(1) As used in ORS § 646A.540 to 646A.544:

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(a) ‘Covered entity’ means:

(A) The manufacturer of a covered product that is sold or offered for sale in this state; and

(B) A wholesaler, supplier or retailer that has contractually undertaken responsibility to a manufacturer for labeling or packaging a covered product.

(b) ‘Covered product’ means a consumer product that is sold or offered for sale in this state and that is:

(A) A premoistened nonwoven disposable wipe marketed as a baby wipe or diapering wipe; or

(B) A premoistened nonwoven disposable wipe that is:

(i) Composed partly or entirely of petrochemical-derived fibers; and

(ii) Likely to be used in or near a bathroom and has significant potential to be flushed, including baby wipes, bathroom cleaning wipes, toilet cleaning wipes, hard surface cleaning wipes, disinfecting wipes, hand sanitizing and other sanitizing wipes, antibacterial wipes, facial and makeup removal wipes, general purpose cleaning wipes, personal care wipes for use on the body, feminine hygiene wipes, adult incontinence wipes, adult hygiene wipes and body cleansing wipes.

(c) ‘High contrast’ means:

(A) Provided by either a light symbol on a solid dark background or a dark symbol on a solid light background; and

(B) Having at least 70 percent contrast between the symbol artwork and background using the formula [(B1 – B2) / B1] * 100, where B1 is the light reflectance value of the relatively lighter area and B2 is the light reflectance value of the relatively darker area.

(d) ‘Label notice’ means the phrase ‘Do Not Flush’ displayed at a size that is equal to at least two percent of the surface area of the principal display panel, except as follows:

(A) For a covered product regulated under the Federal Hazardous Substances Act, 15 U.S.C. § 1261 et seq., and regulations of the United States Consumer Product Safety Commission in 16 C.F.R. § 1500.121, if the label notice requirements in this paragraph would result in a type size larger than first aid instructions required under the Federal Hazardous Substances Act or regulations of the United States Consumer Product Safety Commission, the type size for the label notice must, to the extent permitted under federal law, be equal to or greater than the type size required for the first aid instructions; and

(B) For covered products required to be registered by the United States Environmental Protection Agency under the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act, 7 U.S.C. § 136 et seq., if the label notice requirements in this paragraph would result in a type size on the principal display panel that is larger than a warning required under the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act, the type size for the label notice must, to the extent permitted under federal law, be equal to or greater than the type size required for the ‘Keep out of reach of children’ statement.

(e) ‘Principal display panel’ means the side of the product package that is most likely to be displayed, presented or shown under customary conditions of display for retail sale and that:

(A) For a cylindrical or nearly cylindrical product package, constitutes 40 percent of the product package, as measured by multiplying the height of the container by the circumference; or

(B) For a flexible film package in which a rectangular or nearly rectangular prism stack of wipes is housed within the film, the surface area of the principal display panel is measured by multiplying the length by the width of the side of the package when the flexible packaging film is pressed flat against the stack of wipes on all sides of the stack.

(f) ‘Special district’ means a special district, as defined in ORS § 197.015, that provides wastewater services.

(g) ‘Symbol’ means the ‘Do Not Flush’ symbol or its equivalent, as depicted in the INDA/EDANA Code of Practice, Second Edition, and published within ‘Guidelines for Assessing the Flushability of Disposable Nonwoven Products,’ as in effect on September 25, 2021. The symbol must be sized equal to at least two percent of the surface area of the principal display panel, except as specified in subsection (2)(a)(B)(iii) of this section.

(2) Except as otherwise provided in this section, a covered product that is manufactured after July 1, 2022, must be labeled clearly and conspicuously in accordance with the following requirements:

(a) For cylindrical or nearly cylindrical packaging intended to dispense individual wipes, a covered entity shall:

(A) Place the symbol and label notice on the principal display panel in a location that is reasonably viewable each time a wipe is dispensed; or

(B) Place the symbol on the principal display panel and either the symbol or label notice, or the symbol and label notice in combination, on the flip lid subject to the following requirements:

(i) If the label notice does not appear on the flip lid, the label notice must be placed on the principal display panel.

(ii) The symbol or label notice, or the symbol and label notice in combination, on the flip lid may be embossed, in which case the symbol or label notice, or the symbol and label notice in combination, do not need to comply with the requirement set forth in paragraph (f) of this subsection.

(iii) The symbol or label notice, or the symbol and label notice in combination, on the flip lid must cover a minimum of eight percent of the surface area of the flip lid.

(b) For flexible film packaging intended to dispense individual wipes, a covered entity shall place the symbol on the principal display panel and dispensing side panel and place the label notice on either the principal display panel or dispensing side panel, in a prominent location reasonably visible to the user each time a wipe is dispensed. If the principal display panel is on the dispensing side of the package, two symbols are not required.

(c) For refillable tubs or other rigid packaging intended to dispense individual wipes and be reused by the consumer for that purpose, a covered entity shall place the symbol and label notice on the principal display panel in a prominent location reasonably visible to the user each time a wipe is dispensed.

(d) For packaging not intended to dispense individual wipes, a covered entity shall place the symbol and label notice on the principal display panel in a prominent and reasonably visible location.

(e) A covered entity shall ensure that the packaging seams, folds or other package design elements do not obscure the symbol or the label notice.

(f) A covered entity shall ensure that the symbol and the label notice have sufficiently high contrast with the immediate background of the packaging to render them more likely to be seen and read by the ordinary individual under customary conditions of purchase and use.

(3) For covered products sold in bulk at retail, both the outer package visible at retail and the individual packages contained within must comply with the labeling requirements set forth in subsection (2) of this section that apply to the particular packaging types, except the following:

(a) Individual packages contained within the outer package that are not intended to dispense individual wipes and contain no retail labeling; and

(b) Outer packages that do not obscure the symbol and label notice on individual packages contained within.

(4) If a covered product is provided within the same packaging as another consumer product for use in combination with the other product, the outside retail packaging of the other consumer product does not need to comply with the labeling requirements of subsection (2) of this section.

(5) If a covered product is provided within the same packaging as another consumer product for use in combination with the other product and is in a package smaller than three inches by three inches, the covered entity may comply with the requirements of subsection (2) of this section by placing the symbol and label notice in a prominent location reasonably visible to the user of the covered product.

(6) A covered entity, directly or through a corporation, partnership, subsidiary, division, trade name or association in connection to the manufacturing, labeling, packaging, advertising, promotion, offering for sale, sale or distribution of a covered product, may not make any representation, in any manner, expressly or by implication, including through the use of a product name, endorsement, depiction, illustration, trademark or trade name, about the flushable attributes, flushable benefits, flushable performance or flushable efficacy of a covered product.

(7) If a covered product is required to be registered by the United States Environmental Protection Agency under the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act, 7 U.S.C. § 136 et seq., and the State Department of Agriculture under ORS Chapter 634, the covered entity, to the extent permitted under federal law, shall submit a label compliant with the labeling requirements of subsection (2) of this section no later than July 1, 2023, to the United States Environmental Protection Agency and, upon its approval, to the State Department of Agriculture, which shall review the label of the covered product in the manner authorized under ORS Chapter 634 and administrative rules adopted under ORS Chapter 634. Compliance with the labeling requirements of subsection (2) of this section is not a requirement for pesticide registration under ORS Chapter 634.

(8) If the United States Environmental Protection Agency and the State Department of Agriculture do not approve a product label that otherwise complies with the labeling requirements of subsection (2) of this section, the covered entity shall use a label with as many of the requirements of this section as the agency and the department have approved.

(9) A covered entity may include on a covered product words or phrases in addition to those required for the label notice if the words or phrases are consistent with purposes of this section.

(10) Except as expressly authorized by state law, this section supersedes and preempts any ordinance or other regulation enacted before, on or after September 25, 2021, by the governing body of a city, county or other political subdivision of this state that governs labeling requirements for covered products. [2021 c.181 § 1]