Section 454.640 – Contract agent enforcement of standards.
In order to protect the health, safety and welfare of its citizens, a contract agent may enforce, consistent with state enforcement, standards for subsurface sewage disposal systems, alternative sewage disposal systems and nonwater-carried sewage disposal facilities established in ORS 454.605 to 454.755 or in rules of the Environmental Quality Commission. [1981 c.147 §2; 1999 c.551 […]
Section 454.777 – Policy.
The Legislative Assembly declares it to be the policy of this state to assist the people of this state in protecting public health and safety and the quality of the waters of this state by making grants available for the development of low-interest loan programs for the repair, replacement, upgrade or evaluation of residential or […]
Section 454.645 – Enforcement when health hazard exists.
(1) Whenever a subsurface sewage disposal system, alternative sewage disposal system or a nonwater-carried sewage disposal facility or part thereof presents or threatens to present a public health hazard creating an emergency requiring immediate action to protect the public health, safety and welfare, the Department of Environmental Quality may institute an action. The action may […]
Section 454.779 – Program development and administration grants; rules; requirements; grant preferences.
(1) As used in this section and ORS 454.777: (a) “Available sewer” means an existing public sewer system that a residence or small business is capable of being connected to: (A) In compliance with state and local law; and (B) Without a significant extension of the public sewer system. (b) “Loan program” means a program […]
Section 454.655 – Permit required for construction; application; time limit; special application procedure for septic tank installation on parcel of 10 acres or more.
(1) Except as otherwise provided in ORS 454.675, without first obtaining a permit from the Department of Environmental Quality, no person shall construct or install a subsurface sewage disposal system, alternative sewage disposal system or part thereof. However, a person may undertake emergency repairs limited to replacing minor broken components of the system without first […]
Section 454.782 – Definitions for ORS 454.782 to 454.800.
As used in ORS 454.782 to 454.800: (1) “Commission” means the Environmental Quality Commission. (2) “Department” means the Department of Environmental Quality. (3) “Septage” means the domestic liquid and solid sewage pumped from septic tanks, cesspools, holding tanks, vault toilets, chemical toilets or other similar domestic sewage treatment components or systems and other sewage sludge […]
Section 454.657 – Variance from subsurface sewage disposal system rules or standards; conditions; hearing.
(1) After hearing the Environmental Quality Commission may grant to applicants for permits required under ORS 454.655 specific variances from the particular requirements of any rule or standard pertaining to subsurface sewage disposal systems for such period of time and upon such conditions as it may consider necessary to protect the public health and welfare […]
Section 454.660 – Delegation of variance powers; appeal; qualification of officers; hearing and decision.
(1) The Environmental Quality Commission shall delegate on such general conditions as it may find appropriate the power to grant variances to special variance officers appointed by the Director of the Department of Environmental Quality. Decisions of the variance officers to grant variances may be appealed to the Environmental Quality Commission. (2) Variance officers appointed […]
Section 454.662 – Variance fee; low income elderly exemption.
(1) Except as provided in subsection (2) of this section, each application for a variance submitted pursuant to ORS 454.657 must be accompanied by a fee, the amount of which shall be determined by a fee structure adopted by the Environmental Quality Commission as described in ORS 454.745. The moneys received are continuously appropriated to […]
Section 454.665 – Inspection of completed construction; certificate of satisfactory completion; appeal from denial or revocation of certificate.
(1) Upon completing the construction for which a permit has been issued under ORS 454.655, the permit holder shall notify the Department of Environmental Quality. The department may at its own election inspect the construction to determine if it complies with the rules of the Environmental Quality Commission. For that construction inspected by the department, […]