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2025 Oregon Revised Statutes
Volume : 13 - Housing, Games, Environment
Chapter 466 - Hazardous Waste and Hazardous Materials II
Section 466.630 - Commission designation of substance as hazardous material; rules.
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OR Rev Stat § 466.630 (2025)
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(1) By rule, the Environmental Quality Commission may designate as a hazardous material any element, compound, mixture, solution or substance which when spilled or released into the air or into or on any land or waters of the state may present a substantial danger to the public health, safety, welfare or the environment.
(2) Before designating a substance as hazardous material, the commission must find that the hazardous material, because of its quantity, concentration or physical or chemical characteristics may pose a present or future hazard to human health, safety, welfare or the environment when spilled or released. [1985 c.733 §6]
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