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20630
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ADOPTED:27
SIGNED:30
PASSED:8:0
REJECTED:
OPPOSED:
30,2020
ORDINANCENO. 20630
AN ORDINANCE ADOPTING HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCE USER FEES
AND PROVIDING FOR AN IMMEDIATE EFFECTIVE DATE.
The City Council of the City of Eugene finds that:
A. Pursuant to Article VII of Amendment IV to the Eugene Charter of 2002 (the
“Amendment”), the City Council has previously adopted a series of Resolutions and
Ordinances establishing fees to be paid by hazardous substance users within the City
with the most recent being Ordinance No. 20612.
B. In accordance with other requirements of the Amendment, the City Council,
by ordinance, has adopted the City’s Hazardous Substance Tracking Instructions, which
provide guidance to hazardous substance users in completing and submitting the reports
required by the Amendment.
C. Pursuant to ORS 453.370(2)(a), the City must adopt the hazardous
substance user fee schedule via ordinance after notice and public hearing. The City
published and posted notice of the public hearing to be held on April 27, 2020, concerning
the proposed ordinance adopting hazardous substance user fees, and such hearing was
held before the Eugene City Council on that date.
D. Pursuant to ORS 453.370(2)(b), the City cannot adopt a fee schedule that
imposes a fee of more than $2,000 for any single facility in any calendar year.
E. The Toxics Board has recommended a fee of $56.13 per FTE, not to exceed
$2,000 for any single facility for the 2020 calendar year, in order to cover the expenses
of the program for the fiscal year commencing July 1, 2020.
THE CITY OF EUGENE DOES ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1.A fee of $56.13 per FTE, not to exceed $2,000 for any single facility
for the 2020 calendar year, is hereby imposed as the fee to be paid by hazardous
substance users within the City of Eugene.
Section 2.No enforcement action shall be taken against any reporting company
for failure to pay until after June 30, 2020.
Section 3.As used in this Ordinance, the terms “FTE” and “hazardous
substance users” have the meanings ascribed to them in Section 3.692 of the Eugene
Code, 1971.
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