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Industrial waste. Waste generated from a source or activity other than related to
<br /> a single or multiple dwelling unit. "Industrial waste" includes waste generated by
<br /> commercial use of a~residential unit.
<br /> Major effort. The responsible person has taken all feasible steps to contain,
<br /> mitigate, and clean-up any discharged substance. There must have been active, physical
<br /> effort which results in significant improvement of the situation. Verbal communication
<br /> is not sufficient by itself, but may be considered as part of the necessary effort.
<br /> Minor effort. The responsible person has taken few steps to contain, mitigate, or
<br /> clean-up any discharged substance. Due to the lack of active, physical effort, no
<br /> significant improvement in the situation is made and/or a significant opportunity to further
<br /> contain the discharge or mitigate the situation was missed. Verbal communication is not
<br /> sufficient by itself, but may be considered as a part of the necessary effort.
<br /> NPDES permit. National Pollution Discharge Elimination System permit issued
<br /> pursuant to ORS 468.740 and the Clean Water Act.
<br /> Person/Partv. (As in Person Responsible/Responsible Person/Responsible Party.)
<br /> Any individual, partnership, joint-venture, firm, company, cooperative, corporation,
<br /> association, joint stock company, trust, estate, governmental entity or any other legal
<br /> entity. The masculine shall include the feminine and the singular shall include the plural.
<br /> Prior enforcement action. Prior citations, civil penalties, or abatement charges
<br /> issued by the City against a responsible party for the same type of violation (i.e.,
<br /> stormwater pollution related).
<br /> Prior violation. Similar incidents (i.e., stormwater pollution related), whether or
<br /> not enforcement actions were pursued.
<br /> Release. Any spilling, leaking, pumping, pouring, emitting, emptying,
<br /> discharging, injecting, escaping, leaching, dumping, or disposing of substances to the
<br /> environment including the abandoning or discarding of debris, barrels., containers,
<br /> underground storage tanks, and other closed receptacles. This excludes:
<br /> (a) Any release which results in exposure to a person solely
<br /> within a work place, with respect to a claim that the person may assert
<br /> against the person's employer under ORS chapter 656;
<br /> (b) Emissions from the engine exhaust of a motor vehicle,
<br /> rolling stock, aircraft, vessel or pipeline pumping station engine;
<br /> (c) Any release of source, by-product or special nuclear material
<br /> from a nuclear incident, as these terms are defined in the Atomic Energy
<br /> Act of 1954, as amended, if such release is subject to requirements with
<br /> respect to financial protection established by the Nuclear Regulatory
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<br /> Stormwater System Administrative Rule - 6
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