{"data":{"id":"us-or/ors-468b.217","jurisdiction":"us-or","citation":"ORS 468B.217","heading":"Memorandum of understanding with Department of Agriculture.","body":"(1) The Environmental Quality Commission and the State Department of Agriculture shall enter into a memorandum of understanding providing for the State Department of Agriculture to operate a program for the prevention and control of water pollution from a confined animal feeding operation.\n      (2) Subject to the terms of the memorandum of understanding required by subsection (1) of this section, the State Department of Agriculture:\n      (a) May perform any function of the Environmental Quality Commission or the Department of Environmental Quality relating to the control and prevention of water pollution from a confined animal feeding operation.\n      (b) May enter onto and inspect, at any reasonable time, a confined animal feeding operation or appurtenant land for the purpose of investigating a source of water pollution or to ascertain compliance with a statute, rule, standard or permit condition relating to the control or prevention of water pollution from the operation. The State Department of Agriculture shall have access to a pertinent record of a confined animal feeding operation including but not limited to a blueprint, design drawing and specification, maintenance record or log, or an operating rule, procedure or plan.","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":"cecdf14270a8d9ed4cd143df2a55b7872cf8083be80ad4fba23bf053067cfcbf","source_id":"us-or","stale":false,"prev":"us-or/ors-468b.216","next":"us-or/ors-468b.219"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}