Oregon Revised Statutes

Or. Rev. Stat. § 468.030 (2026)

Department of Environmental Quality

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      468.030 Department of Environmental Quality. There is hereby established in the executive-administrative branch of the government of the state under the Environmental Quality Commission a department to be known as the Department of Environmental Quality. The department shall consist of the Director of the Department of Environmental Quality and all personnel employed in the department. [Formerly 449.032]

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 7 cases (2 in the last 5 years), 1986–2023 · leading case: Kinzua Resources v. DEQ, 468 P.3d 410 (Or. 2020).
Kinzua Resources v. DEQ, 468 P.3d 410 (Or. 2020). “ORS 468.030; ORS 468.090. Cite as 366 Or 674 (2020) 679 persons “actually exercising” control over the site.”
G.A.S.P. v. Env't Quality Comm'n, 108 P.3d 95 (Or. Ct. App. 2005). “ORS 468.030. Among its other responsibilities, EQC establishes the policies that DEQ implements.”
City of Klamath Falls v. Env't Quality Comm'n, 870 P.2d 825 (Or. 1994). “015; ORS 468.030. 3 EQC’s findings of ultimate fact and conclusions of law in part are: “Ultimate Findings of Fact “1.”
ETU, Inc. v. Env't Quality Comm'n, 134 P.3d 1019 (Or. Ct. App. 2006). “ORS 468.030; ORS 468.090(2). Pursuant to a rule in effect during the relevant period, DEQ’s director or the director’s authorized delegates were also authorized to prepare and execute default final orders on behalf of EQC when a hearing was not timely requested.”
Dep't of Env't Quality v. Hayworth Farms, Inc., 728 P.2d 905 (Or. Ct. App. 1986). “ORS 468.030; 468.035(1). Petitioner’s second assignment of error is dependent on his prevailing on the first.”
PNW Metal Recycling, Inc. v. DEQ (Or. 2023). “DEQ is separately created by ORS 468.030, which provides that the department exists “under” EQC and con- sists of a “[d]irector” and other personnel.”
PNW Metal Recycling, Inc. v. DEQ (Or. 2023). “DEQ is separately created by ORS 468.030, which provides that the department exists “under” EQC and con- sists of a “[d]irector” and other personnel.”
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