(1) As used in this section:

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(a) ‘Hospital, medical or infectious waste’ means hospital waste or medical/infectious waste, as those terms are defined in 40 C.F.R. § 60.51c, as in effect on September 24, 2023.

(b) ‘Municipal solid waste incinerator’ means any facility operated before, on or after September 24, 2023, for the purpose of combusting municipal solid waste, regardless of whether the facility is later reclassified as another type of waste combustion facility.

(2) A municipal solid waste incinerator may not combust more than 18,000 tons of hospital, medical or infectious waste during a single calendar year. [2023 c.612 § 3]

Sections 4 and 5, chapter 612, Oregon Laws 2023, provide:

The Department of Environmental Quality shall take all reasonable steps to ensure that any permit issued under the federal operating permit program established under ORS § 468A.310 is modified to be consistent with section 3 of this 2023 Act [468A.880] within 12 months of the effective date of this 2023 Act [September 24, 2023]. [2023 c.612 § 4]

(1) No later than September 15, 2024, the Department of Environmental Quality shall submit a report on the progress made in implementing section 2 of this 2023 Act [468A.875], including data received by the department, in the manner provided in ORS § 192.245, and may include recommendations for legislation, to the interim committees of the Legislative Assembly related to the environment.

(2) No later than three months after the completion of the 12-month period required by section 2 of this 2023 Act, the department shall submit a report on the results of the continuous monitoring or sampling conducted under section 2 of this 2023 Act, in the manner provided in ORS § 192.245, and may include recommendations for legislation, to the committees or interim committees of the Legislative Assembly related to the environment. [2023 c.612 § 5]

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