Oregon Statutes 468.423 – Definitions for ORS 468.423 to 468.440
As used in ORS § 468.423 to 468.440:
Terms Used In Oregon Statutes 468.423
- 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
- United States: includes territories, outlying possessions and the District of Columbia. See Oregon Statutes 174.100
(1) ‘Available sewer’ has the meaning given that term in ORS § 454.779.
(2) ‘Fund’ means the Water Pollution Control Revolving Fund established under ORS § 468.427.
(3) ‘On-site septic system’ has the meaning given that term in ORS § 454.779.
(4) ‘Public agency’ means:
(a) A state agency, incorporated city, county, sanitary authority, federally recognized Indian tribal government, school district, county service district, sanitary district, metropolitan service district or other special district; or
(b) An intergovernmental entity created by units of local government under ORS § 190.003 to 190.130.
(5) ‘Qualified institution’ means a nonprofit organization registered to operate in the State of Oregon that is certified as a community development financial institution by the Community Development Financial Institution Fund at the United States Department of the Treasury.
(6) ‘Treatment works’ means:
(a) The devices and systems used in the storage, treatment, recycling and reclamation of municipal sewage or industrial wastes of a liquid nature, necessary to recycle or reuse water at the most economical cost over the estimated life of the works. ‘Treatment works’ includes:
(A) Intercepting sewers, outfall sewers, sewage collection systems, pumping power and other equipment, and any appurtenance, extension, improvement, remodeling, addition or alteration to the equipment;
(B) Elements essential to provide a reliable recycled water supply including standby treatment units and clear well facilities; and
(C) Any other acquisitions that will be an integral part of the treatment process or used for ultimate disposal of residues resulting from such treatment, including but not limited to land used to store treated waste water in land treatment systems prior to land application.
(b) Any other method or system for preventing, abating, reducing, storing, treating, separating or disposing of municipal waste, storm water or nonpoint source related runoff, industrial waste or waste in combined storm water and sanitary sewer systems.
(c) Any other facility that the Environmental Quality Commission determines a public agency must construct or replace in order to abate or prevent surface or ground water pollution. [1987 c.648 § 1; 1995 c.79 § 278; 1995 c.98 § 1; 2007 c.783 § 232a; 2010 c.21 § 5; 2019 c.558 § 1; 2023 c.56 § 1]