Oregon Administrative Rules › Chapter 340 - DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY › Division 50 - LAND APPLICATION OF DOMESTIC WASTEWATER TREATMENT FACILITY BIOSOLIDS, BIOSOLIDS DERIVED PRODUCTS, AND DOMESTIC SEPTAGE › Section 340-050-0015 - Permit or License Required

Current through Register Vol. 63, No. 7, July 1, 2024
(1) Any
			 person engaged in domestic wastewater collection, or treatment processes where
			 domestic wastewater treatment facility solids, biosolids derived products, or
			 domestic septage are produced and subsequently land applied or disposed, must
			 have in their possession either a valid NPDES or WPCF permit obtained pursuant
			 toORS 468B.050; or a Solid Waste Disposal permit obtained for a specific site
			 as provided byORS 459.205 or a valid sewage disposal service license issued
			 pursuant toORS 454.695.
(2) Any
			 person who prepares a biosolids derived product pursuant to
40 CFR §
										503.7
which includes domestic wastewater treatment facility solids,
			 biosolids, or domestic septage, shall have in their possession a valid NPDES or
			 WPCF permit issued pursuant toORS 468B.050.
(3) Persons who land apply either Bulk Class
			 B biosolids derived from sources outside Oregon or alkaline stabilized domestic
			 septage shall first obtain a valid WPCF permit obtained pursuant toORS
			 468B.050.
(4) Permit or license
			 issuance or renewal applicants shall submit a biosolids or domestic septage
			 management plan to the Department developed pursuant to OAR
			 340-050-0031.
			 No plan shall be approved by the Department unless, at a minimum, the plan
			 demonstrates compliance with all requirements specified under OAR
			 340-050-0020.
(5) Conditions in Department biosolids and
			 septage management plan approvals and site authorization letters may be
			 appealed to the Commission pursuant to ORS Chapter 183 and OAR chapter 340,
			 Division 11. Appeals shall be limited to topics pertaining to Department
			 approved biosolids or septage management plan or site authorization
			 letters.
(6) Any person operating a
			 sewage disposal service business shall comply with all license conditions
			 required under Department approved septage management plans.
(7) Where biosolids will be land applied
			 during the term of a permit, permit applications submitted to the Department
			 shall include a land application plan developed pursuant to
40 CFR §
										501.15
and OAR
			 340-050-0031(7).
(8) Biosolids management and land application
			 plans shall be subject to review and comment during the public participation
			 process required prior to permit issuance or renewal under OAR 340-014-0025,
			 OAR
			 340-045-0035,
			 or OAR
			 340-071-0162.
(9) All conditions contained in Department
			 approved biosolids or septage management plan approval and site authorization
			 letters are considered permit requirements.
(10) Except as otherwise required by this
			 Division, the permitting provisions in
40 CFR Part 122
;
40 CFR
			 Part 501
; OAR Chapter 340, Division 14; OAR Chapter 340, Division 45;
			 and OAR Chapter 340, Division 71 are applicable.
Stat. Auth.:ORS 468
Stats. Implemented:ORS
				  468.065