Oregon Revised Statutes

Or. Rev. Stat. § 453.307 (2026)

Definitions for ORS 453.307 to 453.414

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453.307 Definitions for ORS 453.307 to 453.414. As used in ORS 453.307 to 453.414:

(1) “Community right to know regulatory program” or “local program” means any law, rule, ordinance, regulation or charter amendment established, enforced or enacted by a local government that requires an employer to collect or report information relating to the use, storage, release, possession or composition of hazardous substances and toxic substances if a primary intent of the law, rule, ordinance, regulation or charter amendment is the public distribution of the information.

(2) “Emergency service personnel” includes those entities providing emergency services as defined in ORS 401.025.

(3) “Employer” means:

(a) Any person operating a facility that is included in one or more of the 21 standard industrial classification categories in Appendix B of the Natural Resources Defense Council v. Train Consent Decree of June 8, 1976 (8 E.R.C. 2120); or

(b) Any person operating a facility designated by the State Fire Marshal.

(4) “Fire district” means any agency having responsibility for providing fire protection services.

(5) “Hazardous substance” means:

(a) Any substance designated as hazardous by the Director of the Department of Consumer and Business Services or by the State Fire Marshal;

(b) Any substance for which a material safety data sheet is required by the Director of the Department of Consumer and Business Services under ORS 654.035 and which appears on the list of Threshold Limit Values for Chemical Substances and Physical Agents in the Work Environment by the American Conference of Governmental Industrial Hygienists; or

(6) “Health professional” means a physician licensed under ORS chapter 677, naturopathic physician licensed under ORS chapter 685, physician associate licensed under ORS 677.505 to 677.525, registered nurse, industrial hygienist, toxicologist, epidemiologist or emergency medical services provider.

(7) “Law enforcement agency” has the meaning given that term in ORS 181A.010.

(8) “Local government” means a city, town, county, regional authority or other political subdivision of this state.

(9) “Person” includes individuals, corporations, associations, firms, partnerships, joint stock companies, public and municipal corporations, political subdivisions, the state and any agency thereof, and the federal government and any agency thereof.

(10) “Trade secret” has the meaning given that term in ORS 192.345 (2). [1985 c.726 §1; 1987 c.259 §5; 1991 c.956 §14; 1993 c.187 §25; 1999 c.1089 §5; 2005 c.825 §17; 2011 c.703 §42; 2014 c.45 §64; 2017 c.356 §74; 2024 c.73 §96]

453.310 [Amended by 1969 c.514 §51; renumbered 689.855]

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 2 cases, 1999–2019 · leading case: Advocates for Effective Reg. v. City of Eugene, 981 P.2d 368 (Or. Ct. App. 1999).

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Advocates for Effective Reg. v. City of Eugene, 981 P.2d 368 (Or. Ct. App. 1999). “402(6), provides, in part: “Local government assessments of hazardous substance fees based on quantity or the hazardous substance survey shall be used solely to supplement and not to duplicate the State Fire Marshal’s programs under ORS 453.307 to 453.414 and shall be billed and…”

Childers Meat Co. v. City of Eugene, 439 P.3d 1000 (Or. Ct. App. 2019). · cites it 3× “Those entities argued, in part, that section VII(A) of the fee provision-which only imposed fees on "hazardous substance users" as defined by the initiative-was barred by ORS 453.402(6), under which "[l]ocal government assessments of hazardous substance fees based on quantity *…”

— Or. Rev. Stat. § 453.307(1) — 1 case

Childers Meat Co. v. City of Eugene, 439 P.3d 1000 (Or. Ct. App. 2019). “Those entities argued, in part, that section VII(A) of the fee provision-which only imposed fees on "hazardous substance users" as defined by the initiative-was barred by ORS 453.402(6), under which "[l]ocal government assessments of hazardous substance fees based on quantity *…”

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