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2025 Oregon Revised Statutes
Volume : 13 - Housing, Games, Environment
Chapter 466 - Hazardous Waste and Hazardous Materials II
Section 466.992 - Civil penalties for damage to wildlife resulting from contamination of food or water supply.
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OR Rev Stat § 466.992 (2025)
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(1) Any person who has care, custody or control of a hazardous waste or a substance that would be a hazardous waste except for the fact that it is not discarded, useless or unwanted shall incur a civil penalty according to the schedule set forth in ORS 496.705 for the destruction, due to contamination of food or water supply by such waste or substance, of any of the wildlife referred to in ORS 496.705 that are the property of the state.
(2) The civil penalty imposed under this section shall be in addition to other penalties prescribed by law. [Formerly 466.890; 2009 c.267 §5]
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