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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72"><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>It does not affect us. The law only officially applies to “retail stores and restaurants.” Look under “What do businesses need to know?” here: <a href="https://www.oregon.gov/deq/mm/production/Pages/Bags.aspx">https://www.oregon.gov/deq/mm/production/Pages/Bags.aspx</a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>We did decide to start selling cheap reusable totes, but local people donate their plastic bags to use to hand out. So we’ll probably keep accepting donated bags for a while. I’m assuming that over time the donations will eventually die down as most people transition to using reusable or paper bags. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Julie Retherford, Director<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#767171'>Chetco Community Public Library<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#767171'>405 Alder St., Brookings, OR 97415<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><a href="mailto:julie@chetcolibrary.org"><span style='color:#767171'>julie@chetcolibrary.org</span></a><span style='color:#767171'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#767171'>541.469.7738<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><a href="http://chetcolibrary.org/"><span style='color:windowtext;text-decoration:none'><img border=0 width=187 height=143 style='width:1.9479in;height:1.4895in' id="_x0000_i1026" src="cid:image002.png@01D5C488.D99318B0"></span></a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b>From:</b> Libs-Or <libs-or-bounces@listsmart.osl.state.or.us> <b>On Behalf Of </b>Kirsten Brodbeck-Kenney<br><b>Sent:</b> Monday, January 6, 2020 11:49 AM<br><b>To:</b> libs-or@listsmart.osl.state.or.us<br><b>Subject:</b> [Libs-Or] Bag ban questions<o:p></o:p></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>We have long had a habit of keeping a stash of donated plastic grocery bags available to the public for carrying their items, especially on rainy days. Does anyone know whether the bag ban would impact this, if we're reusing plastic bags rather than purchasing them? Does the ban apply to public libraries at all?<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:4.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#003635'><img border=0 width=89 height=89 style='width:.927in;height:.927in' id="Picture_x0020_1" src="cid:image003.png@01D5C488.D99318B0" alt=dwsquare2><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:4.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#005F70'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#005F70'>Kirsten Brodbeck-Kenney</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#005F70'>LIBRARY DIRECTOR<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#005F70'>Pronouns: She/Her/Hers</span></b><span style='font-size:8.5pt'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:8.0pt'><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#FF6C37'>__</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-line-height-alt:3.0pt'><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#003635'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:11.0pt'><span style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#005F70'>City of Lincoln City </span><b><span style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#E36541'>|</span></b><span style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#005F70'> Driftwood Public Library</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:11.0pt'><span style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#005F70'>801 SW Hwy 101 Ste 201 </span><b><span style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#FF6C37'>| </span></b><span style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#003635'> </span><span style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#005F70'>Lincoln City, OR</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:11.0pt'><b><span style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#005F70'>P:</span></b><span style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#005F70'> 541.996-1251</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:11.0pt'><b><span style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#005F70'>E</span></b><b><span style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#003635'>:</span></b><span style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#003635'> </span><span style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#005F70'><a href="mailto:kbrodbeck-kenney@lincolncity.org">kbrodbeck-kenney@lincolncity.org</a> </span><b><span style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#FF6C37'>| </span></b><b><span style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#005F70'>W</span></b><b><span style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#003635'>:</span></b><span style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#003635'> </span><span style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#005F70'>driftwoodlib.org</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>