2021 Oregon Revised Statutes
Chapter 468B - Water Quality
Section 468B.135 - Exemptions.

(1) Used in dairy, beverage or food processing equipment;
(2) Used as an industrial sanitizer, brightener, acid cleaner or metal conditioner, including phosphoric acid products or trisodium phosphate;
(3) Used in hospitals, veterinary hospitals or clinics or health care facilities;
(4) Used in agricultural production and the production of electronic components;
(5) Used in a commercial laundry for laundry services provided to a hospital, veterinary hospital or clinic or health care facility;
(6) Used by industry for metal cleaning or conditioning;
(7) Manufactured, stored or distributed for use or sale outside Oregon;
(8) Used in any laboratory, including a biological laboratory, research facility, chemical, electronic or engineering laboratory;
(9) Used for cleaning hard surfaces, including household cleansers for windows, sinks, counters, stoves, tubs or other food preparation surfaces and plumbing fixtures;
(10) Used as a water softening chemical, antiscale chemical or corrosion inhibitor intended for use in closed systems, including but not limited to boilers, air conditioners, cooling towers or hot water systems; and
(11) For which the Department of Environmental Quality determines that the prohibition under ORS 468B.130 (1) and (2) will either:
(a) Create a significant hardship on the user; or
(b) Be unreasonable because of the lack of an adequate substitute cleaning agent. [1991 c.764 §5]

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