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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
<br />material from a nuclear incident, as these terms are defined in' the
<br />Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended, if such release is subject to
<br />requirements with respect to financial protection established by the
<br />Nuclear. Regulatory Commission under section 170 of the Atomic
<br />Energy Act of 1954, as amended, or, for the purposes of any removal
<br />or remedial action, any release of source by-product or special nuclear
<br />material from any processing site designated under section 102(a)(1)
<br />or 302(a) of the Uranium lvlill Tailings Radiation Control Act of 1978;
<br />(d) A discharge in accordance with federal, state, or local
<br />permits of the Lane Regional Air Pollution Authority, with a National
<br />Pollutant Discharge Elimination System Permit, with -waste discharge
<br />requirements established by the Oregon Department of Environmental
<br />Quality (DEQ), or with the industrial wastewater pretreatment
<br />requirements of the Industrial Source Control Section of the City's
<br />Public Works Department's Wastewater Division;
<br />(e) The normal application of fertilizer;
<br />(f) Application of pesticides as defined by ORS 634, when
<br />. such application is made within the provision of applicable state and
<br />federal regulations;
<br />(g) Application of agricultural lime, gypsum and other
<br />agricultural/horticultural soil amendments when made for that purpose
<br />and according to current industry practice; and
<br />(h) Application of water-based paint, when used as athletic
<br />field marking.
<br />Removal. Actions taken to eliminate, cleanup, or remove a released pollutant;
<br />such actions as may be necessary due to the threat of a release of a pollutant; such
<br />actions as may be necessary to monitor, assess, and evaluate a release, or threat of
<br />release, of a pollutant; the disposal of removed material; other actions as may be
<br />necessary to prevent, minimize, or mitigate damage to the public health, safety, or
<br />welfare which may otherwise result from a release, or threat of release, of a
<br />pollutant; provision of security fencing or other measures to limit access; provision
<br />of .alternative drinking and household water supplies; temporary evacuation and
<br />housing of threatened individuals.
<br />Proposed Stormwater System Administrative Rule - 4 01/12/96
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