(a) A financial assistance program, including but not limited to loan guarantees, to assist persons in financing the cost of remedial action.
(b) Activities necessary to carry out the purpose of ORS 465.381, 468.220, 468.230 and 465.265 to 465.310, including but not limited to entering into contracts or agreements, making and guaranteeing loans, taking security and instituting appropriate actions to enforce agreements made under ORS 465.285.
(2) The department may enter into a contract or agreement for services to implement a financial assistance program with any person, including but not limited to a financial institution or a unit of local, state or federal government. The services may include but need not be limited to evaluating creditworthiness of applicants, preparing and marketing financial assistance packages and administering and servicing financial assistance agreements. [1989 c.833 §104]