435th Regular Meeting of the Oregon Environmental Quality Commission
This meeting will be held by Zoom and in-person at the Portland DEQ headquarters. Please note that the Zoom information is different on each day.
Location:
700 NE Multnomah Street
Portland, OR 97232
Third Floor Conference Room
Thursday, Jan. 9, 9 a.m. to 2:45 p.m.
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9 a.m.
Welcome and Meeting Open The commission will open the meeting and review the day's agenda.
9:05 a.m.
Item A: Draft Meeting Minutes (Action)
Commissioners will review and take action on proposed draft minutes from the November 2024 regular meeting.
9:10 a.m.
Item B: Clean Fuels Program 2024 Rulemaking (Action)
DEQ will present proposed rules that update the requirements and tools used by the Clean Fuels Program to calculate greenhouse gas emissions to safeguard the program's environmental integrity. This rulemaking includes updating the full well-to-wheels OR-GREET fuel carbon intensity model to version 4.0 and updating and adding simplified calculators for Tier 1 fuels. The rulemaking also adds other provisions, including a reserve account for credits from fuel pathways with carbon capture and sequestration projects associated with them, additional tracking requirements for high-risk feedstocks, and requiring electricity reporting and fuel pathway applications to go through third party verification.
10:10 a.m.
Item C: Safety-Kleen Contested Case Final Order (Action)
At its Sept. 26, 2024 regular meeting, the commission directed the Oregon Department of Justice to prepare a Final Order consistent with DEQ's recommended interpretation of 40 CFR §264.147(a). The commission also requested that the number of violations cited in the Final Order to be reduced to zero. EQC counsel will present a draft of the Final Order to the commission for discussion and adoption.
10:30 a.m.
Break
10:45 a.m.
Item D: E-Cycles 2024 Rulemaking (Action)
DEQ will present proposed rules to clarify and implement House Bill 3220, which modernizes the long-standing electronics recycling program, Oregon E-Cycles. This statewide program follows an extended producer responsibility model, a waste management strategy that requires producers to share in the responsibility for the end-of-life management of their products and materials. DEQ recommends creating several new rules and modifying current rules to best serve the E-Cycles program. In early 2024, DEQ convened an advisory committee of entities who may be affected by administrative rules, to give input to DEQ on proposed concepts.
11:45 a.m.
Working Lunch and Executive Session
The commission will hold a working lunch and executive session, pursuant to ORS 192.660(2)(a), (f) and (h). Per state law, members of the media may attend executive session; however, they may not report on the specifics or details of any discussions or information presented during executive session. To request access as a member of the media, please email Lindsay Trapp by 12 p.m. on Monday, Jan. 6, 2025.
1 p.m.
Item E: Public Forum
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 shortly before the start of this agenda item, and people are asked to limit comments to three minutes or less. Comment times may be reduced at the discretion of the commission. The commission cannot accept comment on the following proposed rules:
- Vehicle Inspection Program Updates 2024
- Willamette River Mainstem and Major Tributaries TMDL
2 p.m.
Item F: Director's Report (Informational)
DEQ will present written and verbal updates on agency activities and other issues of interest to the commission.
2:45 p.m.
Adjourn Public Meeting
3:15 p.m.
Item G: DEQ Vehicle Inspection Station Tour
The commission will tour the Vehicle Inspection Program's Northeast Portland Clean Air Station and receive an overview of daily operations, including the end-to-end experience of the vehicle testing process. DEQ's Vehicle Inspection Program supports the agency's mission by testing vehicles to ensure emissions control systems are functioning appropriately. Vehicle emissions are the largest contributor to air pollution in Oregon, and proper functioning emissions systems in vehicles reduce air pollution and air toxics. Please note that this tour is not open to the public.
Friday, Jan. 10, 9 a.m. to 12:50 p.m.
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9 a.m.
Welcome and Meeting Open
The commission will open the meeting and review the day's agenda.
9:05 a.m.
Item H: Smoke Mitigation Efforts in Oregon (Informational)
DEQ, ODF, and OHA will provide an update on the prescribed burn pilot conducted in West Bend in the spring of 2024. The inter-agency pilot was performed to gain a better understanding of how to increase the pace and scale of prescribed burning near communities and in the unique Bend airshed, while reducing smoke impacts and protecting public health. This presentation will include an update on the smoke management program for prescribed fire smoke and recent changes to the permit requirements for air curtain incinerators, with the goal of increasing access to this technology.
10:05 a.m.
Break
10:20 a.m.
Item I: Vehicle Inspection Program Updates 2024 (Action)
DEQ will present proposed rule changes regarding the Vehicle Inspection Program for commission consideration. The proposed rule revisions include an update to reciprocity provisions for vehicles that are temporarily operating less than 150 miles outside of the Oregon border, clarify testing exemptions for new vehicle models, and codify the remote on-board diagnostic test method.
11:05 a.m.
Item J: Director Delegation Package and Annual Rulemaking Plan (Action)
DEQ will present their annual rulemaking plan and propose a package of specific one-time rulemakings to be delegated to the Director for final approval in calendar year 2025.
11:50 a.m.
Item K: Willamette River Mainstem and Major Tributaries TMDL (Action)
DEQ will present a revised Total Maximum Daily Load, or TMDL, to address temperature impairments in the Willamette Mainstem and Major Tributaries. DEQ is under a court order to update and replace multiple temperature TMDLs, including this one, to make them consistent with the current temperature standards. DEQ provided informational updates to the commission on this topic at the EQC meetings in August 2024 and November 2024. At this EQC meeting, DEQ will request the commission adopt the Willamette Mainstem and Major Tributaries TMDL as an amendment to the Willamette Subbasins TMDLs for temperature that was adopted by the EQC in August 2024, by reference, into rule.
12:50 p.m.
Adjourn Meeting