ORS 454.695: License required to perform sewage disposal services; application; rules.
Edition: 2025 EditionEffective: 2026-01-01Last verified: 2026-09-07
(1) No person shall perform sewage disposal services or advertise or purport to be in the business of performing such services without first obtaining a license from the Department of Environmental Quality. (2) Application for a license required by subsection (1) of this section shall be made in writing in a form prescribed by the department and shall include the following information: (a) The name and address of the applicant and of the person responsible for supervising the services; (b) The location of the business of the applicant and the name under which the business is conducted; and (c) Such other information as the department considers necessary to determine the eligibility of the applicant for the license. (3) Application for a license required under subsection (1) of this section must be accompanied by the license fees prescribed in ORS 454.745 and by the bond described in ORS 454.705. (4) The Environmental Quality Commission shall establish by rule the term of a license issued under this section and a method for determining the expiration date for a license issued under this section. The commission may provide for staggered expiration dates for licenses issued under this section. (5) The commission may adopt rules prescribing the qualifications, training and education requirements of sewage disposal service license holders and workers and the registration of sewage disposal service workers. [1973 c.835 §217; 1977 c.828 §2; 1983 c.616 §3; 1991 c.598 §4; 1999 c.551 §10]
Administrative rules citing this section
- OAR 340-071-0110: Purpose — implements
This rule cites
- ORS 454.745 — resolved
- ORS 454.705 — resolved
Cited by
- ORS 183.700: Permits subject to ORS 183.702.
- ORS 215.213: Uses permitted in exclusive farm use zones in counties that adopted marginal lands system prior to 1993; rules.
- ORS 215.247: Transport of biosolids to tract of land for application.
- ORS 215.283: Uses permitted in exclusive farm use zones in nonmarginal lands counties; rules.
- ORS 454.655: Permit required for construction; application; rules; time limit; special application procedure for septic tank installation on parcel of 10 acres or more.
- ORS 454.705: Bond; content; action on bond; notice of bond.
- ORS 454.710: Deposit in lieu of bond.
- ORS 454.715: Suspension or revocation of license.
- ORS 454.745: Permit, service, report, variance and license fees; refund; waiver.
- OAR 340-050-0015: Permit or License Required
- OAR 340-071-0162: Permit Application Procedures — WPCF Permits
- OAR 340-071-0170: Pre-Cover Inspections
- OAR 660-033-0130: Minimum Standards Applicable to the Schedule of Permitted and Conditional Uses
Official source: https://www.oregonlegislature.gov/bills_laws/ors/ors454.html