Section 468A.305 - PurposeThe Legislative Assembly declares the purpose of ORS 184.730, 184.733, 468.065, 468A.020, 468A.040, 468A.045, 468A.155, 468A.300 to 468A.330, 468A.415, 468A.420 and 468A.485 to 468A.515 is to:
(1) Insure that the state meets its minimum obligations under the Clean Air Act Amendments of 1990.(2) Avoid direct regulation of industrial sources of air pollution through a federal government administered permit program.(3) Prevent imposition of Clean Air Act sanctions which would impound federal highway funds appropriated for the state and increase emission offset requirements for new and expanding major industrial sources of air pollution.(4) Provide adequate resources to fully cover the costs of the Department of Environmental Quality to develop and administer an approvable federal operating permit program in accordance with the Clean Air Act, including costs of permitting, compliance, rule development, emission inventorying, monitoring and modeling and related activities.