The rainy season has started and, as though on cue, the Albany City Council is taking up consideration of a tax on rain. But before such an added tax is enacted, second thoughts are in order.
Tags: Albany rain tax, DEQ, EPA, runoff, Salem Stormwater Utility, stormwater permits
Rain tax ? Uncertainty prevails
The rules under which small Oregon towns will have to operate their storm water systems are still in flux, and how costly they will be and what effect they will have on Albany’s eventual rain tax nobody knows.
Tags: "rain tax", Albany City Council, DEQ, EPA, storm water utility