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OR Rev Stat § 459.290 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 13 - Housing, Games, Environment|Chapter 459 - Solid Waste Management|Section 459.290 - Disposal site rehabilitation and enhancement advisory committee.

Each local government unit that apportions money under ORS 459.284 shall establish a citizens advisory committee to select plans, programs and projects for the rehabilitation and enhancement of the area around disposal sites for which the local government unit has apportioned moneys under ORS 459.284. If any local government unit establishes a citizens advisory committee under this section, another local government unit may not also establish a local citizens advisory committee under this section for the same disposal site. [1987 c.876 §3; 1989 c.763 §16]
OR Rev Stat § 459.292 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 13 - Housing, Games, Environment|Chapter 459 - Solid Waste Management|Section 459.292

[1989 c.833 §150; renumbered 459A.100 in 1991]
OR Rev Stat § 459.293 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 13 - Housing, Games, Environment|Chapter 459 - Solid Waste Management|Section 459.293

[1989 c.833 §151; renumbered 459A.105 in 1991]
OR Rev Stat § 459.294 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 13 - Housing, Games, Environment|Chapter 459 - Solid Waste Management|Section 459.294

[1989 c.833 §152; 1991 c.385 §13; 1991 c.385 §91; renumbered 459A.110 in 1991]
OR Rev Stat § 459.295 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 13 - Housing, Games, Environment|Chapter 459 - Solid Waste Management|Section 459.295

[1989 c.833 §153; renumbered 459A.120 in 1991]
OR Rev Stat § 459.310 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 13 - Housing, Games, Environment|Chapter 459 - Solid Waste Management|Section 459.310 - Surcharge on solid waste disposal; surcharge use.

(1) Each board of county commissioners of a county in which a regional disposal site is operating under provisions of ORS 459.005 to 459.437 may impose a surcharge on the solid waste received at the regional disposal site. The county may negotiate with the owner or operator of the regional disposal site to establish the amount of the surcharge imposed under this subsection. If the regional disposal site is publicly owned, the board of county commissioners shall give priority in expending the moneys to mitigation of adverse impacts on the area in and around the regional disposal site and related transfer stations located in the county including but not limited to rehabilitation and enhancement of the area, development of alternate water systems, road construction and maintenance and mitigation of adverse effects on wildlife and the environment, if provisions to mitigate such adverse impacts are not assured by permit conditions or bond requirements. (2) If the parties negotiating a surcharge under subsection (1) of this section do not reach an agreement within 90 days after the Department of Environmental Quality receives an application under ORS 459.235 for a permit for the regional disposal site, the board of county commissioners shall unilaterally impose the following surcharge: (a) For the first 2,000 tons per day $ 0.75/ton (b) For each ton between 2,000 to 4,000 tons per day $ 1.00/ton (c) For each ton above 4,000 tons per day $ 1.25/ton (3) If a board of county commissioners imposes the surcharge under subsection (2) of this section: (a) The surcharge shall be adjusted annually in accordance with the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers, West Region (All Items), as published by the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the United States Department of Labor; (b) Up to 10 percent of the surcharge shall go into a transition fund to be used by the county after the regional disposal site is closed for the purpose of minimizing the dislocation resulting from the loss of revenue from closure of the site; and (c) Of that portion of the surcharge not placed into a transition fund under paragraph (b) of this subsection, priority shall be given in expending the moneys to mitigation of adverse impacts on the area in and around the regional disposal site and related transfer stations located in the county including but not limited to rehabilitation and enhancement of the area, development of alternate water systems, road construction and maintenance and mitigation of adverse effects on wildlife and the environment, if provisions to mitigate such adverse impacts are not assured by permit conditions or bond requirements. [1987 c.876 §7; 1993 c.560 §39; 2019 c.57 §21]
OR Rev Stat § 459.315 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 13 - Housing, Games, Environment|Chapter 459 - Solid Waste Management|Section 459.315 - Definitions for ORS 459.315 to 459.330.

As used in ORS 459.315 to 459.330: (1) "Committee" means a local citizens advisory committee established under ORS 459.320. (2) "Permittee" means a person operating a regional disposal site under a permit issued under ORS 459.245. [1987 c.876 §8]
OR Rev Stat § 459.320 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 13 - Housing, Games, Environment|Chapter 459 - Solid Waste Management|Section 459.320 - Regional disposal site advisory committee; membership; terms.

(1) Except as provided in subsection (3) or (4) of this section, the board of county commissioners of a county in which a regional disposal site is proposed to be located shall establish a local citizens advisory committee when the Department of Environmental Quality receives an application for a regional disposal site within the county. The board shall select members of the committee from among at least each of the following groups, to the extent feasible: (a) Residents residing near or adjacent to the regional disposal site. (b) Owners of real property adjacent to or near the regional disposal site. (c) Persons who reside in or own real property within the county in which the regional disposal site is located. (d) Employees of the permittee. (e) Local organizations and citizen interest groups whose majority of members either: (A) Are electors of the county in which the regional disposal site is located; or (B) Own real property in the county in which the regional disposal site is located. (2) Unless determined otherwise by a board of county commissioners: (a) Members of the local citizens advisory committee shall serve a term of two years. (b) The committee shall elect from among its members a chairperson of the committee with such duties and powers as the committee imposes. (c) The committee shall meet at least four times each year for so long as the regional disposal site is proposed or operating. (3) If the regional disposal site is operated by a metropolitan service district, the local citizens advisory committee shall be established by the governing body of the metropolitan service district. (4) If the board of county commissioners of a county in which a regional disposal site is located or is proposed to be located has already established a local citizens advisory committee for solid waste issues in general, that committee may serve to fulfill the duties specified in ORS 459.325 so long as the membership of the committee is consistent with this section. [1987 c.876 §9; subsection (4) enacted as 1987 c.876 §10; 1999 c.720 §1]
OR Rev Stat § 459.325 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 13 - Housing, Games, Environment|Chapter 459 - Solid Waste Management|Section 459.325 - Duties of regional disposal site advisory committee.

The duties of the local citizens advisory committee established under ORS 459.320 shall include but need not be limited to: (1) Reviewing with the permittee, the regional disposal site including but not limited to siting, operation, closure and long-term monitoring of the regional disposal site; and (2) Providing a forum for citizen comments, questions and concerns about the regional disposal site and promoting a dialogue between the community in which the regional disposal site is to be located and the owner or operator of the regional disposal site. The committee shall prepare an annual written report summarizing the local citizens’ concerns and the manner in which the owner or operator is addressing those concerns. The report shall be considered by the Department of Environmental Quality in issuing and renewing a solid waste permit under ORS 459.245. [1987 c.876 §11]
OR Rev Stat § 459.330 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 13 - Housing, Games, Environment|Chapter 459 - Solid Waste Management|Section 459.330 - Notification of advisory committee by regional disposal site permittee.

The permittee shall notify the local citizens advisory committee established under ORS 459.320 when the permittee proposes to apply for a change to any state or local permit. [1987 c.876 §12]
OR Rev Stat § 459.335 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 13 - Housing, Games, Environment|Chapter 459 - Solid Waste Management|Section 459.335 - Use of fees collected by the metropolitan service district.

Notwithstanding any other provision of ORS 268.330, the metropolitan service district shall use moneys collected by the district as service or user fees for solid waste disposal for: (1) Activities of the metropolitan service district related to solid waste, including activities of regional concern that are directly related to reducing the environmental impact from the generation, collection, transportation, processing and disposal of solid waste; and (2) Planning, administrative and overhead costs for activities of the district related to solid waste. [1987 c.876 §12a; 1995 c.79 §274; 1997 c.833 §23; 2009 c.309 §1]
OR Rev Stat § 459.340 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 13 - Housing, Games, Environment|Chapter 459 - Solid Waste Management|Section 459.340 - Implementation of the solid waste reduction program by metropolitan service district.

(1) The metropolitan service district shall implement the provisions of the solid waste reduction program as adopted by the metropolitan service district. (2) Before the metropolitan service district council amends the district’s solid waste reduction program, the district shall submit the proposed amendment to the Department of Environmental Quality for review and comment. [1987 c.876 §13; 1993 c.560 §41]
OR Rev Stat § 459.345 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 13 - Housing, Games, Environment|Chapter 459 - Solid Waste Management|Section 459.345 - Metropolitan service district report to commission.

(1) In conjunction with and on the same schedule as the report required under ORS 459A.050 (1)(a), the metropolitan service district shall report to the Environmental Quality Commission on the implementation of its solid waste reduction program as approved or as amended in accordance with ORS 459.340. (2) The report submitted by the metropolitan service district under this section shall be in writing and shall include, but need not be limited to: (a) The current status of implementation of the metropolitan service district’s solid waste reduction program including the use of disposal sites, recycling opportunities and the use of material and energy recovery technologies. (b) A summary of the amount and percent of solid waste that is currently reused, recycled or disposed of in a solid waste disposal site and a comparison of such amounts and percentages to the district’s existing and projected annual goals for: (A) The amount and percent of solid waste that will be reused, recycled or disposed of in a solid waste disposal site operated by the metropolitan service district or in a solid waste disposal site that the district has entered into an agreement to use; and (B) The amount in tons by which solid waste disposed of annually in a disposal site operated by the district or which the district has entered into an agreement to use will be reduced. (c) A summary of the metropolitan service district’s solid waste budget. [1987 c.876 §14; 1993 c.560 §42; 1997 c.552 §4]
OR Rev Stat § 459.350 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 13 - Housing, Games, Environment|Chapter 459 - Solid Waste Management|Section 459.350 - Commission review of metropolitan service district report.

The Environmental Quality Commission shall review the report submitted by the metropolitan service district under ORS 459.345 to determine: (1) Whether the district’s activities related to solid waste disposal comply with the district’s solid waste reduction program and any goals established by the district in previous reports submitted under ORS 459.345; and (2) Whether the program and all disposal sites operated by or used by the district continue to meet the criteria established under ORS 459.015. [1987 c.876 §15; 1989 c.171 §59]
OR Rev Stat § 459.376 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 13 - Housing, Games, Environment|Chapter 459 - Solid Waste Management|Section 459.376 - Action to enforce rules or orders.

(1) The Environmental Quality Commission may take whatever action is appropriate for the enforcement of its rules or orders. (2) The commission may institute proceedings to enforce compliance with or restrain violations of ORS chapters 459 and 459A, or any rule, standard, permit or order adopted, entered or issued pursuant to ORS chapters 459 and 459A. [Formerly 459.276; 1993 c.560 §44]
OR Rev Stat § 459.385 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 13 - Housing, Games, Environment|Chapter 459 - Solid Waste Management|Section 459.385 - Entry upon private premises authorized; access to records.

Personnel of the Department of Environmental Quality or a local health department, authorized environmental health specialists or other authorized personnel of a city or county may enter upon the premises of any person regulated under ORS 459.005 to 459.105, 459.205 to 459.385, 466.005 to 466.385 and 466.992 or under regulations adopted pursuant to ORS 450.075, 450.810, 450.820 and 451.570, at reasonable times, to determine compliance with and to enforce ORS 450.075, 450.810, 450.820, 451.570, 459.005 to 459.105, 459.205 to 459.385, 466.005 to 466.385 and 466.992 and any rules or regulations adopted pursuant thereto. The department shall also have access to any pertinent records, including but not limited to blueprints, operation and maintenance records and logs, operating rules and procedures. As used in this section, "pertinent records" does not include financial information unless otherwise authorized by law. [Formerly 459.285; 1993 c.526 §9; 1993 c.560 §45; 2003 c.547 §114; 2015 c.736 §99]
OR Rev Stat § 459.386 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 13 - Housing, Games, Environment|Chapter 459 - Solid Waste Management|Section 459.386 - Definitions for ORS 459.386 to 459.405.

As used in ORS 459.386 to 459.405: (1) "Biological waste" includes blood and blood products, excretions, exudates, secretions, suctionings and other body fluids that cannot be directly discarded into a municipal sewer system, and waste materials saturated with blood or body fluids, but does not include diapers soiled with urine or feces. (2) "Cultures and stocks" includes etiologic agents and associated biologicals, including specimen cultures and dishes and devices used to transfer, inoculate and mix cultures, wastes from production of biologicals, and serums and discarded live and attenuated vaccines. "Cultures and stocks" does not include throat and urine cultures. (3) "Disposal" means the final placement of treated infectious waste in a disposal site operating under a permit issued by a state or federal agency. (4) "Infectious waste" includes biological waste, cultures and stocks, pathological waste and sharps. (5)(a) "Pathological waste" includes: (A) Biopsy materials and all human tissues; (B) Anatomical parts that emanate from surgeries, autopsies and obstetrical and laboratory procedures; and (C) Animal carcasses exposed to pathogens in research and the bedding and other waste from such animals. (b) "Pathological waste" does not include teeth or formaldehyde or other preservative agents. (6) "Sharps" includes needles, IV tubing with needles attached, scalpel blades, lancets, glass tubes that could be broken during handling and syringes that have been removed from their original sterile containers. (7) "Storage" means the temporary containment of infectious waste in a manner that does not constitute treatment or disposal of such waste. (8) "Transportation" means the movement of infectious waste from the point of generation over a public highway to any intermediate point or to the point of final treatment. (9) "Treatment" means incineration, sterilization or other method, technique or process approved by the Oregon Health Authority that changes the character or composition of any infectious waste so as to render the waste noninfectious. [1989 c.763 §3; 1993 c.560 §46; 2005 c.22 §331; 2009 c.595 §941]
OR Rev Stat § 459.387 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 13 - Housing, Games, Environment|Chapter 459 - Solid Waste Management|Section 459.387 - Policy.

The Legislative Assembly finds and declares that: (1) The collection, transportation, storage, treatment and disposal of infectious waste in a manner that protects the health, safety and welfare of the workers who handle the waste and of the public is a matter of statewide concern. (2) The public health, safety and welfare is best protected by an infectious waste collection system that serves as many persons as possible in this state, including medical care and laboratory facilities, nursing care facilities and private residences. (3) In the interest of public health, safety and welfare, it is the policy of this state to establish requirements for collection, transportation, storage, treatment and disposal of infectious waste that will establish priority in methods of treating and disposing of infectious waste. [1989 c.763 §2]
OR Rev Stat § 459.388 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 13 - Housing, Games, Environment|Chapter 459 - Solid Waste Management|Section 459.388 - Restrictions on discarding, storing or transporting infectious waste.

(1) No person who generates infectious waste shall discard or store such waste except as provided in ORS 459.390. (2) No person shall transport infectious waste other than infectious waste that is an incidental part of other solid waste except as provided in ORS 459.390 (6) and 825.256. [1989 c.763 §4]
OR Rev Stat § 459.390 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 13 - Housing, Games, Environment|Chapter 459 - Solid Waste Management|Section 459.390 - Procedures for segregation and containment of infectious waste; exemption.

(1) Infectious waste shall be segregated from other wastes by separate containment at the point of generation. Enclosures used for storage of infectious waste shall be secured to prevent access by unauthorized persons and shall be marked with prominent warning signs. (2) Infectious waste, except for sharps, shall be contained in disposable red plastic bags or containers made of other materials impervious to moisture and strong enough to prevent ripping, tearing or bursting under normal conditions of use. The bags or containers shall be closed to prevent leakage or expulsion of solid or liquid wastes during storage, collection or transportation. (3) Sharps shall be contained for storage, collection, transportation and disposal in leakproof, rigid, puncture-resistant red containers that are taped closed or tightly lidded to prevent loss of the contents. Sharps may be stored in such containers for more than seven days. (4) All bags, boxes or other containers for infectious waste and rigid containers of discarded sharps shall be clearly identified as containing infectious waste. (5) Infectious waste shall be stored at temperatures and only for times established by rules of the Oregon Health Authority. (6) Infectious waste shall not be compacted before treatment and shall not be placed for collection, storage or transportation in a portable or mobile trash compactor. (7) Infectious waste contained in disposable bags as specified in this section shall be placed for collection, storage, handling or transportation in a disposable or reusable pail, carton, box, drum, dumpster, portable bin or similar container. The container shall have a tight-fitting cover and be kept clean and in good repair. The container may be of any color and shall be conspicuously labeled with the international biohazard symbol and the words "Biomedical Waste" on the sides so as to be readily visible from any lateral direction when the container is upright. (8) Each time a reusable container for infectious waste is emptied, the container shall be thoroughly washed and decontaminated unless the surfaces of the container have been protected from contamination by a disposable red liner, bag or other device removed with the waste. (9) Trash chutes shall not be used to transfer infectious waste between locations where it is contained or stored. (10) Generators that produce 50 pounds or less of infectious waste in any calendar month shall be exempt from the specific requirements of subsections (5), (7) and (8) of this section. [1989 c.763 §5; 2009 c.595 §942]
OR Rev Stat § 459.395 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 13 - Housing, Games, Environment|Chapter 459 - Solid Waste Management|Section 459.395 - Treatment of infectious wastes; rules.

(1) Pathological wastes shall be treated by incineration in an incinerator that provides complete combustion of waste to carbonized or mineralized ash. The ash shall be disposed of as provided in rules adopted by the Environmental Quality Commission. However, if the Department of Environmental Quality determines that incineration is not reasonably available within a wasteshed, pathological wastes may be disposed of in the same manner provided for cultures and stocks. (2) Cultures and stocks shall be incinerated as described in subsection (1) of this section or sterilized by other means prescribed by Oregon Health Authority rule. Sterilized waste may be disposed of in a permitted land disposal site if it is not otherwise classified as hazardous waste. (3) Liquid or soluble semisolid biological wastes may be discharged into a sewage treatment system that provides secondary treatment of waste. (4) Sharps and biological wastes may be incinerated as described in subsection (1) of this section or sterilized by other means prescribed by authority rule. Sharps may be disposed of in a permitted land disposal site only if the sharps are in containers as required in ORS 459.390 (3) and are placed in a segregated area of the landfill. (5) Other methods of treatment and disposal may be approved by rule of the commission. [1989 c.763 §6; 2009 c.595 §943]
OR Rev Stat § 459.398 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 13 - Housing, Games, Environment|Chapter 459 - Solid Waste Management|Section 459.398 - Rules.

The Environmental Quality Commission may adopt rules for storage and handling of infectious waste at a solid waste disposal site. [1989 c.763 §7]
OR Rev Stat § 459.400 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 13 - Housing, Games, Environment|Chapter 459 - Solid Waste Management|Section 459.400 - Exceptions.

The requirements of ORS 459.386 to 459.405 do not apply to: (1) Waste, other than sharps as defined in ORS 459.386, that is: (a) Generated in the practice of veterinary medicine; and (b) Not capable of being communicated by invasion and multiplication in body tissues and capable of causing disease or adverse health impacts in humans. (2) The removal from a health care facility as defined in ORS 442.015 of a placenta by a postpartum mother pursuant to rules adopted by the Oregon Health Authority. [1989 c.763 §8; 1993 c.560 §47; 2013 c.109 §1]