Proposed rule
Rulemaking contact:
Megan Duenas, 503-887-7934
This rulemaking aims to align Oregon Administrative Rules with recent statutory changes, and secondarily, to make non-technical revisions in DEQ's air quality rules that are needed to clarify requirements for regulated entities. In 2025, the Oregon legislature enrolled two separate bills that require rulemaking by DEQ to implement. Specifically, HB 3729 addressed crematory incinerators and SB 726 addressed municipal solid waste landfills in Benton County. Updates to air quality rules are needed to reflect requirements in both of those bills. As part of this rulemaking, DEQ is also proposing non-technical revisions to clarify several air quality rule divisions. These revisions are being packaged together in this rulemaking because they result in only minor changes and clarifications, with no substantive revisions to the content or structure of the rules.
Advisory committee
DEQ is convening an advisory committee to review the fiscal impacts related to the proposed rules. In convening this committee, DEQ has appointed members that reflect the range of entities that are both directly and indirectly affected by proposed changes to the rules.
Meeting schedule
Meeting 1: April 8, 2026, 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. PT