(1) The sponsor shall fully reimburse the agency for the agency’s full direct, indirect and all associated costs of conducting the review, negotiating the relevant permit revisions, responding to public comment, monitoring the provisions in the Green Permit and environmental outcomes resulting from the Green Permit and publicizing and conducting the public hearings.
(2) The agency shall appropriately document the full direct, indirect and all associated costs of the agency and collect payment for such costs from the sponsor. The agency shall collect a deposit from the sponsor, against which the agency shall bill until the deposit is depleted. When the deposit is depleted, the agency shall collect an additional deposit. The initial deposit shall accompany the sponsor’s initial Green Permit proposal and shall be in an amount not to exceed $25,000. The agency shall deliver to the sponsor an accounting of all charges and the amount of the deposit remaining at the closure of each month’s accounting records.
(3) All moneys collected by the Department of Environmental Quality pursuant to this section shall be deposited into the General Fund of the State Treasury to an account of the Department of Environmental Quality. The moneys are continuously appropriated to the Department of Environmental Quality for the payment of expenses of the Department of Environmental Quality in carrying out the provisions of ORS 468.501 to 468.521. The Director of the Department of Environmental Quality shall keep a record of all moneys deposited into the State Treasury pursuant to this section and shall indicate by special cumulative accounts the source from which moneys are derived and the individual activity against which each withdrawal is charged. The fees collected under this section by the Lane Regional Air Protection Agency shall be retained by and shall be income to the regional agency. The fees shall be accounted for and expended in the same manner as are the funds collected by the Department of Environmental Quality under this section. [1997 c.553 §9; 2003 c.425 §3; 2009 c.11 §66]
Note: See note under 468.501.
Note: Section 11, chapter 553, Oregon Laws 1997, provides:
Sec. 11. An agency may not issue a Green Permit after January 2, 2008. [1997 c.553 §11; 1999 c.828 §1; 2003 c.425 §1]
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