(1)(a) it's illegal for anyone, including someone in possession or control of any land, to discard any dead animal carcass or body part, excrement, putrid, nauseous, noisome, decaying, deleterious or offensive substance into or in any other way befoul, pollute or impair the quality of any spring, river, brook, creek, branch, well, irrigation drainage ditch, irrigation ditch, cistern or pond of water

(b)(A) in a prosecution under this statute, it's a defense that:

(i) the dead animal carcass that is discarded is a fish carcass

(ii) the subject returned the fish carcass to the water

(iii) the subject retained proof of compliance with any provisions regarding angling prescribed by the State Fish and Wildlife Commission pursuant to 496.162 (establishing seasons, amounts & manner of taking wildlife)

(B) fish carcass means entrails, gills, head, skin, fins and backbone

(2) . it's illegal:

• for anyone to place or cause to be placed any polluting substance listed in (1) into any road, street, alley, lane, railroad right of way, lot, field, meadow or common

• for an owner of the above property to knowingly permit any polluting substances to remain in any of the places described above to the injury of the health or to the annoyance of any citizen of Oregon

every 24 hours after conviction for a violation of this subsection during which the violator permits the polluting substances to remain is an additional offense against this subsection.

(3) Nothing in this statute will apply to the storage or spreading of manure or similar substance for agricultural, silvicultural or horticultural purposes, except that no sewage sludge, septic tank or cesspool pumping will be used for these purposes unless treated & applied in a manner approved by the Department of Environmental Quality