Oregon Administrative Rules › Chapter 330 - DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY › Division 170 - BIOMASS PRODUCER OR COLLECTOR TAX CREDIT › Section 330-170-0020 - Definitions

Current through Register Vol. 63, No. 7, July 1, 2024
For the purposes of OAR chapter 330, division 170 the
				definitions in ORS 315.141 apply and in addition
				the following definitions shall apply:
(1) "Applicant" means an individual or a
			 legal entity (including but not limited to any domestic or foreign corporation,
			 trust, partnership, cooperative, or limited liability company), but does not
			 include a nonprofit organization or a government entity, applying for the tax
			 credit under ORS 315.141 and
			 469B.403.
(2) "Certificate" means a document issued by
			 the department representing the right to claim a tax credit described in ORS
			 315.141 for the amount described
			 on the certificate.
(3) "Charcoal"
			 means biomass produced into a densified, carbon rich product used in filters,
			 as an absorbent, soil amendment, or a fuel marketed for cooking purposes and
			 not including biofuels produced by torrefaction.
(4) "Department" means the Oregon Department
			 of Energy.
(5) "Director" means
			 the Director of the department.
(6) "Dry ton" means the amount of biomass
			 that would weigh 2,000 pounds at zero percent moisture content.
(7) "Firewood" as used in this rule means
			 whole or split pieces of wood that are in a form commonly used for burning in
			 campfires, stoves, or fireplaces.
(8) "Manure" means feces and urine of
			 domestic livestock as excreted.
(9) "Oil Seed Crops" means canola, camelina,
			 soybean, sunflower, safflower, mustard, and flaxseed grown for use as a
			 biofuels feedstock.
(10)
			 "Rendering Offal" means the waste or by-products of a rendering process.
(11) "Slash" means material from
			 trees and woody plants, including limbs, tops, needles, leaves and other woody
			 parts, grown in a forest, woodland, farm, rangeland or wildland-urban interface
			 environment and collected at the harvest site.
(12) "Used Cooking Oil" means waste vegetable
			 oil from food preparation.
(13)
			 "Vegetative Biomass from Agricultural Crops" means residual material derived
			 from crop production and crops grown solely to be used for energy, but does not
			 include food processing residuals.
(14) "Virgin Oil" means un-used oil that has
			 been extracted from an agricultural crop.
(15) "Waste Grease" means waste vegetable
			 oil, animal fat, or organic grease from food preparation that is recovered from
			 a grease trap, grease interceptor, grease recovery or similar device.
(16) "Wastewater Biosolids" means
			 solids derived from primary, secondary, or advanced treatment of domestic
			 wastewater which have been treated through one or more controlled processes
			 that significantly reduce pathogens and reduce volatile solids or chemically
			 stabilize solids to the extent that they do not attract vectors. This term
			 refers to domestic wastewater treatment facility solids that have undergone
			 adequate treatment to permit their land application. This term has the same
			 meaning as the term "sludge" in ORS
			 468B.095.
(17) "Yard Debris" is defined in ORS
			 459.005(31).
Stat. Auth.: ORS 351.141
Stats. Implemented: ORS
				  315.141 &
				  469B.403