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Oregon agency seeks fee increase, staff and pilot funding in HB 5010 budget briefing
Summary
House lawmakers heard from the Department of Geology and Mineral Industries (DOGAMI) on Feb. 5 that the agency's governor‑recommended budget, carried in House Bill 5010, would largely rely on fee revenue and federal grants while asking for targeted investments to address permitting backlogs and a subsurface carbon sequestration pilot.
House lawmakers heard from the Department of Geology and Mineral Industries (DOGAMI) on Feb. 5 that the agency's governor‑recommended budget, carried in House Bill 5010, would largely rely on fee revenue and federal grants while asking for targeted investments to address permitting backlogs and a subsurface carbon sequestration pilot.
The briefing, presented by Kendra Beck of the Department of Administrative Services Chief Financial Office and Rory Day Stewart, DOGAMI director and Oregon State Geologist, focused on three priorities: increasing capacity in the Mineral Lands Regulation and Reclamation (MLRR) program, completing an electronic permitting system, and funding a subsurface geology and mapping pilot for potential carbon sequestration in partnership with the Department of State Lands (DSL).
Why it matters: DOGAMI regulates surface mining, chemical process mining, oil and gas and geothermal drilling and produces geological maps and hazard assessments used by emergency managers and communities. Lawmakers were briefed that permit workloads and inspection demand have outpaced staff capacity, producing long customer wait times and a decline in the…
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