On Wednesday, July 12, 2017, Oregon's Environmental Quality Commission adopted proposed amendments to the Oregon Department of Environmental Quality's State Implementation Plan.

Summary

DEQ has amended its rules to:

•  Remove rules in divisions 200 and 222 from the State Implementation Plan that were accidentally submitted as SIP revisions.

•  Update the ozone standard in division 202 to 0.070 to incorporate EPA’s recently revised standard.

•  Adopt the Regional Haze Plan: 5-year Progress Report into the SIP. The EQC adopted the first regional haze plan for Oregon on December 9, 2010. Under EPA’s Regional Haze Rule, states are required to adopt regional haze plans and provide reports evaluating its progress towards the goals to improve visibility in Class I areas over the next 60 years. The progress report is required to summarize changes in monitoring and emissions data and evaluate the adequacy of the current plan to meet the progress goals.

 Additional Information

To view copies of the notice documents and learn more about this rulemaking, you can view the rulemaking web page at: Oregon Regional Haze Plan Rulemaking Page

The staff report to the Environmental Quality Commission, which contains copies of the adopted rule amendments, is available online here.

If you want to receive future email notices about this rulemaking, you must sign up at: DEQ GovDelivery.

You can also obtain more information about this rulemaking by contacting:

Rachel Sakata

700 NE Multnomah Street, Suite 600, Portland, OR 97232

503.229.5659

email: Rachel Sakata