From: Susan Hansen
Sent: Fri Mar 23 09:58:32 2018
To: HUDDLESTON Dana; YELLESETTY Leela; HUDDLESTON Dana
Cc: Richard Whitman; DECONCINI Nina; michael.c.kron@doj.state.or.us; rdavis@oregonian.com; jason.miner@oregon.gov
Subject: RE: Oregon DEQ PRR: prrHansen8065 Fee Waiver
Importance: Normal
Dear DEQ,
I hope DEQ is comparing the staff time wasted with the new PRR policy where each fee waiver request must generate a huge pile of input and outgoing emails - unlike the past policy where we, as a non-profit working for the public good with well proven outreach to the public and to policy makers, filed one form yearly that was good for at least several PRR requests. This new one at a time policy is a great example of an agency creating more work for itself that in no way relates to environmental work - DEQ constantly complains about lack of staff and too much work and one wonders how much staff time/payments get eaten up via this new policy.
I'd highly suggest you revisit this "every PRR has to be evaluated individually" policy when I expect there are other groups like Bear Creek Recovery which have the same mission to serve the public good and to carefully monitor the work of the agencies that are supposed to work for our collective good. I'd also suggest that when it is well known, as in the case of Molalla, that ongoing requests will be made that the DEQ rep in care of a case like Molalla keep all the info close at hand, knowing ongoing requests will be coming. Or even better, all state agencies should simply have a data bank the public can access via computers to view all the work being done in the name of the people of Oregon. Something along the lines of me visiting a site, punching in "Molalla wastewater" with a dates of interest and finding what kind of work is being done by DEQ, including email exchanges, documents, notes, etc. Something like that would be valuable not only to the public but likely to DEQ (and other state agencies as well).
Susan Hansen
Bear Creek Recovery
> -----Original Message-----
> From: dana.huddleston@state.or.us
> Sent: Fri, 23 Mar 2018 15:42:22 +0000
> To: foxglovefarm@inbox.com, leela.yellesetty@state.or.us,
> dana.huddleston@state.or.us
> Subject: Oregon DEQ PRR: prrHansen8065 Fee Waiver
>
> Good Morning Ms. Hansen,
>
> The Oregon Department of Environmental Quality is providing Bear Creek
> Recovery with a waiver of fees associated with your record request,
> prrHansen8065 received by DEQ on March 2, 2018.
>
> DEQ approves waivers/reductions according to criteria in the Department
> of Administrative Services' Public Records Request Fees and Charges
> policy and the Oregon State Attorney General's Public Records and
> Meetings Manual.
>
> DEQ will apply costs for record retrieval, sorting, reviewing or copying
> to the fee waiver/reduction. Not included in the waiver/reduction are
> third-party vendor charges such as attorney review of records for exempt
> (non-releasable) information, or other charges in extreme circumstances.
>
> Any amount owed above the waiver/reduced amount, or third-party costs,
> must be paid before we release the records to you. We will be happy to
> work with you to narrow the scope of requests or make the files available
> for your review. This will allow you the opportunity to copy only the
> specific information you require.
>
> If you have any questions, please contact me at
> huddleston.dana@deq.state.or.us or 541-687-7339.
>
> Thank you,
>
> Dana
>
> Dana Huddleston | Public Record Requests Coordinator
> 165 E. 7th Avenue, Suite 100, Eugene, OR 97401
> 541-687-7339 | 541-686-7551 fax
>
> PUBLIC RECORDS LAW DISCLOSURE: This is a public record. This e-mail is
> subject to the State Retention Schedules and may be made available upon
> request.
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Susan Hansen <foxglovefarm@inbox.com>
> Sent: Thursday, March 22, 2018 5:42 PM
> To: YELLESETTY Leela <leela.yellesetty@state.or.us>; HUDDLESTON Dana
> <dana.huddleston@state.or.us>
> Cc: Richard Whitman <richard.whitman@state.or.us>; DECONCINI Nina
> <nina.deconcini@state.or.us>
> Subject: FW: publicRecordsFeeWaiver-1.pdf
>
> There seems to be a great deal of difficulty processing PRR's and fee
> waivers recently. Please process PRR8065 Hansen - 15 days have almost
> passed and I have no info and got a fee estimate without anything noting
> the fee waiver request (attached) had been submitted promptly on March 2,
> the same day this PRR was filed.
>
> Susan Hansen
> Bear Creek Recovery
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: foxglovefarm@inbox.com
> Sent: Thu, 22 Mar 2018 16:32:39 -0800
> To: jenni.seven@state.or.us, tiffany.yelton-bram@state.or.us,
> nina.deconcini@state.or.us
> Subject: FW: publicRecordsFeeWaiver-1.pdf
>
> Regarding 8065 HansenPRR I fear you failed to note this fee waiver had
> been submitted promptly on March 2, the day the 8065 PRR was submitted.
> Susan Hansen Bear Creek Recovery -----Original Message-----
> From: foxglovefarm@inbox.com
> Sent: Fri, 2 Mar 2018 10:39:15 -0800
> To: leela.yellesetty@state.or.us
> Subject: FW: publicRecordsFeeWaiver-1.pdf
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: foxglovefarm@molalla.net
> Sent: Fri, 2 Mar 2018 10:37:59 -0800
> To: foxglovefarm@inbox.com
> Subject: publicRecordsFeeWaiver-1.pdf