Current through Register Vol. 63, No. 3, March 1, 2024
(1) The following wastes require special
handling or management practices, and shall not be deposited at a solid waste
disposal site unless special provisions for such disposal are included in a
Special Waste Management Plan pursuant to OAR 340-094-0040(11)(b)(J) or
340-095-0020(3)(j), or their disposal is otherwise approved by the Department:
(a) Agricultural Wastes. Residues from
agricultural practices shall be recycled, utilized for productive purposes or
disposed of in a manner not to cause vector creation or sustenance, air or
water pollution, public health hazards, odors, or nuisance
conditions;
(b) Construction and
Demolition Materials. Due to the unusually combustible nature of construction
and demolition materials, construction and demolition landfills or landfills
incorporating large quantities of combustible materials shall be designed and
operated to prevent fires and the spread of fires, in accordance with
engineering or operations plans required by OAR 340, divisions 93 through 96.
Equipment shall be provided of sufficient size and design to densely compact
the material to be included in the landfill;
(c) Oil Wastes. More than 25 gallons of
petroleum-bearing wastes such as used oil filters, oil-absorbent materials,
suspended solids that have settled to the bottom of the tank (tank bottoms) or
oil sludges shall not be placed in any disposal site unless all recoverable
liquid oils are removed and special provisions for handling and other special
precautions are included in the facility's approved plans and specifications
and operations plan to prevent fires and pollution of surface or groundwaters.
See also OAR 340-093-0040(3)(a), Prohibited Disposal;
(d) Infectious Wastes. All infectious wastes
must be managed in accordance with ORS
459.386 to
459.405:
(A) Pathological wastes shall be treated by
incineration in an incinerator which complies with the requirements of OAR
340-025-0850 to 340-025-0905 unless the Department determines:
(i) The disposal cost for incineration of
pathological wastes generated within the individual wasteshed exceeds the
average cost by 25 percent for all incinerators within the State of Oregon
which comply with the requirements of OAR 340-025-0850 to 340-025-0905; or the
generator is unable to contract with any incinerator facility within the State
of Oregon due to lack of incinerator processing capacity; and
(ii) The State Health Division of the Oregon
Department of Human Resources has prescribed by rule requirements for
sterilizing "cultures and stocks," and this alternative means of treatment of
the pathological waste is available.
(B) Sharps. Sharps may be treated by placing
them in a leak-proof, rigid, puncture-resistant, red container that is taped
closed or tightly lidded to prevent loss of the contents. Sharps contained
within containers which meet these specifications may be disposed of in a
permitted municipal solid waste landfill without further treatment if they are
placed in a segregated area of the landfill;
(C) Medical Waste. Medical waste other than
infectious waste as defined by ORS
459.386 or hazardous wastes as
defined by ORS 466.055 may be disposed of
without special treatment in municipal solid waste landfills permitted by the
Department if such disposal is not prohibited in the permit.
(e) Asbestos. Wastes containing
asbestos shall be disposed of pursuant to OAR 340-248;
(f) Abrasive Blast Media Containing
Pesticides. Waste described in OAR 340-101-0040(1) may be disposed of at a
solid waste landfill if the site meets the design criteria of
40 CFR
258.40 for new municipal solid wastes
landfill units;
(g) Pesticide
Treated Wood. Waste described in OAR 340-101-0040(2) may be disposed of at a
solid waste landfill if the site meets the design criteria of
40 CFR
258.40 for new municipal solid waste landfill
units.
(2) Incinerator
ash. Ash from domestic energy recovery facilities and from domestic solid waste
incinerator disposal sites shall be disposed of at an ash monofill permitted by
the Department. Such a monofill must meet standards in
40 CFR
258 and OAR 340, division 94.
(3) Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCBs). Wastes
containing polychlorinated biphenyls shall be disposed of pursuant to OAR 340,
division 110.
(4) Waste tires.
(a) Waste tires may be disposed of at a solid
waste disposal site if the waste tires meet the following criteria:
(A) The volume of 100 unprepared randomly
selected whole tires in one continuous test period must be reduced by at least
65 percent of the original volume. No single void space greater than 125 cubic
inches may remain in the randomly placed processed tires. The test to comply
with this subsection is follows:
(i)
Unprocessed whole tire volume shall be calculated by randomly placing the 100
unprepared randomly selected whole tires in a rectangular container and
multiplying the depth of unprocessed tires by the bottom area of the
container;
(ii) Processed tire
volume shall be determined by randomly placing the processed tire test quantity
in a rectangular container and leveling the surface. It shall be calculated by
multiplying the depth of processed tires by the bottom area of the
container.
(B) The tires
shall be reduced to an average chip size of no greater than 64 square inches in
any randomly selected sample of ten tires or more. No more than 40 percent of
the chips may exceed 64 square inches.
(b) Waste tires that cannot meet the
processing criteria in this rule may be disposed unprocessed with written
approval from the Department.
Publications: The publication(s) referred to or incorporated
by reference in this rule are available from the
agency.
Statutory/Other Authority: ORS
459.045,
459.046,
459A.025,
468.020,
459.770 & 459.785
Statutes/Other Implemented: ORS
459.015,
459.205-245, 459.411-405 &
459.710