Permits

DEQ issues solid waste disposal site permits that authorize certain solid waste management activities. The following solid waste disposal site permits are issued by DEQ: composting facility, energy recovery facility, incineration facility, landfill, solid waste letter authorization, solid waste treatment facility, transfer station/material recovery facility. If you are applying for a permit, you may need further guidance than can be provided through this Web site. Please contact the permit coordinator for your region by calling direct or toll-free within Oregon, 1-800-452-4011.

Solid Waste Permit Coordinators

Instruction Sheets

• Specific permit application instructions:
  
  Composting facility environmental risk screening
  
  General solid waste facility not already listed here
  including energy recovery facilities, incineration units and landfill
  
  Material recovery facility or transfer station
  
  Solid waste letter authorization
  
  Solid waste treatment facility
  
  
• Fees for new DEQ registration or permit applications

Application Forms

• Composting facility permit or registration
• General solid waste facility permit
  including energy recovery facilities, material recovery facilities, solid waste treatment facilities, transfer stations, incineration units and landfills


• Solid waste permit exemption determination
• Financial assurance documentation
  Worksheets and document templates you will need to submit your financial assurance.
  
  
  Financial Assurance Requirements:
  
  • 40 CFR, Part 258, Subpart G – MSW Landfills
  
  
  • Oregon Revised Statute 459.272 and 273 – All Land Disposal Sites (including MSW Landfills)
  
  
  • ORS 459.720 and 730 – Waste Tires
  
  
  • Oregon Administrative Rule 340 Division 64.0020, 0022 and 0055 – Waste Tires
  
  
  • OAR 340 Division 94.0140 and 0145 – MSW Landfills
  
  
  • OAR 340 Division 95.0090 and 0095 – Non-MSW Landfills
  
  
  • OAR 340 Division 96.0001 – Other Disposal Sites (Energy Recovery Facilities, Incinerators, Composting Facilities, Sludge Disposal Sites, Land Application Disposal Sites, Transfer Stations, Material Recovery Facilities and Solid Waste Treatment Facilities)
• Waste tire carrier permit
• Waste tire storage permit

Regional Solid Waste Permit Coordinators

Eastern Region: 541-298-7255 x221

Eastern Region counties include: Baker, Crook, Deschutes, Gilliam, Grant, Harney, Hood River, Jefferson, Klamath, Lake, Malheur, Morrow, Sherman, Umatilla (including Milton-Freewater), Union, Wallowa, Wasco, and Wheeler.

Northwest Region: 503-229-5263

Northwest Region counties include: Clackamas, Clatsop, Columbia, Multnomah, Tillamook, and Washington.

Western Region: 503-378-5047

Western Region counties include: Benton, Coos, Curry, Douglas, Jackson, Josephine, Lane, Lincoln, Linn, Marion, Polk, and Yamhill.

Related informational links

• Electronics (E-Waste) Facility Regulation
• List of active permitted facilities
• Safe disposal
• Resources

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