As used in ORS 466.901 to 466.915: (1) Commission means the Environmental Quality Commission. (2) Corrective action means remedial action taken to protect the present or future public health, safety or welfare or the environment from a release of aircraft or marine fuel. Corrective action includes but is not limited to: (a) The prevention, elimination, removal, abatement, control, minimization, investigation, assessment, evaluation or monitoring of a hazard or potential hazard or threat, including migration of released aircraft or marine fuel; or (b) Transportation, storage, treatment or disposal of aircraft or marine fuel or contaminated material from a site. (3) Department means the Department of Environmental Quality. (4) Facility means any one or combination of fuel tanks and pipes connected to the tanks, used to contain an accumulation of aircraft or marine fuel including gasoline or diesel oil, that are located at one contiguous geographical site. (5) Fuel tank means an underground storage tank, as defined in ORS 466.706, used to contain an accumulation of aircraft or marine fuel. (6) Investigation means monitoring, surveying, testing or other information gathering. (7) Owner means the owner of a fuel tank. (8) Port has the meaning given that term in ORS 777.005. Port includes an airport, as defined in ORS 836.005, that is owned by a port. (9) Release means the discharge, deposit, injection, dumping, spilling, emitting, leaking or placing of aircraft or marine fuel from a fuel tank into the air or into or on land or the waters of the state, other than as authorized by a permit issued under state or federal law. (10) Stage I vapor collection system means a system where fuel vapors are forced from a tank into a vapor-tight holding system or vapor control system through direct displacement by the fuel being loaded. (11) Stage II vapor collection system means a system where at least 90 percent, by weight, of the fuel vapors that are displaced or drawn from a fuel tank during refueling are transferred to a vapor-tight holding system or vapor control system. (12) Waters of the state has the meaning given that term in ORS 468B.005. Note: 466.901 to 466.920 were enacted into law by the Legislative Assembly but were not added to or made a part of ORS chapter 466 or any series therein by legislative action. See Preface to Oregon Revised Statutes for further explanation.
‹ Prev All Oregon sections Next ›
Lexace provides legal information, not legal advice, and no attorney–client relationship is created. Statute text is provided for general information and may not reflect the most recent amendments; verify against the official state code.