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OREGON GREEN PERMITS PROGRAM GUIDE
ATTACHMENT F:SAMPLE REVIEW REPORT AND PERMIT TEMPLATE
Permit No.: 26-GP-002
Application Received: 10/15/2000
ATTACHMENT F: SAMPLE GEMS PERMIT
This attachment includes:
•
Sample GEMS Review Report (Acme Manufacturing example)
•
Sample GEMS Achiever Permit (Acme Manufacturing example)
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ATTACHMENT F: SAMPLE REVIEW REPORT
Permit No.: 26-GP-002
Application Received: 10/15/2000
GREEN ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT SYSTEM (GEMS) PERMIT REVIEW
REPORT
for
Acme Paint Manufacturing
12345 Main Street
Portland, OR 97000
Suzanne Wilson
FACILITY DESCRIPTION
1.
The permittee operates a paint and coating manufacturing facility at 12345 Main
Street in Portland, Oregon. The process includes paint manufacturing lines, as
well as packaging and shipping. The facility has been operating at this location
since 1992.
REGULATORY STATUS
2.
The regulatory status of the permittee is summarized in the following table:
MEDIA
PROGRAM
Air
Quality
Water
Quality
Hazardous
Waste
Solid
Waste
TYPE OF PERMIT/
REGISTRATION
Oregon Title V Operating Permit (OTOP)
Air Contaminant Discharge Permit (ACDP)
Other General Air Quality Permit
National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System
(NPDES) Permit
Water Pollution Control Facility (WPCF) Permit
General Stormwater Permit
Other General Water Quality Permit
Local POTW Pretreatment Permit
Generator Status? CEG
SQG LQG
Treatment, Storage Disposal (TSD) Permit
Solid Waste Disposal Facility Permit
Solid Waste Treatment Facility Permit
Composting Facility Permit
PERMIT/ REGISTRATION
NUMBER
26-1234
500
ORD012345678
ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS
3.
The facility is located in the Portland-Vancouver AQMA airshed. This airshed is a
designated maintenance area for carbon monoxide and ozone.
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ATTACHMENT F: SAMPLE REVIEW REPORT
Permit No.: 26-GP-002
Application Received: 10/15/2000
4.
The facility is located in the Lower Willamette River watershed. This basin is limited for
toxics, biological criteria, bacteria and temperature
5.
Existing sources of air contaminants, wastewaters, solid and hazardous wastes or other
pollutants at the facility consist of the following:
PROCESS OR ACTIVITY
POLLUTANT
IMPACTED MEDIA
Paint manufacturing and solvents
Solvents
Air quality
Employee and supplier trucks
Exhaust fumes, noise
Air quality
Wastewater discharges to city treatment
plant
pH, suspended solids
Water quality
Equipment cleaning, sludge from paint
manufacturing operations
Solvents, sludge
Air quality
Containers received from suppliers
Garbage
Hazardous waste (land)
Solid waste (land)
CRITERIA FOR ISSUANCE OF A GEMS PERMIT
6. The Department has verified that the permittee has met the tier achievement criteria for the
following GEMS Permit elements:
a.
EMS performance;
b.
baseline performance report;
c.
performance achievements;
d.
performance measures; and
e.
stakeholder involvement plan.
ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT SYSTEM (EMS) PERFORMANCE
For a GEMS Participant (Tier I) Permits 7.
The permittee has implemented a robust environmental management system that is
certified as meeting the ISO 14001 standard, or meets the purpose and intent of each of
the ISO 14001 clauses and supports verification.
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ATTACHMENT F: SAMPLE REVIEW REPORT
8.
Permit No.: 26-GP-002
Application Received: 10/15/2000
The following is a summary of the EMS as it was implemented:
EMS ELEMENT
IMPLEMENTATION DATE
Environmental Policy Statement
January 1999
Identification of Environmental Aspects and Impacts
March 1999
Setting Objectives and Targets
March 1999
Structure and Responsibility
June 1999
Training
September 1999
External Communication
June 1999
Monitoring and Measurement
June 1999
Auditing
March 2000
Management Review
June 2000
Certification
Not applicable
BASELINE PERFORMANCE REPORT
9.
The permittee has submitted a baseline performance report that summarizes:
a. Environmental policies affecting the permittee’s operations;
b. Environmental information regarding significant environmental impacts; and
c. The environmental program that will achieve the results anticipated by evaluating the
environmental impacts of the permittee’s regulated pollutants and setting objectives
and targets.
10.
A demonstration that the permittee has reduced overall environmental impacts in the
three (3) year period prior to applying to the GEMS Permit, or, for new facilities,
demonstrated by methods used to minimize environmental impacts in the design of the
facility.
Acme’s environmental performance builds upon many efforts. Acme updated its Toxics
Use Reduction Plan in 1996 and implemented several pollution projects that have
yielded results. Changes in the formulation of three product lines, as well as aggressive
efforts to use less material and generate less waste, have resulted in reductions of air
emmissions and wastes generated.
PERFORMANCE ACHIEVEMENT
11.
The permittee has developed a program that will achieve environmental results that are
significantly better than otherwise required by law.
Acme’s environmental management system is being implement in lieu of doing further
toxics use reduction plan updates. They are working with five customers on new product
formulations that should result in reductions in air emissions and hazardous waste
generated. Acme-Portland has developed software to closely monitor the use of certain
materials and generation of wastes and pollutants within our facility, as a pilot that may
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ATTACHMENT F: SAMPLE REVIEW REPORT
Permit No.: 26-GP-002
Application Received: 10/15/2000
be expanded for use by other Acme facilities. This effort has become part of their quality
improvement system, and has merged environmental concerns with other process
efficiency reports. This new software and procedures will help Acme improve its
operating efficiency and result in environmental improvements, but it is difficult to
quantify exact numbers at this time. They are working toward a 60% reduction in
baseline levels.
For GEMS Achiever (Tier II) Permits 12.
The permittee has evaluated environmental impacts and set objectives and targets that
meet the expectations for a GEMS Achiever (Tier II) Permit and will achieve superior
environmental for all site-based aspects that have significant impacts, taking into
consideration both regulated and unregulated pollutants and other environmental
impacts.
PERFORMANCE MEASURES
13.
The permittee has established performance measures that will be used to explain
environmental information in context with past performance. Air emissions, hazardous
wastes, and solid wastes are being monitored using the software described above.
These performance measures are normalized using annual production rates (gallons of
coating manufactured each year).
STAKEHOLDER INVOLVEMENT PLAN
For GEMS Achiever (Tier II) Permits 14.
The permittee has developed a stakeholder involvement plan that includes activities that
provide for dialogue regarding environmental performance and a mechanism for
receiving, considering and responding to comments received. The permittee shall:
a. Encourage public inquiries and comments regarding the permittee’s environmental
performance;
b. Provide mechanisms to discuss the environmental policy, annual performance
report, environmental aspects and impacts, and establishment of objectives and
targets; and
c. Consider the results of the stakeholder involvement in decisionmaking and respond
to comments received.
The permittee has developed an environmental report and interactive web page to provide
information about their environmental performance to the public and solicit comments. They
plan to place an advertisement in the Portland Oregonian announcing the availability of this
information and the pending formation of a community advisory panel. These activities are
scheduled for the fall of 2000.
NOTIFICATIONS AND REPORTING
15.
The annual GEMS update report required in GEMS Permit Condition 3.3 would include:
a. Performance achievements, and, if appropriate, a description of any obstacles
encountered and how addressed;
b. Environmental management system deficiencies and how addressed; and
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ATTACHMENT F: SAMPLE REVIEW REPORT
Permit No.: 26-GP-002
Application Received: 10/15/2000
c. Compliance issues and how addressed
d. Stakeholder involvement activities, and input received from stakeholders and how
addressed;
e. Revised objectives and targets for targeted impacts; and
f. Other information required in the permit, specific to the facility..
SPECIAL CONDITIONS – DEPARTMENT COMMITMENTS
Single Point of Contact - GEMS Permit Condition 4.2
16.
The Single Point of Contact (SPOC) will act as a facilitator or team leader, keep other
Department staff apprised of issues, and facilitate resolution of any environmental issues
as quickly as possible in a partnership mode. The SPOC does not have the authority to
make decisions regarding regulatory compliance with the GEMS Permit or any other
permits issued by the Department, but will facilitate decisions that are made.
Technical Assistance - GEMS Permit Condition 4.3
17.
Technical assistance will be available to the permittee from the Department in regards to
environmental issues and those associated with the GEMS Permit program.
Enforcement Discretion - GEMS Permit Condition 4.4
18.
See the “Internal Management Directive for Green Environmental Management Systems
(GEMS) Permits Enforcement Response”. The enforcement directive encourages using
the environmental management system to correct instances of potential noncompliance,
and encourages maximum enforcement discretion for compliance issues discovered by
the permittee or the Department during the term of this GEMS Achiever permit.
Public Recognition – GEMS Permit Condition 4.5
24.
The Department shall establish a program for recognizing achievements of facilities that
have an approved GEMS Permit commensurate with the type of GEMS Permit
approved. This recognition will include a certificate from the agency director, recognition
on DEQ’s web page, recognition at the annual Northwest Environmental Conference,
and a newspaper advertising notifying the public of the facility’s accomplishments.
25.
Permittees with an approved GEMS Permit may promote their achievements in a
manner that is commensurate with the type and duration of GEMS permit approved.
The GEMS permittee may use the Green Permits program identity only in reference to
the facility that has received the Green Permit. The Green Permit program identity may
not be used for product labeling.
Flexible Permitting – GEMS Permit Condition 4.6
26.
The permittee is allowed to make facility process changes without submitting a Notice of
Intent to Construct form to the Department. The permittee shall notify the Department of
these changes in its annual Green Permit performance report. The Department may
require permit modifications if changes result in the generation of new pollutants that
exceed allowable limits established in existing permits.
Expedited Permitting – GEMS Permit Condition 4.7
27.
Permit applications and modifications submitted to DEQ shall be reviewed, processed
and sent out for public notice within 120 days of receipt. An exception to this review time
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ATTACHMENT F: SAMPLE REVIEW REPORT
Permit No.: 26-GP-002
Application Received: 10/15/2000
frame could be invoked if an NPDES permit application triggers an Endangered Species
Act (ESA) review due to the potential impact on fish species in the Willamette River.
COST RECOVERY AGREEMENT (OAR 340-014-0165)
27.
The permittee will fully reimburse the Department for the Department’s invoiced direct
and indirect cost of:
a.
conducting the review;
b.
providing technical assistance;
c.
negotiating the relevant permit provisions;
d.
responding to public comment;
e.
administering the GEMS Permit;
f.
monitoring compliance with the conditions of the GEMS Permit and
environmental outcomes resulting from the GEMS Permit; and
g.
publicizing and conducting the public hearings.
28.
Indirect costs shall be comprised of general management, support, administrative and
overhead costs of the Department that the Department deems to be allocable using
generally accepted accounting principles.
PUBLIC NOTICE
29.
As per OAR 340-014-045, the proposed GEMS permit will be placed on public notice
from (date) to (date).
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ATTACHMENT F: SAMPLE PERMIT TEMPLATE
Permit No.: 26-GP-002
Application Received: 10/15/2000
GREEN ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT SYSTEM (GEMS)
ACHIEVER (TIER II) PERMIT
Oregon Department of Environmental Quality
2020 SW 4th Avenue, Suite 400
Portland, OR 97201
Telephone: (503) 229-5263
Issued in accordance with the provisions of ORS 468.020 and
based on the land use compatibility findings included in the permit record.
ISSUED TO:
Acme Paint Manufacturing
12345 Main Street
Portland, OR 97000
PLANT SITE LOCATION:
Same as above
INFORMATION RELIED UPON:
Application No. 5
Date Received: February 18, 2000
LAND USE COMPATIBILITY STATEMENT:
From: City of Portland
Dated: August 13, 1992
ISSUED BY THE OREGON DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY
Neil Mullane, Northwest Region Administrator
TYPE OF FACILITY (description)
Paint and Coating Manufacturing
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Date
NAICS OR SIC CODE
325510
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ATTACHMENT F: SAMPLE PERMIT TEMPLATE
Permit No.: 26-GP-002
Application Received: 10/15/2000
CONTENTS
This sample permit includes the following
sections
• Permitted Activities
• GEMS Achiever (Tier II) Program
Requirements
• Notifications and Reporting
• Special Conditions – Department
Commitments
• Renewal Procedures
• Modification Procedures
• Termination Procedures
• General Department Conditions
1.0 PERMITTED ACTIVITIES
1.1 Green Permit
Authority
The Green Permit program was established to encourage and reward
actions that achieve environmental performance that is significantly better
than otherwise provided by law. ORS 468.501 through 468.521
authorizes the Department of Environmental Quality (Department) to
issue permits, provide or seek exemptions or waivers from regulatory
requirements that achieve superior results. This permit is issued by the
Department of Environmental Quality under the authority of ORS
468.020.
1.2 Applicable
local, state
and federal
regulations
This permit does not waive, limit or reduce the permittee’s legal obligation
with respect to any applicable local, state, or federal requirements to
which the permittee may be subject, unless otherwise specified within
this permit. Selected incentives described in Section 4 do supplant
specific provisions within the permittee’s existing permits or the rules
governing its operations. However, all other provisions in existing
permits listed below and rules that are not explicitly referenced in this
GEMS Achiever Permit remain in effect.
1.3 Definitions
Unless otherwise specified, all terms are as defined in OAR 340-0140105.
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ATTACHMENT F: SAMPLE PERMIT TEMPLATE
Permit No.: 26-GP-002
Application Received: 10/15/2000
2.0 GEMS ACHIEVER (TIER II) PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS (OAR 340-0140120)
2.1 In this section
This section describes the activities the permittee will conduct to
maintain the Environmental Achiever (Tier II) GEMS permit. These
criteria include:
• EMS Characteristic Requirements
• EMS Scope Requirements
• Environmental Performance Achievement Requirements
• Performance Measures Requirements
• Performance Reporting Requirements
• Stakeholder Involvement Requirements
2.2 EMS
Characteristics
(340-014-0120(1))
2.3 Scope of the
EMS
(340-014-0120(2))
2.4 Performance
Achievement
(340-014-0120(3))
2.5 Performance
Measures
The permittee shall maintain and improve a robust environmental
management system that is certified as meeting the ISO 14001
standard, or meets the purpose or intent of each of the ISO 14001
clauses, and supports verification. The permittee shall be committed to
maintaining and exceeding regulatory compliance. The permittee shall
be committed to applying the pollution prevention definition and the
pollution prevention hierarchy when setting objectives and targets and
implementing the environmental program. The permittee shall be
committed to continual improvement. At least once every three years,
the permittee shall demonstrate that the EMS is being effectively
implemented.
The permittee shall evaluate environmental impacts and set objectives
and targets that will achieve superior environmental for all site-based
aspects that have significant impacts, taking into consideration both
regulated and unregulated pollutants and other environmental impacts.
The permittee shall achieve environmental results that are significantly
better than otherwise required by law, demonstrated by projected
reductions in targeted environmental impacts and actual reductions in
annual performance reports.
The permittee shall establish and utilize performance measures that
explain environmental information in context with past performance.
(340-014-0120(4))
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2.6 Stakeholder
Involvement
(340-014-0120(7))
Permit No.: 26-GP-002
Application Received: 10/15/2000
The permittee shall implement a stakeholder involvement plan. The plan
shall include activities that provide for dialogue regarding environmental
performance and a mechanism for receiving, considering and
responding to comments received. The permittee shall:
• Encourage public inquiries and comments regarding the facility’s
environmental performance;
• Provide mechanisms to discuss the environmental policy, annual
performance report, environmental aspects and impacts, and
establishment of objectives and targets; and
• Consider the results of the stakeholder involvement in
decisionmaking and respond to comments received.
The stakeholder involvement plan shall continue to be implemented
through the duration of this permit. The permittee shall report on
activities in each annual report.
3.0 NOTIFICATIONS AND REPORTING
3.1 In this section
This section describes the procedures and methods the permittee shall
use for reporting information to the Department during the permit period,
including:
• Immediate Notifications
• Annual Reporting
• Modified Compliance Reporting
3.2 Immediate
Notifications
3.3 Annual
Reporting
(340-014-0120(6))
The permittee shall notify the Department immediately upon the
occurrence of any environmental incidents for which they are required to
report immediately under existing permits and rules.
By March 1 of each calendar year, the permittee shall submit a GEMS
update report. The report shall include:
• Any updates to the baseline performance report;
• Performance achievements, and, if appropriate, a description of any
obstacles encountered, and how addressed;
• Environmental management system deficiencies, and how addressed;
• Compliance issues, and how addressed;
• Stakeholder involvement activities and input received from
stakeholders, and how addressed; and
• Revised objectives and targets for targeted impacts.
• Other information as described in section 4.0 of this report.
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ATTACHMENT F: SAMPLE PERMIT TEMPLATE
3.4
Permit No.: 26-GP-002
Application Received: 10/15/2000
In lieu of the annual compliance reporting requirements in the Air Quality
Permit Condition 20, OAR 340-102-041 of the state hazardous waste
regulations, and OAR 340-135-070 of the state toxics use reduction
regulations, the permittee’s compliance reporting requirements are
modified as per Condition 4.6 and/or 4.7
Modified
Compliance
Reporting
4.0 SPECIAL CONDITIONS – DEPARTMENT COMMITMENTS
4.1 In this
section
All incentives or waivers shall be in effect during the duration of this GEMS
Achiever Permit. The expiration or termination of this GEMS Achiever
Permit removes the Department’s ability to grant these incentives or
waivers. All justifications and limitations for the granting of these incentives
or waivers are documented in the attached review report. This section
describes the incentives provided to the permittee by the Department at the
time the GEMS Achiever criteria are met. The incentives are the following:
• Single Point of Contact
•
Technical Assistance
•
Enforcement Response
•
Public Recognition
•
Flexible Permitting
•
Consolidated Compliance Reporting
•
Maximum Review Time for Permit Applications and Modifications
4.2 Single Point
of Contact
The permittee shall be eligible to be assigned a Single Point of Contact
(SPOC) by the Department for all environmental issues relating to the
permittee’s implementation of activities specified in this GEMS Achiever
Permit. Environmental issues will be limited to those laws described under
ORS 468.501. The SPOC will act as a facilitator or team leader, keep
other environmental Department staff apprised of issues, and facilitate
resolution of any environmental issues as expediently as possible.
4.3 Technical
Assistance
The permittee shall be eligible to receive technical assistance on EMS
development, compliance assistance, and stakeholder involvement
activities from the Department.
4.4 Enforcement
Response
All compliance interactions between the Department and the permittee
shall utilize the policy entitled “Internal Management Directive for Green
Permits Enforcement Response”. The enforcement directive encourages
using the environmental management system to correct instances of
potential noncompliance, and encourages maximum enforcement
discretion for any compliance issues discovered by the permittee or the
Department during the term of this GEMS Achiever permit.
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ATTACHMENT F: SAMPLE PERMIT TEMPLATE
Permit No.: 26-GP-002
Application Received: 10/15/2000
4.5 Public
Recognition
The permittee’s achievements will be recognized by the Department in a
manner that is commensurate with the type and duration of this GEMS
Achiever Permit. The GEMS permittee may use the Green Permits
program identity only in reference to the facility that has received the
Green Permit. The Green Permit program identity may not be used for
product labeling.
4.6 Flexible
Permitting
In lieu of Condition G5 of its Air Contaminant Discharge Permit No.26-1234, the
permittee is allowed to make facility process changes without submitting permit
modifications to the Department as long as the emissions do not exceed the limits
in the permit. The permittee shall notify the Department of these changes in its
annual Green Permit performance report. The Department may require permit
modifications if changes result in the generation of new pollutants that exceed
allowable limits established in existing permits.
4.7 Consolidated
Reporting
In lieu of the annual compliance reporting dates specified in Air Contaminant
Discharge Permit No. 26-1234, Condition 20; OAR 340-102-041 of the state
hazardous waste regulations, and OAR 340-135-070 of the state toxics use
reduction regulations, the permittee shall submit data required by these permit
conditions and rules with its annual GEMS Update Report on April 1 of each year.
All of the information currently collected as part of existing Department reporting
requirements shall be submitted with this report.
4.8 Maximum
Review Time
for Permit
Applications
and
Modifications
Permit applications and modifications submitted to DEQ shall be reviewed,
processed and sent out for public notice within 120 days of receipt. An exception
to this review time frame could be invoked if an NPDES permit application triggers
an Endangered Species Act (ESA) review due to the potential impact on fish
species in the Willamette River.
5.0 RENEWAL PROCEDURES (OAR 340-014-0150)
5.1 In this Section
This section addresses the procedures and criteria for initiating permit
renewals, including:
• Application Timing
• Application Review
5.2 Application
Timing
Application for renewal of this GEMS Achiever Permit must be submitted
not less than 90 days prior to the expiration date. The renewal period shall
be 10 years.
5.3 Application
Review
Upon receipt of an application for renewal of the Permit, the Department
shall verify that the permittee continues to meet the criteria for the
approval of the GEMS Achiever Permit, and evaluate whether the
conditions should be continued. The Department shall provide public
notice of the renewal application and proposed changes in the GEMS
Achiever Permit, pursuant to OAR 340-014-0145(6).
6.0 MODIFICATION PROCEDURES (OAR 340-014-0155)
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6.1 In this Section
Permit No.: 26-GP-002
Application Received: 10/15/2000
This section addresses the procedures and criteria for initiating permit
renewals, including:
• Procedures
• Application Review
• Conditions for Department Modification
6.2 Procedures
6.3 Application
Review
The permittee may apply for a different type of GEMS Permit at any time.
The permittee may apply for a modification of the conditions of this GEMS
Achiever Permit at any time.
Upon receipt of an application for a modification, the Department shall
determine whether the proposed modification is a minor modification or a
significant modification, taking into consideration whether modifications to
any waivers are proposed or not.
• If the modification is significant, the Department shall follow the
procedures described in OAR 340-014-0145.
• If the modification is minor, the Department shall provide public notice
in accordance with OAR 340-014-0145(5). If, within 30 days after
commencement of the public notice period, the Department receives
written requests from 10 persons or from an organization or
organizations representing at least 10 persons, for reconsideration as
a significant modification, then the Department shall follow all of the
remaining procedures describes in OAR 340-014-0145.
6.4 Conditions for
Department
Modification
The Department may propose to modify this GEMS Achiever Permit in
accordance with the procedures described in OAR 340-014-0160(4) if the
facility no longer meets the criteria for this GEMS Achiever Permit, but may
meet the criteria for a different type of GEMS Permit. Upon receipt of the
correction action report and upon completion of such additional
investigation as may be required, the Department will either modify this
GEMS Achiever Permit in accordance with the procedures above, or
withdraw its intent to modify this GEMS Achiever Permit.
7.0 TERMINATION PROCEDURES (OAR 340-014-0160)
7.1 In this section
This section addresses the procedures and conditions for terminating the
permit, including:
• Procedures
• Conditions for Department Termination
7.2 Procedures
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The permittee may terminate this GEMS Achiever Permit by providing 30
days written notice to the Department.
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7.3 Conditions for
Department
Termination
Permit No.: 26-GP-002
Application Received: 10/15/2000
The Department may terminate this GEMS Achiever Permit if the
permittee:
• does not develop an annual performance report and make it available
to the Department and the public in a timely fashion;
• no longer meets the criteria for approval for a GEMS Achiever Permit
or the permittee is not effectively implementing its environmental
management system;
• is found guilty of a criminal violation of environmental law;
• fails to correct a violation discovered through routine environmental
management system reviews or Department inspections within a
reasonable time frame; or
• experiences repeated violations that reflect a serious underlying
deficiency in the facility’s environmental management system.
The Department shall notify the permittee of its intent to terminate this
GEMS Achiever Permit and provide a reasonable time for the facility to
correct the alleged deficiencies and submit a corrective action report. The
complete procedures for termination are located in OAR 340-014-0160.
8.0 GENERAL DEPARTMENT CONDITIONS
8.1 In this section
This section addresses the general conditions governing the
implementation and administration of this GEMS Achiever Permit,
including:
• Cost Recovery
• Permit Availability
• Access to Plant Site and Records
• Notification of Name Change
• Inquiries
8.2 Cost
Recovery
The permittee shall maintain a sufficient deposit with the Department to
meet or exceed the projected cost recovery needs for a three-month
period in accordance with the quarterly updates provided by the
Department.
8.3 Permit
Availability
The permittee shall have available at the facility at all times a copy of this
GEMS Achiever Permit.
8.4 Access to
Plant Site and
Records
The permittee shall allow Department representatives access to the plant
site and pertinent records at all reasonable times for the purposes of
making inspections, surveys, collecting samples, obtaining data, reviewing
and copying all environmental compliance and EMS system audit records
and otherwise conducting all necessary functions related to this permit.
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8.5 Sale or
Transfer of
the Facility
8.6 Inquiries
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Permit No.: 26-GP-002
Application Received: 10/15/2000
The permittee shall notify the Department in writing using a “Green Permit
Sale or Transfer of Ownership Form” at lest 60 days prior to the legal
change of the ownership of the company. If this information is not
provided in a timely manner, along with a demonstration that the new
owner can continue to meet the requirements of the permit, the Green
Permit shall be terminated. The Department will follow the procedures for
modification described above.
Department of Environmental Quality
Northwest Region Office
2020 SW Fourth Avenue
Suite 400
Portland, OR 97201-4987
Telephone: (503) 229-5263
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