Oregon Administrative Rules › Chapter 340 - DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY › Division 271 - OREGON CLIMATE PROTECTION PROGRAM › Section 340-271-0020 - Definitions

Current through Register Vol. 63, No. 7, July 1, 2024
The definitions in OAR 340-200-0020, OAR 340-215-0020, and this
				rule apply to this division. If the same term is defined in this rule and
				either or both OAR 340-200-0020  and OAR 340-215-0020, the definition in this
				rule applies to this division. If the same term is defined in OAR 340-200-0020 and OAR 340-215-0020, but not in this rule, then the definition in OAR
				340-215-0020  applies to this division.
(1) "Air contamination source" has the
			 meaning given the term in ORS
			 468A.005. Air contamination
			 sources include, without limitation, stationary sources, fuel suppliers,
			 in-state producers, and local distribution companies.
(2) "Best available emissions reduction
			 order" or "BAER order" means a DEQ order establishing required actions the
			 owner or operator of a covered stationary source must take to limit covered
			 emissions from the covered stationary source.
(3) "Biomass-derived fuels" has the meaning
			 given the term in OAR 340-215-0020. Biomass-derived fuels include, without
			 limitation, biomethane, biodiesel, renewable diesel, renewable propane, woody
			 biomass, and ethanol.
(4) "Cap"
			 means the total number of compliance instruments generated by DEQ for each
			 calendar year.
(5) "Climate
			 Protection Program permit addendum" or "CPP permit addendum" means written
			 authorization that incorporates the requirements of this division into a permit
			 by amending an Air Contaminant Discharge Permit or a Title V Operating
			 Permit.
(6) "Climate Protection
			 Program permit" or "CPP permit" means a permit issued to a covered fuel
			 supplier according to this division.
(7) "Community climate investment credit" or
			 "CCI credit" or "credit" means an instrument issued by DEQ to track a covered
			 fuel supplier's payment of community climate investment funds, and which may be
			 used in lieu of a compliance instrument, as further provided and limited in
			 this division.
(8) "Community
			 climate investments," "community climate investment funds" or "CCI funds" means
			 money paid by a covered fuel supplier to a community climate investment entity
			 to support implementation of community climate investment projects and any
			 interest that accrues on the money while it is held by a CCI entity or
			 subcontractor.
(9) "Community
			 climate investment entity" or "CCI entity" means a nonprofit organization that
			 has been approved by DEQ as a CCI entity and that has entered into a written
			 agreement with DEQ consistent with OAR 340-271-0920  to implement projects
			 supported by community climate investment funds.
(10) "Compliance instrument" means an
			 instrument issued by DEQ that authorizes the emission of one MT CO2e of
			 greenhouse gases. Compliance instruments may not be divided into
			 fractions.
(11) "Compliance
			 obligation" means the total quantity of covered emissions from a covered fuel
			 supplier rounded to the nearest metric ton of CO2e.
(12) "Compliance period" means a period of
			 multiple consecutive calendar years, as described in OAR
			 340-271-0440.
(13) "Covered
			 emissions" means the greenhouse gas emissions described in any of subsections
			 OAR 340-271-0110(3)(b), (4)(b) and (5)(b), for which covered entities may be
			 subject to the requirements of this division.
(14) "Covered entity" means an air
			 contamination source subject to the requirements of this division. A covered
			 entity may be either a covered fuel supplier, a covered stationary source, or
			 both.
(15) "Covered fuel supplier"
			 means an air contamination source that is either:
(a) A fuel supplier or in-state producer as
			 described in OAR 340-271-0110(3); or
(b) A local distribution company as described
			 in OAR 340-271-0110(4).