468.045
Functions of director; delegation.
(1) Subject to policy direction by the Environmental Quality Commission, the
Director of the Department of Environmental Quality shall:
(a) Be
administrative head of the Department of Environmental Quality;
(b) Have power,
within applicable budgetary limitations, and in accordance with ORS chapter
240, to hire, assign, reassign, and coordinate personnel of the department;
(c) Administer
and enforce the laws of the state concerning environmental quality; and
(d) Be authorized
to participate in any proceeding before any public officer, commission or body
of the United States or any state for the purpose of representing the citizens
of Oregon concerning environmental quality.
(2) In addition
to duties otherwise required by law, the director shall prescribe regulations
for the government of the department, the conduct of its employees, the
assignment and performance of its business and the custody, use and
preservation of its records, papers and property in a manner consistent with
applicable law.
(3) The director
may delegate to any of the employees of the department the exercise or
discharge in the director’s name of any power, duty or function of whatever
character, vested in or imposed by law upon the director. The official act of
any such person so acting in the director’s name and by the authority of the
director shall be considered to be an official act of the director. [Formerly
449.028]
Notes of Decisions
ONRC Action v. Columbia Plywood, Inc., 26 P.3d 142 (Or. 2001).
“035(l)(n) (DEQ may “perform such * * * acts as may be necessary, proper or desirable to carry out effectively the duties, powers and responsibilities of [DEQ]”); ORS 468.045(l)(c) (DEQ to “[a]dminister and enforce the laws of the state concerning environmental quality”).”
PNW Metal Recycling, Inc. v. DEQ (Or. 2023).
“035 sets out a list of specific functions to be performed by DEQ “[s] ubject to policy direction by [EQC],” and ORS 468.045(1) (c) generally provides that the purpose of DEQ, through its director, is to “[a]dminister and enforce the laws of the state concerning environmental…”
PNW Metal Recycling, Inc. v. DEQ (Or. 2023).
“035 sets out a list of specific functions to be performed by DEQ “[s]ubject to policy direction by [EQC],” and ORS 468.045 (1)(c) generally provides that the purpose of DEQ, through its director, is to “[a]dminister and enforce the laws of the state concerning environmental…”
— Or. Rev. Stat. § 468.045(1) — 1 case
PNW Metal Recycling, Inc. v. DEQ (Or. 2023).
“035 sets out a list of specific functions to be performed by DEQ “[s] ubject to policy direction by [EQC],” and ORS 468.045(1) (c) generally provides that the purpose of DEQ, through its director, is to “[a]dminister and enforce the laws of the state concerning environmental…”
— Or. Rev. Stat. § 468.045(l)(c) — 1 case
ONRC Action v. Columbia Plywood, Inc., 26 P.3d 142 (Or. 2001).
“035(l)(n) (DEQ may “perform such * * * acts as may be necessary, proper or desirable to carry out effectively the duties, powers and responsibilities of [DEQ]”); ORS 468.045(l)(c) (DEQ to “[a]dminister and enforce the laws of the state concerning environmental quality”).”
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