the water quality permit program website (task #21)

2)  GovDelivery email notice (task#28)

Email Subject: Rulemaking Update: Water Quality Permit Fees

Email recipients:

Water Quality Permits

Onsite (Septic) Sewage System

Stormwater

Rulemaking

3)  Postcards (task #29).

Skip this task.

(Task numbers correspond to the Implementation Plan.)

Oregon Department of Environmental Quality

Rulemaking Update: Water Quality Permit Fees

On Oct. 17, 2013, the Oregon Environmental Quality Commission adopted a 2.9 percent increase of DEQ water quality permit fees to address program cost increases. The permit fee increase applies to most National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System and Water Pollution Control Facility individual and general permits, except suction dredge (permit number 700-PM), graywater (permit numbers 2401 and 2402), and small offstream mining operations (permit number 600). The permit fee increase is effective Nov. 1, 2013.

The fee increase includes the following:

Oregon Administrative Rule 340-045-0075 Tables 70A-H

http://www.deq.state.or.us/wq/wqpermit/docs/340-045-0075Tables70AH.pdf

Oregon Administrative Rule 340-071-0140 Table 9D

http://www.deq.state.or.us/wq/wqpermit/docs/340-071-0140Tables1to9.pdf

For more information, contact Chris Clipper by email at clipper.chris@deq.state.or.us or call 503-229-5656.