{"data":{"id":"us-or/ors-468b.135","jurisdiction":"us-or","citation":"ORS 468B.135","heading":"Exemptions.","body":"ORS 468B.130 (1) and (2) do not apply to any cleaning agent:\n      (1) Used in dairy, beverage or food processing equipment;\n      (2) Used as an industrial sanitizer, brightener, acid cleaner or metal conditioner, including phosphoric acid products or trisodium phosphate;\n      (3) Used in hospitals, veterinary hospitals or clinics or health care facilities;\n      (4) Used in agricultural production and the production of electronic components;\n      (5) Used in a commercial laundry for laundry services provided to a hospital, veterinary hospital or clinic or health care facility;\n      (6) Used by industry for metal cleaning or conditioning;\n      (7) Manufactured, stored or distributed for use or sale outside Oregon;\n      (8) Used in any laboratory, including a biological laboratory, research facility, chemical, electronic or engineering laboratory;\n      (9) Used for cleaning hard surfaces, including household cleansers for windows, sinks, counters, stoves, tubs or other food preparation surfaces and plumbing fixtures;\n      (10) Used as a water softening chemical, antiscale chemical or corrosion inhibitor intended for use in closed systems, including but not limited to boilers, air conditioners, cooling towers or hot water systems; and\n      (11) For which the Department of Environmental Quality determines that the prohibition under ORS 468B.130 (1) and (2) will either:\n      (a) Create a significant hardship on the user; or\n      (b) Be unreasonable because of the lack of an adequate substitute cleaning agent. [1991 c.764 §5]\n(Persistent Pollutants)","path":["13 - Housing, Games, Environment","36A. Housing; Lottery and Games; Environment","Chapter 468B — Water Quality"],"source_url":"https://www.oregonlegislature.gov/bills_laws/ors/ors468B.html","current_through":"2025 Edition","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-03T23:50:15Z","sha256":"4c7dda73e44e0638cc75e2804bf7161b6ffdcc8a4c26d5c45909146f12cbe06d","source_id":"us-or","stale":false,"prev":"us-or/ors-468b.130","next":"us-or/ors-468b.138"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}