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83rd OREGON LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY--2025 Regular Session
Senate Bill 218
Sponsored by Senator SMITH DB (Presession filed.)
SUMMARY
The following summary is not prepared by the sponsors of the measure and is not a part of the body thereof subject
to consideration by the Legislative Assembly. It is an editor’s brief statement of the essential features of the
measure as introduced.The statement includes a measure digest written in compliance with applicable readability
standards.
Digest: This Act requires the DEQ to study the impacts of waste from solar or wind energy fa-
cilities. (Flesch Readability Score: 60.1).
Requires the Department of Environmental Quality to study the impacts of waste from solar or
wind renewable energy facilities.Directs the department to submit findings to the interim commit-
tees of the Legislative Assembly related to the environment not later than September 15, 2026.
A BILL FOR AN ACT
Relating to renewable energy facility waste.
Be It Enacted by the People of the State of Oregon:
SECTION 1. (1) The Department of Environmental Quality shall study the impact on this
state of disposing of waste materials generated by wind or solar renewable energy facilities.
(2) In conducting the study, the department shall:
(a) Determine the average useful life of equipment used in wind and solar renewable en-
ergy facilities before disposal;
(b) Identify the volume and type of materials expected to be discarded;
(c) Identify the size and number of sites needed to dispose of discarded materials;
(d) Recommend locations for disposal sites;
(e) Estimate the costs of disposing of discarded materials and evaluate which persons are
best suited to cover those costs before a disposal site can be established; and
(f) Evaluate the risks of short-term and long-term toxic environmental hazards created
by disposal sites.
(3) The department shall submit a report in the manner provided by ORS 192.245, and
may include recommendations for legislation, to the interim committees of the Legislative
Assembly related to the environment no later than September 15, 2026.
SECTION 2. Section 1 of this 2025 Act is repealed on January 2, 2027.
NOTE:Matter in boldfaced type in an amended section is new; matter [italic and bracketed] is existing law to be omitted.
New sections are in boldfaced type.
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