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OR Rev Stat § 466.635 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 13 - Housing, Games, Environment|Chapter 466 - Hazardous Waste and Hazardous Materials II|Section 466.635 - Report of spill or release of reportable quantity of hazardous material.

Any person owning or having control over any oil or hazardous material who has knowledge of a spill or release shall immediately notify the Oregon Department of Emergency Management as soon as that person knows the spill or release is a reportable quantity. [1985 c.733 §7; 2007 c.740 §39; 2021 c.539 §76] Note: The amendments to 466.635 by section 76, chapter 539, Oregon Laws 2021, become operative July 1, 2022. See section 155, chapter 539, Oregon Laws 2021. The text that is operative until July 1, 2022, is set forth for the user’s convenience. Any person owning or having control over any oil or hazardous material who has knowledge of a spill or release shall immediately notify the Office of Emergency Management as soon as that person knows the spill or release is a reportable quantity.
OR Rev Stat § 466.640 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 13 - Housing, Games, Environment|Chapter 466 - Hazardous Waste and Hazardous Materials II|Section 466.640 - Strict liability for spill or release; exceptions.

(1) Any person owning or having control over any oil or hazardous material spilled or released or threatening to spill or release shall be strictly liable without regard to fault for the spill or release or threatened spill or release. However, in any action to recover damages, the person shall be relieved from strict liability without regard to fault if the person can prove that the spill or release of oil or hazardous material was caused by: (a) An act of war or sabotage or an act of God. (b) Negligence on the part of the United States Government or the State of Oregon. (c) An act or omission of a third party without regard to whether any such act or omission was or was not negligent. (2) Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (1) of this section: (a) A person who has entered into, and is in compliance with, an administrative agreement under ORS 465.327 is not liable to the State of Oregon for any spill or release of oil or hazardous material at a facility that is subject to ORS 465.200 to 465.545 existing as of the date of the person’s acquisition of ownership or operation of the facility, to the extent provided in ORS 465.327. (b) A person who has entered into, and is in compliance with, a judicial consent judgment or an administrative consent order under ORS 465.327 is not liable to the State of Oregon or any person for any spill or release of oil or hazardous material at a facility that is subject to ORS 465.200 to 465.545 existing as of the date of the person’s acquisition of ownership or operation of the facility, to the extent provided in ORS 465.327. (c) An authority created under ORS 465.600 to 465.621 is not liable to the State of Oregon or any person for any spill or release of oil or hazardous material at a facility that is subject to ORS 465.200 to 465.545 existing as of the date of the authority’s acquisition of ownership or operation of the facility, to the extent provided in ORS 465.327 for a person that has entered into, and is in compliance with, an administrative agreement, judicial consent judgment or an administrative consent order. [1985 c.733 §8; 2011 c.487 §3; 2015 c.631 §10]
OR Rev Stat § 466.645 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 13 - Housing, Games, Environment|Chapter 466 - Hazardous Waste and Hazardous Materials II|Section 466.645 - Cleanup; failure to complete cleanup.

(1) Any person liable for a spill or release or threatened spill or release under ORS 466.640 shall immediately clean up the spill or release under the direction of the Department of Environmental Quality. Any person liable for a spill or release or a threatened spill or release shall immediately initiate cleanup, whether or not the department has directed the cleanup. The department may require the responsible person to undertake such investigations, monitoring, surveys, testing and other information gathering as the department considers necessary or appropriate to: (a) Identify the existence and extent of the spill or release; (b) Identify the source and nature of oil or hazardous material involved; and (c) Evaluate the extent of danger to the public health, safety, welfare or the environment. (2) If any person liable under ORS 466.640 does not immediately commence and promptly and adequately complete the cleanup, the department may clean up, or contract for the cleanup of the spill or release or the threatened spill or release. (3) Whenever the department is authorized to act under subsection (2) of this section, the department directly or by contract may undertake such investigations, monitoring, surveys, testing and other information gathering as it may deem appropriate to identify the existence and extent of the spill or release, the source and nature of oil or hazardous material involved and the extent of danger to the public health, safety, welfare or the environment. In addition, the department directly or by contract may undertake such planning, fiscal, economic, engineering and other studies and investigations it may deem appropriate to plan and direct cleanup actions, to recover the costs thereof and legal costs and to enforce the provisions of ORS 466.605 to 466.680. [1985 c.733 §9; 1987 c.158 §89; 1991 c.650 §5]
OR Rev Stat § 466.670 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 13 - Housing, Games, Environment|Chapter 466 - Hazardous Waste and Hazardous Materials II|Section 466.670 - Oil and Hazardous Material Emergency Response and Remedial Action Fund.

(1) The Oil and Hazardous Material Emergency Response and Remedial Action Fund is established separate and distinct from the General Fund in the State Treasury. Interest earned on the fund shall be credited to the fund. Moneys received by the Department of Environmental Quality for the purpose of oil or hazardous material emergency response or remedial action shall be paid into the State Treasury and credited to the fund. (2) The State Treasurer shall invest and reinvest moneys in the Oil and Hazardous Material Emergency Response and Remedial Action Fund in the manner provided by law. (3) The moneys in the Oil and Hazardous Material Emergency Response and Remedial Action Fund are appropriated continuously to the Department of Environmental Quality to be used in the manner described in ORS 466.675. [1985 c.733 §14; 1989 c.833 §93; 1989 c.966 §54]
OR Rev Stat § 466.675 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 13 - Housing, Games, Environment|Chapter 466 - Hazardous Waste and Hazardous Materials II|Section 466.675 - Use of moneys in Oil and Hazardous Material Emergency Response and Remedial Action Fund.

Moneys in the Oil and Hazardous Material Emergency Response and Remedial Action Fund may be used by the Department of Environmental Quality for the following purposes: (1) Funding actions and activities authorized by ORS 466.645, 466.205, 468B.320 and 468B.330. (2) Providing for the general administration of ORS 466.605 to 466.680 including the payment of personnel costs of the department or any other state agency related to the enforcement of ORS 466.605 to 466.680. [1985 c.733 §15; 1987 c.158 §92; 1989 c.833 §94]
OR Rev Stat § 466.680 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 13 - Housing, Games, Environment|Chapter 466 - Hazardous Waste and Hazardous Materials II|Section 466.680 - Responsibility for expenses of cleanup; record; treble damages; order; appeal.

(1) If a person required to clean up oil or hazardous material under ORS 466.645 fails or refuses to do so, the person shall be responsible for the reasonable expenses incurred by the Department of Environmental Quality in carrying out ORS 466.645. (2) The department shall keep a record of all expenses incurred in carrying out any cleanup projects or activities authorized under ORS 466.645, including charges for services performed and the state’s equipment and materials utilized. (3) Any person who does not make a good faith effort to clean up oil or hazardous material when obligated to do so under ORS 466.645 shall be liable to the department for damages not to exceed three times the amount of all expenses incurred by the department. (4) Based on the record compiled by the department under subsection (2) of this section, the Environmental Quality Commission shall make a finding and enter an order against the person described in subsection (1) or (3) of this section for the amount of damages, not to exceed treble damages, and the expenses incurred by the state in carrying out the action authorized by this section. The order may be appealed in the manner provided for appeal of a contested case order under ORS chapter 183. (5) If the amount of state incurred expenses and damages under this section are not paid by the responsible person to the department within 15 days after receipt of notice that such expenses are due and owing, or, if an appeal is filed within 15 days after the court renders its decision if the decision affirms the order, the Attorney General, at the request of the Director of the Department of Environmental Quality, shall bring an action in the name of the State of Oregon in a court of competent jurisdiction to recover the amount specified in the notice of the director. [1985 c.733 §16]
OR Rev Stat § 466.710 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 13 - Housing, Games, Environment|Chapter 466 - Hazardous Waste and Hazardous Materials II|Section 466.710 - Application of ORS 466.706 to 466.882 and 466.994.

ORS 466.706 to 466.882 and 466.994 shall not apply to a: (1) Farm or residential tank of 1,100 gallons or less capacity used for storing motor fuel for noncommercial purposes. (2) Except as provided in ORS 466.858 to 466.878, tank used for storing heating oil for consumptive use on the premises where stored. (3) Septic tank. (4) Pipeline facility including gathering lines regulated: (a) Under the Natural Gas Pipeline Safety Act of 1968 (49 U.S.C. 1671); (b) Under the Hazardous Liquid Pipeline Safety Act of 1979 (49 U.S.C. 2001); or (c) As an intrastate pipeline facility under state laws comparable to the provisions of law referred to in paragraph (a) or (b) of this subsection. (5) Surface impoundment, pit, pond or lagoon. (6) Storm water or waste water collection system. (7) Flow-through process tank. (8) Liquid trap or associated gathering lines directly related to oil or gas production and gathering operations. (9) Storage tank situated in an underground area if the storage tank is situated upon or above the surface of a floor. As used in this subsection, "underground area" includes but is not limited to a basement, cellar, mine, drift, shaft or tunnel. (10) Pipe connected to any tank described in subsections (1) to (8) of this section. [Formerly 468.911; 1987 c.539 §18; 1999 c.979 §§9,17; 2001 c.104 §201]
OR Rev Stat § 466.715 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 13 - Housing, Games, Environment|Chapter 466 - Hazardous Waste and Hazardous Materials II|Section 466.715 - Legislative findings.

(1) The Legislative Assembly finds that: (a) Regulated substances hazardous to the public health, safety, welfare and the environment are stored in underground tanks in this state; and (b) Underground tanks used for the storage of regulated substances are potential sources of contamination of the environment and may pose dangers to the public health, safety, welfare and the environment. (2) Therefore, the Legislative Assembly declares: (a) It is the public policy of this state to protect the public health, safety, welfare and the environment from the potential harmful effects of underground tanks used to store regulated substances. (b) It is the purpose of ORS 466.706 to 466.882 and 466.994 to enable the Environmental Quality Commission to adopt a statewide program for the prevention and reporting of releases and for taking corrective action to protect the public and the environment from releases from underground storage tanks. [1987 c.539 §4 (enacted in lieu of 468.902); 1989 c.1071 §§21,26]
OR Rev Stat § 466.720 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 13 - Housing, Games, Environment|Chapter 466 - Hazardous Waste and Hazardous Materials II|Section 466.720 - Statewide underground storage tank program; federal authorization; rules.

(1) The Environmental Quality Commission shall adopt a statewide underground storage tank program. Except as otherwise provided in ORS 466.706 to 466.882 and 466.994, the statewide program shall establish uniform procedures and standards to protect the public health, safety, welfare and the environment from the consequences of a release from an underground storage tank. (2) The commission and the Department of Environmental Quality shall perform or cause to be performed any act necessary to gain final authorization of a state program for the regulation of underground storage tanks under the provisions of Section 9004 of the Federal Resource Conservation and Recovery Act, P.L. 94-580 as amended and P.L. 98-616, Section 205 of the federal Solid Waste Disposal Act, P.L. 96-482 as amended and federal regulations and interpretive and guidance documents issued pursuant to P.L. 94-580 as amended, P.L. 98-616 and P.L. 96-482. To gain final authorization, the department shall submit an application for state program approval to the United States Environmental Protection Agency. The commission may adopt, amend or repeal any rule necessary to implement ORS 466.706 to 466.882 and 466.994. [Subsection (1) enacted as 1987 c.539 §6; subsection (2) formerly 468.913; 2001 c.754 §1]
OR Rev Stat § 466.725 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 13 - Housing, Games, Environment|Chapter 466 - Hazardous Waste and Hazardous Materials II|Section 466.725 - Limitation on local government regulation.

(1) Except as provided in ORS 466.730, a local unit of government may not enact or enforce any ordinance, rule or regulation relating to the matters encompassed by the state program established under ORS 466.720. (2) Any ordinance, rule or regulation enacted by a local unit of government of this state that encompasses the same matters as the state program shall be unenforceable, except for an ordinance, rule or regulation: (a) That requires an owner or permittee to report a release to the local unit of government; or (b) Adopted by a local unit of government operating an underground storage tank program pursuant to a contract entered into according to the provisions of ORS 466.730. [1987 c.539 §8 (enacted in lieu of 468.904)]
OR Rev Stat § 466.727 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 13 - Housing, Games, Environment|Chapter 466 - Hazardous Waste and Hazardous Materials II|Section 466.727 - Prohibition on local government tax, fee or surcharge.

(1) A local unit of government may not impose any tax, fee or surcharge on soil generated as a result of remedial action or replacement of leaking underground storage tanks if financial assistance from the Underground Storage Tank Compliance and Corrective Action Fund has been provided for the remedial action or tank replacement. (2) Nothing in this section shall be construed to prevent a local unit of government that owns, leases or operates a site for the disposal, transfer, recovery or treatment of solid waste from charging a fee for disposal or treatment of soil at such site. [1993 c.661 §4]
OR Rev Stat § 466.730 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 13 - Housing, Games, Environment|Chapter 466 - Hazardous Waste and Hazardous Materials II|Section 466.730 - Delegation of program administration to state agency or local government by agreement.

(1) The Environmental Quality Commission may authorize the department to enter into a contract or agreement with an agency of this state or a local unit of government to administer all or part of the underground storage tank program. (2) Any agency of this state or any local unit of government that seeks to administer an underground storage tank program under this section shall submit to the Department of Environmental Quality a description of the program the agency or local unit of government proposes to administer in lieu of all or part of the state program. The program description shall include at least the following: (a) A description in narrative form of the scope, structure, coverage and procedures of the proposed program. (b) A description, including organization charts, of the organization and structure of the contracting state agency or local unit of government that will have responsibility for administering the program, including: (A) The number of employees, occupation and general duties of each employee who will carry out the activities of the contract. (B) An itemized estimate of the cost of establishing and administering the program, including the cost of personnel listed in subparagraph (A) of this paragraph and administrative and technical support. (C) An itemization of the source and amount of funding available to the contracting state agency or local unit of government to meet the costs listed in subparagraph (B) of this paragraph, including any restrictions or limitations upon this funding. (D) A description of applicable procedures, including permit procedures. (E) Copies of the permit form, application form and reporting form the state agency or local unit of government intends to use in the program. (F) A complete description of the methods to be used to assure compliance and for enforcement of the program. (G) A description of the procedures to be used to coordinate information with the department, including the frequency of reporting and report content. (H) A description of the procedures the state agency or local unit of government will use to comply with trade secret laws under ORS 466.800. (3) Any program approved by the department under this section shall at all times be conducted in accordance with the requirements of ORS 466.706 to 466.882 and 466.994. (4) An agency or local unit of government shall exercise the functions relating to underground storage tanks authorized under a contract or agreement entered into under this section according to the authority vested in the commission and the department under ORS 466.706 to 466.882 and 466.994 insofar as such authority is applicable to the performance under the contract or agreement. The agency or local unit of government shall carry out these functions in the manner provided for the commission and the department to carry out the same functions. [1987 c.539 §9]
OR Rev Stat § 466.735 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 13 - Housing, Games, Environment|Chapter 466 - Hazardous Waste and Hazardous Materials II|Section 466.735 - Cooperation with Department of Consumer and Business Services and State Fire Marshal.

Nothing in ORS 466.706 to 466.882 and 466.994 is intended to interfere with, limit or abridge the authority of the Department of Consumer and Business Services or the State Fire Marshal, or any other state agency or local unit of government relating to combustion and explosion hazards, hazard communications or land use. The complementary relationship between the protection of the public safety from combustion and explosion hazards, and protection of the public health, safety, welfare and the environment from releases of regulated substances from underground storage tanks is recognized. Therefore, the Department of Environmental Quality shall work cooperatively with the Department of Consumer and Business Services, the State Fire Marshal and local units of government in developing the rules and procedures necessary to carry out the provisions of ORS 466.706 to 466.882 and 466.994. [1987 c.539 §10]
OR Rev Stat § 466.740 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 13 - Housing, Games, Environment|Chapter 466 - Hazardous Waste and Hazardous Materials II|Section 466.740 - Noncomplying installation prohibited.

No person shall install an underground storage tank for the purpose of storing regulated substances unless the tank complies with the standards adopted under ORS 466.746 and any other rule adopted under ORS 466.706 to 466.882 and 466.994. [1987 c.539 §11]
OR Rev Stat § 466.743 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 13 - Housing, Games, Environment|Chapter 466 - Hazardous Waste and Hazardous Materials II|Section 466.743 - Training on operation, maintenance and testing; rules.

(1) Operators of underground storage tanks shall participate in mandatory training on the proper operation, maintenance and testing of underground storage tanks. (2) The Environmental Quality Commission shall adopt rules establishing mandatory training requirements. The rules may include, but are not limited to: (a) A definition of operator, which may include other persons with daily responsibility for on-site operation and maintenance of underground storage tanks who are required to obtain training under this section; (b) Requirements and specifications for training or testing services; and (c) A schedule that sets forth compliance dates for each facility. (3) The commission may accommodate hardship cases in which attendance at a training session is unusually difficult due to special circumstances. An accommodation under this subsection does not exempt a person from the training requirements under subsection (1) of this section. [2001 c.754 §3]
OR Rev Stat § 466.750 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 13 - Housing, Games, Environment|Chapter 466 - Hazardous Waste and Hazardous Materials II|Section 466.750 - License procedure for persons servicing underground tanks.

(1) In order to safeguard the public health, safety and welfare, to protect the state’s natural and biological systems, to protect the public from unlawful underground tank installation and retrofit procedures, to assure the highest degree of leak prevention from underground storage tanks and to insure the appropriate cleanup of oil spills and releases, the Environmental Quality Commission may adopt a program to regulate persons providing underground storage tank installation and removal, retrofit, testing, inspection and remedial action services. (2) The program established under subsection (1) of this section may include a procedure to license persons who demonstrate, to the satisfaction of the Department of Environmental Quality, the ability to service underground storage tanks. This demonstration of ability may consist of written or field examinations. The commission may establish different types of licenses for different types of demonstrations, including but not limited to: (a) Installation, removal, retrofit and inspection of underground storage tanks; (b) Tank integrity testing; (c) Installation of leak detection systems; and (d) Cleanup of soil contamination resulting from spills or releases of oil from underground storage tanks. (3) The program adopted under subsection (1) of this section may allow the department after opportunity for hearing under the provisions of ORS chapter 183, to revoke a license of any person offering underground storage tank services who commits fraud or deceit in obtaining a license or who demonstrates negligence or incompetence in performing underground tank services. (4) The program adopted under subsection (1) of this section shall: (a) Provide that no person may offer to perform or perform services for which a license is required under the program without such license. (b) Establish a schedule of fees for licensing under the program. The fees shall be in an amount sufficient to cover the costs of the department in administering the program. (5) The following persons shall apply for an underground storage tank permit from the department: (a) An owner of an underground storage tank currently in operation; (b) An owner of an underground storage tank taken out of operation between January 1, 1974, and May 1, 1988; and (c) An owner of an underground storage tank that was taken out of operation before January 1, 1974, but that still contains a regulated substance. [1987 c.539 §§14,15; 1989 c.926 §42; 1999 c.979 §10; 2001 c.104 §202]