1. (1) The State Fire Marshal shall provide a compliance audit program to assist and ensure a covered employer, owner, or operator complies with the statutes, regulations, rules, standards or orders of the Community Right-to-Know and Protection Act.

2. (2) The compliance audit program shall include, but is not limited to:

   1. (a) Providing training, guidance and assistance to a covered employer, owner, or operator and the community;
   2. (b) Evaluating and auditing facilities where hazardous substances are likely to be manufactured, generated, used, stored, possessed, or disposed of;
   3. (c) Issuing Notice of Noncompliance and Proposed/Final Penalty Assessment Orders for noncompliance with the Community Right-to-Know and Protection Act and administrative rules;
   4. (d) Issuing correction orders;
   5. (e) Assessing civil monetary penalties for noncompliance;
   6. (f) Holding informal conferences with a covered employer, owner, or operator or their representatives to discuss notices of noncompliance, penalty assessments, reporting requirements or correction orders without limiting or extending their appeal rights;
   7. (g) Granting or denying requests for extensions of the time set by correction orders; and
   8. (h) Examining and auditing a covered employer, owner, or operator's hazardous substance information records.

Statutory/Other Authority

ORS 453.367

Statutes/Other Implemented

ORS 453.317(8)

History

OSFM 1-2019, amend filed 01/02/2019, effective 01/02/2019
OSFM 1-2010, f. 1-27-10, cert. ef. 2-1-10
OSFM 5-2005, f. 3-31-05, cert. ef. 4-1-05
FM 1-1994, f. & cert. ef. 1-14-94