Bill Text: OR HB3454 | 2013 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relating to water quality.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Failed) 2013-07-08 - In committee upon adjournment. [HB3454 Detail]

Download: Oregon-2013-HB3454-Introduced.html

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     77th OREGON LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY--2013 Regular Session

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amended section is new. Matter within  { -  braces and minus
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LC 3738

                         House Bill 3454

Sponsored by Representative BARTON

                             SUMMARY

The following summary is not prepared by the sponsors of the
measure and is not a part of the body thereof subject to
consideration by the Legislative Assembly. It is an editor's
brief statement of the essential features of the measure as
introduced.

  Modifies certain provisions related to water quality.

                        A BILL FOR AN ACT
Relating to water quality; amending ORS 468B.025.
Be It Enacted by the People of the State of Oregon:
  SECTION 1. ORS 468B.025 is amended to read:
  468B.025. (1)   { - Except as provided in ORS 468B.050 or
468B.053, - }  No person shall:
  (a) Cause pollution of any waters of the state or place or
cause to be placed any wastes in a location where such wastes are
likely to escape or be carried into the waters of the state by
any means.
  (b) Discharge any wastes into the waters of the state if the
discharge reduces the quality of such waters below the water
quality standards established by rule for such waters by the
Environmental Quality Commission.
  (2) No person shall violate the conditions of any waste
discharge permit issued under ORS 468B.050.
  (3) Violation of subsection (1) or (2) of this section is a
public nuisance.
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