Section 454.365 – Safety net program to provide financial relief.
(1) Any municipality providing sewage collection, treatment and disposal services within an affected area shall approve and adopt a safety net program designed to provide financial relief to eligible property owners who would experience extreme financial hardship if required to pay costs associated with the construction of and connection to treatment works. (2) A safety […]
Section 454.370 – Citizens sewer advisory committee; membership; duties.
(1) Each municipality providing sewage collection, treatment and disposal services within an affected area shall, after consultation with elected officials of the affected area, establish a citizens sewer advisory committee composed of persons directly affected by the order issued under ORS 454.305. The committee shall advise the Environmental Quality Commission and the governing body of […]
Section 454.375 – Filing documentation of sewer charges; prohibited charges.
(1) Before any property owner is required to pay for construction of or connection to treatment works constructed pursuant to ORS 454.275 to 454.380, the local governing body shall file with the Environmental Quality Commission documentation that connection charges and user charges levied for sewer service are based upon the cost of providing sewer service, […]
Section 454.380 – Limitation on spending for nonconstruction items; exception.
(1) Not more than 20 percent of an assessment imposed by a municipality through a local improvement district for the construction of treatment works in an affected area pursuant to an order of the Environmental Quality Commission under ORS 454.305 shall be used to pay for nonconstruction items. (2) As used in subsection (1) of […]
Section 454.415
[Formerly 449.395; 1975 c.248 §2; renumbered 468.742 and then 468B.055]
Section 454.290 – Study; preliminary plans.
(1) The governing body shall order a study and the preparation of preliminary plans and specifications for the treatment works. (2) The study shall include: (a) Engineering plans demonstrating the feasibility of the treatment works and conformance of the plan with regional treatment works plans. (b) Possible methods for financing the treatment works. (c) The […]
Section 454.295 – Commission review; hearing; notice.
(1) After receiving a certified copy of a resolution or ordinance adopted under ORS 454.285, the Environmental Quality Commission shall review and investigate conditions in the affected area. If substantial evidence reveals the existence of a threat to drinking water, the commission shall set a time and place for a hearing on the resolution or […]
Section 454.300 – Conduct of hearing; notice of issuance of findings; petition for argument.
(1) At the hearing on the resolution or ordinance, any interested person shall have a reasonable opportunity to be heard or to present written testimony. The hearing shall be for the purpose of determining whether a threat to drinking water exists in the affected area, whether the conditions could be eliminated or alleviated by treatment […]
Section 454.305 – Effect of findings; exclusion of areas; filing of findings.
(1) If the Environmental Quality Commission finds a threat to drinking water does exist but treatment works would not alleviate the conditions, the commission shall terminate the proceedings. (2) If the commission finds a threat to drinking water exists within the territory and the conditions could be removed or alleviated by the construction of treatment […]
Section 454.310 – Construction authorized upon commission approval; when connection may be required; final plans.
(1) When a certified copy of the findings and order approving the proposal is filed with the governing body, the governing body shall order construction of the treatment works and proceed with the financing plan as specified in the order. As part of the construction of the treatment works, the governing body may require property […]