Oregon DEQ: 2011 Proposed Environmental Legislation

The following are DEQ legislative bills.

For complete information about each bill, click on the bill number or visit the Oregon State Legislature Web site for additional bills.
To check the status of a bill, search measures by specific measure number on the Oregon State Legislature Web site.

House Bills
Bill No.	Description
HB 2081	Truck efficiencies to reduce greenhouse gas emission Authorizes the Environmental Quality Commission to establish requirements for improving truck efficiency and reducing unnecessary long duration idling to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from heavy duty commercial motor vehicles.
HB 2082	Releases of hazardous substances Promotes environmental protection and economic development by enhancing liability protection for certain parties undertaking the cleanup of contaminated properties.
HB 5022	DEQ’s budget bill

Senate Bills
Bill No.	Description
SB 79	Greenhouse gas permitting Establishes fees for greenhouse gas permitting needed to implement new federal regulations.
SB 80	Greenhouse gas emissions reporting fees Authorizes fees for new greenhouse gas reporting sources that do not currently pay fees. Current fee payers would see an offsetting reduction in their fees.
SB 81	Ballast water fees Establishes a fee for vessels regulated by Oregon’s ballast water management laws to reduce reliance on General Fund for ballast water regulation and to enhance DEQ’s compliance and technical assistance efforts to reduce the risk of the transport of aquatic invasive species.
SB 82	Recycling of electronic devices Allows programs operating under the Oregon E-Cycles program to claim credits for pounds collected in excess of the minimum share assigned to them. Allows credits earned to be used by a program or sold to other programs. Also clarifies that submission of sampling data by programs is consistent with the approved methodology.
SB 83	Subsurface sewage disposal system improvement Establishes the Subsurface Sewage Disposal System Improvement Fund and authorizes the Environmental Quality Commission to adopt rules for DEQ to use the funds to make grants or loans available to property owners for the repair, replacement or decommissioning of their septic systems.
SB 84	Enforcement language clarification Clarifies statutory language and corrects internal citations so that DEQ can better enforce its statutes.