Title 36A, Housing; Lottery and Games; Environment

(1) Except as provided in subsection (2) of this section, a person shall, within 120 days after notification in writing by the Department of Environmental Quality that the person meets the definition of a toxics user, complete a toxics use reduction and hazardous waste reduction …

(1) Following completion of a toxics use reduction and hazardous waste reduction plan under ORS 465.015 or implementation of an environmental management system, a toxics user shall notify the Department of Environmental Quality in a form determined by the department that the plan…

(1) The Department of Environmental Quality may review and determine the adequacy of a toxics use reduction and hazardous waste reduction plan or an environmental management system. (2) If a toxics user fails to complete an adequate plan, implement an adequate system or submit an…

Subject to available funding, the Department of Environmental Quality shall contract with an established institution of higher education to assist the department in carrying out the provisions of ORS 465.003 to 465.034. The assistance shall emphasize strategies to encourage toxic…

An implementation summary submitted to the Department of Environmental Quality under ORS 465.018 shall be in a form determined by the department and shall include, but not be limited to: (1) A summary of how the toxics use reduction and hazardous waste reduction plan or environme…

Notwithstanding any provision of ORS 465.003 to 465.034, nothing in ORS 465.003 to 465.034 applies to: (1) Hazardous wastes generated from a removal, as defined in ORS 465.200, or from a one-time event. (2) A raw material that contains a naturally occurring toxic substance and th…

ORS 465.003 to 465.034 shall be known as the Toxics Use Reduction and Hazardous Waste Reduction Act. [1989 c.833 §1]

As used in ORS 465.101 to 465.131: (1) “Bulk facility” means a facility, including pipeline terminals, refinery terminals, rail and barge terminals and associated underground and aboveground tanks, connected or separate, from which petroleum products are withdrawn from bulk and d…

(1) The seller of a petroleum product withdrawn from a bulk facility, on withdrawal from bulk of the petroleum product, shall collect from the person who orders the withdrawal a petroleum products withdrawal delivery fee in the maximum amount of $10. (2) Any person who imports pe…

The State Fire Marshal shall establish by rule the amount of the fee required under ORS 465.104 necessary to provide funding for the state’s oil, hazardous material and hazardous substance emergency response program, as described in ORS 465.127. [1993 c.707 §3]

(1) The Department of Revenue shall collect the fee imposed under ORS 465.104. (2) Any petroleum product which the Constitution or laws of the United States prohibit the state from taxing is exempt from the fee imposed under ORS 465.104. [1989 c.833 §142]

(1) Every seller of a petroleum product withdrawn from a bulk facility required to collect the fee imposed by ORS 465.101 to 465.131 is deemed to hold the same in trust for the State of Oregon and for the payment thereof to the Department of Revenue in the manner and at the time …

The Department of Revenue for good cause may extend, for not to exceed one month, the time for payment of the fee due under ORS 465.101 to 465.131. The extension may be granted at any time if a written request is filed with the department within or prior to the period for which t…

(1) Each operator of a bulk facility and each person who imports petroleum products into this state shall keep at the person’s registered place of business complete and accurate records of any petroleum products sold, purchased by or brought in or caused to be brought in to the p…

The Department of Revenue is authorized to establish those rules and procedures for the implementation and enforcement of ORS 465.101 to 465.131 that are consistent with its provisions and are considered necessary and appropriate. [1989 c.833 §145]

The provisions of ORS chapters 305 and 314 as to liens, delinquencies, claims for refund, issuance of refunds, conferences, appeals to the Oregon Tax Court, stay of collection pending appeal, cancellation, waiver, reduction or compromise of fees, penalties or interest, subpoenain…

All moneys received by the Department of Revenue under ORS 465.101 to 465.131 shall be deposited in the State Treasury and credited to a suspense account established under ORS 293.445. After payment of administration expenses incurred by the department in the administration of OR…

The fee imposed by ORS 465.104 is in addition to all other state, county or municipal fees on a petroleum product. [1989 c.833 §148]

As used in ORS 465.200 to 465.485 and 465.900: (1) “Claim” means a demand in writing for a sum certain. (2) “Commission” means the Environmental Quality Commission. (3) “Department” means the Department of Environmental Quality. (4) “Director” means the Director of the Department…

(1) The Legislative Assembly finds that: (a) The release of a hazardous substance into the environment may present an imminent and substantial threat to the public health, safety, welfare and the environment; and (b) The threats posed by the release of a hazardous substance can b…

(1) In addition to any other authority granted by law, the Department of Environmental Quality may: (a) Undertake independently, in cooperation with others or by contract, investigations, studies, sampling, monitoring, assessments, surveying, testing, analyzing, planning, inspect…

(1) For the purposes of providing public information, the Director of the Department of Environmental Quality shall develop and maintain a list of all facilities with a confirmed release as defined by the Environmental Quality Commission under ORS 465.405. (2) The director shall …

(1) The Department of Environmental Quality shall develop and implement a comprehensive statewide program to identify any release or threat of release from a facility that may require remedial action. (2) The department shall notify all daily and weekly newspapers of general circ…

(1) For the purpose of providing public information, the Director of the Department of Environmental Quality shall develop and maintain an inventory of all facilities for which: (a) A confirmed release is documented by the department; and (b) The director determines that addition…

(1) According to rules adopted by the Environmental Quality Commission, the Director of the Department of Environmental Quality shall remove a facility from the list or inventory, or both, if the director determines: (a) Actions taken at the facility have attained a degree of cle…

(1) The Director of the Department of Environmental Quality shall make the inventory available to the public at the office of the Department of Environmental Quality. (2) The inventory shall include but need not be limited to: (a) The following information, if known: (A) A genera…

Nothing in ORS 465.225 to 465.240, 465.405 and 465.410 or placement of a facility on the list under ORS 465.215 shall be construed to be a prerequisite to or otherwise affect the authority of the Director of the Department of Environmental Quality to undertake, order or authorize…

When the Department of Environmental Quality receives information about a release or a threat of release from a potential facility, the department shall evaluate the information and document its conclusions and may approve or conduct a preliminary assessment. However, if the depa…

(1) Any person who has or may have information, documents or records relevant to the identification, nature and volume of a hazardous substance generated, treated, stored, transported to, disposed of or released at a facility and the dates thereof, or to the identity or financial…

(1) The following persons shall be strictly liable for those remedial action costs incurred by the state or any other person that are attributable to or associated with a facility and for damages for injury to or destruction of any natural resources caused by a release: (a) Any o…

(1) Any person who is liable or potentially liable under ORS 465.255 may seek contribution from any other person who is liable or potentially liable under ORS 465.255. When such a claim for contribution is at trial and the court determines that apportionment of recoverable costs …

(1) The Director of the Department of Environmental Quality may undertake any removal or remedial action necessary to protect the public health, safety, welfare and the environment. (2) The director may authorize any person to carry out any removal or remedial action in accordanc…

As used in ORS 465.265 to 465.310, “person” includes but need not be limited to a person liable under ORS 465.255. Except as provided in ORS 465.275 (2), “person” does not include the state or any state agency or the federal government or any agency of the federal government. [19…

(1) The Legislative Assembly finds that: (a) The costs of cleanup may result in economic hardship or bankruptcy for individuals and businesses that are otherwise financially viable; (b) These persons may be willing to clean up their sites and pay the associated costs; however, fi…

(1) The Department of Environmental Quality may conduct: (a) A financial assistance program, including but not limited to loan guarantees, to assist persons in financing the cost of remedial action. (b) Activities necessary to carry out the purpose of ORS 465.381, 468.220, 468.23…

In accordance with the applicable provisions of ORS chapter 183, the Environmental Quality Commission may adopt rules necessary to carry out the provisions of ORS 465.381, 468.220, 468.230 and 465.265 to 465.310 and to insure that interest on bonds issued under ORS 468.195 to be …

(1) The Department of Environmental Quality may provide financial assistance only to persons who meet all of the following eligibility requirements: (a) The department has determined that removal or remedial action proposed by the applicant is necessary to protect the public heal…

(1) The obligation of the Department of Environmental Quality to provide financial assistance or to advance money under a financial assistance agreement made under ORS 465.285 shall not constitute an obligation against the General Fund or any other state fund except against the H…

Notwithstanding any provision of ORS chapter 183, the decision of the Department of Environmental Quality to approve or deny financial assistance under ORS 465.265 to 465.310 or the department’s determination of the amount or use of a remedial action cost estimate under ORS 465.2…

Financial records and other information that are submitted to the Department of Environmental Quality as part of an application for financial assistance under ORS 465.265 to 465.310 shall be exempt from disclosure under ORS 192.311 to 192.478, unless the public interest requires …

The Environmental Quality Commission may establish by rule reasonable fees for applicants for financial assistance sufficient to pay for the costs of the Department of Environmental Quality of carrying out the provisions of ORS 465.265 to 465.310. [1989 c.833 §110]

For the purposes of ORS 465.265 to 465.310, the Department of Environmental Quality may place moneys for the purpose of providing financial assistance in reserve status or subaccounts within the Hazardous Substance Remedial Action Fund. Moneys placed in reserve status or subaccou…

(1)(a) Any removal or remedial action performed under the provisions of ORS 465.200 to 465.485 and 465.900 shall attain a degree of cleanup of the hazardous substance and control of further release of the hazardous substance that assures protection of present and future public he…

Except as provided in ORS 465.260 (3), before approval of any remedial action to be undertaken by the Department of Environmental Quality or any other person, adoption of a certification decision under ORS 465.325 or providing a release from liability under ORS 465.327 to a party…

(1)(a) The Director of the Department of Environmental Quality, in the director’s discretion, may enter into an agreement with any person including the owner or operator of the facility from which a release emanates, or any other potentially responsible person to perform any remo…

(1) In order to facilitate cleanup and reuse of contaminated property, the Department of Environmental Quality may, through a written agreement, provide a party with a release from potential liability under ORS 465.255, 466.640 and 468B.310 if: (a) The party is not currently liab…