ORS 468.065
Issuance of permits

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Subject to any specific requirements imposed by ORS 448.305 (Special ordinance authority of certain cities), 454.010 (Definitions for ORS 454.010 to 454.040) to 454.040 (Determination of costs payable by users), 454.205 (“Municipality” defined) to 454.255 (Plans and cost estimates), 454.505 (Definitions for ORS 454.505 to 454.535) to 454.535 (Sewage Treatment Works Construction Account), 454.605 (Definitions for ORS 454.605 to 454.755) to 454.755 (Fees for certain reports on sewage disposal) and ORS chapters 468, 468A and 468B:

(1)

Applications for all permits authorized or required by ORS 448.305 (Special ordinance authority of certain cities), 454.010 (Definitions for ORS 454.010 to 454.040) to 454.040 (Determination of costs payable by users), 454.205 (“Municipality” defined) to 454.255 (Plans and cost estimates), 454.505 (Definitions for ORS 454.505 to 454.535) to 454.535 (Sewage Treatment Works Construction Account), 454.605 (Definitions for ORS 454.605 to 454.755) to 454.755 (Fees for certain reports on sewage disposal) and ORS chapters 468, 468A and 468B shall be made in a form prescribed by the Department of Environmental Quality. Any permit issued by the department shall specify its duration, and the conditions for compliance with the rules and standards, if any, adopted by the Environmental Quality Commission pursuant to ORS 448.305 (Special ordinance authority of certain cities), 454.010 (Definitions for ORS 454.010 to 454.040) to 454.040 (Determination of costs payable by users), 454.205 (“Municipality” defined) to 454.255 (Plans and cost estimates), 454.505 (Definitions for ORS 454.505 to 454.535) to 454.535 (Sewage Treatment Works Construction Account), 454.605 (Definitions for ORS 454.605 to 454.755) to 454.755 (Fees for certain reports on sewage disposal) and ORS chapters 468, 468A and 468B.

(2)

By rule and after hearing, the commission may establish a schedule of fees for permits issued pursuant to ORS 468A.040 (Permits), 468A.045 (Activities prohibited without permit), 468A.155 (Rules authorizing regional permit programs) and 468B.050 (Water quality permit). Except as provided in ORS 468A.315 (Emission fees for major sources), 468A.345 (Fees) and 468B.051 (Fees for water quality permit), the fees contained in the schedule shall be based upon the anticipated cost of filing and investigating the application, of carrying out applicable requirements of Title V, of issuing or denying the requested permit, and of an inspection program to determine compliance or noncompliance with the permit. The fee shall accompany the application for the permit. The fees for a permit issued under ORS 468A.040 (Permits) or 468B.050 (Water quality permit) may be imposed on an annual basis.

(3)

An applicant for certification of a project under ORS 468B.040 (Certification of hydroelectric power project) or 468B.045 (Certification of change to hydroelectric power project), and any person submitting a notice of intent to seek reauthorization, a preliminary application or an application for reauthorization of a water right for a hydroelectric project under ORS 543A.030 (Notice of intent), 543A.035 (Reauthorization application and public comment), 543A.075 (Notice of intent to apply for reauthorization of right to use water for hydroelectric purposes), 543A.080 (Submission of preliminary application information) or 543A.095 (Draft application) shall pay as a fee all expenses incurred by the commission and department related to the review and decision of the Director of the Department of Environmental Quality and commission. These expenses may include legal expenses, expenses incurred in evaluating the project, issuing or denying certification and expenses of commissioning an independent study by a contractor of any aspect of the proposed project. These expenses shall not include the costs incurred in defending a decision of either the director or the commission against appeals or legal challenges. The department shall bill applicants for costs incurred on a monthly basis, and shall provide a biennial report describing how the moneys were spent. An applicant may arrange with the department to pay the fee on a quarterly basis. The department shall not charge a fee under the fee authority in this subsection if the holder is being charged a fee under ORS 543.088 (Payment of costs or fee for reauthorization or relicensing of project) and 543.090 (Payment of expenses of Hydroelectric Application Review Team for project operating under federal license and state power claim or uncertificated claim) or 543A.405 (Application fees). In no event shall the department assess fees under this section and under ORS 543A.405 (Application fees) for performance of the same work.

(4)

The department may require the submission of plans, specifications and corrections and revisions thereto and such other reasonable information as it considers necessary to determine the eligibility of the applicant for the permit.

(5)

The department may require periodic reports from persons who hold permits under ORS 448.305 (Special ordinance authority of certain cities), 454.010 (Definitions for ORS 454.010 to 454.040) to 454.040 (Determination of costs payable by users), 454.205 (“Municipality” defined) to 454.225 (Rates and charges), 454.505 (Definitions for ORS 454.505 to 454.535) to 454.535 (Sewage Treatment Works Construction Account), 454.605 (Definitions for ORS 454.605 to 454.755) to 454.755 (Fees for certain reports on sewage disposal) and ORS chapters 468, 468A and 468B. The report shall be in a form prescribed by the department and shall contain such information as to the amount and nature or common description of the pollutant, contaminant or waste and such other information as the department may require.

(6)

Any fee collected under a schedule of fees established pursuant to this section or ORS 468A.315 (Emission fees for major sources) or 468A.345 (Fees) shall be deposited in the State Treasury to the credit of an account of the department. The fees are continuously appropriated to meet the expenses of the program for which they are collected, except as follows:

(a)

The federal operating permit program shall include a commensurate amount of the fee for any permit specified in this section for which the department incurs costs associated with the requirements of Title V and any fees collected under ORS 468A.315 (Emission fees for major sources). Fees collected for the federal operating permit program in any biennium that exceed the legislatively approved budget, including amounts authorized by the Emergency Board for the federal operating permit program for such biennium, shall be credited toward the federal operating permit program budget for the following biennium.

(b)

Fees collected for permits issued under ORS 468B.050 (Water quality permit) to authorize the discharge of wastes into the waters of the state may be used to pay the expenses of any of the programs associated with the issuance of permits under ORS 468B.050 (Water quality permit) to authorize the discharge of wastes into the waters of the state.

(c)

The fees collected under a schedule of fees established pursuant to this section or ORS 468A.315 (Emission fees for major sources) or 468A.345 (Fees) by a regional air pollution control authority pursuant to a permit program authorized by the commission shall be retained by and shall be income to the regional authority except as provided in ORS 468A.155 (Rules authorizing regional permit programs) (2)(c). Such fees shall be accounted for and expended in the same manner as are other funds of the regional authority. However, if the department finds after hearing that the permit program administered by the regional authority does not conform to the requirements of the permit program approved by the commission pursuant to ORS 468A.155 (Rules authorizing regional permit programs), such fees shall be deposited and expended as are permit fees submitted to the department.

(7)

As used in this section, “Title V” has the meaning given in ORS 468A.300 (Definitions). [Formerly 449.733; 1975 c.445 §7; 1983 c.144 §2; 1983 c.740 §182; 1989 c.199 §1; 1989 c.833 §77; 1991 c.723 §1; 1991 c.752 §15; 1993 c.790 §2; 1997 c.449 §40b; 1999 c.873 §12; 2005 c.523 §3; 2018 c.102 §18]

Source: Section 468.065 — Issuance of permits; content; rules; fees; use, https://www.­oregonlegislature.­gov/bills_laws/ors/ors468.­html.

468.005
Definitions
468.010
Environmental Quality Commission
468.015
Functions of commission
468.020
Rules and standards
468.030
Department of Environmental Quality
468.035
Functions of department
468.040
Director
468.045
Functions of director
468.050
Deputy director
468.052
Payment by credit card
468.053
Surcharge on fee or invoice
468.054
Environmental Data Management System Fund
468.055
Contracts with Oregon Health Authority
468.060
Enforcement of rules by local health authorities
468.062
Authority of Department of Environmental Quality to require fingerprints
468.065
Issuance of permits
468.066
History of compliance with environmental quality laws
468.067
Organizational standing to seek judicial review of final order in Title V permit proceeding
468.070
Denial, modification, suspension or revocation of permits
468.073
Expedited or enhanced regulatory process
468.075
Revolving fund
468.076
Definitions for ORS 468.076 to 468.089
468.078
Action for pollution originating in Oregon
468.079
Action for pollution originating in reciprocating jurisdiction
468.080
Applicability of Oregon law
468.081
Rights of injured person
468.083
Right conferred under ORS 468.076 to 468.087 in addition to other rights
468.085
Sovereign immunity defense
468.087
Application and construction of ORS 468.076 to 468.087
468.089
Short title
468.090
Complaint procedure
468.095
Investigatory authority
468.100
Enforcement procedures
468.110
Appeal
468.115
Enforcement in cases of emergency
468.120
Public hearings
468.126
Advance notice
468.130
Schedule of civil penalties
468.135
Imposition of civil penalties
468.140
Civil penalties for specified violations
468.148
Legislative findings and declarations
468.149
Assessment of final changes to federal environmental law
468.150
Field sanitation and straw utilization and disposal methods as “pollution control facilities.”
468.153
Legislative findings and declarations
468.155
Definitions for ORS 468.155 to 468.190
468.160
Policy
468.163
Commencement of construction or installation of facility
468.165
Application for certification of pollution control facilities
468.167
Application for precertification
468.170
Action on application
468.172
“Environmental management system” defined
468.173
Applicable percentage of certified cost of facility eligible for tax credit
468.180
Conditions for issuance of certificate under ORS 468.170
468.183
Revocation of certification for loss of Green Permit
468.185
Procedure to revoke certification
468.190
Allocation of costs to pollution control
468.195
Issuance of bonds authorized
468.215
Pollution Control Fund
468.220
Department to administer fund
468.225
Investment of gross proceeds of agency bonds or other obligations
468.230
Pollution Control Sinking Fund
468.240
Remedy where default occurs on payment to state
468.245
Acceptance of federal funds
468.250
Participation in matching fund programs with federal government
468.253
Authority of director to act to benefit fund
468.255
Limit on grants and loans
468.260
Return of unexpended funds to state required
468.263
Definitions for ORS 468.263 to 468.272
468.264
Policy
468.265
Powers of county over pollution control facilities
468.266
Issuance of bonds
468.267
Security for bonds
468.268
Enforcement of bond obligation
468.269
Trustees
468.270
Tax status of leasehold interest in facilities
468.271
Effect on procedure of awarding contracts
468.272
Application of other laws relating to bonds
468.423
Definitions for ORS 468.423 to 468.440
468.425
Policy
468.427
Water Pollution Control Revolving Fund
468.428
Lottery bonds
468.429
Uses of revolving fund
468.431
Water Pollution Control Administration Fund
468.433
Duties of department
468.437
Loan applications
468.439
Borrowing authority of public agency
468.440
Loan terms and interest rates
468.442
Definitions
468.444
Zero-emission and electric vehicle rebate program
468.446
Charge Ahead Oregon Program
468.448
Audits
468.449
Zero-Emission Incentive Fund
468.501
Definitions for ORS 468.501 to 468.521
468.503
Purpose of Green Permits
468.506
Commission rulemaking to carry out Green Permit program
468.508
Eligibility for Green Permit
468.511
Environmental laws not applicable to facility operating under Green Permit
468.513
Judicial review of agency decision on issuance of Green Permit
468.516
Termination of Green Permit
468.518
Application for permit or approval affected by termination of Green Permit
468.521
Recovery of costs of agency in developing, negotiating and publicizing Green Permit
468.531
Legislative findings
468.533
Willamette River Cleanup Authority
468.581
Definitions for ORS 468.581 to 468.587
468.583
Policy
468.585
Legislative findings
468.587
State agencies and ecosystem services
468.920
Definitions for ORS 468.922 to 468.956
468.922
Unlawful disposal, storage or treatment of hazardous waste in the second degree
468.924
Applicability of ORS 161.655
468.926
Unlawful disposal, storage or treatment of hazardous waste in the first degree
468.929
Unlawful transport of hazardous waste in the second degree
468.931
Unlawful transport of hazardous waste in the first degree
468.933
Determination of number of punishable offenses under ORS 468.922, 468.926, 468.929 and 468.931
468.936
Unlawful air pollution in the second degree
468.939
Unlawful air pollution in the first degree
468.941
Determination of number of punishable offenses under ORS 468.936 and 468.939
468.943
Unlawful water pollution in the second degree
468.946
Unlawful water pollution in the first degree
468.948
Unlawful motorized in-stream placer mining
468.949
Determination of number of punishable offenses under ORS 468.943 and 468.946
468.951
Environmental endangerment
468.953
Supplying false information to agency
468.956
Refusal to produce material subpoenaed by commission
468.959
Upset or bypass as affirmative defense
468.961
Approval of Attorney General or district attorney before bringing felony charge
468.962
Notice to Department of Revenue of environmental felony
468.963
Environmental audit privilege
468.996
Civil penalty for intentional or reckless violation
468.997
Joinder of certain offenses
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