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Or. Rev. Stat. § 466.020 (2026)

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      466.020 Rules and orders. In accordance with applicable provisions of ORS chapter 183, the Environmental Quality Commission shall:

      (1) Adopt rules and issue orders thereon, including but not limited to establishing minimum requirements for the treatment, storage and disposal of hazardous wastes, minimum requirements for operation, maintenance, monitoring, reporting and supervision of treatment, storage or disposal sites, and requirements and procedures for selection of such sites.

      (2) Adopt rules and issue orders thereon relating to the procedures of the Department of Environmental Quality to hearings, filing of reports, submission of plans and the issuance, revocation and modification of permits issued under ORS 466.005 to 466.385 and 466.992.

      (3) Adopt rules and issue orders thereon to classify as hazardous waste those residues defined in ORS 466.005 (7)(b).

      (4) Adopt rules and issue orders thereon relating to reporting by generators of hazardous waste concerning type, amount and disposition of such hazardous waste and waste minimization activities. Rules may be adopted exempting certain classes of generators from such requirements.

      (5) Adopt rules and issue orders relating to the transportation of hazardous waste by air or water.

      (6) Adopt rules and issue orders relating to the production, marketing, distribution, transportation and burning of fuels containing or derived from hazardous waste.

      (7) Adopt rules and issue orders relating to corrective action, including corrective action within the facility or beyond the facility boundary if necessary to protect public health or the environment, for all releases of hazardous waste or constituents of hazardous waste occurring from locations within the facility or originating within the facility and releasing beyond the facility boundary, from any hazardous waste treatment, storage or disposal facility, regardless of the time the hazardous waste was placed in the facility.

      (8) Adopt rules and issue orders relating to the restriction or prohibition of nonhazardous liquid waste in a hazardous waste disposal site.

      (9) Adopt rules necessary to implement the certification requirements of ORS 466.357. [Formerly 459.440; 1987 c.540 §6; 1989 c.833 §112]

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 5 cases, 1999–2017 · leading case: Oil Re-Refining Co. v. Env't Quality Comm'n, 388 P.3d 1071 (Or. 2017).
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Oil Re-Refining Co. v. Env't Quality Comm'n, 388 P.3d 1071 (Or. 2017). · cites it 4× “015; ORS 466.020. Federal law requires Oregon’s program to be at least as stringent as the EPA’s RCRA hazardous waste program.”
Oil Re-Refining Co. v. Env't Quality Comm'n, 361 P.3d 46 (Or. Ct. App. 2015). · cites it 2× “015; ORS 466.020. The rule at issue in this case — 40 CFR section 263.”
State v. Peekema, 976 P.2d 1128 (Or. 1999). “100 or any rule, standard, license, permit or order adopted or issued under ORS 466.020,466.095 or 466.100, knowingly disposes of, stores or treats hazardous waste and: “(a) As a result, recklessly causes substantial harm to human health or the environment; or “(b) Knowingly…”
State v. Stevens Equip. Co., 998 P.2d 1278 (Or. Ct. App. 2000). “100, and the rules, standards, licenses, permits and orders adopted and issued under ORS 466.020, 466.095 and 466.100 Tdefen-dantl did unlawfully and knowingly and in knowing disregard of the law, store hazardous waste.”
State v. Maxwell, 984 P.2d 361 (Or. Ct. App. 1999). “100 or any rule, standard, license, permit or order adopted or issued under ORS 466.020, 466.095 or 466.100, knowingly disposes of, stores or tests hazardous waste and: “(a) As a result, recklessly causes substantial harm to human health or the environment; or “(b) Knowingly…”
— Or. Rev. Stat. § 466.020(5) — 1 case
Oil Re-Refining Co. v. Env't Quality Comm'n, 388 P.3d 1071 (Or. 2017). “015; ORS 466.020. Federal law requires Oregon’s program to be at least as stringent as the EPA’s RCRA hazardous waste program.”
— Or. Rev. Stat. § 466.020(6) — 1 case
Oil Re-Refining Co. v. Env't Quality Comm'n, 388 P.3d 1071 (Or. 2017). “015; ORS 466.020. Federal law requires Oregon’s program to be at least as stringent as the EPA’s RCRA hazardous waste program.”
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