Or. Admin. Code § 340-215-0040 - Greenhouse Gas Registration and Reporting Requirements
(1) Each registration or emissions data
report submitted by a regulated entity according to this division must contain
certification by a designated representative of the truth, accuracy, and
completeness of the submission. This certification and any other certification
required under this division must state that, based on information and belief
formed after reasonable inquiry, the statements and information in the document
are true, accurate, and complete. The certification must contain the following
statement: "Based on information and belief formed after reasonable inquiry, I
certify under penalty of perjury that the statements and information submitted
are true, accurate and complete."
(2) DEQ may require a regulated entity to
submit or make available additional information if the materials submitted with
the emissions data report are not sufficient to determine or verify greenhouse
gas emissions and related information. Regulated entities must provide within
14 calendar days of notification, unless a different schedule is approved by
DEQ, any and all information that DEQ requires for the purposes of assessing
applicability, verifying or investigating either or both actual and suspected
sources of greenhouse gas emissions, and to ascertain compliance and
noncompliance with rules in this division.
(3) Calculating total greenhouse gas
emissions. Total carbon dioxide equivalent emissions (CO2e) must be calculated
as the sum of the CO2, CO2 from biomass-derived fuels, CH4, N2O, and each
fluorinated GHG required to be reported in an emissions data report in
compliance with this division using equation A-1 in
40 C.F.R.
98.2.
(4) Alternative calculation methods.
Regulated entities may petition DEQ to use calculation methods other than those
specified in this division. Regulated entities must receive written DEQ
approval to use alternative calculation methods prior to reporting.
(5) Third-party verification of emissions
data reports. Regulated entities must comply with the requirements of OAR
chapter 340, division 272 for third-party verification of emissions data
reports, as applicable.
(6) Fuel
suppliers and in-state producers must report legal names and addresses of all
related entities subject to this division annually by the reporting deadline
specified in OAR 340-215-0046(1)(c).
(7) A regulated entity may only use book and
claim accounting to report contractual deliveries of biomethane or hydrogen
injected into a pipeline when:
(a) The
pipeline is part of the natural gas transmission and distribution network
connected to Oregon that allows for the transport of biomethane or hydrogen, as
applicable; and
(b) No person has
used or claimed the environmental attributes of such biomethane or hydrogen in
any other program or jurisdiction with the exception of:
(A) The federal Renewable Fuel Standard
Program, any reporting required under OAR chapter 340, division 253, or the
program under OAR chapter 340, division 273; or
(B) With DEQ written approval, any other
program or jurisdiction where DEQ has confirmed that the claim on the
environmental attributes can be made for the same use and volume of biomethane
or its derivatives as is being claimed under this division.
Notes
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Statutory/Other Authority: ORS 468A.050
Statutes/Other Implemented: ORS 468 & 468A
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