OR waste tire storage bonds.
Flat 3%. Soft pull.
A permitted waste tire storage site in Oregon must post financial assurance with the Department of Environmental Quality so the state can clean up the site if the operator can't. A surety bond is one accepted form — DEQ sets the amount from estimated cleanup cost, and we issue it at a flat 3%, $275 minimum, with one soft credit pull.
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Three steps to filed.
Your DEQ permit is waiting on financial assurance. Here's the entire process — no broker phone tag:
Apply once, online
Business details, the bond amount DEQ set, and an effective date. The only extra step is a one-time consent to a soft credit pull.
Reviewed & approved
Most clear quickly; if underwriting needs anything, you hear from an underwriter within 48 hours. The credit check is a soft pull that never affects your score.
E-sign & file with DEQ
Pay online and receive the executed financial-assurance bond, naming DEQ as beneficiary, ready to file with your waste tire storage permit. Wet-ink originals mailed whenever DEQ insists.
The whole pricing page.
Bond amount × 3% = your premium, one-time, $275 minimum. Enter the figure on your DEQ notice and the premium updates.
What it is and who needs it.
What the financial assurance actually covers
Oregon's Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) permits waste tire storage sites and requires each one to post financial assurance. The reason is concrete: a stockpile of scrap tires is a fire and mosquito hazard, and cleaning up an abandoned pile is expensive — the state wants money set aside so taxpayers don't foot that bill.
DEQ determines the amount from the estimated cost of cleanup for the maximum number of waste passenger tire equivalents and tire-derived materials your permit allows on site. A surety bond is one accepted mechanism (along with cash, a CD, a letter of credit, or negotiable securities), and the bond must name DEQ — or a DEQ-approved party — as beneficiary.
If the site is abandoned or the operator fails to clean up, DEQ can recover against the bond to fund the cleanup. It is not insurance for you — if the surety pays, you repay the surety. We issue the amount DEQ set at a flat 3% with a soft credit pull.
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Five minutes. The whole thing.
These are the actual underwriting fields, including a one-time consent to a soft credit pull. Submit once and your bond is typically issued within 1–2 business days.
Start the application →Common questions.
If yours isn't here, the bond team can usually answer within the hour.
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Other New York bonds.
DEQ is waiting on financial assurance.
Flat 3%, $275 minimum, five-minute application, e-signed bond in 1–2 business days. Free until issued.