340-096-0270 Waste Tire Carrier Permittee Obligations (1) Each person required to obtain a waste tire carrier permit shall: (a) Comply with ORS 459.705 to 459.790, OAR 340-096-0260 through 340-096-0290, and any other applicable requirements; (b) Inform the Department in writing within 30 days of changes that affect the permit, including but not limited to business name change, address change of the permittee, change from in the form of ownership (such as from individual to partnership or corporation); (c) Allow the Department access to the site and the permittee’s records, including records required by other public agencies, for inspection by the Department; (d) Maintain a copy of permittee’s waste tire carrier permit in each vehicle used to transport waste tires; (e) Maintain the financial assurance required under OAR 340-096-0260; (f) Maintain a daily record of all vehicles used to transport waste tires, with beginning and ending dates used, license numbers and person who owns the vehicles. The daily record shall be kept current at all times. The daily record shall be made available to Department staff when requested and be submitted to the Department each year as part of the permittee’s annual report. (2) A waste tire carrier shall deliver waste tires for storage or disposal at a Department permitted waste tire storage site, at a disposal site permitted by the Department to store waste tires, or at another site approved by the Department, such as a site authorized to accept waste tires under the laws or regulations of another state. (3) The Department may allow a waste tire carrier permittee to use up to two covered containers to collect waste tires. A maximum of 2,000 tires may be so collected at any one time, and for no longer than 90 days in each container, beginning with the date when a waste tire is first placed in a container. The containers must be located at the permittee’s main place of business. (4) Waste tire carrier permittees shall record and maintain for a minimum of five years, except as otherwise specified in this section, the following information regarding their activities for each month of operation: (a) The approximate quantity of waste tires collected. Quantities may be measured by aggregate loads or cubic yards, if the carrier documents the approximate number included in each load; (b) Where or from whom the waste tires were collected, and whether the waste tires are from the cleanup of a waste tire pile; (c) Where the waste tires were deposited. The waste tire carrier shall keep receipts or other written materials documenting where all tires were stored or disposed of. (d) The daily record identified in OAR 340-096-0270(1)(f), of all vehicles used to transport waste tires. (e) Any additional information required by the Department. (5) Waste tire carrier permittees shall submit to the Department an annual report that summarizes the information collected under OAR 340-096-0270(4). The information shall be broken down by quarters. This report shall be submitted to the Department annually as a condition of holding a permit together with the annual compliance fee. Statutory/Other Authority: ORS 459.775, 459.780 & 459.785 Statutes/Other Implemented: ORS 459.705, 459.712, 459.730 & 459.750 History: DEQ 11-2023, adopt filed 07/21/2023, effective 07/21/2023