Introducing our Funding Authorization FormLocal governments may elect to receive PRO compensation directly and retain responsibility for distributing it to service providers or other entities that incur eligible costs, or they may authorize the service providers and/or other entities that incur eligible costs to receive compensation directly from the PRO. This process is called Funding Authorization, and completing this form is the first step. Additional coordination with the PRO will be needed for any entity, including the local government, receiving PRO funding. DEQ is required to collect information from local governments about the distribution of PRO funding.
Producer responsibility organizations are required to provide funding or reimbursement to local governments or their service providers for aspects of the local recycling system under ORS 459A.890 (Section 13 of the Recycling Modernization Act). PROs need to describe how they will fulfill these requirements in their program plans which must be submitted to DEQ by March 31, 2024. DEQ is preparing rules in order to ensure PROs understand how they need to fund local governments and what to include in their program plans.
Recycling collection expansion needs assessment
All Oregon cities and counties, regardless of size, will be eligible to receive funding from producer responsibility organizations for new expansion of on-route collection for residents and businesses, depot collection or both for covered recycling products under ORS 459A.890(5).
For more information about local governments' eligibility to receive funding for expanding recycling collection services, visit DEQ's web page
Local Government Recycling Collection Expansion Needs Assessment.
Rulemaking
There are
two rulemakings planned to implement the RMA. Rules related to 459A.890 will likely span both rulemakings. The
first rulemaking is currently in progress and includes several topics including aspects local governments compensation.
Local government compensation topics planned for the first rulemaking:
- Transportation of covered recycling to commingled processing facilities and markets — 459A.890(2)
- Contamination reduction programming (may be deferred to the second rulemaking) — 459A.890(4)
- Expansion of recycling collection on-route and at depots — 459A.890(5)
- Returning unused funding — 459A.890(11)(b)
See
DEQ’s recycling rulemaking web page for more information about upcoming rulemaking advisory committee meetings and proposed rule concepts. DEQ plans to begin undertaking the second rulemaking in 2023.
Questions:
The public will have opportunity to comment on draft rules as part of the
rulemaking process in Spring 2023.
Contact
For more information please contact DEQ's project manager,
Roxann Nayar.