TV EQC Presentation January 2017_0.3

DETP/19/29477

''Thursday, July 25, 2019 at 10:41:01 AM (GMT+07:00) Goldstein, Meyer:'' Rule Caption: Increase Title V Permit Fees by the Consumer Price Index Adm. Order No.: DEQ 7-2016 Filed with Sec. of State: 6-9-2016 Certified to be Effective: 6-9-16 Notice Publication Date: 2-1-2016 Rules Amended: 340-220-0030, 340-220-0040, 340-220-0050 Subject: DEQ is increasing Title V operating permit fees by the change in the consumer price index (CPI) as authorized by federal and state law. The fee increases are necessary for DEQ to provide essential services associated with Oregon’s Title V permitting program. The rules will increase the fees in two phases. This approach will save administrative costs by holding a single public notice and comment period for the two rulemakings. Phase one: DEQ adopted the phase one rules at the Environmental Quality Commission’s meeting in June 2016. The fee increase effective for the 2016 invoice year is 0.45 percent based on the Bureau of Labor Statistics September 2015 consumer price index for the period of September 2014 to August 2015. DEQ will apply this CPI increase to permit fees on the invoices DEQ will issue in August 2016 for annual emissions during 2015 and the operating period Nov. 15, 2016 to Nov. 14, 2017. Phase two: DEQ will propose the phase two rules at a commission meeting between December 2016 and May 2017. The proposed fee increase effective for the 2017 invoice year is 0.45 percent based on the Bureau of Labor Statistics September 2016 consumer price index for the period September 2015 to August 2016. This is an estimate identical to the 2016 increase. DEQ would apply this CPI increase to permit fees on the invoices DEQ will issue in August 2016 for annual emissions during 2016 and the operating period Nov. 15, 2017 to Nov. 14, 2018.