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Section 468.005 - Definitions. - (1) "Commission" means the Environmental Quality Commission. (2) "Department" means...
Section 468.010 - Environmental Quality Commission; appointment; confirmation; term; compensation and expenses. - (2) The term of office of a member shall be...
Section 468.020 - Rules and standards. - (2) Except as provided in ORS 183.335 (5), the commission...
Section 468.035 - Functions of department. - (a) Shall encourage voluntary cooperation by the people, municipalities, counties,...
Section 468.045 - Functions of director; delegation. - (a) Be administrative head of the Department of Environmental Quality;...
Section 468.050 - Deputy director. - (2) The deputy director shall receive such salary as may...
Section 468.053 - Surcharge on fee or invoice. - (2) Notwithstanding the surcharge percentage rate described in subsection (1)...
Section 468.054 - Environmental Data Management System Fund. - Note: 468.054 was enacted into law by the Legislative Assembly...
Section 468.062 - Authority of Department of Environmental Quality to require fingerprints. - (1) Is employed or applying for employment by the department...
Section 468.065 - Issuance of permits; content; rules; fees; use. - (1) Applications for all permits authorized or required by ORS...
Section 468.066 - History of compliance with environmental quality laws. - (2)(a) Information that an applicant may be required to provide...
Section 468.067 - Organizational standing to seek judicial review of final order in Title V permit proceeding. - (a) One or more members of the association or organization...
Section 468.070 - Denial, modification, suspension or revocation of permits. - (a) A material misrepresentation or false statement in the application...
Section 468.073 - Expedited or enhanced regulatory process; payment; disposition of payments. - (a) Activities undertaken by the department under authority of any...
Section 468.075 - Revolving fund; uses. - (2) The revolving fund may be used by the department...
Section 468.076 - Definitions for ORS 468.076 to 468.089. - (1) "Person" means an individual, corporation, business trust, estate, trust,...
Section 468.078 - Action for pollution originating in Oregon. - Note: See note under 468.076.
Section 468.079 - Action for pollution originating in reciprocating jurisdiction. - Note: See note under 468.076.
Section 468.080 - Applicability of Oregon law. - Note: See note under 468.076.
Section 468.081 - Rights of injured person. - Note: See note under 468.076.
Section 468.083 - Right conferred under ORS 468.076 to 468.087 in addition to other rights. - Note: See note under 468.076.
Section 468.085 - Sovereign immunity defense. - Note: See note under 468.076.
Section 468.087 - Application and construction of ORS 468.076 to 468.087. - Note: See note under 468.076.
Section 468.089 - Short title. - Note: See note under 468.076.
Section 468.090 - Complaint procedure. - (2) In case of failure to remedy the violation, the...
Section 468.095 - Investigatory authority; entry on premises; status of records. - (2) Unless classified by the Director of the Department of...
Section 468.100 - Enforcement procedures; powers of regional authorities; status of procedures. - (2) The proceedings authorized by subsection (1) of this section...
Section 468.115 - Enforcement in cases of emergency. - (2) The state and local police shall cooperate in the...
Section 468.120 - Public hearings; subpoenas, oaths, depositions. - (a) Conduct public hearings. (b) Issue subpoenas for the attendance...
Section 468.126 - Advance notice. - (a) A response certifying that the permitted facility is complying...
Section 468.130 - Schedule of civil penalties; rules; factors to be considered in imposing civil penalties. - (2) In imposing a penalty pursuant to the schedule or...
Section 468.135 - Imposition of civil penalties. - (2) All penalties recovered under ORS 468.140 shall be paid...
Section 468.140 - Civil penalties for specified violations. - (a) The terms or conditions of any permit required or...
Section 468.148 - Legislative findings and declarations. - (1) Retain the protections afforded to public health and this...
Section 468.149 - Assessment of final changes to federal environmental law; state implementation of baseline federal standards. - (a) "Baseline federal standards" means the standards and requirements contained...
Section 468.150 - Field sanitation and straw utilization and disposal methods as "pollution control facilities." - Note: 468.150 was enacted into law by the Legislative Assembly...
Section 468.153 - Legislative findings and declarations. - (2) The Legislative Assembly declares that a pollution control tax...
Section 468.155 - Definitions for ORS 468.155 to 468.190. - (A) The principal purpose of such use, erection, construction or...
Section 468.165 - Application for certification of pollution control facilities; rules; fees. - (a) The air or water pollution control facility was erected,...
Section 468.167 - Application for precertification. - (2)(a) The application shall be made in writing in a...
Section 468.170 - Action on application; rejection; appeal; issuance of certificate; certification. - (2) If the commission rejects an application for certification, or...
Section 468.172 - "Environmental management system" defined. - (1) The standards established by the International Organization for Standardization...
Section 468.173 - Applicable percentage of certified cost of facility eligible for tax credit. - (1) If the facility is certified under ORS 468.155 to...
Section 468.180 - Conditions for issuance of certificate under ORS 468.170. - (2) Nothing in this section is intended to apply to...
Section 468.183 - Revocation of certification for loss of Green Permit. - (2) The Department of Environmental Quality shall inform the Department...
Section 468.185 - Procedure to revoke certification; reinstatement. - (a) The certification was obtained by fraud or misrepresentation; or...
Section 468.190 - Allocation of costs to pollution control; rules. - (a) If applicable, the extent to which the facility is...
Section 468.220 - Department to administer fund; uses; legislative approval of grants; administrative assessment. - (a) To grant funds not to exceed 30 percent of...
Section 468.230 - Pollution Control Sinking Fund; use; limitation. - (2) The Pollution Control Sinking Fund shall consist of all...
Section 468.250 - Participation in matching fund programs with federal government. - (2) Subject to conditions imposed on federally granted funds, a...
Section 468.253 - Authority of director to act to benefit fund. - (a) Sell bonds, notes, contracts or other obligations acquired by...
Section 468.263 - Definitions for ORS 468.263 to 468.272. - (1) "Bonds" means revenue bonds or other types of obligations...
Section 468.264 - Policy. - (1) That control of environmental damage and general health and...
Section 468.265 - Powers of county over pollution control facilities; limitations. - (a) To acquire, whether by purchase, exchange, devise, gift or...
Section 468.266 - Issuance of bonds. - (2) The bonds: (a) May be executed and delivered at...
Section 468.267 - Security for bonds. - Note: See note under 468.263.
Section 468.268 - Enforcement of bond obligation. - (2) Such proceedings or mortgage may also provide that any...
Section 468.269 - Trustees; powers. - Note: See note under 468.263.
Section 468.270 - Tax status of leasehold interest in facilities. - Note: See note under 468.263.
Section 468.271 - Effect on procedure of awarding contracts; construction. - (2) Nothing in ORS 468.263 to 468.272 is intended as...
Section 468.272 - Application of other laws relating to bonds. - Note: See note under 468.263.
Section 468.423 - Definitions for ORS 468.423 to 468.440. - (1) "Available sewer" has the meaning given that term in...
Section 468.425 - Policy. - (1) To aid and encourage public agencies required to provide...
Section 468.427 - Water Pollution Control Revolving Fund; sources. - (2) The Water Pollution Control Revolving Fund shall consist of:...
Section 468.428 - Lottery bonds. - (2) The use of lottery bond proceeds is authorized upon...
Section 468.429 - Uses of revolving fund. - (a) To public agencies for the construction or replacement of...
Section 468.431 - Water Pollution Control Administration Fund; sources; uses. - (2) The Water Pollution Control Administration Fund shall consist of:...
Section 468.433 - Duties of department; loan program. - (a) Allocate funds for loans in accordance with procedures adopted...
Section 468.437 - Loan applications; eligibility; repayment; default remedy. - (2) Any public agency or qualified institution receiving a loan...
Section 468.439 - Borrowing authority of public agency. - (1) Borrow money from the Water Pollution Control Revolving Fund...
Section 468.440 - Loan terms and interest rates; considerations; rules. - (a) The capability of the project to enhance or protect...
Section 468.442 - Definitions. - (1) "Light-duty zero-emission vehicle" means a motor vehicle that: (a)...
Section 468.444 - Zero-emission and electric vehicle rebate program; rules. - (2) The department may: (a) Specify design features for the...
Section 468.446 - Charge Ahead Oregon Program; rules. - (a) "Charge ahead rebate" means a rebate for the purchase...
Section 468.448 - Audits; reports. - (2) No later than September 15 of each even-numbered year,...
Section 468.449 - Zero-Emission Incentive Fund; rules. - (2) Moneys in the Zero-Emission Incentive Fund shall consist of:...
Section 468.501 - Definitions for ORS 468.501 to 468.521. - (1) "Agency" means either the Department of Environmental Quality or...
Section 468.503 - Purpose of Green Permits. - (1) The issuance of Green Permits to persons regulated under...
Section 468.506 - Commission rulemaking to carry out Green Permit program. - (1) Shall consider the objectives set forth in ORS 468.503;...
Section 468.508 - Eligibility for Green Permit. - Note: See note under 468.501.
Section 468.511 - Environmental laws not applicable to facility operating under Green Permit. - Note: See note under 468.501.
Section 468.513 - Judicial review of agency decision on issuance of Green Permit. - Note: See note under 468.501.
Section 468.516 - Termination of Green Permit. - Note: See note under 468.501.
Section 468.518 - Application for permit or approval affected by termination of Green Permit. - Note: See note under 468.501.
Section 468.521 - Recovery of costs of agency in developing, negotiating and publicizing Green Permit; disposition of moneys collected. - (1) The sponsor shall fully reimburse the agency for the...
Section 468.531 - Legislative findings. - (2) The Legislative Assembly finds that ORS 465.200 to 465.545...
Section 468.533 - Willamette River Cleanup Authority; purposes; membership; powers. - (a) The Governor; (b) Two members of the House of...
Section 468.581 - Definitions for ORS 468.581 to 468.587. - (1) "Adaptive management mechanisms" means the processes of implementing programs...
Section 468.583 - Policy. - Note: See note under 468.581.
Section 468.585 - Legislative findings. - (1) Maintaining sustainable rural and urban landscapes is important for...
Section 468.587 - State agencies and ecosystem services. - (2) State agencies are encouraged to use ecosystem services markets...
Section 468.920 - Definitions for ORS 468.922 to 468.956. - (1) "Knowingly": (a) Has the meaning given that term in...
Section 468.922 - Unlawful disposal, storage or treatment of hazardous waste in the second degree. - (2)(a) Subject to ORS 153.022, unlawful disposal, storage or treatment...
Section 468.924 - Applicability of ORS 161.655. - Note: 468.924 was added to and made a part of...
Section 468.926 - Unlawful disposal, storage or treatment of hazardous waste in the first degree. - (a) As a result, recklessly causes substantial harm to human...
Section 468.929 - Unlawful transport of hazardous waste in the second degree. - (2)(a) Subject to ORS 153.022, unlawful transport of hazardous waste...
Section 468.931 - Unlawful transport of hazardous waste in the first degree. - (a) As a result, recklessly causes substantial harm to human...
Section 468.936 - Unlawful air pollution in the second degree. - (2) Subject to ORS 153.022, unlawful air pollution in the...
Section 468.939 - Unlawful air pollution in the first degree. - (a) As a result, recklessly causes substantial harm to human...
Section 468.943 - Unlawful water pollution in the second degree. - (2) Subject to ORS 153.022, unlawful water pollution in the...
Section 468.946 - Unlawful water pollution in the first degree. - (a) As a result, recklessly causes substantial harm to human...
Section 468.948 - Unlawful motorized in-stream placer mining. - (2) Subject to ORS 153.022, unlawful motorized in-stream placer mining...
Section 468.951 - Environmental endangerment. - (a) Knowingly commits the crime of unlawful disposal, storage or...
Section 468.953 - Supplying false information to agency. - (a) Makes any false material statement, representation or certification knowing...
Section 468.959 - Upset or bypass as affirmative defense. - (2) For purposes of this section: (a) "Bypass" means the...
Section 468.961 - Approval of Attorney General or district attorney before bringing felony charge; guidelines for bringing felony charge; model guidelines. - (2) In order to promote consistency in bringing criminal prosecutions...
Section 468.963 - Environmental audit privilege; exceptions; burden of proving privilege; waiver; disclosure after in camera review. - (2) An Environmental Audit Report shall be privileged and shall...
Section 468.996 - Civil penalty for intentional or reckless violation; rules. - (2) As used in this section: (a) "Intentionally" means conduct...