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Oregon House approves statewide financial‑responsibility rules for bulk fuel terminals
Summary
Lawmakers passed House Bill 4,100 requiring bulk fuel terminals to hold certificates of financial responsibility, strengthen self‑insurance tests, and fund program administration by industry fees to ensure response and cleanup costs are covered after major spills or seismic events.
House lawmakers on March 5 approved House Bill 4,100, a bipartisan measure that forces bulk fuel terminals to demonstrate in advance they can cover response, cleanup and other liabilities from major spills or disasters. Representative Isidore, a co‑carrier, told colleagues the bill creates a certificate-of-financial-responsibility framework administered by the Department of Environmental Quality and leaves emergency rule authority intact.
The bill’s authors and supporters said it will ensure local governments, tribes and the state are not left holding the bill after a catastrophic Cascadia‑zone earthquake or major terminal…
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