ORS 459.205: Permit required.
Edition: 2025 EditionEffective: 2026-01-01Last verified: 2026-09-07
(1) Except as provided by ORS 459.215, a disposal site shall not be established, operated, maintained or substantially altered, expanded or improved, and a change shall not be made in the method or type of disposal at a disposal site, until the person owning or controlling the disposal site obtains a permit therefor from the Department of Environmental Quality as provided in ORS 459.235. (2) The person who holds or last held the permit issued under subsection (1) of this section, or, if that person fails to comply, then the person owning or controlling a land disposal site that is closed and no longer receiving solid waste must continue or renew the permit required under subsection (1) of this section after the site is closed for the duration of the period in which the department continues to actively supervise the site, even though solid waste is no longer received at the site. [1971 c.648 §6; 1983 c.766 §7; 1993 c.560 §21a]
Administrative rules citing this section
- OAR 340-012-0065: Solid Waste Management Classification of Violations — implements
- OAR 340-093-0005: Purpose and Applicability — authority
- OAR 340-093-0010: Policy — authority
- OAR 340-093-0020: State of Oregon Solid Waste Plan — authority
- OAR 340-093-0050: Permit Required — implements
- OAR 340-093-0100: Public Notice and Participation Requirements Regarding Permit Actions — authority
- OAR 340-093-0170: Cleanup Materials Contaminated with Hazardous Substances — implements
- OAR 340-093-0210: Storage and Collection — authority
- OAR 340-093-0220: Transportation — authority
- OAR 340-094-0020: State Flexibility — authority
- OAR 340-095-0001: Applicability — authority
- OAR 340-096-0001: Applicability — authority
- OAR 340-264-0060: General Prohibitions Statewide — implements
This rule cites
- ORS 459.215 — resolved
- ORS 459.235 — 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 268.310: Powers of district.
- ORS 459.025: General powers and duties of department.
- ORS 459.045: Rules.
- ORS 459.047: Landfill assistance from department; solid waste disposal site certificate for landfill; effect of issuance.
- ORS 459.065: State preemption; intergovernmental agreements authorized.
- ORS 459.075: Acquisition of property for disposal sites by cities and counties.
- ORS 459.215: Exclusion of certain sites from permit requirement; rules.
- ORS 459.225: Variances authorized.
- ORS 459.245: Issuance of permits; terms; refusal to renew; disposal of liquid waste.
- ORS 459.255: Suspension or revocation of permits.
- ORS 459.268: Closure of land disposal site.
- ORS 459.385: Entry upon private premises authorized; access to records.
- ORS 459.992: Criminal penalties; license suspension and revocation.
- ORS 459.995: Civil penalties.
- ORS 466.100: Disposal of waste restricted; permit required.
- ORS 466.995: Criminal penalties.
- ORS 468.996: Civil penalty for intentional or reckless violation; rules.
- ORS 517.750: Definitions for ORS 517.702 to 517.989.
- ORS 517.971: Consolidated application.
- OAR 340-012-0155: Additional or Alternate Civil Penalties
- OAR 340-050-0015: Permit or License Required
- OAR 340-091-0020: Applicability for Waste Reduction Programs and Recycling Certification
- OAR 340-093-0005: Purpose and Applicability
- OAR 340-094-0120: Closure Requirements
- OAR 340-095-0070: Closure Requirements
- OAR 340-122-0115: Definitions
- OAR 632-037-0077: Additional Requirements
- OAR 660-033-0130: Minimum Standards Applicable to the Schedule of Permitted and Conditional Uses
Official source: https://www.oregonlegislature.gov/bills_laws/ors/ors459.html