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OR SB1194
Bill
Status
6/27/2025
Primary Sponsor
Noah Robinson
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AI Summary
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Prohibits the Environmental Quality Commission (EQC) and Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) from imposing certain discharge requirements on municipally owned wastewater treatment plants, except where required by federal law
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Bars state regulators from requiring that discharge temperature differ from receiving surface water temperature by more than five degrees Fahrenheit
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Prevents requirements that pollutant levels (other than heat) in discharges be lower than the average annual pollutant level already present in the receiving surface water
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Adds new provisions to ORS chapter 468B governing water pollution control
Legislative Description
Relating to water quality permits for wastewater treatment facilities.
Last Action
In committee upon adjournment.
6/27/2025