DEQ Hazardous Waste Emergency Permit, Nov. 2

This notice is to inform all persons on the hazardous waste mailing list of an emergency permit issued to the Oregon State Police. This notice is required in accordance with 40 CFR 270.61. During a school chemistry laboratory cleanout at North Marion County High School, two very reactive chemicals were identified. These two chemicals were cyclohexene and metal sodium. The Oregon State Police were notified and they dispatched their explosives personnel to collect the chemicals, transport them to an Oregon Department of Transportation rock pit, and then detonate the chemicals with explosive materials. DEQ issued a hazardous waste emergency permit to the Oregon State Police on October 30, 2018, and the State Police successfully destroyed the chemicals on October 31. The emergency permit allowed the Oregon State Police to carry out the detonation operation. This operation is allowed under the DEQ Air Quality Program as an exemption at OAR 340‑264‑0040(3). The DEQ hazardous waste program issued this emergency permit from the DEQ office in Eugene, 165 E Seventh Ave., Suite 100, 97401. If you have any additional questions regarding this emergency permit, please contact the following person:  Fredrick Moore, DEQ Eastern Region Hazardous Waste Program, 475 NE Bellevue Dr. Suite 110, Bend, OR 97701,l 541-633-2011, moore.fredrick@deq.state.or.us.