Or. Admin. Code § 340-140-0040

Current through Register Vol. 63, No. 10, October 1, 2024

Section 340-140-0040 - Extent of Assistance to be Provided

(1) Upon the request of a law enforcement agency, the Department of Environmental Quality may identify, cleanup, store and dispose of chemicals located at or resulting from an alleged drug manufacturing site.

(2) To arrange for assistance as provided in this rule the agency requesting services must contact the DEQ either directly or through the Oregon Emergency Response System, a 24 hour emergency reporting system at 1-800-452 -0311.

(3) The Department will issue where needed a task order to a qualified vendor(s) to provide waste management services. Upon receiving and accepting an official request for assistance, the Department will schedule or dispatch the contractor to the location identified. It will be the responsibility of the Department to see that the contractor is competent and able to respond in a reasonable time to the requested location.

(4) The Department's contractor may be tasked to manage all or part of the cleanup operation and disposal in stages, such as:

(a) Assessment of need for action and implementation of appropriate pre-approved Department options;

(b) On-site cleanup and packaging of materials, and transportation to the TSDF;

(c) On-site representative sampling, and/or packing of materials to be transported by the law enforcement agency as evidence to a storage location of their choice;

(d) If temporary storage has been used, cleanup may take place at the storage location.

Or. Admin. Code § 340-140-0040

DEQ 25-1990(Temp), f. & cert. ef. 7-6-90; DEQ 47-1990, f. & cert. ef. 12-26-90; DEQ 4-1992, f. & cert. ef. 2-20-92

Stat. Auth.: ORS 475.405 -ORS 475.495

Stats. Implemented:ORS 475.435