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Oregon · Through 2025 Edition

ORS 466.340: Restrictions on treatment or disposal of PCB at facility.

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  1. 13 - Housing, Games, Environment
  2. 36A. Housing; Lottery and Games; Environment
  3. Chapter 466 — Hazardous Waste and Hazardous Materials II

(1) The Department of Environmental Quality may limit, prohibit or otherwise restrict the treatment or disposal of PCB at a disposal facility if appropriate to protect public health and safety or the environment.

      (2) The department shall monitor the origin and volume of PCB received at a disposal facility acquired and regulated under ORS 466.335, and may curtail or reduce the volume of the PCB that may be accepted for disposal as necessary to:

      (a) Protect public health and safety or the environment; or

      (b) Assure that the operation of the facility is economically feasible.

      (3) The department shall not accept any PCB at a disposal facility owned by the state from a state that is not a party to the Northwest Interstate Compact on Low-Level Radioactive Waste Management as set forth in ORS 469.930.

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