Oregon Administrative Rules › Chapter 340 - DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY › Division 230 - INCINERATOR REGULATIONS › Section 340-230-0330 - Operator Training and Certification

Current through Register Vol. 63, No. 7, July 1, 2024
(1) Each chief facility operator and shift
			 supervisor must have completed full certification with either the American
			 Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) (QRO-1-1994 - see  40 CFR 60.17) or other
			 State approved certification program.
(2) If a chief facility operator or shift
			 supervisor is not fully certified in accordance with section (1) of this rule,
			 the chief facility operator and shift supervisor must obtain and maintain a
			 current provisional operator certification from either the ASME (QRO-1-1994 --
			 see  40 CFR 60.17) or other State approved certification and must have scheduled
			 a full certification exam with either the ASME (QRO-1-1994) or other State
			 approved certification program.
(3)
			 No owner or operator of an affected facility may allow the facility to be
			 operated at any time unless one of the following persons is on duty and at the
			 affected facility: A fully certified chief facility operator, a provisionally
			 certified chief facility operator who is scheduled to take the full
			 certification exam, a fully certified shift supervisor, or a provisionally
			 certified shift supervisor who is scheduled to take the full certification
			 exam.
(a) If both the certified chief operator
			 and certified shift supervisor are unavailable, a provisionally certified
			 control room operator on site at the affected facility may fulfill the
			 certified operator requirement. Depending on the length of time that a
			 certified chief operator and certified shift supervisor are away, the owner or
			 operator of the affected facility must meet one of the three criteria:
(A) When the certified chief facility
			 operator and certified shift supervisor are both off site for 12 hours or less,
			 and no other certified operator is on site, the provisionally certified control
			 room operator may perform the duties of the certified chief facility operator
			 or certified shift supervisor.
(B)
			 When the certified chief facility operator and certified shift supervisor are
			 off site for more than 12 hours, but for two weeks or less, and no other
			 certified operator is on site, the provisionally certified control room
			 operator may perform the duties of the certified chief facility operator or
			 certified shift supervisor without notice or approval. However, the owner or
			 operator of the affected facility must record the period when the certified
			 chief facility operator and certified shift supervisor are off site and include
			 that information in the annual report as specified under OAR
			 340-230-0350(3)(e).
(C) When the certified chief facility
			 operator and certified shift supervisor are off site for more than two weeks,
			 and no other certified operator is on site, the provisionally certified control
			 room operator may perform the duties of the certified chief facility operator
			 or certified shift supervisor without approval. However, the owner or operator
			 of the affected facility must take two actions:
(i) Notify the in writing. In the notice,
			 state what caused the absence and what actions are being taken by the owner or
			 operator of the facility to ensure that a certified chief facility operator or
			 certified shift supervisor is on site as expeditiously as
			 practicable.
(ii) Submit a status
			 report and corrective action summary to the every four weeks following the
			 initial notification. If the Department provides notice that the status report
			 or corrective action summary is disapproved, the municipal waste combustion
			 unit may continue operation for 90 days, but then must cease operation. If
			 corrective actions are taken in the 90-day period such that the Department
			 withdraws the disapproval, municipal waste combustion unit operation may
			 continue.