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OR Rev Stat § 468.429 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 13 - Housing, Games, Environment|Chapter 468 - Environmental Quality Generally|Section 468.429 - Uses of revolving fund.

(1) The Department of Environmental Quality shall use the moneys in the Water Pollution Control Revolving Fund to provide financial assistance: (a) To public agencies for the construction or replacement of treatment works. (b) To qualified institutions to finance projects to repair or replace failing on-site septic systems or to replace failing on-site septic systems with connections to an available sewer. (c) For the implementation of a management program established under section 319 of the federal Water Quality Act of 1986 relating to the management of nonpoint sources of pollution. (d) For development and implementation of a conservation and management plan under section 320 of the federal Water Quality Act of 1986 relating to the national estuary program. (2) The department may also use the moneys in the Water Pollution Control Revolving Fund for the following purposes: (a) To buy or refinance the debt obligations of public agencies for eligible projects as listed under subsection (1) of this section, if the debt obligation was incurred after March 7, 1985. (b) To guarantee, or purchase insurance for, public agency obligations for treatment works’ construction or replacement if the guarantee or insurance would improve credit market access or reduce interest rates, or to provide loans to a public agency for this purpose. (c) To pay the expenses of the department in administering the Water Pollution Control Revolving Fund, to make transfers to the Water Pollution Control Administration Fund, or to pay other departmental costs including expenses of the program described in ORS 468.433 (2). (3) If amounts are advanced to the Water Pollution Control Revolving Fund from the Pollution Control Fund under ORS 468.220 (1), the department shall transfer from the Water Pollution Control Revolving Fund to the Pollution Control Sinking Fund amounts sufficient to pay the bonds that funded the advance. [1987 c.648 §4; 1993 c.411 §7; 1995 c.79 §279; 2015 c.626 §1; 2019 c.558 §3]
OR Rev Stat § 468.431 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 13 - Housing, Games, Environment|Chapter 468 - Environmental Quality Generally|Section 468.431 - Water Pollution Control Administration Fund; sources; uses.

(1) The Water Pollution Control Administration Fund is established separate and distinct from the General Fund in the State Treasury. Moneys in the Water Pollution Control Administration Fund are appropriated continuously to the Department of Environmental Quality to be used for the payment of costs of administering the Water Pollution Control Revolving Fund, including all costs of staffing for the program described in ORS 468.433 (2) and all costs of making loans from the Water Pollution Control Revolving Fund and collecting loan payments. (2) The Water Pollution Control Administration Fund shall consist of: (a) Any administrative fee levied by the department in conjunction with administration of the Water Pollution Control Revolving Fund. (b) Any transfers to the Water Pollution Control Administration Fund from the Water Pollution Control Revolving Fund. (c) Any loans made from the Water Pollution Control Revolving Fund. (d) Any other revenues derived from gifts, grants or bequests pledged to the state for the purpose of administering the Water Pollution Control Revolving Fund. (3) The State Treasurer may invest and reinvest moneys in the Water Pollution Control Administration Fund in the manner provided by law. All earnings from such investment and reinvestment shall be credited to the Water Pollution Control Administration Fund. [1993 c.411 §2; 1995 c.79 §280]
OR Rev Stat § 468.433 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 13 - Housing, Games, Environment|Chapter 468 - Environmental Quality Generally|Section 468.433 - Duties of department; loan program.

(1) In administering the Water Pollution Control Revolving Fund, the Department of Environmental Quality shall: (a) Allocate funds for loans in accordance with procedures adopted by rule by the Environmental Quality Commission. (b) Use accounting, audit and fiscal procedures that conform to generally accepted government accounting standards. (c) Prepare any reports required by the federal government as a condition to awarding federal capitalization grants. (d) Seek to maximize the ability of the Water Pollution Control Revolving Fund to operate on a self-sustaining basis and maintain a perpetual source of treatment works financing. (2) If amounts are advanced to the Water Pollution Control Revolving Fund from the Pollution Control Fund under ORS 468.220 (1), the department shall develop and administer a program designed to loan amounts in the Water Pollution Control Revolving Fund to public agencies and qualified institutions, so the loan repayments are sufficient to pay the bonds that funded the advance, and to further the policies established in ORS 468.425. In connection with the program, the department may: (a) Establish one or more accounts in the Water Pollution Control Revolving Fund, make covenants for the benefit of bondowners regarding the deposit of amounts into those accounts and the use of amounts in those accounts and pledge or reserve all or a portion of the amounts in the Water Pollution Control Revolving Fund to pay bonds issued to fund advances to the Water Pollution Control Revolving Fund under ORS 468.220 (1). (b) Establish requirements for loans made from the Water Pollution Control Revolving Fund to assure that: (A) Adequate funds are available in the Water Pollution Control Revolving Fund to permit payment of bonds that funded advances to the Water Pollution Control Revolving Fund; and (B) Adequate funds will be available in the Water Pollution Control Administration Fund to pay for costs of the program and costs of operating the Water Pollution Control Revolving Fund. (c) Exercise any remedies available to the department in connection with defaults on loans of advanced funds to public agencies or qualified institutions. (d) Take any other action reasonably necessary to develop the program and provide for the payment of bonds issued to fund advances to the Water Pollution Control Revolving Fund. (3) The department may make loans to finance treatment works that are funded in part from advances or grants to the Water Pollution Control Revolving Fund, and in part from funds available under ORS 468.220 (1). These loans may have a blended interest rate that reflects their different sources of funding, and repayments of these loans may be allocated proportionally between the Water Pollution Control Revolving Fund and the Pollution Control Sinking Fund. [1987 c.648 §5; 1993 c.411 §8; 1995 c.79 §281; 2019 c.558 §4]
OR Rev Stat § 468.437 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 13 - Housing, Games, Environment|Chapter 468 - Environmental Quality Generally|Section 468.437 - Loan applications; eligibility; repayment; default remedy.

(1) Any public agency or qualified institution desiring a loan from the Water Pollution Control Revolving Fund shall submit an application to the Department of Environmental Quality on the form provided by the department. The department may require an opinion from the department’s bond counsel or other counsel that the applicant has the legal authority to borrow from the Water Pollution Control Revolving Fund. If a public agency relies on borrowing authority granted by charter or law other than ORS 468.439, then with the consent of the department and notwithstanding any limitation or requirement of the charter or law, the public agency may borrow directly from the Water Pollution Control Revolving Fund by issuing revenue bonds to the department. The requirements of ORS 287A.150 do not apply to revenue bonds that are sold to the department pursuant to this section. (2) Any public agency or qualified institution receiving a loan from the Water Pollution Control Revolving Fund shall establish and maintain a dedicated source of revenue or other acceptable source of revenue for the repayment of the loan. (3) If a public agency or qualified institution defaults on payments due to the Water Pollution Control Revolving Fund, the state may withhold any amounts otherwise due to the public agency or qualified institution and direct that such funds be applied to the payments and deposited into the fund. If the department finds that the loan to the public agency or qualified institution is otherwise adequately secured, the department may waive this right in the loan agreement or other loan documentation. [1987 c.648 §6; 1989 c.560 §3; 2007 c.783 §205; 2019 c.558 §5]
OR Rev Stat § 468.439 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 13 - Housing, Games, Environment|Chapter 468 - Environmental Quality Generally|Section 468.439 - Borrowing authority of public agency.

Notwithstanding any limitation contained in any other provision of law or local charter, a public agency may: (1) Borrow money from the Water Pollution Control Revolving Fund through the Department of Environmental Quality; (2) Enter into loan agreements and make related agreements with the department in which the public agency agrees to repay the borrowed money in accordance with the terms of the loan agreement; (3) Covenant with the department regarding the operation of treatment works and the imposition and collection of rates, fees and charges for the treatment works; (4) Pledge all or part of the revenues of the treatment works to pay the amount due under the loan agreement and notes in accordance with ORS chapter 287A; and (5) Provide any additional security and exercise any powers permitted to an issuer of revenue bonds under ORS chapter 287A. [1989 c.560 §2; 1993 c.411 §9; 2007 c.783 §206]
OR Rev Stat § 468.440 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 13 - Housing, Games, Environment|Chapter 468 - Environmental Quality Generally|Section 468.440 - Loan terms and interest rates; considerations; rules.

(1) The Environmental Quality Commission shall establish by rule policies for establishing loan terms and interest rates for loans made from the Water Pollution Control Revolving Fund that ensure that the objectives of ORS 468.423 to 468.440 are met and that adequate funds are maintained in the Water Pollution Control Revolving Fund to meet future needs. In establishing the policy, the commission shall take into consideration at least the following factors: (a) The capability of the project to enhance or protect water quality. (b) The ability of a public agency or qualified institution to repay a loan. (c) Current market rates of interest. (d) The size of the community or district to be served by the treatment works. (e) The type of project financed. (f) The ability of the applicant to borrow elsewhere. (g) Whether advances have been made to the Water Pollution Control Revolving Fund from the Pollution Control Fund that must be repaid to the Pollution Control Sinking Fund. (2) The commission may establish an interest rate ranging from zero to the market rate. The commission may establish the loan term, provided that the loans must be fully amortized not later than 30 years after project completion. (3) The commission shall adopt by rule any procedures or standards necessary to carry out the provisions of ORS 468.423 to 468.440. [1987 c.648 §7; 1993 c.411 §10; 1995 c.79 §282; 2005 c.137 §1; 2015 c.626 §2; 2019 c.558 §6]
OR Rev Stat § 468.448 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 13 - Housing, Games, Environment|Chapter 468 - Environmental Quality Generally|Section 468.448 - Audits; reports.

(1) The Department of Environmental Quality shall periodically audit, or cause to be audited, the programs established under ORS 468.444 and 468.446 to determine whether the programs are being implemented and administered in compliance with the provisions of ORS 468.442 to 468.449. (2) No later than September 15 of each even-numbered year, the department shall provide a report to the Legislative Assembly, in the manner provided in ORS 192.245, that includes, at a minimum: (a) A description of the uses to date of moneys in the Zero-Emission Incentive Fund established under ORS 468.449; (b) An analysis of the effectiveness of the rebate program established under ORS 468.444; (c) An analysis of the effectiveness of the Charge Ahead Oregon Program established under ORS 468.446; (d) Recommendations, which may include recommendations for legislation, on ways to improve the programs established under ORS 468.444 and 468.446; and (e) The results of any audits conducted under subsection (1) of this section. [2017 c.750 §151]
OR Rev Stat § 468.449 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 13 - Housing, Games, Environment|Chapter 468 - Environmental Quality Generally|Section 468.449 - Zero-Emission Incentive Fund; rules.

(1) The Zero-Emission Incentive Fund is established in the State Treasury, separate and distinct from the General Fund. Interest earned by the Zero-Emission Incentive Fund shall be credited to the fund. (2) Moneys in the Zero-Emission Incentive Fund shall consist of: (a) Amounts donated to the fund; (b) Amounts transferred to the fund by the Department of Revenue under ORS 320.435; (c) Amounts appropriated or otherwise transferred to the fund by the Legislative Assembly; (d) Other amounts deposited in the fund from any public or private source; and (e) Interest earned by the fund. (3) The Department of Environmental Quality shall encourage gifts, grants, donations or other contributions to the fund. (4) Moneys in the fund are continuously appropriated to the department to be used to carry out the provisions of ORS 468.442 to 468.449. (5)(a) No more than 10 percent of the moneys deposited in the fund per biennium may be expended to pay administrative expenses incurred in the administration of ORS 468.442 to 468.449 by: (A) The department; and (B) Any third-party organization that the department hires or contracts with under ORS 468.444 and 468.446. (b) As used in this subsection, "administrative expenses" does not include expenses incurred by the department or third-party organizations in: (A) Conducting community outreach under ORS 468.446 (14); or (B) Otherwise engaging in efforts to promote transportation electrification through participation in the programs established under ORS 468.444 and 468.446. (6) The Environmental Quality Commission may adopt by rule provisions for the allocation of moneys deposited in the fund between the programs established under ORS 468.444 and 468.446. Rules adopted under this subsection must require that at least 20 percent of the moneys deposited in the fund per biennium are allocated to fund the provision of rebates through the Charge Ahead Oregon Program established under ORS 468.446. [2017 c.750 §152; 2021 c.95 §6]
OR Rev Stat § 468.453 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 13 - Housing, Games, Environment|Chapter 468 - Environmental Quality Generally|Section 468.453

[1977 c.650 §3; 1979 c.181 §1; renumbered 468A.550 in 1991]
OR Rev Stat § 468.460 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 13 - Housing, Games, Environment|Chapter 468 - Environmental Quality Generally|Section 468.460

[Formerly 449.933; 1975 c.559 §5; 1977 c.650 §5; 1979 c.181 §3; 1991 c.920 §19; renumbered 468A.595 in 1991]
OR Rev Stat § 468.500 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 13 - Housing, Games, Environment|Chapter 468 - Environmental Quality Generally|Section 468.500

[Formerly 449.850; renumbered 468A.100 in 1991]
OR Rev Stat § 468.501 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 13 - Housing, Games, Environment|Chapter 468 - Environmental Quality Generally|Section 468.501 - Definitions for ORS 468.501 to 468.521.

As used in ORS 468.501 to 468.521: (1) "Agency" means either the Department of Environmental Quality or the Lane Regional Air Protection Agency created pursuant to ORS 468A.010 to 468A.180, or both, as the context requires. (2) "Commission" means the Environmental Quality Commission. (3) "Environmental laws" means ORS 454.605 to 454.755, 459.005 to 459.153, 459.705 to 459.790, 459.992, 459.995, 465.003 to 465.034 and 466.005 to 466.385 and ORS chapters 468, 468A and 468B and rules adopted thereunder. "Environmental laws" does not include any provision of Oregon Revised Statutes or of any municipal ordinance or enactment that regulates the selection of a location for a new facility. (4) "Facility" means any site or contiguous sites, any manufacturing operation or contiguous operations, or any business or municipal activity regulated under any provision of the environmental laws. (5) "Green Permit" means a permit that provides administrative benefits or reduces regulatory requirements to facilities that meet criteria established by the Environmental Quality Commission. (6) "Sponsor" means a person, group or association that submits a proposal under the Green Permit program. [1997 c.553 §2; 2009 c.11 §65] Note: 468.501 to 468.521 were enacted into law by the Legislative Assembly but were not added to or made a part of ORS chapter 468 or any series therein by legislative action. See Preface to Oregon Revised Statutes for further explanation.
OR Rev Stat § 468.503 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 13 - Housing, Games, Environment|Chapter 468 - Environmental Quality Generally|Section 468.503 - Purpose of Green Permits.

The purpose of ORS 468.501 to 468.521 is to authorize: (1) The issuance of Green Permits to persons regulated under the environmental laws of the State of Oregon. (2) The Environmental Quality Commission to develop Green Permit criteria that will result in the use of innovative environmental approaches or strategies not otherwise recognized or allowed under existing regulations, to achieve environmental results that are significantly better than otherwise required by law. (3) An agency to provide or, where necessary, to seek exemptions or waivers from regulatory requirements as considered necessary to implement the provisions of ORS 468.501 to 468.521. (4) An agency to encourage applications for Green Permits that promote pollution prevention, source reduction, more efficient use of natural resources, improvements in technology or practices, utilization of environmental management systems and creation of public and private entity partnerships that can achieve environmental results that are significantly better overall than otherwise required by law. [1997 c.553 §1] Note: See note under 468.501.
OR Rev Stat § 468.505 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 13 - Housing, Games, Environment|Chapter 468 - Environmental Quality Generally|Section 468.505

[Formerly 449.855; renumbered 468A.105 in 1991]
OR Rev Stat § 468.506 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 13 - Housing, Games, Environment|Chapter 468 - Environmental Quality Generally|Section 468.506 - Commission rulemaking to carry out Green Permit program.

The Environmental Quality Commission shall establish by rule criteria for Green Permits and procedures for the application, review and public participation in the process of issuance of the permits. The accepting, processing and issuing of Green Permits is a discretionary function of the commission. In establishing the criteria for Green Permits, the commission: (1) Shall consider the objectives set forth in ORS 468.503; (2) May establish classes or categories of Green Permits as the commission considers appropriate; and (3) May limit the number and duration of such permits issued by the agencies for the purpose of evaluating the effectiveness of the Green Permit program. [1997 c.553 §3; 2003 c.425 §2] Note: See note under 468.501.
OR Rev Stat § 468.508 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 13 - Housing, Games, Environment|Chapter 468 - Environmental Quality Generally|Section 468.508 - Eligibility for Green Permit.

Any person owning or operating a facility or contiguous facilities subject to regulation under the environmental laws may act as a sponsor and propose a Green Permit. [1997 c.553 §4] Note: See note under 468.501.
OR Rev Stat § 468.510 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 13 - Housing, Games, Environment|Chapter 468 - Environmental Quality Generally|Section 468.510

[Formerly 449.857; renumbered 468A.110 in 1991]
OR Rev Stat § 468.511 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 13 - Housing, Games, Environment|Chapter 468 - Environmental Quality Generally|Section 468.511 - Environmental laws not applicable to facility operating under Green Permit.

Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any requirement under the environmental laws, except those required by treaty or interstate compact or by a federal law, that is contrary to the terms and provisions of a Green Permit shall not apply to a facility operating under a Green Permit. Any prior conflicting permit condition shall be revised by the agency that has jurisdiction over the Green Permit. Except as specifically revised in a Green Permit, any existing environmental permit or requirement shall remain in effect, notwithstanding issuance of a Green Permit. [1997 c.553 §5] Note: See note under 468.501.
OR Rev Stat § 468.513 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 13 - Housing, Games, Environment|Chapter 468 - Environmental Quality Generally|Section 468.513 - Judicial review of agency decision on issuance of Green Permit.

The decision of an agency to refuse to issue a Green Permit is not subject to judicial review. The decision of an agency to issue a Green Permit may be appealed in accordance with the provisions of ORS 183.484 pertaining to review of an order in other than a contested case. [1997 c.553 §6] Note: See note under 468.501.
OR Rev Stat § 468.515 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 13 - Housing, Games, Environment|Chapter 468 - Environmental Quality Generally|Section 468.515

[Formerly 449.870; renumbered 468A.115 in 1991]
OR Rev Stat § 468.516 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 13 - Housing, Games, Environment|Chapter 468 - Environmental Quality Generally|Section 468.516 - Termination of Green Permit.

If a sponsor operating a facility under a Green Permit fails to perform any term or condition in the Green Permit, the agency may, after written notice to the permittee, terminate the Green Permit in whole or in part. The permittee may appeal the agency’s decision to terminate a Green Permit to the Environmental Quality Commission. The commission’s decision on appeal shall be an order in other than a contested case. [1997 c.553 §7] Note: See note under 468.501.
OR Rev Stat § 468.518 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 13 - Housing, Games, Environment|Chapter 468 - Environmental Quality Generally|Section 468.518 - Application for permit or approval affected by termination of Green Permit.

After an agency issues a notice of termination of a Green Permit in the manner provided in ORS 468.516, the operator of the facility shall have 30 days to apply for any permit or approval affected by the termination of all or a portion of the Green Permit. An application filed during the 30-day period shall be considered a timely application for renewal of a permit under the terms of the applicable law. The terms and conditions of the Green Permit shall continue in effect until a final permit or approval is issued or denied. In order to achieve an orderly transition and compliance with the environmental laws, the agency may issue an order establishing conditions for the interim operation of the facility. [1997 c.553 §8] Note: See note under 468.501.
OR Rev Stat § 468.520 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 13 - Housing, Games, Environment|Chapter 468 - Environmental Quality Generally|Section 468.520

[Formerly 449.865; 1991 c.890 §1; renumbered 468A.120 in 1991]