ORS 468B.135 Exemptions

ORS 468B.130 (1) and (2) do not apply to any cleaning agent:

Used in dairy, beverage or food processing equipment;

Used as an industrial sanitizer, brightener, acid cleaner or metal conditioner, including phosphoric acid products or trisodium phosphate;

Used in hospitals, veterinary hospitals or clinics or health care facilities;

Used in agricultural production and the production of electronic components;

Used in a commercial laundry for laundry services provided to a hospital, veterinary hospital or clinic or health care facility;

Used by industry for metal cleaning or conditioning;

Manufactured, stored or distributed for use or sale outside Oregon;

Used in any laboratory, including a biological laboratory, research facility, chemical, electronic or engineering laboratory;

Used for cleaning hard surfaces, including household cleansers for windows, sinks, counters, stoves, tubs or other food preparation surfaces and plumbing fixtures;

Used as a water softening chemical, antiscale chemical or corrosion inhibitor intended for use in closed systems, including but not limited to boilers, air conditioners, cooling towers or hot water systems; and

For which the Department of Environmental Quality determines that the prohibition under ORS 468B.130 (1) and (2) will either:

Create a significant hardship on the user; or

Be unreasonable because of the lack of an adequate substitute cleaning agent.