Oregon Administrative Rules › Chapter 340 - DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY › Division 259 - CLEAN DIESEL GRANT AND LOAN RULES › Section 340-259-0015 - Definitions

Current through Register Vol. 63, No. 7, July 1, 2024
The definitions in OAR
				340-200-0020 and this rule apply to this division. If the same term is defined in this rule
				and
				340-200-0020,
				the definition in this rule applies to this division.
(1) "Applicable local, state or federal
			 pollution or emissions law" means a regulation that requires a diesel engine to
			 meet pollution or emissions standards and has a compliance date before the
			 installation of a repower or retrofit is completed.
(2) "Applicant" means the owner or operator
			 of an Oregon diesel engine, a nonroad Oregon diesel engine or an Oregon diesel
			 truck engine applying for a grant or loan under this division.
(3) "Clean Diesel Service Provider" means a
			 person that the Department has certified under OAR 259-0065 to install
			 qualifying repowers or retrofits under the Clean Diesel Repower and Retrofit
			 Tax Credit regulations,
			 340-016-0270  through
			 340-016-0340,
			 or the Clean Diesel Grant and Loan regulations,
			 340-259-0005  through
			 340-259-0065.
(4) "Combined weight" has the meaning given
			 that term in ORS 825.005.
(5)
			 "Cost-effectiveness threshold" means the cost, in dollars, per ton of diesel
			 particulate matter reduced determined pursuant to OAR
			 340-259-0025.
(6) "Grant Round" means the period of time in
			 which the Department accepts applications for grants and loans and disburses
			 grant or loan awards.
(7)
			 "Heavy-duty truck" means a motor vehicle or combination of vehicles operated as
			 a unit that has a combined weight that is greater than 26,000 pounds.
(8) "Incremental cost" means the cost of a
			 qualifying repower or retrofit less a baseline cost that would otherwise be
			 incurred in the normal course of business.
(9) "Medium-duty truck" means a motor vehicle
			 or combination of vehicles operated as a unit that has a combined weight that
			 is greater than 14,000 pounds but less than or equal to 26,000 pounds.
(10) "Motor vehicle" has the
			 meaning given that term in ORS 825.005.
(11) "Nonroad Oregon diesel engine" means any
			 Oregon diesel engine that was not designed primarily to propel a motor vehicle
			 on public highways of this state.
(12) "Operating condition" means functioning
			 properly without any needed repairs.
(13) "Oregon diesel engine" means an engine
			 at least 50 percent of the use of which, as measured by miles driven or hours
			 operated, will occur in Oregon for the three years following the repowering or
			 retrofitting of the engine.
(14)
			 "Oregon diesel truck engine" means a diesel engine in a truck at least 50
			 percent of the use of which, as measured by miles driven or hours operated, has
			 occurred in Oregon for the two years preceding the scrapping of the
			 engine.
(15) "Public highway" has
			 the meaning given that term in ORS 825.005.
(16) "Qualified Installer" means a person
			 that installs a repower or retrofit and is:
(a) A Clean Diesel Service Provider; or
(b) An employee of the applicant,
			 if the applicant and vendor verify that the employee:
(A) Installed or will install the repower or
			 retrofit to meet the warranty conditions; and
(B) Possesses the necessary skill to install
			 the repower or retrofit.