Oregon Administrative Code

340-236-0310 Reduction of Animal Matter: Control Facilities Required (1) A person may not operate or use any article, machine, equipment or other contrivance for the reduction of animal matter unless all gases, vapors and gas-entrained effluents from such an article, machine, equ…

340-236-0320 Reduction of Animal Matter: Monitoring of Reduction Facilities (1)(a) When requested by DEQ for the purpose of formulating plans in conjunction with industries who are or may be sources of air pollution, and to investigate sources of air pollution, monitoring data mu…

340-236-0330 Reduction of Animal Matter: Housekeeping of Plant and Plant Area The plant facilities and premises are to be kept clean and free of accumulated raw material, products, and waste materials. The methods used for housekeeping must include, but not be limited to: (1) A w…

340-236-0400 Hot Mix Asphalt Plants: Applicability OAR 340-236-0400 through 340-236-0440 apply to hot mix asphalt plants. NOTE: This rule is included in the State of Oregon Clean Air Act Implementation Plan that EQC adopted under OAR 340-200-0040. Statutory/Other Authority: ORS 4…

340-236-0410 Hot Mix Asphalt Plants: Control Facilities Required (1) No person may operate any hot mix asphalt plant, either portable or stationary, located within any area of the state outside special control areas unless all dusts and gaseous effluents generated by the hot mix …

340-236-0420 Hot Mix Asphalt Plants: Other Established Air Quality Limitations The emission limits established under OAR 340-236-0400 through 340-236-0440 are in addition to visible emission and other ambient air standards, established or to be established by the EQC, unless othe…

340-236-0440 Hot Mix Asphalt Plants: Ancillary Sources of Emission — Housekeeping of Plant Facilities (1) Ancillary air contamination sources from a hot mix asphalt plant and its facilities which emit air contaminants into the atmosphere such as, but not limited to, the drier ope…

340-236-0500 Solid Waste Landfills: Emission Standards for Municipal Solid Waste Landfills (1) Designated facilities. (a) The designated facility to which this rule applies is each existing municipal solid waste landfill for which construction, reconstruction, or modification was…

340-236-8010 Hot Mix Asphalt Plants: Table-Process Weight Table This rule contains the Process Weight Table. [ED. NOTE: To view attachments referenced in rule text, click here for PDF copy.] Statutory/Other Authority: ORS 468.020, 468A.025 & 468A.070 Statutes/Other Implemented: O…

340-238-0010 Statement of Purpose The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has adopted in Title 40, Code of Federal Regulations, Part 60, Standards of Performance for certain new stationary sources. It is the intent of this division to specify requirements and procedures necessar…

340-238-0020 Statement of Policy It is the policy of the Commission to consider the performance standards for new and existing stationary sources contained in this division to be minimum standards; and, as technology advances, conditions warrant, and Commission or regional author…

340-238-0030 Applicability This division applies to stationary sources subject to 40 CFR Part 60 as adopted under OAR 340-238-0060. Statutory/Other Authority: ORS 468A Statutes/Other Implemented: ORS 468 & 468A History: DEQ 19-2022, amend filed 11/18/2022, effective 03/01/2023 DE…

340-238-0040 Definitions The definitions in OAR 340-200-0020 and this rule apply to this division. If the same term is defined in this rule and 340-200-0020, the definition in this rule applies to this division. (1) "Administrator" means the Administrator of the EPA or authorized…

340-238-0060 Federal Regulations Adopted by Reference (1) Except as provided in section (2) of this rule, 40 CFR Part 60 Subparts A, D through EE, GG, HH, KK through NN, PP through XXa, BBB, DDD, FFF through LLL, NNN through XXX, AAAA, CCCC, EEEE, KKKK, LLLL, OOOO, OOOOa and TTTT…

340-238-0070 Compliance Compliance with standards set forth in this division shall be determined by performance tests and monitoring methods as set forth in the Federal Regulation adopted by reference in OAR 340-238-0060. Statutory/Other Authority: ORS 468 & 468A Statutes/Other I…

340-238-0080 More Restrictive Regulations If at any time there is a direct conflict between this division or regional authority rules and the Federal Regulation (40 CFR, Part 60), the federal regulation applies. Direct conflict means that compliance with the state rule creates no…

340-238-0090 Delegation (1) The Lane Regional Air Protection Agency (LRAPA) is authorized to implement and enforce, within its boundaries, the provisions of this division. (2) The Commission may authorize LRAPA to implement and enforce its own provisions upon a finding that such …

340-238-0100 Municipal Solid Waste Landfills (1) Applicability. The following small and large municipal solid waste landfills must comply with 40 CFR Part 60, Subpart WWW: (a) Landfills constructed after 5/30/91; (b) Existing landfills with modifications after 5/30/91; (c) Landfi…

340-239-0010 Applicability (1) This division applies in all areas of the state and to all new landfills and all landfills that have received solid waste after November 8, 1987, excluding those sources located on either tribal or federal lands that are not subject to regulation by…

340-239-0015 Definitions The definitions in OAR 340-200-0020, 340-218-0030 and this rule apply to this division. If the same term is defined in this rule and 340-200-0020 or 340-218-0030, the definition in this rule applies to this division. (1) “Active landfill” means a landfill…

340-239-0100 Landfills with Greater Than or Equal to 200,000 Tons of Waste-in-Place (1) By October 1, 2022 the owner or operator of a landfill listed in Table 1 Part B or C of OAR 340-216-8010, having greater than 200,000 tons (181,000 metric tons) of waste-in-place, must submit …

340-239-0105 Title V Operating Permit Requirement (1) The owner or operator of a municipal solid waste landfill to which this division applies, as provided in 340-239-0010, “Applicability,” and that has a design capacity equal to or greater than 2.5 million megagrams or 2.5 milli…

or-340-239-0110 Gas Collection and Control System Requirements 340-239-0110 Gas Collection and Control

340-239-0200 Compliance Standards When required as provided in OAR 340-239-0100 through 340-239-0800, the owner or operator of a landfill must comply with this rule. (1) Surface Emission Methane Concentration Limits. Except as provided in OAR 340-239-0110(4), 340-239-0110(5), 340…

340-239-0300 Construction Activities The requirements of OAR 340-239-0200 do not apply to the working face of the landfill or to areas of the landfill surface where the landfill cover material has been removed and solid waste has been exposed for the purpose of installing, expand…

340-239-0400 Permanent Shutdown and Removal of the Gas Collection and Control System When a landfill owner or operator has installed a gas collection and control system pursuant to OAR 340-239-0110, the owner or operator may permanently shutdown and remove the system only as prov…

340-239-0500 Alternative Compliance Options (1) The owner or operator of a landfill may request alternatives to the compliance measures, monitoring requirements, test methods and procedures of OAR 340-239-0110, 340-239-0600, and 340-239-0800. Any alternatives requested by the own…

340-239-0600 Monitoring Requirements When required as provided in OAR 340-239-0100 through 340-239-0800, the owner or operator of a landfill must comply with the monitoring requirements in this rule. (1) Surface Emissions Monitoring Requirements. The owner or operator of a landfi…

340-239-0700 Recordkeeping and Reporting Requirements When required as provided in OAR 340-239-0100 through 340-239-0800, the owner or operator of a landfill must comply with the recordkeeping and reporting requirements in this rule. (1) The electronic reporting requirements of 4…

340-239-0800 Test Methods and Procedures When required as provided in OAR 340-239-0100 through 340-239-0700, the owner or operator of a landfill must comply with the test methods and procedures for monitoring and measurements in this rule. (1) Hydrocarbon Detector Specifications.…

340-240-0010 Purpose The purpose of this division is to address the air quality control needs of the Medford-Ashland AQMA and Grants Pass UGB (OAR 340-240-0100 through 340-240-0270), the La Grande UGB (340-240-0300 through 340-240-0360, the Lakeview UGB (340-240-0400 through 340-…

340-240-0020 Emission Limitations Emission limitations established herein and stated in terms of pounds per 1,000 square feet of production are to be computed on an hourly basis using the maximum 8 hour production capacity of the plant. NOTE: These rules are included in the State…

340-240-0030 Definitions The definitions in OAR 340-200-0020, 340-204-0010 and this rule apply to this division. If the same term is defined in this rule and 340-200-0020 or 340-204-0010, the definition in this rule applies to this division. (1) "Air conveying system" means an ai…

340-240-0050 Compliance Testing Requirements (1) For demonstrating compliance with the standards in this division, testing must be done in accordance with the DEQ Source Sampling Manual. (2) For demonstrating compliance with particulate standards, testing must be conducted using …

340-240-0100 Medford-Ashland Air Quality Maintenance Area and Grants Pass Urban Growth Area: Applicability OAR 340-240-0100 through 340-240-0250 apply in the Medford-Ashland Air Quality Maintenance Area (AQMA) and the Grants Pass Urban Growth Area (Area), except that OAR 340-240-…

340-240-0110 Medford-Ashland Air Quality Maintenance Area and Grants Pass Urban Growth Area: Wood Waste Boilers (1) No person may cause or permit the emission of particulate matter from any boiler with a heat input capacity greater than 35 million Btu/hour unless the boiler has b…

340-240-0120 Medford-Ashland Air Quality Maintenance Area and Grants Pass Urban Growth Area: Veneer Dryer Emission Limitations (1) No person may operate any veneer dryer such that visible air contaminants emitted from any dryer stack or emission point exceed the opacity limits sp…

340-240-0130 Medford-Ashland Air Quality Maintenance Area and Grants Pass Urban Growth Area: Air Conveying Systems (Medford-Ashland AQMA Only) All air conveying systems emitting greater than 10 tons per year of particulate matter to the atmosphere must, with the prior written app…

340-240-0140 Medford-Ashland Air Quality Maintenance Area and Grants Pass Urban Growth Area: Wood Particle Dryers at Particleboard Plants (1) No person may cause or permit the total emission of particulate matter from all wood particle dryers at a particleboard plant site to exce…

340-240-0150 Hardboard Manufacturing Plants (1) Emissions from hardboard plants excluding press vents. No person may cause or permit the total emissions of particulate matter from a hardboard plant, excluding press/cooling vents, to exceed 0.25 pounds per 1,000 square feet of har…

340-240-0160 Medford-Ashland Air Quality Maintenance Area and Grants Pass Urban Growth Area: Wigwam Waste Burners No person owning or controlling any wigwam waste burner is allowed to cause or permit the operation of the wigwam waste burner. NOTE: These rules are included in the …

340-240-0180 Medford-Ashland Air Quality Maintenance Area and Grants Pass Urban Growth Area: Control of Fugitive Emissions (Medford-Ashland AQMA Only) (1) All sawmills, plywood mills and veneer manufacturing plants, particleboard and hardboard plants, asphalt plants, rock crusher…

340-240-0190 Medford-Ashland Air Quality Maintenance Area and Grants Pass Urban Growth Area: Requirement for Operation and Maintenance Plans (Medford-Ashland AQMA Only) (1) Operation and Maintenance Plans must be prepared by all holders of permits other than a Basic ACDP. All sou…

340-240-0210 Medford-Ashland Air Quality Maintenance Area and Grants Pass Urban Growth Area: Continuous Monitoring (1) DEQ will require the installation and operation of instrumentation for measuring and recording emissions and/or the parameters which affect the emission of air c…

340-240-0220 Medford-Ashland Air Quality Maintenance Area and Grants Pass Urban Growth Area: Source Testing (1) The owner or operator of the following sources of particulate emissions must make or have made tests to determine the type, quantity, quality, and duration of emissions…

340-240-0250 Medford-Ashland Air Quality Maintenance Area and Grants Pass Urban Growth Area: Open Burning Open burning of domestic waste is prohibited on any day or at any time when DEQ advises fire permit issuing agencies that open burning is not allowed because of adverse meteo…

340-240-0300 La Grande Urban Growth Area: Applicability OAR 340-240-0300 through 340-240-0360 apply in the La Grande Urban Growth Area. NOTE: These rules are included in the State of Oregon Clean Air Act Implementation Plan that EQC adopted under OAR 340-200-0040. Statutory/Other…

340-240-0320 La Grande Urban Growth Area: Wood-Waste Boilers No person may cause or permit the emission into the atmosphere from any wood-waste boiler that is located on a plant site where the total heat input capacity from all wood-waste boilers is greater than 35 million Btu/hr…

340-240-0330 La Grande Urban Growth Area: Wood Particle Dryers at Particleboard Plants (1) No person may cause or permit the total emission of particulate matter from all wood particle dryers at a particleboard plant site to exceed 0.40 pounds per 1,000 square feet of board produ…

340-240-0340 La Grande Urban Growth Area: Hardboard Manufacturing Plants No person may cause or permit the total emissions of particulate matter from all sources within a hardboard plant, other than press/cooling vents, in excess of 0.25 pounds per 1,000 square feet of hardboard …