OAR 340-122-0010: Purpose

(1) These rules establish the standards and procedures to be used under ORS 465.200 through 465.455 and 465.900 for the determination of removal and remedial action necessary to assure protection of the present and future public health, safety and welfare, and the environment in the event of a release or threat of a release of a hazardous substance. (2) These rules also establish the standards and procedures to be used under ORS 465.200 to 465.455 and 465.900 and 466.706 to 466.835 and 466.895 for the determination of remedial action or corrective action of releases of petroleum from underground storage tanks necessary to assure protection of the present and future public health, safety and welfare, and the environment in the event of a release or threat of a release of petroleum. (3) These rules further establish the procedures for implementation of a site discovery program for hazardous substance releases pursuant to ORS 465.215 through 465.245 and 465.405, including a process for evaluation and preliminary assessment of releases of hazardous substances, and a process for developing and maintaining a statewide list of confirmed releases and an inventory of sites requiring investigation, removal, remedial action, or related long-term engineering or institutional controls.