Proposed rule
Administrative Order No. DEQ-20-2022
Filed: Nov. 21, 2022
Effective: Jan. 1, 2023
See Oregon Bulletin, December 2022
Rulemaking contact:
Ellie Brown, 503-863-1431
The Environmental Quality Commission adopted amendments to DEQ's Hazardous Waste Program rules This included adoptions of EPA's Definition of Solid Waste, 2015 Revision to the Definition of Solid Waste and
2018 Response to Vacatur of Certain Provisions of the Definition of Solid Waste (80 FR 1694-1814 – Jan 13, 2015, effective Jul 13, 2015 & 83 FR 24664-24671 – May 30, 2018, effective May 30, 2018) to maintain authorization to administer the program in Oregon in lieu of EPA.
During the 2021 legislative session,
Senate Bill 57 passed and was later signed into law by the Governor. The new law modernizes and streamlines ORS 465.376, which governs disposal fees, also called “tipping" or “tip" fees, for wastes disposed of in Oregon's only commercially permitted RCRA Subtitle C Hazardous Waste Landfill, Chemical Waste Management of the Northwest, located in Arlington. New fees were set in statute along with the ability to change specific fees by rule. Revenue from these fees partially supports both the Hazardous Waste and Cleanup Programs. These changes went into effect on Jan. 1, 2022; this rulemaking is simply “housekeeping" to align with the statute.