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 454.607 – Policy.
It is the public policy of the State of Oregon to encourage: (1) Improvements to, maintenance of and innovative technology for subsurface and alternative sewage disposal systems and nonwater-carried sewage disposal facilities consistent with the protection of the public health and safety and the quality of the waters of this state; and (2) The appropriate […]
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 454.610 – Regulation of gray water discharge; permit; rules.
(1) A person may not construct, install or operate a gray water reuse and disposal system without first obtaining a permit from the Department of Environmental Quality. A gray water reuse and disposal system for which a permit has been issued under this section is exempt from the requirements of ORS 454.655. The Environmental Quality […]
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 454.615 – Rules for sewage disposal systems and disposal facilities.
The Environmental Quality Commission shall adopt rules that: (1) Prescribe minimum requirements for the design and construction of subsurface sewage disposal systems, alternative sewage disposal systems and nonwater-carried sewage disposal facilities or parts thereof including grading, excavating and earthmoving work connected therewith, and allow for use of alternative systems and component materials consistent with the […]
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 454.625 – Rules.
In accordance with the applicable provisions of ORS chapter 183, the Environmental Quality Commission shall adopt such rules as it considers necessary for the purpose of carrying out ORS 454.605 to 454.755. [1973 c.835 §210]
Section 454.415
[Formerly 449.395; 1975 c.248 §2; renumbered 468.742 and then 468B.055]
Section 454.430 – Definitions for ORS 454.430 to 454.445.
As used in ORS 454.430 to 454.445: (1) “Assessment” includes all costs, fees or other charges for the construction of or connection to sewage treatment works that are eligible for installment payments under ORS 223.205 to 223.775. (2) “Commission” means the Environmental Quality Commission. (3) “Department” means the Department of Environmental Quality. (4) “Extreme financial […]