ORS 453.402
Fees

  • statement
  • schedules
  • uses
  • collection
  • local hazardous substance fees

(1)

The State Fire Marshal shall annually send a statement to each person subject to the fee imposed under ORS 453.400 (Possession of hazardous substance), indicating the amount of the fee due. The amount of the fee shall be in accordance with the fee schedules established under subsection (2) of this section.

(2)

By rule and after hearing, the State Fire Marshal shall establish three schedules of fees to be submitted annually by each employer returning a hazardous substance survey under ORS 453.317 (Hazardous substance survey), except as otherwise provided in subsection (4) of this section. In each case the fee shall be based upon the aggregate amount of the single largest annual aggregate substance reported that is manufactured, stored or used at the facility. The fee schedule shall be graduated and shall include but need not be limited to categories of fees for minimally hazardous substances, generally hazardous substances and very hazardous substances. In addition, the State Fire Marshal may establish a registration fee to be paid for certain hazardous substances and quantities of hazardous substances in lieu of the fee under the graduated schedule. When the State Fire Marshal assesses a registration fee, no local fee shall be assessed for those substances. The programs to be funded from fees collected under ORS 453.396 (Definitions for ORS 453.396 to 453.414) to 453.414 (Exemption for local government) and the maximum range of the fees that may be considered are as follows:

(a)

For funding the Community Right to Know and Protection Act, not less than $25 and not more than $2,000.

(b)

For funding the Toxics Use Reduction and Hazardous Waste Reduction Act, not less than $25 and not more than $2,000.

(c)

For each employer’s share of a total of up to $1 million to be deposited into the Orphan Site Account established under ORS 465.381 (Hazardous Substance Remedial Action Fund), not less than zero and not more than $9,000. This schedule shall not require an employer to pay more than $25,000.

(3)

The Department of Revenue shall collect fees established under this section. The department shall determine the amounts to be distributed under subsection (2) of this section and shall transfer the appropriate amounts to the State Fire Marshal, the Department of Environmental Quality and the Orphan Site Account in accordance with expenditures approved by the Legislative Assembly for the State Fire Marshal and the Department of Environmental Quality. The remaining moneys are continuously appropriated to the State Fire Marshal to pay the expenses of the State Fire Marshal in administering and enforcing the provisions of ORS 453.396 (Definitions for ORS 453.396 to 453.414) to 453.414 (Exemption for local government).

(4)

The following are exempt from the fee imposed under this section:

(a)

Crude oil and petroleum products derived from the refining of crude oil, including plant condensate, gasoline, diesel motor fuel, aviation fuel, lubrication oil, crankcase motor oil, kerosene, benzol, fuel oil, residual fuel, petroleum coke, asphalt base, liquefied or liquefiable gases such as butane, ethane and propane and other products described during petroleum processing, but not including derivatives, such as petroleum jellies, cleaning solvents or asphalt paving.

(b)

Solid waste as defined in ORS 459.005 (Definitions for ORS 459.005 to 459.437, 459.705 to 459.790 and 459A.005 to 459A.665).

(c)

Hazardous waste as defined in ORS 466.005 (Definitions for ORS 453.635 and 466.005 to 466.385).

(d)

Any substance or activity which the Constitution or laws of the United States prohibit the state from taxing.

(e)

From the fee imposed under the schedule established under subsection (2)(c) of this section, any person whose property is exempt from taxation under ORS 307.090 (Property of the state, counties and other municipal corporations).

(f)

Natural gas unless stored in liquefied form for nonvehicular use in quantities greater than 200 cubic feet.

(5)

Intentionally left blank —Ed.

(a)

Except as provided in paragraph (b) of this subsection, propane, butane and blended or compounded petroleum products produced by processes other than the refining of crude oil and for nonvehicle use are not exempt from the fees imposed by subsection (2) of this section.

(b)

Propane produced by processes other than the refining of crude oil and for nonvehicle use is exempt from the fee imposed by subsection (2)(b) of this section.

(6)

Local government assessments of hazardous substance fees based on quantity or the hazardous substance survey shall be used solely to supplement and not to duplicate the State Fire Marshal’s programs under ORS 453.307 (Definitions for ORS 453.307 to 453.414) to 453.414 (Exemption for local government) and shall be billed and collected only through contract with the State Fire Marshal. A local government shall not charge any fee under its program for a hazardous substance for which an employer pays a registration fee to the State Fire Marshal under subsection (2) of this section.

(7)

The State Fire Marshal shall not enter into a contract with a local government under subsection (6) of this section unless the local government meets the following requirements:

(a)

The local government certifies that the revenue from the local hazardous substance fee will be used solely to supplement and not duplicate the State Fire Marshal’s programs under ORS 453.307 (Definitions for ORS 453.307 to 453.414) to 453.414 (Exemption for local government);

(b)

The local hazardous substance fee system is structured to be compatible with the fee schedule adopted under subsection (2)(a) of this section;

(c)

The local hazardous substance fee system will not raise moneys in excess of that needed to carry out the local government’s supplemental community right to know programs; and

(d)

The contract under this section shall include:

(A)

Provisions that ensure that the local government pays the portion of the costs that may be attributed to its fee assessment program; and

(B)

Conditions that require the local government to bear all costs related to collection of its fee, including but not limited to costs associated with conducting hearings or appeals on the fee.

(8)

In addition to collecting the fees due to the State Fire Marshal under this section, the Department of Revenue also may collect the fees authorized for collection under a contract established under subsection (6) of this section. The Department of Revenue shall determine the amount to be distributed to each local government according to fee assessment totals provided by the State Fire Marshal for each local government for whom the State Fire Marshal has contracted to assess a fee. [1989 c.833 §124; 1991 c.804 §2; 2003 c.95 §1]

Source: Section 453.402 — Fees; statement; schedules; uses; collection; local hazardous substance fees, https://www.­oregonlegislature.­gov/bills_laws/ors/ors453.­html.

Notes of Decisions

Local fee ordinance distinction of hazardous substance users from nonusers does not cause fee imposed on users to be quantity-based assessment. Childers Meat Co. Inc. v. City of Eugene, 296 Or App 668, 439 P3d 1000 (2019), Sup Ct review denied

453.001
Definitions for ORS 453.001 to 453.185
453.005
Definitions for ORS 453.005 to 453.135
453.015
Application
453.025
Certain practices not affected by ORS 453.005 to 453.135
453.035
Standards for labeling of hazardous substances
453.045
Poison registers
453.055
Hazardous, banned hazardous, misbranded hazardous substances
453.065
Detention of suspected substances
453.075
Repurchase of banned hazardous substances previously sold
453.085
Prohibited acts
453.095
Rules
453.105
Authority to enter premises
453.115
Access to records of persons carrying, receiving or storing in commerce
453.125
Enjoining violations
453.135
Notice required prior to institution of criminal proceedings
453.175
Necessity for poison label
453.185
False representation by purchaser prohibited
453.205
Definitions for ORS 453.205 to 453.275
453.215
Legislative findings
453.225
When presumption of toxic ingredient arises
453.235
Distribution of material containing toxic substances
453.245
Order or purchase by school of material considered to contain toxic substance prohibited
453.255
List of authorized art and craft materials
453.265
Filing of formulation information with poison control centers required
453.275
Civil penalty
453.307
Definitions for ORS 453.307 to 453.414
453.312
Legislative findings
453.317
Hazardous substance survey
453.322
Retention of information
453.327
Public access
453.332
When disclosure of identity may be withheld
453.337
When disclosure of identity of hazardous substance required
453.342
When incident of injury to be reported
453.347
Emergency response planning
453.352
Exemption from reporting requirements
453.357
Civil penalty
453.362
Department of Consumer and Business Services to supply employers’ names
453.367
Rules
453.370
Limitations on local community right to know regulatory programs
453.372
Short title
453.374
Hazardous material emergency response system
453.376
Disclosure of information to State Fire Marshal
453.378
Disclosure of information to local government official
453.380
Regional hazardous material response team
453.382
Cost of responding to emergency
453.384
Immunity of team members from liability
453.386
Equipment and personnel
453.388
Contracts for equipment, personnel loans or equipment purchases
453.390
Revolving fund
453.392
Spills or releases during transportation by rail
453.394
Oil and Hazardous Material Transportation by Rail Action Fund
453.396
Definitions for ORS 453.396 to 453.414
453.398
Purpose
453.400
Possession of hazardous substance
453.402
Fees
453.404
Extension of payment date
453.406
Records of hazardous substance possessed
453.408
Rules
453.410
Application of ORS chapters 305 and 314
453.412
Deposit and distribution of moneys received from fees
453.414
Exemption for local government
453.520
Department of the State Fire Marshal as state emergency response commission
453.605
Definitions for ORS 453.605 to 453.800
453.615
Statement of policy
453.625
Purpose of ORS 453.605 to 453.800
453.635
State Radiation Control Agency
453.645
Radiation Advisory Committee
453.655
License or registration required for radiation source
453.665
Licenses
453.671
Vendor license
453.675
State assumption of federal responsibility for radiation sources
453.685
Entry on property for inspection purposes
453.695
Records concerning radiation source
453.705
Impounding radiation source upon violation
453.715
Injunction against violation
453.726
Definitions for ORS 453.726 to 453.734
453.727
Purpose of ORS 453.726 to 453.734
453.728
Tanning device to comply with federal requirements
453.729
Standards and regulation of tanning devices
453.730
Written warning statement and sign
453.731
Civil penalty for violation of ORS 453.726 to 453.734
453.732
Disposition of receipts
453.734
Prohibition on use of tanning devices by persons under 18 years of age
453.735
ORS 453.605 to 453.800 and rules supersede contrary laws or regulations
453.745
Intergovernmental cooperation to control radiation sources
453.752
X-ray machine registration
453.754
Application for X-ray machine registration
453.757
X-ray machine biennial registration fee
453.761
X-ray machine registration period
453.766
Prohibited conduct
453.771
Imposition of civil penalty for X-ray machine registration violations
453.775
Duties of Oregon Health Authority pertaining to X-ray machines
453.780
Radiology inspectors
453.785
Accreditation
453.790
Power of Oregon Health Authority to condition, suspend, revoke or refuse to renew radiology inspector accreditation
453.795
Duties of Oregon Health Authority pertaining to accreditation of radiology inspectors
453.800
X-ray Machine Inspection Account
453.805
Elimination of radiation source danger
453.807
When hearing required
453.825
Department of Transportation plan for regulating transport of hazardous substances and radioactive waste
453.835
Report to legislative committee
453.855
Purpose
453.858
Definitions for ORS 453.855 to 453.912
453.861
Applicability
453.864
Rules
453.867
Restriction on transfer of property used as illegal drug manufacturing site
453.870
Transfer allowed after full disclosure
453.873
Entry onto property
453.876
Determination that property is not fit for use
453.879
Director of the Department of Consumer and Business Services to be notified of determination
453.882
Contaminated property as public nuisance
453.885
Decontamination of property
453.886
Notice by county or local government required before incurring costs
453.888
License required to perform decontamination
453.891
Oregon Health Authority to provide information to licensed contractors and those planning to become licensed
453.894
Licensing fees
453.897
Lists of licensed contractors to be made available
453.900
Inspection of decontamination work
453.903
Evaluation of decontamination projects
453.906
Condemnation or demolition of property
453.909
Authority of counties and cities
453.912
Governmental immunity from liability
453.990
Criminal penalties
453.995
Civil penalties
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