Oregon Administrative Rules
Chapter 340 - DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY
Division 49 - REGULATIONS PERTAINING TO CERTIFICATION OF WASTEWATER SYSTEM OPERATOR PERSONNEL
Section 340-049-0035 - Certification of Wastewater Treatment System and Wastewater Collection System Operators

(1) To be considered for operator certification a person must file a complete application with the Department using approved forms or technology by the filing deadline, if any, established under these rules. The Department will consider only those applications that are complete for processing and include all required qualification information and documentation not already on file with the Department and the appropriate fees. Applications that are incomplete, unsigned or improperly signed, or that do not contain the required documentation will not be accepted by the Department for filing.

(2) The Director will issue certificates to persons meeting the education, experience and examination qualifications set forth in OAR 340-049-0030 for the certificate type and grade sought. Grade I Provisional certificate qualifications do not include an examination. The Director may refuse to issue a certificate as provided in 340-049-0080.

(3) The Director may issue new certificates with up to a two-year expiration date and subject to renewal requirements in OAR 340-049-0040. Exceptions include Provisional certificates, which expire after 12 months, and new standard certificates issued to persons already certified under these rules, which expire on the same date as the pre-existing certificates.

(4) The Director will issue a Grade I Provisional certificate valid for 12 months to persons meeting the education and experience qualifications set forth in OAR 340-049-0030(2)(a) and (3)(a). Upon qualification, including passing a Grade I examination, the Director may issue a standard (renewable) Grade I certificate. The Director may refuse to issue a certificate as provided in 340-049-0080.

(5) Certificates in Wastewater Collection System Operation issued by the Department on or before May 1, 1989, will continue to be valid as long as certificate renewal and reinstatement requirements are satisfied and certificates are not revoked.

(6) Each certificate issued will designate the certificate type and grade of the person certified, and will have an expiration date stated on the certificate or on an accompanying certificate renewal card.

(7) The Department will not consider an application for a new certificate, including a certificate at a higher grade, if the certificate requested is for the same type, treatment or collection, as an expired certificate that is still under the one-year reinstatement period in OAR 340-049-0045. Once the expired certificate is reinstated, an application for a new certificate may be processed.