RE: MS4 fee increase workgroup follow-up

DETP/20/2007

''Thursday, February 20, 2020 at 10:50:14 AM (GMT+08:00) Goldstein, Meyer:'' DEQ 22-2019 water quality permit fees 340-045-0075, 340-071-0800 filed 9/27/2019 effective 9/27/2019 adopted 9/27/2019 Three percent increase for NPDES and WPCF fees: Without this increase, DEQ would need to reduce permitting staff and delay implementing improvements to the program as identified in the document: Recommendations and Implementation Plan. This is an independent third-party consultant report the 2015 Oregon Legislature commissioned. The report was completed in November 2016. Modification of OAR 340-045-0075, Table 70F and OAR 340-045-0075(9)(a): This modification clarifies the initial intent of the annual fee and waiver terminology for electronic reporting requirement waivers to include temporary and permanent waivers. EPA specifies details about temporary and permanent waivers from electronic reporting in Code of Federal Regulations Title 40, Part 127 (40 C.F.R. §127), 40 C.F.R. §§127.15 and 127.24.