2021 Oregon Revised Statutes
Chapter 468 - Environmental Quality Generally
Section 468.085 - Sovereign immunity defense.


Note: See note under 468.076.

Structure 2021 Oregon Revised Statutes

2021 Oregon Revised Statutes

Volume : 13 - Housing, Games, Environment

Chapter 468 - Environmental Quality Generally

Section 468.005 - Definitions.

Section 468.010 - Environmental Quality Commission; appointment; confirmation; term; compensation and expenses.

Section 468.020 - Rules and standards.

Section 468.035 - Functions of department.

Section 468.045 - Functions of director; delegation.

Section 468.050 - Deputy director.

Section 468.053 - Surcharge on fee or invoice.

Section 468.054 - Environmental Data Management System Fund.

Section 468.062 - Authority of Department of Environmental Quality to require fingerprints.

Section 468.065 - Issuance of permits; content; rules; fees; use.

Section 468.066 - History of compliance with environmental quality laws.

Section 468.067 - Organizational standing to seek judicial review of final order in Title V permit proceeding.

Section 468.070 - Denial, modification, suspension or revocation of permits.

Section 468.073 - Expedited or enhanced regulatory process; payment; disposition of payments.

Section 468.075 - Revolving fund; uses.

Section 468.076 - Definitions for ORS 468.076 to 468.089.

Section 468.078 - Action for pollution originating in Oregon.

Section 468.079 - Action for pollution originating in reciprocating jurisdiction.

Section 468.080 - Applicability of Oregon law.

Section 468.081 - Rights of injured person.

Section 468.083 - Right conferred under ORS 468.076 to 468.087 in addition to other rights.

Section 468.085 - Sovereign immunity defense.

Section 468.087 - Application and construction of ORS 468.076 to 468.087.

Section 468.089 - Short title.

Section 468.090 - Complaint procedure.

Section 468.095 - Investigatory authority; entry on premises; status of records.

Section 468.100 - Enforcement procedures; powers of regional authorities; status of procedures.

Section 468.115 - Enforcement in cases of emergency.

Section 468.120 - Public hearings; subpoenas, oaths, depositions.

Section 468.126 - Advance notice.

Section 468.130 - Schedule of civil penalties; rules; factors to be considered in imposing civil penalties.

Section 468.135 - Imposition of civil penalties.

Section 468.140 - Civil penalties for specified violations.

Section 468.148 - Legislative findings and declarations.

Section 468.149 - Assessment of final changes to federal environmental law; state implementation of baseline federal standards.

Section 468.150 - Field sanitation and straw utilization and disposal methods as "pollution control facilities."

Section 468.153 - Legislative findings and declarations.

Section 468.155 - Definitions for ORS 468.155 to 468.190.

Section 468.165 - Application for certification of pollution control facilities; rules; fees.

Section 468.167 - Application for precertification.

Section 468.170 - Action on application; rejection; appeal; issuance of certificate; certification.

Section 468.172 - "Environmental management system" defined.

Section 468.173 - Applicable percentage of certified cost of facility eligible for tax credit.

Section 468.180 - Conditions for issuance of certificate under ORS 468.170.

Section 468.183 - Revocation of certification for loss of Green Permit.

Section 468.185 - Procedure to revoke certification; reinstatement.

Section 468.190 - Allocation of costs to pollution control; rules.

Section 468.220 - Department to administer fund; uses; legislative approval of grants; administrative assessment.

Section 468.230 - Pollution Control Sinking Fund; use; limitation.

Section 468.250 - Participation in matching fund programs with federal government.

Section 468.253 - Authority of director to act to benefit fund.

Section 468.263 - Definitions for ORS 468.263 to 468.272.

Section 468.264 - Policy.

Section 468.265 - Powers of county over pollution control facilities; limitations.

Section 468.266 - Issuance of bonds.

Section 468.267 - Security for bonds.

Section 468.268 - Enforcement of bond obligation.

Section 468.269 - Trustees; powers.

Section 468.270 - Tax status of leasehold interest in facilities.

Section 468.271 - Effect on procedure of awarding contracts; construction.

Section 468.272 - Application of other laws relating to bonds.

Section 468.423 - Definitions for ORS 468.423 to 468.440.

Section 468.425 - Policy.

Section 468.427 - Water Pollution Control Revolving Fund; sources.

Section 468.428 - Lottery bonds.

Section 468.429 - Uses of revolving fund.

Section 468.431 - Water Pollution Control Administration Fund; sources; uses.

Section 468.433 - Duties of department; loan program.

Section 468.437 - Loan applications; eligibility; repayment; default remedy.

Section 468.439 - Borrowing authority of public agency.

Section 468.440 - Loan terms and interest rates; considerations; rules.

Section 468.442 - Definitions.

Section 468.444 - Zero-emission and electric vehicle rebate program; rules.

Section 468.446 - Charge Ahead Oregon Program; rules.

Section 468.448 - Audits; reports.

Section 468.449 - Zero-Emission Incentive Fund; rules.

Section 468.501 - Definitions for ORS 468.501 to 468.521.

Section 468.503 - Purpose of Green Permits.

Section 468.506 - Commission rulemaking to carry out Green Permit program.

Section 468.508 - Eligibility for Green Permit.

Section 468.511 - Environmental laws not applicable to facility operating under Green Permit.

Section 468.513 - Judicial review of agency decision on issuance of Green Permit.

Section 468.516 - Termination of Green Permit.

Section 468.518 - Application for permit or approval affected by termination of Green Permit.

Section 468.521 - Recovery of costs of agency in developing, negotiating and publicizing Green Permit; disposition of moneys collected.

Section 468.531 - Legislative findings.

Section 468.533 - Willamette River Cleanup Authority; purposes; membership; powers.

Section 468.581 - Definitions for ORS 468.581 to 468.587.

Section 468.583 - Policy.

Section 468.585 - Legislative findings.

Section 468.587 - State agencies and ecosystem services.

Section 468.920 - Definitions for ORS 468.922 to 468.956.

Section 468.922 - Unlawful disposal, storage or treatment of hazardous waste in the second degree.

Section 468.924 - Applicability of ORS 161.655.

Section 468.926 - Unlawful disposal, storage or treatment of hazardous waste in the first degree.

Section 468.929 - Unlawful transport of hazardous waste in the second degree.

Section 468.931 - Unlawful transport of hazardous waste in the first degree.

Section 468.936 - Unlawful air pollution in the second degree.

Section 468.939 - Unlawful air pollution in the first degree.

Section 468.943 - Unlawful water pollution in the second degree.

Section 468.946 - Unlawful water pollution in the first degree.

Section 468.948 - Unlawful motorized in-stream placer mining.

Section 468.951 - Environmental endangerment.

Section 468.953 - Supplying false information to agency.

Section 468.959 - Upset or bypass as affirmative defense.

Section 468.961 - Approval of Attorney General or district attorney before bringing felony charge; guidelines for bringing felony charge; model guidelines.

Section 468.963 - Environmental audit privilege; exceptions; burden of proving privilege; waiver; disclosure after in camera review.

Section 468.996 - Civil penalty for intentional or reckless violation; rules.