(1) Each board of county commissioners of a county in which a regional disposal site is operating under provisions of ORS § 459.005 to 459.437 may impose a surcharge on the solid waste received at the regional disposal site. The county may negotiate with the owner or operator of the regional disposal site to establish the amount of the surcharge imposed under this subsection. If the regional disposal site is publicly owned, the board of county commissioners shall give priority in expending the moneys to mitigation of adverse impacts on the area in and around the regional disposal site and related transfer stations located in the county including but not limited to rehabilitation and enhancement of the area, development of alternate water systems, road construction and maintenance and mitigation of adverse effects on wildlife and the environment, if provisions to mitigate such adverse impacts are not assured by permit conditions or bond requirements.

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(2) If the parties negotiating a surcharge under subsection (1) of this section do not reach an agreement within 90 days after the Department of Environmental Quality receives an application under ORS § 459.235 for a permit for the regional disposal site, the board of county commissioners shall unilaterally impose the following surcharge:

(3) If a board of county commissioners imposes the surcharge under subsection (2) of this section:

(a) The surcharge shall be adjusted annually in accordance with the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers, West Region (All Items), as published by the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the United States Department of Labor;

(b) Up to 10 percent of the surcharge shall go into a transition fund to be used by the county after the regional disposal site is closed for the purpose of minimizing the dislocation resulting from the loss of revenue from closure of the site; and

(c) Of that portion of the surcharge not placed into a transition fund under paragraph (b) of this subsection, priority shall be given in expending the moneys to mitigation of adverse impacts on the area in and around the regional disposal site and related transfer stations located in the county including but not limited to rehabilitation and enhancement of the area, development of alternate water systems, road construction and maintenance and mitigation of adverse effects on wildlife and the environment, if provisions to mitigate such adverse impacts are not assured by permit conditions or bond requirements. [1987 c.876 § 7; 1993 c.560 § 39; 2019 c.57 § 21]