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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/Pariv. (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 Ciry 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 />elea e. 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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