Oregon Statutes - Chapter 468 - Environmental Quality Generally - Section 468.501 - Definitions for ORS 468.501 to 468.521.

As used in ORS 468.501 to 468.521:

(1) “Agency” means either the Department of Environmental Quality or the Lane Regional Air Pollution Authority created pursuant to ORS 468A.010 to 468A.180, or both, as the context requires.

(2) “Commission” means the Environmental Quality Commission.

(3) “Environmental laws” means ORS 454.605 to 454.755, 459.005 to 459.153, 459.705 to 459.790, 459.992, 459.995, 465.003 to 465.034 and 466.005 to 466.385 and ORS chapters 468, 468A and 468B and rules adopted thereunder. “Environmental laws” does not include any provision of Oregon Revised Statutes or of any municipal ordinance or enactment that regulates the selection of a location for a new facility.

(4) “Facility” means any site or contiguous sites, any manufacturing operation or contiguous operations, or any business or municipal activity regulated under any provision of the environmental laws.

(5) “Green Permit” means a permit that provides administrative benefits or reduces regulatory requirements to facilities that meet criteria established by the Environmental Quality Commission.

(6) “Sponsor” means a person, group or association that submits a proposal under the Green Permit program. [1997 c.553 §2]

Note: 468.501 to 468.521 were enacted into law by the Legislative Assembly but were not added to or made a part of ORS chapter 468 or any series therein by legislative action. See Preface to Oregon Revised Statutes for further explanation.

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