Oregon Administrative Code

345-092-0025 Definitions (1) The definitions set out in ORS 469.300 apply in interpreting rules in this division, unless the context requires otherwise or unless a term is specifically defined in this rule. (2) "Uranium mill" means a site at which ore is milled primarily for the …

345-092-0031 Standards Relating to Public Health and Safety of Uranium Mill Operation, Decommissioning and Waste Disposal In determining whether a proposed facility satisfies the requirements of this rule, the Council will accept, where applicable, the assumptions and methods use…

345-092-0040 Standards Relating to Environmental Impacts of Uranium Mill Operation To issue a site certificate for a uranium mill, the Council must find that: (1) Release of airborne particulates from the facility can be controlled through the use of baghouses or equivalent metho…

345-092-0050 Standards Relating to Beneficial Use of Wastes To issue a site certificate for a uranium mill and related and supporting facilities, the Council must find that liquids from the facility can be recycled consistent with existing and economic technology and process requ…

345-092-0110 Applications and Site Certificate Conditions (1) Any person who intends to apply for a site certificate for a uranium mill shall submit a notice of intent subject to the requirements and procedures described in OAR chapter 345, division 20. (2) An applicant for a sit…

345-095-0005 Purpose It is the purpose of these rules to ensure that the construction, operation, and decommissioning of uranium mills and related and supporting facilities are accomplished in a manner consistent with ORS 469.310. Statutory/Other Authority: ORS 469 Statutes/Other…

345-095-0015 Scope and Construction (1) The rules in this Division apply to all uranium mills that use conventional alkaline or acid leach technologies, together with their related and supporting facilities, for which the Council has issued a site certificate. (2) If the Council …

345-095-0020 Definitions All definitions in OAR 345-092-0025 apply to the rules in this Division. Statutory/Other Authority: ORS 469.556 Statutes/Other Implemented: ORS 469.470 & 469.556 History: EFSC 1-2007, f. & cert. ef. 5-15-07 EFSC 2-1980, f. & ef. 2-28-80

345-095-0040 Rules that Apply to Construction The following rules apply to any ground disturbance activity on the site of a uranium mill: (1) The certificate holder shall remove native topsoil before excavation for the mine, mill buildings, ponds and tailings disposal sites and s…

345-095-0045 Construction Reports (1) Prior to the initial production of yellowcake, the site certificate holder shall submit copies of monthly construction progress reports to the Council. Such reports shall describe the status of mining activities, building construction and tai…

345-095-0060 Standards that Apply to Operation The following rules apply to the operation of a uranium mill: (1) The certificate holder shall implement a safety and health program covering both occupational and radiological hazards, subject to the approval of the Council and incl…

345-095-0070 Effluent Release Limits The certificate holder shall operate the uranium mill to ensure that, during routine operation of the facility, effluent releases to uncontrolled areas do not exceed limits established by rules of the Public Health Division of the Oregon Depar…

345-095-0080 Effluent Monitoring (1) During construction and operation of a uranium mill, the site certificate holder shall implement an effluent monitoring program to evaluate facility effluents compared to effluent releases projected in the site certificate application, to regu…

345-095-0090 Public Health Impacts The certificate holder shall operate the uranium mill to ensure that, during operation of the uranium mill, public health impacts do not exceed the following limits: (1) Annual dose equivalent not exceeding 25 millirems to the whole body, 75 mil…

345-095-0100 Environmental Monitoring (1) During construction and operation of a uranium mill, the site certificate holder shall implement an environmental monitoring program to evaluate all aspects of the environment and to analyze the environment of the site compared to the bas…

345-095-0115 Violations If air or water pollution control mechanisms malfunction or other factors result in emissions or discharges in violation of applicable standards, the certificate holder shall take the following actions: (1) For a violation of an emission standard or discha…

345-095-0117 Mill Decommissioning Following the operational life of the facility, the certificate holder shall decontaminate the site, except for the tailings disposal area, to permit unrestricted use of the site. Reclamation of the tailings disposal area is subject to the requir…

345-095-0118 Mine Reclamation Following the operational life of the facility, the certificate holder shall reclaim the mine site by modifying overburden and waste dump slopes to grades favorable to reclamation and by implementing surface water management measures to prevent water…

345-095-0120 Tailings Disposal The certificate holder shall reclaim the final disposal site for uranium mill tailings to meet the following requirements: (1) Above grade tailings disposal systems must be constructed to include a secondary dam or dike capable of, and designed to, …

345-095-0150 Financial Assurance (1) Before beginning construction of the uranium mill, the site certificate holder shall provide financial assurance, in a form and amount acceptable to the Council, sufficient to cover the cost of decommissioning the uranium mill and its associat…

345-095-0160 Financial Report The site certificate holder and any parties owning a controlling interest in the site certificate holder and having the power to control the activities of the site certificate holder or successors in ownership shall provide to the Council an annual f…

350-010-0000 Purpose (1) This division adopts a Legal Boundary Description of the exterior boundary, the special management areas, and each of the thirteen urban areas designated in the Columbia River Gorge National Scenic Area Act (“National Scenic Area Act” or “Act”). (2) The m…

350-010-0010 Authority Sections 4(a)(2)(A), 4(b)(2)(A), and 4(e)(2) of the National Scenic Area Act specify that the boundaries of the National Scenic Area, the special management areas, and urban areas are “generally depicted” on maps that Congress enacted as part of the Nationa…

350-010-0020 Definitions In this rule, unless the context or subject matter requires otherwise: (1) “Cities” means incorporated cities within the Columbia River Gorge National Scenic Area: Cascade Locks, Hood River, Mosier and The Dalles in Oregon; and White Salmon, Bingen, Steve…

350-010-0030 Adoption and Use of Legal Boundary Descriptions and Maps (1) The Commission adopts the Exterior Boundary, Special Management Areas, and Urban Areas Legal Boundary Descriptions contained in appendices A, B, and C to this rule. (2) The Commission, counties, cities, lan…

350-010-0040 Resolving Prior Interpretations The Commission, Commission staff, U.S. Forest Service staff, and surveyors have made prior interpretations of the maps that Congress enacted. These prior interpretations may differ from the Legal Boundary Descriptions. The Legal Bounda…

350-010-0050 Natural and Human Management Processes Do Not Affect Exterior, Special Management Area, or Urban Area Boundaries (1) The location of the exterior boundary, a special management area boundary or an urban area boundary does not shift in response to natural processes th…

350-011-0001 Definitions for 350-011-0001 to 350-011-0010 (1) “Decision” means any determination, action, vote or final disposition upon a motion, proposal, resolution, order, ordinance or measure on which a vote of the commission is required at any meeting at which a quorum is p…

350-011-0003 Meetings of Commission to Be Open to Public; Location of Meetings (1) All meetings of the commission shall be open to the public and all persons shall be permitted to attend any meeting except as otherwise provided by 350-011-0001 to 350-011-0010. A member of the pub…

350-011-0004 Public Notice Required; Special Notice for Executive Sessions, Special or Emergency Meetings (1) The commission shall provide the time for holding regular meetings by ordinance, resolution, bylaws, or by whatever other rule is required for the conduct of business by …

350-011-0005 Written Minutes Required; Content; Content of Minutes for Executive Sessions Text available via filing PDF that is stored in ORMS History: CRGC 2-1987, f. 12-7-87, ef. 12-8-87 CRGC 1-1987(Temp), f. & ef. 9-10-87

350-011-0006 Executive Sessions Permitted on Certain Matters; Procedures; News Media Representatives’ Attendance; Limits (1) The commission can hold executive session during a regular, special or emergency meeting, after the presiding officer has identified the authorization for …

350-011-0007 Meetings by Means of Telephonic or Electronic Communication (1) Any meetings, including an executive session, of the commission which is held through the use of telephone or other electronic communication shall be conducted in accordance with 350-011-0001 to 350-011-…

350-011-0008 Enforcement of 350-011-0001 to 350-011-0007; Effect of Violation on Validity of Decision of the Commission, Liability of Members (1) Any person affected by a decision of the commission may commence a suit in the circuit court or superior court of the county in which …

350-011-0009 Prima Facie Evidence of Violation Required of Plaintiff In any suit commenced under 350-011-0008(1), the plaintiff shall be required to present prima facie evidence of a violation of 350-011-0001 to 350-011-0007 before the commission shall be required to prove that i…

350-011-0010 Smoking in Public Meetings Prohibited Text available via filing PDF that is stored in ORMS History: CRGC 2-1987, f. 12-7-87, ef. 12-8-87 CRGC 1-1987(Temp), f. & ef. 9-10-87

350-011-0011 Regular Meetings to Include Time for Public Comment (1) At all regular meetings of the Commission, the Commission shall provide time for public comment for issues not on the Commission’s agenda, and an opportunity for Tribal Nations to address the Commission. (2) The…

350-012-0002 Right to Inspect Public Records Every person has a right to inspect any public record of the commission, except as otherwise expressly provided by 350-012-0008. Statutory/Other Authority: ORS 197.150 & RCW 43.97 Statutes/Other Implemented: ORS 197.150, RCW 43.97 & 16…

350-012-0005 Forms of Public Records; Fees (1) The custodian of any public record which a person has a right to inspect shall give the person, on demand, a certified copy of it, if the record is of a nature permitting such copying, or shall furnish reasonable opportunity to inspe…

350-012-0006 Fees (1) The Commission will establish a schedule of fees to reimburse it for its actual costs in making such records available except for requests from government agencies and the media, and for routine notices and agendas. This applies to both regular and certified…

350-012-0007 Fulfilling Requests (1) The Commission shall respond promptly to requests for public records. Within five business days of receiving a public records request, the Commission shall respond by (1) providing the record; (2) acknowledging that the Commission has received…

350-012-0008 Public Records Exempt From Disclosure (1) The following public records are exempt from disclosure under 350-012-0001 to 350-012-0008 unless the public interest requires disclosure in the particular instance: (a) Records of the commission pertaining to litigation to w…

350-012-0009 Public Records Officer The Commission’s Executive Director or her appointee shall serve as the Commission’s public records officer whose responsibility is to serve as a point of contact for members of the public in requesting disclosure of public records and to overs…

350-013-0001 Financial Disclosure The members of the commission shall file annual financial disclosure forms with their respective state. History: CRGC 1-2006, f. 3-22-06, cert. ef. 5-1-06 CRGC 2-1987, f. 12-7-87, ef. 12-8-87 CRGC 1-1987(Temp), f. & ef. 9-10-87

350-014-0001 Definitions for 350-014-0001 to 350-014-0005 As used in these rules, unless the context requires otherwise: (1) "Assist" means to act, or offer or agree to act, in such a way as to help, aid, advise, furnish information to, or otherwise provide assistance to another …

350-014-0002 Application Nothing in these rules is intended to affect: (1) Any other statute or rule requiring disclosure of economic interest by a public official or public employee. (2) Any statute or rule prohibiting or authorizing specific conduct on the part of any public of…

350-014-0003 Code of Ethics The following actions are prohibited regardless of whether potential conflicts of interest are announced or disclosed pursuant to 350-014-0004: (1) No public official shall use official position or office to obtain financial gain for the public officia…

350-014-0004 Declaration of Potential Conflicts, Methods of Handling Potential Conflicts (1) When met with a potential conflict of interest, a public official shall: (a) If the public official is an appointed public official serving on the commission, announce publicly the nature…

350-014-0005 Recording of Notice of Potential Conflict; Effect of Failure to Disclose Conflict (1) When a public official gives notice of potential conflict of interest, the potential conflict shall be record in the official records of the public body. (2) No decision or action o…

350-014-0006 Ex Parte Contact (1) Members of the Commission shall not have ex parte contact, i.e. discussion of specific issues regarding a pending land use permit, with applicants or interested parties seeking a land use permit, or opponents to the permit, while the application …