422nd regular meeting of the Oregon Environmental Quality Commission
Sept. 22-23, 2022: In-person and online (hybrid)
The Oregon Environmental Quality Commission met on September 22 and 23. The meeting was at the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife offices in Salem, and people could attend in-person at that office or by Zoom, an online video conferencing platform, with toll-free telephone access for audio-only connections.
Meeting venue: Oregon Fish and Wildlife Commission Meeting Room, ODFW, 4034 Fairview Industrial Drive SE, Salem, Oregon
Thursday meeting recording: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kbrl4Ig2F38
Friday meeting recording: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W2nPpBj5P0g
Thursday, September 22: Noon to 3:30 p.m.
All times are approximate and subject to change
12 p.m.
Welcome and meeting open
The commission will convene the public meeting and review the day's agenda.
12:05 p.m.
12:10 p.m.
12:30 p.m.
1:40 p.m.
Break: The commission will recess for a short break.
2:40 p.m.
The commission will hold a comment opportunity for any environmental and public health issues relevant to DEQ and EQC. Sign-ups to comment will occur at the start of this agenda item, and people are asked to limit comments to three minutes or less.
Please note, the commission may not accept comments for proposed rulemakings where DEQ has held and closed the public comment period. For this meeting, this limitation applies to the Clean Fuels Program expansion rulemaking and Air Quality Permitting rulemaking. The commission also requests that people do not present additional comment on the petition for the Metolius River designation as an Outstanding Resource Water, as DEQ previously held and closed a comment period for that action item.
3:30 p.m.
Recess: The commission will recess the public meeting until 9 a.m. on Friday, Sept. 23, 2022.
Site visit: SeQuential Biofuels
Following the public meeting adjournment, commissioners and some DEQ staff will visit SeQuential Biofuels, in Salem, for an informational site visit. No commission business will be held during the site visit.
Friday, September 23: 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.
All times are approximate and subject to change
9 a.m.
Welcome and meeting open
The commission will reconvene the public meeting and review the day's agenda.
9:05 a.m.
The commission will appoint an Interim Director for DEQ, to begin service Sept. 30, 2022, until the appointment of DEQ's next permanent Director through the in-progress
recruitment process.
9:20 a.m.10:20 a.m.
Item G: Clean Fuels Program rulemaking (Action)
DEQ will present proposed rules to expand the Clean Fuels Program’s carbon intensity reduction requirements beyond the currently adopted 10 percent reduction in average carbon intensity by 2025.
11:45 a.m.
Break: The commission will recess for a short break.
Noon
12:45 p.m.
1 p.m.
Adjourn: The commission is scheduled to adjourn the public meeting at approximately 1 p.m.
Please note: A working lunch and executive session was previously scheduled from 1 to 2 p.m., but has been cancelled due to a lack of quorum for the executive session.
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