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i s not 1 i mi ted to security fencing ar other measures to 1 i mi t
<br />access, provi s i vn of alternative drinking and household water
<br />supplies, temporary evacuation and housing of threatened individual s
<br />and action taken under DR5 465,260.
<br />Removal cti on costs. Reasonabl a costs which are attri butabl e
<br />to or assaci ated wi th a removal action at a faci 1 i ty, including but
<br />not limited to the costs of administration, i nvest i gat i an, 1 ega1 or
<br />enforcement activities, contracts and health studies.
<br />R,,e,s,pon bl,,,e, Party. The current owner or operator; any owner
<br />ar operator at or during the time of the acts or omissions that
<br />resulted i n the release; any owner or operator who became the owner
<br />or operator after the time of the acts or omissions that resulted
<br />i n the release, and who knew or reasanab1 y should have known of the
<br />ref ease when the person first became the owner ar operator; any
<br />owner or operator who obtained actual know1 edge of the release at
<br />the faci 1 i ty during the time the person was the owner or operator
<br />of the fac~l qty and then subsequently transferred ownership or
<br />operation of the facility to another person without disclosing such
<br />knawl edge; ,any person who unlawfully hinders or delays entry to,
<br />~ nvest~ gate on of or removal action at a faci 1 i ty; and any person
<br />who, by any acts or omissions, caused, contributed to, or
<br />exacerbated the release, unless the acts or omissions were i n
<br />material compliance with applicable 1 aws, standards, regulations,
<br />1 ~ censer or perms is .
<br />Underground storage,,,,,,,tank. Any one or combination of tanks and
<br />underground pipes connected to the tank, used to contain an
<br />accumulation of a regul ated substance, and the volume of which,
<br />including the volume of the underground pipes connected to the tank,
<br />is ten percent or more beneath the surface of the ground.
<br />~1a Includes 1 akes, ponds, impounding reservoirs,
<br />springs, wells, rivers, streams, creeks, estuaries, canals, and al 1
<br />other bodies of surface or underground waters, natural or
<br />artificial , public or private, which are wholly or partially wi th i n
<br />the city or within its jurisdiction.
<br />6.345 Haz,,ar, dam, ,,,S„gbstance - PurQose. The release of hazardous substances
<br />into the environment may present imminent and substantial threats
<br />to, the public health, safety and welfare. In some, but not all cases, the
<br />United States Environmental Protection Agency ar the Oregon Department of
<br />Environmental Quality became involved to ensure cleanup of contamination . I t
<br />i s not the intent of sections 6.345 to 6.380 of this code to have the city
<br />become involved where the Env i ranmental Protection Agency and Department of
<br />Environmental Quality are involved. Due to the 1 i mi ted resources of the
<br />Environmental Protection Agency and Department of Environmental Quality,
<br />however, those agencies do not always have the obi 1 i ty to immediately respond
<br />to the release or identification of hazardous substances which threaten the
<br />public health, safety and welfare. The purpose of sections 6.345 to 6.380 i s
<br />to minimize those threats by ensuring:
<br />. ~ a~ Prompt identification of discharges or threats of
<br />d ~ scharges ~ nta the environment of hazardous substances which
<br />present imminent risks to the public health, safety and welfare;
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