Oregon Administrative Rules › Chapter 340 - DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY › Division 96 - SOLID WASTE: PERMITS SPECIAL RULES FOR SELECTED SOLID WASTE DISPOSAL SITES, WASTE TIRE STORAGE SITES AND WASTE TIRE CARRIERS › Section 340-096-0170 - Special Rules Pertaining to Conversion Technology: Performance Standards

Current through Register Vol. 63, No. 7, July 1, 2024
(1)
			 Conversion technology facilities must be designed, constructed, and operated in
			 a manner that does not cause a discharge of process water, leachate or
			 stormwater from the facility to surface water, except when discharged in
			 compliance with a discharge permit issued by the department.
(2) Conversion technology facilities that
			 collect and dispose of process water, leachate or stormwater in engineered
			 structures must comply with the same requirements that apply to compost
			 facilities in OAR
			 340-096-0130,
			 unless the structure is constructed and operated pursuant to a permit issued
			 under ORS 468B.050.
(3) Conversion
			 technology facilities must be designed, constructed, and operated in a manner
			 that is not likely to cause an adverse impact to groundwater under OAR 340
			 Division 40. All conversion technology facilities proposing to use infiltration
			 in soil as a method for managing leachate or stormwater must comply with the
			 same groundwater protection requirements that apply to compost facilities in
			 OAR
			 340-096-0120.
(4) Conversion technology
			 facilities must be designed, constructed, and operated in a manner that, to the
			 greatest extent practicable and consistent with proper facility design and
			 operation, controls and minimizes odors and dust that are likely to cause
			 adverse impacts outside the boundaries of the facility.
(5) Conversion technology facilities must be
			 designed, constructed, and operated in a manner that controls or prevents
			 propagation, harborage, or attraction of vectors, including but not limited to,
			 rats, birds, and flies.
(6)
			 Conversion technology facilities that produce, collect and store oil, biogas or
			 syngases must be designed, constructed, and operated in accordance with state
			 and local fire regulations in a manner that prevents fire and explosions.
(7) Conversion technology
			 facilities must implement procedures as necessary to restrict incoming material
			 to prevent receipt of, or to separate out, materials that are incompatible with
			 the conversion technology being used, or that would pose human health or
			 environmental risks when incorporated into the products of the conversion
			 technology.
(8) Conversion
			 technology facilities must provide adequate training to staff to properly
			 operate the technology and to recognize and exclude inappropriate incoming
			 materials.
(9) Conversion
			 technology facilities must use incoming feedstocks in a reasonable length of
			 time, not storing incoming feedstocks longer than six months on site, unless a
			 longer time is approved in advance by the department in writing. Incoming
			 feedstocks must be accepted, stored, managed and processed to avoid causing
			 potential impact to human health or the environment.
(10) Conversion technology facilities must
			 provide for the removal of finished products and wastes from the facility
			 within a reasonable length of time, but not later than six months after
			 processing of incoming feedstock by the facility has begun, unless a longer
			 time is approved in advance by the department in writing. Finished products
			 must be stored and managed on site to prevent impacts to human health or the
			 environment.
(11) Conversion
			 technology facilities must properly characterize, store, label, manage and
			 dispose of wastes. Waste streams must be characterized in accordance with
			 hazardous waste rules to ensure proper disposal.
(12) Hazardous substances in the material
			 produced by a conversion technology facility must meet at least one of the two
			 criteria listed in this section:
(a) They do
			 not significantly exceed the concentration in a comparable raw material or
			 commercial product, or
(b) They
			 will not exceed acceptable risk levels when used in ways the material may
			 reasonably be expected to be used.