Or. Rev. Stat. § 468.165 (2026)

      468.165 Application for certification of pollution control facilities; rules; fees. (1) Any person may apply to the Environmental Quality Commission for certification under ORS 468.170 of a pollution control facility or portion thereof erected, constructed or installed by the person in Oregon if:

      (a) The air or water pollution control facility was erected, constructed or installed on or after January 1, 1967.

      (b) The noise pollution control facility was erected, constructed or installed on or after January 1, 1977.

      (c) The solid waste facility was under construction on or after January 1, 1973, the hazardous waste or used oil facility was under construction on or after October 3, 1979, and if:

      (A) The facility’s principal or sole purpose conforms to the requirements of ORS 468.155 (1) and (2);

      (B) The facility will utilize material that would otherwise be solid waste as defined in ORS 459.005, hazardous waste as defined in ORS 466.005 or used oil as defined in ORS 459A.555 by mechanical process or chemical process or through the production, processing including presegregation, or use of, materials which have useful chemical or physical properties and which may be used for the same or other purposes, or materials which may be used in the same kind of application as its prior use without change in identity;

      (C) The end product of the utilization is an item of real economic value;

      (D) The end product of the utilization, other than a usable source of power, is competitive with an end product produced in another state; and

      (E) The Oregon law regulating solid waste imposes standards at least substantially equivalent to the federal law.

      (d) The hazardous waste control facility was erected, constructed or installed on or after January 1, 1984, and if:

      (A) The facility’s principal or sole purpose conforms to the requirements of ORS 468.155 (1) and (2); and

      (B) The facility is designed to treat, substantially reduce or eliminate hazardous waste as defined in ORS 466.005.

      (2) The application shall be made in writing in a form prescribed by the Department of Environmental Quality and shall contain information on the actual cost of the facility, a description of the materials incorporated therein, all machinery and equipment made a part thereof, the existing or proposed operational procedure thereof, and a statement of the purpose of prevention, control or reduction of air, water or noise pollution or solid or hazardous waste or recycling or appropriate disposal of used oil served or to be served by the facility and the portion of the actual cost properly allocable to the prevention, control or reduction of air, water or noise pollution or solid or hazardous waste or to recycling or appropriately disposing of used oil.

      (3) The Director of the Department of Environmental Quality may require any further information the director considers necessary before a certificate is issued.

      (4) The application shall be accompanied by a fee established under subsection (5) of this section. The fee may be refunded if the application for certification is rejected.

      (5) By rule and after hearing the commission may adopt a schedule of reasonable fees which the department may require of applicants for certificates issued under ORS 468.167 and 468.170. Before the adoption or revision of any such fees the commission shall estimate the total cost of the program to the department. The fees shall be based on the anticipated cost of filing, investigating, granting and rejecting the applications and shall be designed not to exceed the total cost estimated by the commission. Any excess fees shall be held by the department and shall be used by the commission to reduce any future fee increases. The fee may vary according to the size and complexity of the facility. The fees may not be considered by the commission as part of the cost of the facility to be certified.

      (6) The application shall be submitted after construction of the facility is substantially completed and the facility is placed in service and within one year after construction of the facility is substantially completed. Failure to file a timely application shall make the facility ineligible for tax credit certification. An application may not be considered filed until it is complete and ready for processing. The commission may grant an extension of time to file an application for circumstances beyond the control of the applicant that would make a timely filing unreasonable. However, the period for filing an application may not be extended to a date beyond December 31, 2008. [Formerly 449.625; 1974 c.37 §2; 1975 c.496 §3; 1977 c.795 §3; 1979 c.802 §3; 1981 c.359 §1; 1983 c.637 §2; 1989 c.802 §5; 1995 c.746 §2; 1999 c.826 §2; 2001 c.928 §1]