Oregon Revised Statutes Chapter 465 § 465.235 — Public
Oregon Revised Statutes Chapter 465 ·
Oregon Code § 465.235·Enacted ·Last updated March 01, 2026
Statute Text
Public
inspection of inventory; information included in inventory; organization;
report; action plan.
(1) The Director of the Department of Environmental Quality shall make the
inventory available to the public at the office of the Department of
Environmental Quality.
(2) The inventory
shall include but need not be limited to:
(a) The following
information, if known:
(A) A general
description of the facility;
(B) Address or
location;
(C) Time period
during which a release occurred;
(D) Name of
current owner and operator and names of any past owners and operators during
the time period of a release of a hazardous substance;
(E) Type and
quantity of a hazardous substance released at the facility;
(F) Manner of
release of the hazardous substance;
(G) Levels of a
hazardous substance, if any, in ground water, surface water, air and soils at
the facility;
(H) Hazard
ranking and narrative information regarding threats to the environment and
public health;
(I) Status of
removal or remedial actions at the facility; and
(J) Other items
the director determines necessary; and
(b) Information
that indicates whether the remedial action at the facility will be funded
primarily by:
(A) The
department through the use of moneys in the Hazardous Substance Remedial Action
Fund;
(B) An owner or
operator or other person under an agreement, order or consent judgment under
ORS 465.200 to 465.485; or
(C) An owner or
operator or other person under other state or federal authority.
(3) The
department may organize the inventory into categories of facilities, including
but not limited to the types of facilities listed in subsection (2) of this
section.
(4) On or before
January 15 of each year, the department shall submit the inventory and a report
to the Governor, the Legislative Assembly and the Environmental Quality
Commission. The annual report shall include a quantitative and narrative
summary of the departments accomplishments during the previous fiscal year and
the departments goals for the current fiscal year, including but not limited
to each of the following areas:
(a) Facilities
with a suspected release added to the departments database;
(b) Facilities
with a confirmed release added to the departments list;
(c) Facilities
added to and removed from the inventory;
(d) Removals
initiated and completed;
(e) Preliminary
assessments initiated and completed;
(f) Remedial
investigations initiated and completed;
(g) Feasibility
studies initiated and completed; and
(h) Remedial
actions, including long-term environmental controls and institutional controls,
initiated and completed.
(5) Beginning in
1991, and every fourth year thereafter, the report required under subsection
(4) of this section shall include a four-year plan of action for those items
under subsection (4)(e) to (h) of this section. The four-year plan shall
include projections of funding and staffing levels necessary to implement the
four-year plan. [1989 c.485 §5; 2003 c.576 §459]
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01Part of Oregon statutory law
02Referenced as Oregon Code § 465.235
03Subject to legislative amendments
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