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DETAILS OF PROPOSAL A subcommittee of the Toxics Board developed a list of types of businesses which could and possibly should be added to the program, not only in order to reduce the fee burden for currently participating businesses, but also to provide additional public reporting of hazardous substance use in the community. Businesses to be added would include gas stations, auto body and paint shops, dry cleaners, roofing contractors, painting contractors, any business operating a spa and/or a swimming pool (including hotels and motels), photofinishing services (except one-hour), and crematories. In addition, the proposed ordinance would reduce the FTE threshold for program participation from 10 to 2, meaning that smaller businesses in the already existing covered classifications (all manufacturing) would now be required to pay fees and possibly to report. The quantity threshold for required reporting would remain at 2,640 pounds of total hazardous substance inputs in a calendar year. It would remain the case, as it is now, that a number of businesses would be required to pay fees but would not be required to report. Staff has completed preliminary research regarding the potential fee and reporting impacts of the ordinance. This research included interviews with principals of potentially affected businesses, requests for information from the Oregon Construction Contractors Board, actual counts of potentially affected businesses, and in some cases, estimates of their FTE levels and their probability of being required to report. The results, which remain preliminary pending actual implementation of the ordinance, are: EXISTING PROGRAM: Number of fee-paying businesses: 73 Number of covered FTE: 6,730 Number of reporting businesses: 40 Estimated 2005 fee: $30.30/FTE up to $2,000 WITH PROPOSED ORDINANCE: Number of fee-paying businesses: 240 Number of covered FTE: 8,300 Number of reporting businesses: 90 Estimated 2005 fee for all program participants: $25.67/FTE up to $2,000 Fee examples for this year, based on the above: Without proposed ordinance With proposed ordinance Rate per FTE 2005 fee Rate per FTE 2005 fee 20 FTE $30.30 $606 $25.67 $513.40 50 FTE $30.30 $1,515 $25.67 $1,283.50 500 FTE $4 $2,000 $4 $2,000 The research found that photo processors, dry cleaners, and crematories probably would not be required to report, while some of the other businesses listed (in particular, gas stations, pool operators, and possibly some auto body and paint shops) probably would be. The estimated 2005 fee includes additional staff support and additional legal assistance for the program for FY06. It is possible that the necessity of this additional help may decline in future years, after the program restabilizes. L:\CMO\2005 Council Agendas\M050214\S0502145.doc