Bill Text: OR HB3383 | 2011 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the use of the structure of rates charged for the collection of solid waste.
Sponsorship: Committee Bill
Status: (Failed) 2011-06-30 - In committee upon adjournment. [HB3383 Detail]
Download: Oregon-2011-HB3383-Introduced.html
76th OREGON LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY--2011 Regular Session
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House Bill 3383
Sponsored by COMMITTEE ON ENERGY, ENVIRONMENT AND WATER
SUMMARY
The following summary is not prepared by the sponsors of the
measure and is not a part of the body thereof subject to
consideration by the Legislative Assembly. It is an editor's
brief statement of the essential features of the measure as
introduced.
Modifies policy regarding comprehensive statewide program for
solid waste management.
A BILL FOR AN ACT
Relating to the use of the structure of rates charged for the
collection of solid waste; amending ORS 459.015.
Be It Enacted by the People of the State of Oregon:
SECTION 1. ORS 459.015 is amended to read:
459.015. (1) The Legislative Assembly finds and declares that:
(a) The planning, development and operation of recycling
programs is a matter of statewide concern.
(b) The opportunity to recycle should be provided to every
person in Oregon.
(c) There is a shortage of appropriate sites for landfills in
Oregon.
(d) It is in the best interests of the people of Oregon to
extend the useful life of solid waste disposal sites by
encouraging waste prevention and the recycling and reuse of
materials, and by requiring solid waste to undergo volume
reduction through recycling and reuse measures to the maximum
extent feasible before disposal. Implementation of waste
prevention and recycling and reuse measures will not only
increase the useful life of solid waste disposal sites, but also
decrease the potential public health and safety impacts
associated with the operation of disposal sites.
(e) There are limits to Oregon's natural resources and the
capacity of the state's environment to absorb the impacts of
increasing consumption of resources, increasing waste generation
and increasing solid waste disposal.
(f) It is in the best interests of the people of Oregon to
conserve resources and energy by developing an economy that
encourages waste prevention and recycling.
(g) The State of Oregon should make it a priority to support
efforts that assist each wasteshed in meeting its recovery goal
so the statewide recovery goal may be achieved.
(2) In the interest of the public health, safety and welfare
and in order to conserve energy and natural resources, it is the
policy of the State of Oregon to establish a comprehensive
statewide program for solid waste management which will:
(a) After consideration of technical and economic feasibility,
establish priority in methods of managing solid waste in Oregon
as follows:
(A) First, to reduce the amount of solid waste generated;
(B) Second, to reuse material for the purpose for which it was
originally intended;
(C) Third, to recycle material that cannot be reused;
(D) Fourth, to compost material that cannot be reused or
recycled;
(E) Fifth, to recover energy from solid waste that cannot be
reused, recycled or composted so long as the energy recovery
facility preserves the quality of air, water and land resources;
and
(F) Sixth, to dispose of solid waste that cannot be reused,
recycled, composted or from which energy cannot be recovered by
landfilling or other method approved by the Department of
Environmental Quality.
(b) Clearly express the Legislative Assembly's previous
delegation of authority to cities and counties for collection
service franchising and regulation and the extension of that
authority under the provisions of this section and ORS 459.125
and 459A.005 to 459A.085.
(c) Retain primary responsibility for management of adequate
solid waste management programs with cities, counties or
metropolitan service districts, reserving to the state those
functions necessary to ensure effective programs, cooperation
among cities, counties or metropolitan service districts and
coordination of solid waste management programs throughout the
state.
(d) Promote, encourage and develop markets first for reusable
material and then for recyclable material.
(e) Promote research, surveys and demonstration projects to
encourage material or energy recovery.
(f) Promote research, surveys and demonstration projects to aid
in developing more sanitary, efficient and economical methods of
solid waste management.
(g) Provide advisory technical assistance and planning
assistance to affected persons, in the planning, development and
implementation of solid waste management programs.
(h) Develop, in coordination with federal, state and local
agencies and other affected persons, long-range plans including
regional approaches to promote reuse, to provide land reclamation
in sparsely populated areas, and in urban areas necessary
disposal facilities.
(i) Provide for the adoption and enforcement of recycling rates
and standards as well as performance standards necessary for
safe, economic and proper solid waste management.
(j) Provide authority for counties to establish a coordinated
program for solid waste management, to regulate solid waste
management and to license or franchise the providing of service
in the field of solid waste management.
(k) Encourage utilization of the capabilities and expertise of
private industry.
(L) Promote means of preventing or reducing at the source,
materials which otherwise would constitute solid waste.
(m) Promote application of material or energy recovery systems
which preserve and enhance the quality of air, water and land
resources.
{ + (n) Use the structure of rates charged for collection
service to facilitate initiatives undertaken by commercial and
industrial generators of solid waste to achieve the priority of
solid waste management specified in paragraph (a) of this
subsection. + }
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