Oregon Code § 465.220·Enacted ·Last updated March 01, 2026
Statute Text
Comprehensive statewide identification program; notice.
(1) The Department of
Environmental Quality shall develop and implement a comprehensive statewide
program to identify any release or threat of release from a facility that may
require remedial action.
(2) The
department shall notify all daily and weekly newspapers of general circulation
in the state and all broadcast media of the program developed under subsection
(1) of this section. The notice shall include information about how the public
may provide information on a release or threat of release from a facility.
(3) In developing
the program under subsection (1) of this section, the department shall examine,
at a minimum, any industrial or commercial activity that historically has been
a major source in this state of releases of hazardous substances.
(4) The
department shall include information about the implementation and progress of
the program developed under subsection (1) of this section in the report
required under ORS 465.235. [Formerly 466.560]