Oregon Administrative Rules › Chapter 340 - DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY › Division 215 - OREGON GREENHOUSE GAS REPORTING PROGRAM › Section 340-215-0040 - Greenhouse Gas Registration and Reporting Requirements

Current through Register Vol. 63, No. 7, July 1, 2024
(1) Each registration or emissions data
			 report submitted by a regulated entity according to this division must contain
			 certification by a designated representative of the truth, accuracy, and
			 completeness of the submission. This certification and any other certification
			 required under this division must state that, based on information and belief
			 formed after reasonable inquiry, the statements and information in the document
			 are true, accurate, and complete. The certification must contain the following
			 statement: "Based on information and belief formed after reasonable inquiry, I
			 certify under penalty of perjury that the statements and information submitted
			 are true, accurate and complete."
(2) DEQ may require a regulated entity to
			 submit or make available additional information if the materials submitted with
			 the emissions data report are not sufficient to determine or verify greenhouse
			 gas emissions and related information. Regulated entities must provide within
			 14 calendar days of notification, unless a different schedule is approved by
			 DEQ, any and all information that DEQ requires for the purposes of assessing
			 applicability, verifying or investigating either or both actual and suspected
			 sources of greenhouse gas emissions, and to ascertain compliance and
			 noncompliance with rules in this division.
(3) Calculating total greenhouse gas
			 emissions. Total carbon dioxide equivalent emissions (CO2e) must be calculated
			 as the sum of the CO2, CO2 from biomass-derived fuels, CH4, N2O, and each
			 fluorinated GHG required to be reported in an emissions data report in
			 compliance with this division using equation A-1 in
			 40 C.F.R.
			 98.2.
(4) Alternative calculation methods.
			 Regulated entities may petition DEQ to use calculation methods other than those
			 specified in this division. Regulated entities must receive written DEQ
			 approval to use alternative calculation methods prior to reporting.
(5) Third-party verification of emissions
			 data reports. Regulated entities must comply with the requirements of OAR
			 chapter 340, division 272 for third-party verification of emissions data
			 reports, as applicable.
(6) Fuel
			 suppliers and in-state producers must report legal names and addresses of all
			 related entities subject to this division annually by the reporting deadline
			 specified in OAR 340-215-0046(1)(c).
(7) A regulated entity may only use book and
			 claim accounting to report contractual deliveries of biomethane or hydrogen
			 injected into a pipeline when:
(a) The
			 pipeline is part of the natural gas transmission and distribution network
			 connected to Oregon that allows for the transport of biomethane or hydrogen, as
			 applicable; and
(b) No person has
			 used or claimed the environmental attributes of such biomethane or hydrogen in
			 any other program or jurisdiction with the exception of:
(A) The federal Renewable Fuel Standard
			 Program, any reporting required under OAR chapter 340, division 253, or the
			 program under OAR chapter 340, division 271; or
(B) With DEQ written approval, any other
			 program or jurisdiction where DEQ has confirmed that the claim on the
			 environmental attributes can be made for the same use and volume of biomethane
			 or its derivatives as is being claimed under this division.