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Section 459.005 - Definitions for ORS 459.005 to 459.437, 459.705 to 459.790 and 459A.005 to 459A.665. - (1) "Affected person" means a person or entity involved in...
Section 459.007 - Applicability of ORS 459.005 to wood residue. - (1) Is a by-product of manufacturing wood products or processing...
Section 459.015 - Policy. - (a) The planning, development and operation of recycling programs is...
Section 459.017 - Relationship of state to local governments in solid waste management. - (a) The planning, location, acquisition, development and operation of landfills...
Section 459.025 - General powers and duties of department. - (1) Shall promote and coordinate research, studies and demonstration projects...
Section 459.045 - Rules. - (a) Accumulation, storage, collection, transportation and disposal of solid wastes...
Section 459.047 - Landfill assistance from department; solid waste disposal site certificate for landfill; effect of issuance. - (1) Assist the local government unit in the establishment of...
Section 459.049 - Mandated landfills in certain counties; establishment by state. - (a) The legislative policy and findings expressed in ORS 459.015,...
Section 459.051 - Procedural rules. - (1) To establish a procedure for local government units to...
Section 459.053 - Powers of department regarding landfills. - (1) By mutual agreement, return all or part of the...
Section 459.055 - Landfills in farm use areas; waste reduction programs. - (a) Ensure rehabilitation of the site at the termination of...
Section 459.057 - Department to limit wastes allowed in landfills in certain counties. - (2) Nothing in this section shall be construed to prohibit...
Section 459.061 - Upland placement of dredged material; rules. - (2) For purposes of this section, "dredged material" means rock,...
Section 459.065 - State preemption; intergovernmental agreements authorized. - (a) For joint franchising of service or the franchising or...
Section 459.085 - County authority outside cities; effect of annexation; interagency agreements. - (a) Prescribe the quality and character of and rates for...
Section 459.095 - Restrictions on authority of local government units. - (2) Solid waste management regulations adopted by a sanitary district...
Section 459.108 - Civil penalty to enforce ordinance prohibiting action described in ORS 164.775, 164.785 or 164.805. - (2) An ordinance described in subsection (1) of this section...
Section 459.109 - Effect of certain laws on cities and counties. - (1) Supersedes any authority under ORS chapter 459 or 459A...
Section 459.125 - Authority of Marion County over products or by-products of county disposal sites. - (a) Sell, enter into short or long-term contracts, solicit bids,...
Section 459.135 - Marion County authority over private facility in county. - (1) Entered into contracts obligating the county to supply or...
Section 459.145 - Limits on Marion County authority. - (1) Material kept separate from waste material for the purpose...
Section 459.205 - Permit required. - (2) The person who holds or last held the permit...
Section 459.215 - Exclusion of certain sites from permit requirement; rules. - (2) By rule and after public hearing the commission may...
Section 459.225 - Variances authorized. - (2) In carrying out the provisions of subsection (1) of...
Section 459.235 - Applications for permits; fees. - (2) The Environmental Quality Commission shall establish a schedule of...
Section 459.236 - Additional permit fees for remedial action or removal; amount; utilization; eligibility of local governments. - (a) Disposal sites that receive domestic solid waste, building demolition...
Section 459.243 - Restrictions on issuance of permits under ORS 459.245. - (a) "Property line" has the meaning given that term in...
Section 459.245 - Issuance of permits; terms; refusal to renew; disposal of liquid waste. - (2) Disposal site permits shall be issued for a period...
Section 459.247 - Prohibition on disposal of certain solid waste at disposal site. - (a) Discarded or abandoned vehicles; (b) Discarded large home or...
Section 459.250 - Place for collecting source separated recyclable material required for disposal site permit. - (2) The department may modify the requirements of this section...
Section 459.255 - Suspension or revocation of permits. - (2) The procedures for denial, suspension, modification of a condition...
Section 459.265 - Hearings; appeal. - ordering, or approving action resulting in, the closure or curtailment...
Section 459.270 - Renewal of permit prior to proposed closure of disposal site. - (a) A permit renewed under this subsection shall be issued...
Section 459.272 - Evidence of financial assurance for land disposal site. - (a) The costs of closure of the land disposal site...
Section 459.273 - Disposition of excess moneys and interest received for financial assurance. - (1) A reduction of the rates a person within the...
Section 459.280 - Definitions for ORS 459.284 and 459.290. - (1) A material recovery, recycling or reuse facility; or (2)...
Section 459.305 - Certification or demonstration that government unit has implemented opportunity to recycle; rules; fee. - (a) For waste originating outside Oregon, achieves either a recovery...
Section 459.310 - Surcharge on solid waste disposal; surcharge use. - (2) If the parties negotiating a surcharge under subsection (1)...
Section 459.311 - Charge for remedial action or removal; amount; collection; allocation. - (1) The charge shall be: (a) An amount equal to...
Section 459.315 - Definitions for ORS 459.315 to 459.330. - (1) "Committee" means a local citizens advisory committee established under...
Section 459.320 - Regional disposal site advisory committee; membership; terms. - (a) Residents residing near or adjacent to the regional disposal...
Section 459.325 - Duties of regional disposal site advisory committee. - (1) Reviewing with the permittee, the regional disposal site including...
Section 459.335 - Use of fees collected by the metropolitan service district. - (1) Activities of the metropolitan service district related to solid...
Section 459.340 - Implementation of the solid waste reduction program by metropolitan service district. - (2) Before the metropolitan service district council amends the district’s...
Section 459.345 - Metropolitan service district report to commission. - (2) The report submitted by the metropolitan service district under...
Section 459.350 - Commission review of metropolitan service district report. - (1) Whether the district’s activities related to solid waste disposal...
Section 459.355 - LIMITATION ON DISPOSAL OF CERTAIN RADIOACTIVE MATERIALS Note: Sections 12...
Section 459.376 - Action to enforce rules or orders. - (2) The commission may institute proceedings to enforce compliance with...
Section 459.386 - Definitions for ORS 459.386 to 459.405. - (1) "Biological waste" includes blood and blood products, excretions, exudates,...
Section 459.387 - Policy. - (1) The collection, transportation, storage, treatment and disposal of infectious...
Section 459.388 - Restrictions on discarding, storing or transporting infectious waste. - (2) No person shall transport infectious waste other than infectious...
Section 459.390 - Procedures for segregation and containment of infectious waste; exemption. - (2) Infectious waste, except for sharps, shall be contained in...
Section 459.395 - Treatment of infectious wastes; rules. - (2) Cultures and stocks shall be incinerated as described in...
Section 459.400 - Exceptions. - (1) Waste, other than sharps as defined in ORS 459.386,...
Section 459.405 - Transport of infectious waste; certification; records. - (1) Provide written certification to a person who discards more...
Section 459.411 - Policy. - (a) Individuals have limited opportunities to properly manage household hazardous...
Section 459.413 - Household hazardous waste depots; location; promotion program. - (a) Developed at geographically diverse locations throughout the district; and...
Section 459.415 - Department approval for collection activity required; written proposal. - (2) In requesting written approval from the department, a local...
Section 459.417 - Statewide household hazardous waste public education program. - (1) Alternatives to disposal of household hazardous waste at solid...
Section 459.420 - Permitted lead-acid battery disposal; disposal by retailers. - (2) No lead-acid battery retailer shall dispose of a used...
Section 459.422 - Acceptance of used batteries by retailers and wholesalers. - (2) Any person selling new lead-acid batteries at wholesale shall...
Section 459.426 - Notice to customers. - (a) Lead-acid batteries cannot be disposed of in household solid...
Section 459.431 - Definitions for ORS 459.431 to 459.437. - (1) "Alkaline manganese battery" means a battery consisting of manganese...
Section 459.432 - Policy. - (a) Batteries have come to play an important role in...
Section 459.433 - Limitation on sale or promotion of alkaline manganese or zinc carbon batteries. - (a) Any alkaline manganese battery manufactured on or after January...
Section 459.437 - Requirements for sale or promotion of mercuric oxide batteries. - (a) Identifies a collection site that has all required governmental...
Section 459.705 - Definitions for ORS 459.705 to 459.790. - (1) "Danger" or "nuisance" includes but is not limited to...
Section 459.708 - Waste tire generator; requirements. - (a) Have the waste tires transported by a waste tire...
Section 459.710 - Disposal in disposal site prohibited; exceptions; use in construction of reefs prohibited; exception. - (2) A person may dispose of waste tires in a...
Section 459.712 - Transport without carrier permit prohibited; exceptions. - (2) As a condition to holding a permit issued under...
Section 459.715 - Storage prohibited; exceptions. - (2) Subsection (1) of this section shall not apply to:...
Section 459.720 - Conditions for storage site permit. - (a) Report periodically to the Department of Environmental Quality on...
Section 459.725 - Application for storage site operator or carrier. - (2) In addition to information requested on the application form,...
Section 459.730 - Information in application for storage site permit; carrier permit; fees; bond. - (a) The management program for the operation of the site,...
Section 459.735 - Notification of permit application in county of proposed disposal site. - (2) The notice shall contain information regarding the location of...
Section 459.772 - Use of processed, source-separated waste tires for energy recovery. - Note: 459.772 was added to and made a part of...
Section 459.775 - Waste Tire Recycling Account; uses. - (2) Any moneys remaining in the Waste Tire Recycling Account...
Section 459.780 - Tire removal or processing plan; financial assistance; department abatement. - (2) The department may use moneys from the Waste Tire...
Section 459.785 - Rules. - (2) The commission may adopt rules that limit, restrict or...
Section 459.790 - Exceptions to ORS 459.705 to 459.785. - (1) Tires from: (a) Any device moved exclusively by human...
Section 459.900 - Thermostats and motor vehicle switches containing mercury; disposal; findings. - (a) A manufacturer of thermostats that contain mercury: (A) Shall...
Section 459.992 - Criminal penalties; license suspension and revocation. - (a) Violation of rules or ordinances adopted under ORS 459.005...
Section 459.993 - Penalties for violation of ORS 459A.757. - (2) Each day that the restaurant or retail establishment commits...
Section 459.995 - Civil penalties. - (a) Any person who violates ORS 459.205, 459.270, 459.272, 459.386...