71st OREGON LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY--2001 Regular Session
 
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LC 3775
 
                         House Bill 3450
 
Sponsored by Representative TOMEI; Representatives BACKLUND,
  BARNHART, BATES, GARRARD, HANSEN, HASS, JENSON, KAFOURY,
  KRIEGER, LEE, MARCH, MERKLEY, NELSON, ROSENBAUM, VERGER, C
  WALKER, WIRTH, ZAUNER (at the request of Association of Oregon
  Recyclers)
 
 
                             SUMMARY
 
The following summary is not prepared by the sponsors of the
measure and is not a part of the body thereof subject to
consideration by the Legislative Assembly. It is an editor's
brief statement of the essential features of the measure as
introduced.
 
  Directs Environmental Quality Commission to create list of
priority products. Directs Department of Environmental Quality to
form product group for each priority product. Specifies that
product group develop action plan to improve current methods of
disposal of priority product. Directs department to report to
Seventy-second and Seventy-third Legislative Assemblies. Defines
priority product.
 
                        A BILL FOR AN ACT
Relating to priority products.
Be It Enacted by the People of the State of Oregon:
  SECTION 1.  { + (1) For purposes of this section, 'priority
products' includes products that:
  (a) Contain toxic or hazardous components, especially a
persistent bioaccumulative toxin, that are discharged into the
environment as a result of their manufacturing, distribution, use
or disposal.
  (b) Are banned from disposal in Oregon as municipal solid
waste.
  (c) Pose a threat to the safe operation of solid waste or
recycling facilities.
  (d) Place an increasing economic burden on the state or on
local governments for the solid waste management of the product
because the nature of the product, either in the amount of the
product in the waste stream or in its properties, makes the
product difficult to manage within the existing solid waste
management system.
  (2) The Environmental Quality Commission shall create, and
amend as the commission determines necessary, a list of priority
products that are sold or used in the state. The list shall
include but not be limited to the following products:
  (a) Mercury thermometers, mercury thermostats, automotive
mercury light switches and fluorescent lights;
  (b) Cathode ray tubes;
  (c) Mobile telephones;
  (d) Video cassette recorders; and
  (e) Carpet.
  (3) The Department of Environmental Quality shall form a
product group for each priority product on the list created by
the commission under subsection (2) of this section. Each product
group shall:
  (a) Be composed of manufacturers, retailers, product users,
public interest organizations, local governments, environmental
organizations, recycling or solid waste management providers and
other interested parties.
  (b) Develop an action plan for its priority product that
includes specific goals for improving current methods of disposal
of the priority product, timelines for achieving goals,
implementation strategies, reporting requirements and alternative
strategies for meeting goals.
  (4) Prior to forming a product group, the department shall
determine if there state, multistate or national efforts to
develop solutions to the current methods of disposal of priority
products. If a state, multistate or national effort exists, the
department may create a product group only if the department
determines that the state, multistate or national effort will
fail to develop goals for improving current methods of disposal
of priority products or make adequate progress toward appropriate
goals within three years.
  (5) If the department determines that a product group is unable
to develop an action plan, the department may recommend the
needed goals for the priority product and specify strategies
necessary to achieve those goals.
  (6) The commission may adopt any rules necessary to implement
an action plan developed by a product group. + }
  SECTION 2.  { + The Department of Environmental Quality shall
report to the Seventy-second and Seventy-third Legislative
Assemblies on the progress of the product group process. + }
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