Administrative Rules Filing Receipt

DETP/19/26299

''Wednesday, July 24, 2019 at 3:13:36 PM (GMT+07:00) Goldstein, Meyer:'' Rule Caption: Greenhouse Gas Reporting Program Update Adm. Order No.: DEQ 12-2015 Filed with Sec. of State: 12-10-2015 Certified to be Effective: 12-10-15 Notice Publication Date: 9-1-2015 Rules Amended: 340-215-0010, 340-215-0020, 340-215-0030, 340-215-0040, 340-215-0060 Subject: The Environmental Quality Commission adopted changes to rules requiring certain businesses to report greenhouse gas emissions. The adopted revisions will: Reduce the reporting burden for sources who meet the requirements for exemption; Provide clarity and uniformity related to greenhouse gas reporting methods and emission factors; Incorporate reporting protocols, including necessary data elements and quantification requirements, into rule; Update Oregon’s list of greenhouse gases subject to reporting to ensure consistency with federal greenhouse gas reporting rules; and Improve the rules’ clarity rules by following plain language standards where possible.