OAR 340-011-0360: Public Records Access and Reproduction: Collecting Fees

(1) Method: Payment may be made in the form of cash, check, or money order. Make checks payable to "Department of Environmental Quality." (2) Billing: Requestors wishing to be billed may make such arrangements at the time of record request. Purchase orders will only be accepted for orders $10.00 or more. (3) Receipts: A receipt may be given, upon request, for charges incurred. (4) Reasonable costs associated with responding to a request to review or copy a record not specifically addressed by these rules may be assessed including the actual costs for DEQ to have another person make copies of the records. (5) Prepayment of Copy Costs: Depending on the volume of the records requested, the difficulty in determining whether any of the records are exempt from disclosure, and the necessity of consulting with legal counsel, DEQ may preliminarily estimate the charges for responding to a record request and require prepayment of the estimated charges. If the actual charges are less than the prepayment, any overpayment will be refunded to the requestor.