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83rd OREGON LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY--2025 Regular Session
HOUSE AMENDMENTS TO
HOUSE BILL 3814
By COMMITTEE ON CLIMATE, ENERGY, AND ENVIRONMENT
April 4
Delete lines 5 through 9 of the printed bill and insert:
“SECTION 2. (1) Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, and except as re-
quired by federal law, the Environmental Quality Commission and the Department of Envi-
ronmental Quality may, in a permit applicable to a seafood processing facility for the
discharge of wastewater effluent into the waters of the state, allow a portion of the water
body receiving the wastewater effluent to serve as a mixing zone in order to satisfy the
bacteria water quality criteria for the water body if the department determines that the
mixing zone would not adversely affect public health. The department’s determination must
be based on a review of information that clearly demonstrates that the mixing zone would
not adversely affect public health.
“(2) A seafood processing facility subject to a permit described in subsection (1) of this
section shall implement best management practices to prevent the inclusion of bacteria in
wastewater effluent from external fecal sources. Best management practices must be in-
formed by a site-specific investigation of sources of bacteria.”.
LC 4181/HB 3814-3