The Oregon Department of Environmental Quality is proposing amendments to its administrative rules at OAR 340-253.

Summary

DEQ proposes the Environmental Quality Commission approve rule amendments to Division 253 of Chapter 340 of the Oregon Administrative Rules that would:

•  update the lifecycle carbon intensity models used to determine the carbon intensities of fuels and the resulting changes to carbon intensity scores from those models;

•  add new categories and applications of fuel used to generate credits and add new fuels that could generate credits; and

•  make some housekeeping changes.

DEQ also proposes to amend rules under Division 12 of Chapter 340 of the Oregon Administrative Rules to classify certain violations and establish or clarify enforcement criteria for violations of the Oregon Clean Fuels Program.

Public Participation

DEQ will accept public comments on this proposed rulemaking until 4 p.m. on September 21, 2018.

DEQ will hold a public hearing on this proposed rulemaking at 1:30 p.m. on September 20, 2018. The hearing will be held at:

Oregon DEQ Headquarters Office

700 NE Multnomah Street

Conference Room 601

Portland, OR 97232-4100

The public can participate in the hearing by audio teleconference:

Teleconference Call-in Number: 888-278-0296

Teleconference Participant ID: 8040259

Additional Information

To view copies of the notice documents, learn more about this rulemaking, and how to submit comments, you can view the rulemaking web page at: Clean Fuels 2018.

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

Cory-Ann Wind

503-229-5388

wind.cory@deq.state.or.us

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