Oregon Administrative Rules › Chapter 856 - PUBLIC UTILITY COMMISSION, OREGON BOARD OF MARITIME PILOTS › Division 30 - RATEMAKING PROCEDURES › Section 856-030-0040 - Transportation Oversight Committee

Current through Register Vol. 63, No. 7, July 1, 2024
(1)
			 For the purpose of making annual, automatic, cost-based adjustments to the
			 transportation system cost component of the tariff funding the pilotage system
			 for the Columbia River Bar pilotage ground, a Transportation Oversight
			 Committee is established, composed of one public member of the Oregon Board of
			 Maritime Pilots (Board), two members of the Columbia River Bar Pilots (CRBP), a
			 representative of the Columbia River Steamship Operators Association and a
			 representative of a port located on the Columbia River. The public member of
			 the Transportation Oversight Committee will act as chair.
(2) Beginning in 2011, the Transportation
			 Oversight Committee will meet as necessary but at least semiannually. The
			 Transportation Oversight Committee will review long-term transportation system
			 planning, will regularly review and make recommendations regarding
			 transportation system costs and and the basis for those costs for the Columbia
			 River Bar pilotage ground.
(3) Upon
			 agreement of a majority of members, the Transportation Oversight Committee may
			 submit data requests to the CRBP. Data requests are written interrogatories or
			 requests for documentation. The data requests must be answered within 20 Board
			 business days from the date of service. Each data request must be answered
			 fully and separately in writing or with the documentation requested.
(4) On an annual basis beginning in 2011, the
			 Transportation Oversight Committee shall make a recommendation to the Board
			 regarding annual adjustments to the components of the Transportation System
			 Cost of the pilotage system serving the Columbia River Bar pilotage grounds to
			 reflect the best available information about changing economic conditions
			 including expense levels shown by CRBP financial statements and Transportation
			 Oversight Committee projections. The Transportation System Cost components
			 include the following line item categories: helicopter service; repairs and
			 maintenance infrastructure; repairs and maintenance; insurance; boat operator
			 expense; employee wages; employee benefits; transportation launch expense; food
			 vessel expense; taxes and licenses; and administrative/accounting. The
			 recommended adjustments to one or more of the components of the Transportation
			 System Cost shall be developed by the Transportation Oversight Committee and
			 submitted in writing to the Board by July 31 of each year.
(5) In the event the Transportation Oversight
			 Committee cannot reach agreement on one or more of the components of the
			 Transportation System Cost, the competing views shall be described in
			 appropriate memoranda drafted by one or more representative of the
			 Transportation Oversight Committee and submitted to the Oregon Board of
			 Maritime Pilots. The submission from the Transportation Oversight Committee
			 shall be considered by the Oregon Board of Maritime Pilots at a meeting that
			 occurs on or before August 31 of each year so that the Committee's
			 recommendations can be considered and any disputed issue decided in order for
			 any adjustments to the components of the Transportation System cost to be
			 effective on September 1 of that year.
Statutory/Other Authority: ORS 776 & 670
Statutes/Other Implemented: ORS
				  776.115 &
				  670.310