ORS 466.015: Powers and duties of department.

The Department of Environmental Quality shall:

      (1) Provide for the administration, enforcement and implementation of ORS 466.005 to 466.385 and 466.992 and may perform all functions necessary:

      (a) To insure the proper management of hazardous waste by generators;

      (b) For the regulation of the operation and construction of hazardous waste treatment, storage and disposal sites; and

      (c) For the permitting of hazardous waste treatment, storage and disposal sites in consultation with the appropriate county governing body or city council.

      (2) Coordinate and supervise all functions of state and local governmental agencies engaged in activities subject to the provisions of ORS 466.005 to 466.385 and 466.992.

      (3) After notice and public hearing pursuant to ORS chapter 183, declassify as hazardous waste those substances described in ORS 466.005 (7) which the Environmental Quality Commission finds, after deliberate consideration, taking into account the public health, welfare or safety or the environment, have been properly treated or decontaminated or contain a sufficiently low concentration of hazardous material so that such substances are no longer hazardous.