Section 783.990 – Penalties.
(1) Violation of ORS 783.510, 783.520 or 783.610 is a Class B misdemeanor. (2) Violation of ORS 783.530, 783.550 or 783.580 is a Class C misdemeanor. (3) Violation of ORS 783.560 by any officer is a Class D violation. (4) Violation of ORS 783.590 and injury or damage of any bridge across the Willamette River […]
Section 783.992 – Civil penalties.
As specified in ORS 468.140, the Director of the Department of Environmental Quality may impose a civil penalty on the owner or operator of a vessel for failure to comply with the requirements of ORS 783.625 to 783.640. [2001 c.722 §7; 2005 c.62 §6; 2009 c.267 §16]
Section 783.610 – Offenses relating to buoys and beacons.
No person shall moor any vessel of any kind or any name, or any boat, skiff, barge, scow, raft, or part of a raft, to any buoy or beacon placed in the navigable waters of this state, or in any bay, river or arm of the sea bordering upon this state, by the authority of […]
Section 783.620 – Discharge of ballast in navigable waters.
Except as provided in ORS 783.635, a person may not discharge the ballast of any vessel into the navigable portions or channels of any of the bays, harbors or rivers of this state, or within the jurisdiction of this state, so as to injuriously affect such portions or channels of such bays, harbors or rivers, […]
Section 783.625 – Definitions for ORS 783.625 to 783.640.
As used in ORS 783.625 to 783.640, unless the context requires otherwise: (1) “Ballast water” means any water used to manipulate the trim and stability of a vessel. (2) “Cargo vessel” means a ship in commerce that is equipped with ballast tanks, other than a tank vessel or a vessel used solely for commercial fish […]
Section 783.630 – Application; exclusions.
(1) ORS 783.625 to 783.640 apply to all vessels carrying ballast water from a voyage into the waters of this state, except a vessel that: (a) Discharges ballast water only at the location where the ballast water originated, if the ballast water is not mixed with ballast water from areas other than open sea waters; […]
Section 783.635 – Discharge of ballast water prohibited; exemption; rules; aquatic invasive species.
(1) Except as authorized by this section, the discharge of ballast water in the waters of this state is prohibited. (2) An owner or operator of a vessel may discharge ballast water in the waters of this state: (a) If the owner or operator has conducted a complete open sea or coastal exchange of ballast […]
Section 783.360 – Priority of attachment.
The attachment provided for in ORS 783.330 shall have priority over any mortgage upon the vessel and over any liens thereon not of a maritime nature.
Section 783.636 – Fees; rules.
(1) The Department of Environmental Quality shall collect a fee of $88 for each trip by vessels regulated under ORS 783.625 to 783.640. (2) All fees collected by the department under this section shall be paid into the Ballast Water Fund established under ORS 783.638. (3) The Environmental Quality Commission may adopt by rule procedures […]
Section 783.400 – Shipbreaking; shipwrecks; ship repair; definitions.
(1) As used in this section: (a) “Dry dock” means a graving dock or a floating dry dock. (b) “Floating dry dock” means a vessel or structure that can be flooded to allow a ship to be floated in and drained to allow the ship to come to rest on a dry platform. (c) “Fouling […]