Oregon Administrative Code

340-049-0075 Variances The Director may grant variances from requirements in this Division for wastewater system owners if the Department determines that strict compliance with the rules would be highly burdensome or impractical due to special conditions or causes, and that the p…

340-049-0080 Refusal and Revocation of Certificate and Appeal Process (1) The Director may refuse to issue, renew or reinstate a certificate, or may suspend or revoke the certificate of any person on the following grounds: (a) Obtaining or renewing a certificate by fraud, deceit,…

340-049-0082 Penalty Provisions (1) Any municipal or private wastewater system owner who knowingly and willfully violates any of the provisions of these rules may be subject to: (a) Criminal penalties according to provisions of ORS 448.992 or 448.415(2); and (b) Civil penalties a…

340-049-0085 Advisory Committee (1) The Department will maintain an Advisory Committee to: (a) Evaluate the effectiveness of the program; and (b) Recommend needs of the program. (2) The Advisory Committee will convene at least twice a year at time and place set by the Department.…

340-050-0005 Purpose (1) It is the purpose of these rules and best management practices to protect the environment and public health in Oregon by prescribing the methods, procedures and restrictions required for the safe handling and use of domestic wastewater treatment facility …

340-050-0006 Policy The Environmental Quality Commission (EQC) encourages the land application of treated domestic wastewater biosolids, biosolids derived products, and domestic septage which are managed in a manner which protects the public health and maintains or improves envir…

340-050-0010 Definitions Unless otherwise indicated in this Division, definitions appearing under federal regulations 40 CFR §503.11, and §503.31 shall apply. In addition, as used in these rules, unless differently required by context, the following definitions apply: (1) “Agrono…

340-050-0015 Permit or License Required (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, mu…

340-050-0020 Responsibility It is the responsibility of the permittee and/or licensee to ensure the proper handling of all domestic wastewater treatment facility solids, biosolids and domestic septage generated or pumped. Transportation of domestic treatment facility wastewater s…

340-050-0025 Limitations and Restricted Uses (1) Written authorization must be obtained from the Department prior to burial, containment or direct soil incorporation of raw and/or non-digested wastewater treatment facility solids. (2) Biosolids or biosolids derived products shall…

340-050-0026 General Standards (1) Unless the Department determines that the context requires otherwise, all general provisions of 40 CFR §503.1 through §503.9 and land application requirements in 40 CFR §503.10 through §503.18 are applicable for the purpose of this rule. (2) To …

340-050-0030 Biosolids and Domestic Septage Land Application Site Selection and Approval (1) Prior approval must be obtained in writing from the Department for the land application of biosolids or domestic septage on beneficial use sites or disposal sites. (2) Prior to approval o…

340-050-0031 Biosolids and Domestic Septage Management Plans (1) Any person who intends to land apply biosolids or domestic septage shall submit a solids management plan to the Department for review and approval. Unless otherwise authorized in writing by the Department, solids ma…

340-050-0032 Biosolids Facilities Plans and Specifications (1) Plans and specifications for biosolids or domestic septage impoundments, reservoirs, tanks, or other containment structures proposed for storage may be required by the Department as part of an upgrade or as a permit o…

340-050-0035 Monitoring Recordkeeping and Reporting (1) The permittee shall provide the Department with biosolids analyses and maintain a log indicating the quantity, quality, and location of biosolids applied to Department approved sites. The site application log shall become a …

340-050-0060 Best Management Practices for Site Selection and the Use and Application of Bulk Biosolids and Domestic Septage: Purpose The following best management practices are meant to provide assistance in the development of environmentally acceptable biosolids and domestic se…

340-050-0065 Best Management Practices for Site Selection and the Use and Application of Bulk Biosolids and Domestic Septage: Use Limitations (1) The quantity of bulk biosolids or domestic septage applied to any Department authorized land spreading sites shall not exceed the agro…

340-050-0070 Best Management Practices for Site Selection and the Use and Application of Bulk Biosolids and Domestic Septage: Criteria for Site Selection and Approval (1) Normally, tillable agricultural land is suitable for the land application of biosolids and domestic septage. …

340-050-0080 Best Management Practices for Site Selection and the Use and Application of Bulk Biosolids and Domestic Septage: Application of Biosolids and Domestic Septage (1) Biosolids analyses offer a guide to determine the annual application rate for a particular crop; ascerta…

340-051-0005 Purpose It is the purpose of these rules to protect the quality of the environment and public health in Oregon by requiring compliance with federal requirements in 40 CFR §122, 123, and 412 (68 FR 7176 (February 12, 2003)) and application of applicable waste control …

340-051-0007 Implementation of OAR 340-051 (1) Oregon Department of Agriculture Authority. Pursuant to ORS 468B.200 through 468B.230 and the Memorandum of Understanding between the Environmental Quality Commission and Oregon Department of Agriculture (October 2002), the Oregon De…

340-051-0010 Definitions Unless the context or OAR 603, division 074 requires otherwise, as used in these rules: (1) “Department” means the Oregon Department of Environmental Quality or the Oregon Department of Agriculture. (2) “Confined Animal Feeding Operation” means: (a) The c…

340-051-0015 New, Modified or Expanded Facilities and Operations A person constructing or commencing to operate a confined animal feeding operation or waste water control facility, or substantially modifying or expanding an existing confined animal feeding operation or waste wate…

340-051-0020 Construction, Operation and Maintenance Requirements All waste water control facilities and confined animal feeding operations must be designed, constructed, maintained, and operated in accordance with the following: (1) All confinement areas, manure handling and acc…

340-051-0025 Variances From Specified Requirements (1) The Department may, by specific written variance, waive certain requirements of these regulations when size of operation, location and topography, operational procedures, or other special conditions indicate that the purpose …

340-051-0030 Advisory Committee (1) At the request of the animal industry, provision is made for a 13-person committee to serve in an advisory capacity to the Department on problems related to the location, construction, operation and maintenance of confined animal feeding operat…

340-051-0050 Guidelines for the Design and Operation of Animal Waste Control Facilities: Scope The guidelines contained in this rule are recommendations for design and operation of animal waste water control facilities and are intended to supplement OAR 340-051-0020. They convey …

340-051-0055 Guidelines for the Design and Operation of Animal Waste Control Facilities: Drainage and Waste Volume Control (1) Roof drainage and uncontaminated surface drainage should be diverted such that it is not allowed to flow through confinement areas or enter waste water h…

340-051-0060 Guidelines for the Design and Operation of Animal Waste Control Facilities: Collection and Storage Facilities (1) Liquid Manure Systems: (a) When waste holding lagoons are used to accumulate manure and contaminated drainage waters they should have sufficient usable c…

340-051-0065 Guidelines for the Design and Operation of Animal Waste Control Facilities: Conveyance Facilities and Practices (1) Liquid manure irrigation systems should have delivery mains buried wherever practicable to minimize the amount of pipe exposed to the hazards of surfac…

340-051-0070 Guidelines for the Design and Operation of Animal Waste Control Facilities: Disposal Facilities and Practices (1) Liquid Manure Disposal: (a) When slurry is spread by tank wagon or truck, a predetermined plan of uniform coverage should be established and adhered to. …

340-051-0075 Guidelines for the Design and Operation of Animal Waste Control Facilities: Incidental Control Practices (1) The application of manure or manure slurry to land areas should be accomplished when air movements is least likely to carry objectionable odors to residential…

340-051-0080 Guidelines for the Design and Operation of Animal Waste Control Facilities: Sources of Qualified Assistance for Design of Facilities (1) Where drainage control, structural or mechanical facilities are sufficiently large or complex to require specialized professional …

340-052-0005 Purpose The purpose of these rules is to prescribe requirements and procedures to obtain approval of plans and specifications as required by ORS 468B.055 for the construction, installation or modification of disposal systems, treatment works and sewerage systems. Sta…

340-052-0010 Definitions As used in these rules unless otherwise required by context: (1) “Common Sewer” is a collecting sewer, and a part of the sewerage system which either initially or ultimately will serve two or more tax lots, parcels, or ownerships which may or may not be o…

340-052-0015 Submittal of Plans Except where exempted under OAR 340-052-0040, all plans and specifications along with other data submitted for a proposed construction, installation, or modification project involving disposal systems, treatment works, sewerage systems or common se…

340-052-0020 Performance Requirements and Guidelines for Technical Review (1) The Department may use as guidelines any and all available and pertinent technical sources in reviewing plans including, but not limited to, published journals of such organizations as the Water Polluti…

340-052-0025 Approval of Plans (1) Approval of plans shall be in writing. (2) Final review of plans will commence upon receipt of all appropriate and required submittal data and shall be completed within a reasonable period of time commensurate with the nature and complexity of t…

340-052-0030 Meaning of Approval Approval of plans means that the Department has reviewed favorably the estimates, assumptions and the design presented in the specific project plans for reasonableness and practicality consistent with process technology and for the likelihood that…

340-052-0035 Rejection of Plans The Department may reject plans for any one of the following causes: (1) Submittal data is incomplete. (2) Performance Requirements and Guidelines of OAR 340-052-0020 are not reasonably adhered to. (3) The plans fail to provide for such flexibility…

340-052-0040 Responsibility of Treatment Works Owners, Design Engineers and Developers After Approval of Plans for (Domestic) Sewage Projects (1) Construction of all projects must be in accordance with the project plans and specifications approved by the Department. No substantia…

340-052-0045 Exemption from Plan Submittal to the Department (1) The Department may exempt in writing collection sewer projects from submittal to the Department on an owner-by-owner basis subject to provisions it may find necessary including, but not limited to, all of the follow…

340-052-0050 Treatment Works and Sewerage Systems Utilizing New or Unproven Technology The Department encourages the development of new technology and will approve plans of such provided adequate documentation is submitted. The burden of proof for demonstrating new processes, tre…

340-053-0050 Purpose and Policy (1) Purpose. OAR 340-053-0050 to 340-053-0110 prescribes requirements for the permitting of graywater reuse and disposal systems. The purpose of this division is to protect public health, safety and welfare; public water supplies; and waters of the…

340-053-0060 Applicability (1) This division of rules applies to graywater reuse and disposal systems where some or all of the graywater is diverted from discharge to a sewerage system or an onsite wastewater treatment system to beneficial purposes. (2) This division of rules doe…

340-053-0070 Definitions The following definitions apply to this division of rules: (1) "Beneficial purpose or reuse" means graywater is utilized for a resource value, such as to provide moisture. Examples include, but are not limited to, the irrigation of landscape vegetation, p…

340-053-0080 General Requirements for Graywater Reuse and Disposal Systems (1) Responsibility to comply with rules. Any person owning or operating a graywater reuse and disposal system must ensure that the graywater is used only in accordance with the rules in this division. (2) …

340-053-0090 Graywater Quality and Standards for Reuse (1) All graywater. Unless otherwise approved by the department in writing, the following requirements apply to all types of graywater: (a) Beneficial purposes. (A) A person may use graywater only for the beneficial purposes d…

340-053-0100 Graywater Reuse and Disposal System Design and Construction Standards (1) Graywater collection system. A person may not install a graywater collection system unless it complies with the following requirements: (a) All pipes, valves and other plumbing appurtenances of…

340-053-0110 Permit Requirements for Graywater Reuse and Disposal Systems (1) Graywater reuse and disposal system WPCF general permits. Under OAR 340-045-0033, the department may issue general permits for certain categories of minor discharge sources or minor activities where ind…