Or. Admin. Code § 330-290-0010 - Definitions
(1) "Department" means the Oregon Department of Energy.
(2) "Director" means the director of the Oregon Department of Energy.
(3) "Environmental justice communities" means communities meeting the definition of environmental justice communities under Oregon Revised Statutes 2023 Edition, 469A.400(5). The definition includes communities of color, communities experiencing lower incomes, tribal communities, rural communities, coastal communities, communities with limited infrastructure and other communities traditionally underrepresented in public processes and adversely harmed by environmental and health hazards, including seniors, youth and persons with disabilities.
(4) "Disadvantaged communities" as outlined in presidential Executive Order (EO) 14008, signed January 27, 2021, means a census tract identified by version 1.0 of the Climate and Economic Justice Screening Tool (CEJST) as being economically disadvantaged and overburdened by pollution and underinvestment in housing, transportation, water and wastewater infrastructure, and health care. A community qualifies as "disadvantaged" if the census tract is above the threshold for one or more environmental or climate indicators and the tract is above the threshold for the socioeconomic indicators.
(5) "Climate and Economic Justice Screening Tool (CEJST)" means version 1.0 of the screening tool available online at https://screeningtool.geoplatform.gov/en/#3/33.47/-97.5 and developed by the Council on Environmental Quality as directed by presidential Executive Order 14008, consisting of an interactive map identifying disadvantaged communities.
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Statutory/Other Authority: Oregon Laws 2023 Chapter 442 & ORS 469.040
Statutes/Other Implemented: Oregon Laws 2023 Chapter 442
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