(1) The Department of Environmental Quality shall assess the following fees on covered vessels and offshore and onshore facilities to recover the costs of reviewing the plans and conducting the inspections, exercises, training and activities required under ORS § 468B.345 to 468B.400:

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(a) Cargo and passenger vessels, $220 per trip.

(b) Nonself-propelled tank vessels:

(A) Having a capacity of fewer than 25,000 barrels, $160 per trip.

(B) Having a capacity of 25,000 to 99,999 barrels, $220 per trip.

(C) Having a capacity of 100,000 or more barrels, $1,850 per trip.

(c) Self-propelled tank vessels of 300 gross tons or less, $160 per trip.

(d) Self-propelled tank vessels over 300 gross tons, $5,500 per trip.

(e) Offshore and onshore facilities that are not pipelines, $20,000 per year.

(f) Pipelines with a diameter of six inches or less, $15,000 per year.

(g) Pipelines with a diameter greater than six inches, $25,000 per year.

(h) Dredge vessels, $100 per day when operating in the navigable waters of the state.

(2) Moneys collected under this section shall be deposited in the State Treasury to the credit of the Oil Spill Prevention Fund established under ORS § 468B.410.

(3) As used in this section, ‘trip’ means travel to the appointed destination and return travel to the point of origin within the navigable waters of this state. For the purpose of assessing trip fees under this section, self-propelled tank vessels transiting the navigable waters of this state in ballast shall be considered cargo vessels. [1991 c.651 § 17; 2001 c.688 § 6; 2003 c.738 § 2; 2007 c.157 § 1; 2015 c.663 § 1; 2019 c.540 § 1]