Oregon Administrative Rules
Chapter 340 - DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY
Division 12 - ENFORCEMENT PROCEDURE AND CIVIL PENALTIES
Section 340-012-0097 - Dry Cleaning Classification of Violations
Universal Citation: OR Admin Rules 340-012-0097
Current through Register Vol. 63, No. 3, March 1, 2024
(1) Class I:
(a) Discharging dry cleaning wastewater to a
sanitary sewer, storm sewer, septic system, or boiler into waters of the state;
(b) Failing to have a secondary
containment system under and around each dry cleaning machine or each tank or
container of stored solvent;
(c)
Failing to report a release outside of a containment system of more than one
pound of dry cleaning solvent (approximately one cup if perchloroethylene)
released in a 24-hour period;
(d)
Failing to timely repair the cause of a release within a containment system of
dry cleaning solvent;
(e) Failing
to immediately clean up a release or repair the cause of a release outside of a
containment system of dry cleaning solvents or waste water contaminated with
solvent;
(f) Illegally treating or
disposing of hazardous waste generated at a dry cleaning facility;
(g) Transporting, delivering or designating
on a manifest, delivery of hazardous waste generated at a dry cleaning facility
to a destination facility not authorized or permitted to manage hazardous
waste;
(h) Failing to use closed,
direct-coupled delivery, by a person delivering perchloroethylene to a dry
cleaning facility; or
(i) Failing
to have closed, direct-coupled delivery for perchloroethylene, by a dry
cleaning operator.
(2) Class II:
(a) Failing to place
or store hazardous waste generated at a dry cleaning facility in properly
labeled and closed containers;
(b)
Accumulating hazardous waste beyond the specified accumulation time period;
(c) Failing, by a dry cleaning
owner or operator, to prominently post the Oregon Emergency Response System
telephone number so the number is immediately available to all employees of the
dry cleaning facility;
(d) Failing
to immediately clean up a release within a containment system of dry cleaning
solvent or hazardous waste;
(e)
Failing to remove all dry cleaning solvent or solvent containing residue or to
disconnect utilities from the dry cleaning machine within 45 days of the last
day of dry cleaning machine operations; or
(f) Failing to timely submit an annual report
to DEQ, by a dry cleaning owner or operator.
(3) Class III: Failing to notify DEQ of change of ownership or operator or closure at a dry cleaning business or dry cleaning store.
Stat. Auth.: ORS 466.070 - 466.080, 466.625 & 468.020
Stats. Implemented: ORS 466.635 - 466.680, 466.990, 466.994 & 468.090 - 468.140
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