72nd OREGON LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY--2003 Regular Session
 
NOTE:  Matter within  { +  braces and plus signs + } in an
amended section is new. Matter within  { -  braces and minus
signs - } is existing law to be omitted. New sections are within
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LC 3684
 
                         House Bill 3645
 
Sponsored by Representative MABREY
 
 
                             SUMMARY
 
The following summary is not prepared by the sponsors of the
measure and is not a part of the body thereof subject to
consideration by the Legislative Assembly. It is an editor's
brief statement of the essential features of the measure as
introduced.
 
  Allows nonputrescible solid waste disposal site approved before
January 1, 2002, and located in county that has adopted marginal
lands provisions to be maintained, expanded or enhanced until
January 1, 2006.
  Allows Department of Environmental Quality to authorize, under
disposal site permit, addition of liquid waste or water at
disposal site.
  Declares emergency, effective on passage.
 
                        A BILL FOR AN ACT
Relating to solid waste disposal sites; creating new provisions;
  amending ORS 459.245 and section 3, chapter 260, Oregon Laws
  2001; and declaring an emergency.
Be It Enacted by the People of the State of Oregon:
  SECTION 1. Section 3, chapter 260, Oregon Laws 2001, is amended
to read:
   { +  Sec. 3. + } The amendments to ORS 215.213 by section
2 { + , chapter 260, Oregon Laws 2001, + }   { - of this 2001
Act - }  become operative on January 1,   { - 2004 - }  { +
2006 + }.
  SECTION 2. ORS 459.245 is amended to read:
  459.245. (1) If the disposal site meets the requirements of ORS
459.005 to 459.105 and 459.205 to 459.385 and rules of the
Environmental Quality Commission adopted pursuant thereto, the
Department of Environmental Quality shall issue the permit. Every
completed application shall be approved or disapproved within 60
days after its receipt by the department. Except as provided in
ORS 459.055 or for a permit issued under the process set forth in
ORS 517.952 to 517.989, if the department fails to act within the
time allowed, the application shall be considered approved unless
an extension of time is granted by the commission on a showing of
good cause by the department.
  (2) Disposal site permits shall be issued for a period not to
exceed 10 years, to be determined by the department and specified
in the permit.
  (3) Subject to the provisions of ORS 183.310 to 183.550, the
department may refuse to renew a permit unless the disposal site
meets the requirements of subsection (1) of this section.
   { +  (4) The department may, consistent with applicable
federal law, authorize in a disposal site permit the addition at
a disposal site of liquid waste or water in a controlled fashion
to enhance the decomposition of solid waste if the disposal site
otherwise meets the requirements of ORS 459.005 to 459.105 and
459.205 to 459.385 and rules of the commission adopted pursuant
thereto. For purposes of this subsection, 'liquid waste' means
any waste that, by using a paint filter liquids test method
adopted by the commission, is determined to contain free
liquids. + }
  SECTION 3.  { + Nothing in the amendments to ORS 459.245 by
section 2 of this 2003 Act requires further authorization to add
liquid waste or water at a disposal site if such action is
authorized by the disposal site permit on the effective date of
this 2003 Act. + }
  SECTION 4.  { + This 2003 Act being necessary for the immediate
preservation of the public peace, health and safety, an emergency
is declared to exist, and this 2003 Act takes effect on its
passage. + }
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