Oregon Statutes 30.490 – Definitions for ORS 30.490 to 30.497
As used in ORS § 30.490 to 30.497:
Terms Used In Oregon Statutes 30.490
- Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
- local government: means all cities, counties and local service districts located in this state, and all administrative subdivisions of those cities, counties and local service districts. See Oregon Statutes 174.116
- Partnership: A voluntary contract between two or more persons to pool some or all of their assets into a business, with the agreement that there will be a proportional sharing of profits and losses.
- United States: includes territories, outlying possessions and the District of Columbia. See Oregon Statutes 174.100
(1) ‘Discharge’ means any leakage, seepage or any other release of hazardous material.
(2) ‘Hazardous material’ means:
(a) Hazardous waste as defined in ORS § 466.005;
(b) Hazardous substances as defined in ORS § 453.005;
(c) Radioactive waste as defined in ORS § 469.300;
(d) Uranium mine overburden or uranium mill tailings, mill wastes or mill by-product materials;
(e) Radioactive substance as defined in ORS § 453.005;
(f) Any substance designated by the United States Department of Transportation as hazardous pursuant to the Hazardous Materials Transportation Act, 49 U.S.C. § 5101 et seq., P.L. 93-633, as amended; and
(g) Any substance that the Environmental Protection Agency designates as hazardous pursuant to:
(A) The federal Toxic Substances Control Act, 15 U.S.C. § 2601 to 2671; or
(B) The federal Resource Conservation and Recovery Act, 42 U.S.C. § 6901 to 6992, P.L. 94-580, as amended.
(3) ‘Person’ means an individual, corporation, association, firm, partnership, joint stock company or state or local government agency. [1985 c.376 § 1; 1991 c.480 § 9; 2005 c.22 § 22]