Adopted rule
The Environmental Quality Commission adopted rules to enhance the data collection of Oregon’s greenhouse gas emissions. The adopted rules incorporate existing reporting and emissions accounting protocols into rule and improve the specificity of how emissions data are calculated, reported and verified. These improvements will allow the program to better support and keep pace with the evolving climate policy discussions occurring in Oregon.
There are 4 primary facets of this rulemaking. The adopted rules:
- Modify the Greenhouse Gas Reporting Program (Division 215) to incorporate existing reporting and emissions accounting protocols into rule. This improves DEQ’s ability to assess state greenhouse gas emissions and track progress towards meeting the emission reduction goals adopted by the Oregon Legislature.
- Streamline the reporting requirements of the Greenhouse Gas Reporting Program (Division 215) and the Clean Fuels Program (Division 253) to enable entities subject to both programs to report into a single online system.
- Establish a new Division 272 to require that some data submitted to DEQ for compliance with the Greenhouse Gas Reporting Program and the Clean Fuels Program be verified by independent third-parties.
- Amend Division 12 to classify certain violations and establish or clarify enforcement criteria for violations of the Greenhouse Gas Reporting Requirements.