September 22, 2010

Senate President Peter Courtney        (The Honorable Senator Peter Courtney)

900 Court St. NE, S-201
Salem, OR 97301

Speaker of the House Dave Hunt        (The Honorable Representative Dave Hunt)

900 Court St. NE, H-269
Salem, OR 97301

Senator Jackie Dingfelder          (The Honorable Senator Jackie Dingfelder)

Chair, Senate Committee on Environment and Natural Resources

900 Court St. NE., S-407, Salem, OR, 97301

Representative Ben Cannon          (The Honorable Representative Ben Cannon)

Chair, House Committee on Environment and Water

900 Court St. NE, H-484, Salem, OR, 97301

The Honorable …:

This letter complies with ORS 183.335(15), which requires notice of proposed rules.

The Department of Environmental Quality proposes the following minor housekeeping and streamlining rules for DEQ-administered tax credit rules under division 16 of chapter 340:

•  Adopt and amend pollution control tax credits rules to allow DEQ perform certificate administration on behalf of the Environmental Quality Commission;

•  Repeal the pollution prevention tax credit pilot program rules. The pilot program ended in 1999.

•  Amend the truck engine tax credit rule to align rules to 2009 legislation that extends truck engine certification to December 31, 2013.

Enclosed is a Rulemaking Announcement that includes links to DEQ’s rulemaking web site for additional information and how to submit comment. The deadline for public comment is October 25. If you have questions or comments, please call Maggie Vandehey at (503) 229-229-6878.

Sincerely,

Kerri Nelson, Administrator

Management Services Division

Enclosure

cc:      Greg Aldrich, DEQ

 Maggie Vandehey, DEQ