Chapter 468A
Air Quality

Sections

Definitions for air pollution laws

Purpose of air pollution laws

Application of air pollution laws

Air purity standards

When liability for violation not applicable

General comprehensive plan

Activities prohibited without permit

Classification of air contamination sources

Notice prior to construction of new sources

Duty to comply with laws, rules and standards

Furnishing copies of rules and standards to building permit issuing agencies

Measurement and testing of contamination sources

Variances from air contamination rules and standards

Air and water pollution control permit for geothermal well drilling and operation

Residential open burning of vegetative debris

Definitions for ORS 468A.010 and 468A.100 to 468A.180

Formation of regional air quality control authorities

Waiver of population requirements

Nature of authority

Board of directors

Board where population requirement waived

Advisory committee

Function of authority

Assumption, retention and transfer of control over classes of air contamination sources

Contract for commission to retain authority under ORS 468A.135

Conduct of public hearings

Rules authorizing regional permit programs

Expansion or dissolution of authority

Compliance with state standards required

Payment of costs of services to authority by state

Payment of certain court costs not required

Legislative findings

Definitions for ORS 352.823 and 468A.200 to 468A.260

Oregon Global Warming Commission

Ex officio nonvoting members

Coordination of state and local efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions

Recommendations

Outreach strategy

Mandate of Oregon Global Warming Commission

Citizen advisory groups

Report to Legislative Assembly

Low carbon fuel standards

Conditions for considering biodiesel as low carbon fuel

Clean fuels program design requirements

Fuel supply forecast

Forecast deferral

Emergency deferral

Credit clearance markets

Motor vehicle pollution control systems

Oregon Climate Corps

Oregon Climate Corps Fund

Federal operating permit program approval

Emission fees for major sources

Accountability for costs of program

Priority of department work schedule

Requirement for adoption, amendment or repeal of rules

Small Business Stationary Source Technical and Environmental Compliance Assistance Program

Individual air contamination source program

Clean Communities Fund

Public meetings

Definitions for ORS 468A.350 to 468A.400

Legislative findings

Motor vehicle emission and noise standards

Purpose of ORS 468A.363, 468A.365, 468A.400 and 815.300

Certification of motor vehicle pollution control systems and inspection of motor vehicles

Cost-effective inspection program

Notice to state agencies concerning certifications

Licensing of personnel and equipment

Determination of compliance of motor vehicles

Operating schedules for testing stations

Designation of areas of the state subject to motor vehicle emission inspection program

Bond or letter of credit

Authority to limit motor vehicle operation and traffic

Administration and enforcement of rules adopted under ORS 468A.405

Legislative findings

Oxygenated motor vehicle fuels

Police enforcement

Certification requirements for new solid fuel burning devices

Prohibition on burning certain materials in solid fuel burning devices

Definitions for ORS 468A.460 to 468A.515

Residential Solid Fuel Heating Air Quality Improvement Fund

Prohibition on installation of used solid fuel burning devices

Prohibition on sale of noncertified solid fuel burning devices

Residential solid fuel heating curtailment program requirements

Definitions for ORS 468A.550 to 468A.620 and 468A.992

Policy to reduce open field burning

Applicability of open field burning, propane flaming and stack and pile burning statutes

Use of certified alternative thermal field sanitizer

Classification of atmospheric conditions

Permits for open burning, propane flaming or stack or pile burning

Memorandum of understanding with State Department of Agriculture

Duties of State Department of Agriculture

Commission rules to regulate burning pursuant to ORS 468A.550 to 468A.620

Duty to dispose of straw

Standards of practice and performance

Duties of Department of Environmental Quality

Acreage permitted to be open burned, propane flamed or stack or pile burned

Field burning prohibition in critical nonburn areas

Registration of acreage to be burned

Experimental field sanitization

Definitions for ORS 468A.630 to 468A.645

Legislative findings

Restrictions on sale, installation and repairing of items containing chlorofluorocarbons and halon

Department program to reduce use of and recycle compounds

State Fire Marshal

Legislative findings

Prohibition on sale or promotion

Wholesale transactions permitted

Definitions for ORS 468A.700 to 468A.760

Legislative findings

Asbestos abatement program

License required for asbestos abatement project

Licensed contractor required

Qualifications for license

Grounds for license suspension or revocation

Worker certificate required

Alternatives to protection requirements

Accreditation requirements

Residential asbestos surveys

Content of bid advertisement

Indoor air quality sampling

Schedule of fees

Memorandum of understanding with State Department of Agriculture

Goal to reduce excess lifetime risk of cancer due to exposure to diesel engine emissions

Standards for certified cost of qualifying replacement, repower or retrofit

Standards for qualifying replacements, repowers and retrofits

Clean Diesel Engine Fund

Uses of Clean Diesel Engine Fund

Environmental Mitigation Trust Agreement moneys

Certification of approved retrofit technologies

Voluntary emission control label program

Community emission reduction credit banks

Program for environmental and public health impacts of wildfire smoke

Grants, contracts and agreements for community responses to wildfire smoke

Program to support community monitoring of air quality conditions caused by wildfire smoke

Penalties for air pollution offenses

Civil penalties for open field burning violations

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Current through early 2024

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Original Source: Chapter 468A — Air Quality, https://www.oregonlegislature.gov/bills_laws/ors/ors468A.html (last accessed Jun. 16, 2023).