Oregon Administrative Rules
Chapter 340 - DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY
Division 120 - ADDITIONAL SITING AND PERMITTING REQUIREMENTS FOR HAZARDOUS WASTE AND PCB TREATMENT AND DISPOSAL FACILITIES
Section 340-120-0001 - Purpose and Applicability

(1) To protect the public health and safety and the environment, the Commission finds that it is in the state's best interest to more fully regulate and review proposals to treat or dispose of hazardous waste and PCB. The purpose of this division is to establish a supplemental siting and permitting procedure for most types of hazardous waste and PCB treatment and disposal facilities.

COMMENT: Under Federal law hazardous waste incineration and other treatment techniques are considered "treatment" and PCB incineration and other treatment techniques are considered "disposal." To be consistent, division 120 utilizes the same definitions.

(2) All parts of this division apply to new:

(3) Facilities described in section (2)(a) of this rule that receive less than 50 percent of waste on a weekly basis from off the site may be located inside urban growth boundaries as defined by ORS 197.295 and therefore do not have to meet OAR 340-120-0010(d)(A)(i) and 340-120-0015(1)(a).

(4) New hazardous waste and PCB treatment and disposal facilities, other than land disposal facilities, located on the site of waste generation (on-site), are only subject to these parts of division 120:

(5) For the purposes of this division, a facility can receive, with the Department approval, as much as ten percent of waste on a weekly basis from off the site and be an on-site facility.

(6) For the purposes of this division, a new facility means:

(7) This division does not apply to:

(8) The requirements of this division are supplemental to those of divisions 100 through 110 of this chapter. The definitions of OAR 340-100-0010 and 340-110-0003 apply to this Division.