Oregon
Hazardous Waste Program
Oregon Hazardous Waste Program
The Oregon Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) is authorized by the federal Environmental Protection Agency to regulate hazardous waste in Oregon, and describes itself as the lead regulatory agency for implementing the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) in the state. Its Hazardous Waste Program issues the permits, takes the notifications that carry a site identification number, and collects annual reports from generators.
In a Phase I ESA
DEQ's hazardous waste records sit beside the federal records described on the RCRA Generators page, the RCRA TSD page and the RCRA CORRACTS page. ASTM E1527-21 lists state hazardous waste facility records among its standard sources. This handbook does not pair a single Oregon list with that type; these are the Oregon records that bear on it. The distances the standard sets for each kind of record are on the search distances page.
- A permit is for treatment, storage or disposal. DEQ says hazardous waste permits, officially RCRA Treatment, Storage and Disposal Facility Permits, are usually issued to facilities specializing in commercial hazardous waste management services. A facility must apply if it plans to store, treat or dispose of hazardous wastes on site, or if a facility doing so cannot "clean close", which DEQ explains as removing all waste and decontaminating or removing all equipment, structures and surrounding soils.
- A generator can cross into permit territory. DEQ says a Small Quantity Generator must apply if it accumulates more than 13,200 pounds of hazardous waste on site or stores waste for more than 180 days, and a Large Quantity Generator if it stores waste on site for more than 90 days.
- A site identification number does not mean a factory. DEQ's list of who must notify on its Site Identification Form includes large and small quantity generators, transporters, transfer facilities and recyclers. It also includes remediation site owners or contractors who generate regulated amounts of hazardous waste, and businesses conducting a one-time clean out of hazardous waste chemicals. Before reading a number as a sign of ongoing operations, find out which kind of notifier it was.
- Used oil and universal waste notify too. The same list covers used oil collection centers, transporters, transfer facilities and processors, large quantity handlers of universal waste, and healthcare facilities that are small or large quantity generators.
- Generators report each year. DEQ says all small and large quantity generators must submit an annual report, due March 1, on the activities of the previous calendar year. Very small quantity generators are not required to report unless their generator status or site information has changed.
- The program's pages are not about household waste. DEQ says its hazardous waste material is for businesses and other organizations and does not apply to wastes produced by households.
DEQ gives the authority for permits as 40 CFR Parts 124, 260 to 266, 268 and 270, and Oregon Administrative Rules 340-100 through 340-108 and 340-120. The program has used Your DEQ Online since October 7, 2021.
What the record shows
DEQ's Hazardous Waste Permitting page has two headings for lists: "Commercially Operating Treatment, Storage and Disposal Facilities in Oregon" and "Hazardous Waste Corrective Actions Sites in Oregon". The entries under them did not come through when the page was read for this handbook, so nothing is said here about what they hold. Open the page to see them.
For annual reports, DEQ's reporting page links three code lists used on the Waste Generation and Management Form: form codes, management method codes and source codes. Read a code in a report against DEQ's list.
Where to look a site up
- DEQ's Hazardous Waste Permitting page, for the two lists.
- The Your DEQ Online Public Records Portal, whose Permits/Licenses/Certificates module holds published records of permits, licenses and certifications that DEQ has processed and issued. The pages read name no separate public search of generators or site identification numbers.
- The Hazardous Waste Program is at hazwaste@deq.oregon.gov, and its Annual Report Hotline is 1-844-841-4938. Permitting questions go to HWPermitting@deq.oregon.gov.
Getting the file
The pages read give no records route of their own for hazardous waste files. DEQ's general route is described on the Your DEQ Online and public records requests page.
Sources
Oregon Department of Environmental Quality pages, read October 7, 2026, no modified date shown: