Oregon Statutes 453.307 – Definitions for ORS 453.307 to 453.414
As used in ORS § 453.307 to 453.414:
Terms Used In Oregon Statutes 453.307
- Amendment: A proposal to alter the text of a pending bill or other measure by striking out some of it, by inserting new language, or both. Before an amendment becomes part of the measure, thelegislature must agree to it.
- City: includes any incorporated village or town. See Oregon Statutes 174.100
- 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
- Person: includes individuals, corporations, associations, firms, partnerships, limited liability companies and joint stock companies. See Oregon Statutes 174.100
(1) ‘Community right to know regulatory program’ or ‘local program’ means any law, rule, ordinance, regulation or charter amendment established, enforced or enacted by a local government that requires an employer to collect or report information relating to the use, storage, release, possession or composition of hazardous substances and toxic substances if a primary intent of the law, rule, ordinance, regulation or charter amendment is the public distribution of the information.
(2) ‘Emergency service personnel’ includes those entities providing emergency services as defined in ORS § 401.025.
(3) ‘Employer’ means:
(a) Any person operating a facility that is included in one or more of the 21 standard industrial classification categories in Appendix B of the Natural Resources Defense Council v. Train Consent Decree of June 8, 1976 (8 E.R.C. 2120); or
(b) Any person operating a facility designated by the State Fire Marshal.
(4) ‘Fire district’ means any agency having responsibility for providing fire protection services.
(5) ‘Hazardous substance’ means:
(a) Any substance designated as hazardous by the Director of the Department of Consumer and Business Services or by the State Fire Marshal;
(b) Any substance for which a material safety data sheet is required by the Director of the Department of Consumer and Business Services under ORS § 654.035 and which appears on the list of Threshold Limit Values for Chemical Substances and Physical Agents in the Work Environment by the American Conference of Governmental Industrial Hygienists; or
(c) Radioactive waste and material as defined in ORS § 469.300 and radioactive substance as defined in ORS § 453.005.
(6) ‘Health professional’ means a physician licensed under ORS Chapter 677, naturopathic physician licensed under ORS Chapter 685, physician assistant licensed under ORS § 677.505 to 677.525, registered nurse, industrial hygienist, toxicologist, epidemiologist or emergency medical services provider.
(7) ‘Law enforcement agency’ has the meaning given that term in ORS § 181A.010.
(8) ‘Local government’ means a city, town, county, regional authority or other political subdivision of this state.
(9) ‘Person’ includes individuals, corporations, associations, firms, partnerships, joint stock companies, public and municipal corporations, political subdivisions, the state and any agency thereof, and the federal government and any agency thereof.
(10) ‘Trade secret’ has the meaning given that term in ORS § 192.345 (2). [1985 c.726 § 1; 1987 c.259 § 5; 1991 c.956 § 14; 1993 c.187 § 25; 1999 c.1089 § 5; 2005 c.825 § 17; 2011 c.703 § 42; 2014 c.45 § 64; 2017 c.356 § 74]
[Amended by 1969 c.514 § 51; renumbered 689.855]