OAR 340-141-0010: Program Administration and Compliance Fees

(1) All offshore and onshore facilities required to develop oil spill prevention and emergency response plans under ORS 468B.345 are required to pay the annual fee established in 468B.405(1). Fees for offshore and onshore facilities are due July 1 each year and cover the following 12 month period. (2) Covered vessels are required to pay the per trip or daily fee established in 468B.405(1). Fees for covered vessels must be remitted to DEQ within 60 days of the conclusion of each trip. (3) Moneys collected under this rule will be deposited in the State Treasury to the credit of the Oil Spill Prevention Fund established by ORS 468B.410. DEQ may not use funds deposited in the Oil Spill Prevention Fund to pay DEQ’s costs that it may pay with funds deposited in the High Hazard Train Route Oil Spill Preparedness Fund.