WQFEE15.WQPermitWebUpdate.EQCAdopted_0.4

DETP/19/41855

''Wednesday, July 31, 2019 at 9:32:04 AM (GMT+07:00) Goldstein, Meyer:'' PERMANENT ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER DEQ 193-2018 CHAPTER 340 DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY FILED 09/17/2018 9:49 AM ARCHIVES DIVISION SECRETARY OF STATE & LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL FILING CAPTION: Water Quality Permit Fee Rules 2018 EFFECTIVE DATE: 09/17/2018 AGENCY APPROVED DATE: 09/13/2018 RULES: 340-045-0075, 340-071-0800 NOTICE FILED DATE: 05/15/2018 DEQ proposes the following changes to OAR 340, divisions 45 and 71 that will: • Increase water quality fees for fiscal year 2019 by seven percent. These fees apply to National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System permits and Water Pollution Control Facility permits. The seven percent increase is comprised of a three percent increase provided under ORS 468B.051 and a four percent increase approved in the 2017 Legislative session, which covers approximately 30 percent of the cost of these positions. The Legislature determined DEQ needed these additional resources for an effective water quality permitting program. • Establish in rule a fee increase for municipal separate storm sewer system permits, commonly called MS4. DEQ will apply the MS4 fee increase to the MS4 annual fees that are not subject to the seven percent increase for this rulemaking. The 2017-19 Legislatively Adopted Budget authorizes DEQ to increase MS4 permit fees to raise an additional $300,000 per year in fee revenue (a total of $600,000 for the biennium) to fund two positions to implement the MS4 program. DEQ requires the fee increases to implement DEQ’s Legislatively Adopted Budget and help the agency achieve its objective for a sustainable water quality permitting program that issues timely, high quality permits, as well as ensuring compliance with permit conditions through inspections, enforcement, and reporting to EPA. DEQ must establish the new fees once approved by the Environmental Quality Commission to cover costs associated with implementing the permitting program and delivering services to regulated entities. DEQ also proposes the following changes to clarify or make corrections to OAR 340, divisions 45 and 71 that will: • Increase general permit fees issued under ORS 468B.050 for motorized in-stream placer mining under the 700-PM permit. The 2017 Oregon Legislature passed Senate Bill 3 that establishes new restrictions and fees for suction dredge mining in Oregon. This fee change went into effect Jan. 1, 2018. Refer to OAR 340-045-0075, Table 70G. The fees are $250 for the initial application for or renewal of permit coverage and $250 for the annual fee; 3 • Correct permitting Fees for Systems Not Subject To WPCF Permits, System Type E fee correction from $1,776 to $1,763 (a $13 difference). Refer to OAR 340-071-0140, Table 9B; and • Restore the WPCF domestic individual permit fee F to OAR 340-045-0075, Table 70C. The WPCF permit type F in Table 70C was inadvertently deleted when the permit type was added to the general permits in OAR 340-045-0075, Table 70G. The WPCF individual permit domestic F permit fees in Table 70C are existing fees and the seven percent increase is applied.