(1) A covered fuel
supplier is eligible to receive one or more CCI credits if it contributes CCI
funds according to this rule.
(a) The covered
fuel supplier may receive CCI credits only for contributions to a CCI entity
that has been approved by DEQ according to OAR
340-271-0920(1)
and has entered into a written agreement with DEQ to accept and administer CCI
funds according to OAR
340-271-0920(2).
(b) A covered fuel supplier is not eligible
to receive a CCI credit for any contribution made to a CCI entity prior to
March 1, 2023.
(c) If more than one
CCI entity is approved to accept funds according to subsection (a) the covered
fuel supplier must contribute an equal amount of CCI funds to each CCI entity
that may receive funds consistent with its agreement with DEQ according to OAR
340-271-0920(2).
The contribution amount to each CCI entity may vary by up to one US
dollar.
(2) A covered
fuel supplier must apply to receive CCI credits by submitting an application to
DEQ, on a form approved by DEQ that includes the information described in
section (3). A covered fuel supplier may not submit an application to request
CCI credits on behalf of another person.
(3) A covered fuel supplier that submits an
application to DEQ to request CCI credits must submit a complete and accurate
application. The application must include:
(a)
Information about the covered fuel supplier, including:
(A) Name and full mailing address;
and
(B) Designated representative's
contact information including name, title or position, phone number, and email
address;
(b) The name of
each CCI entity that received CCI funds from the covered fuel
supplier;
(c) A copy of the
receipt(s) described in OAR
340-271-0930(1)(a)
received from each CCI entity;
(d)
The total CCI funds (in US dollars) contributed to each CCI entity, excluding
any fees; and
(e) The following
attestation, signed by the designated representative of the covered fuel
supplier:
I certify under penalty of perjury under the laws of
the State of Oregon that to the best of my knowledge and belief the information
in this application is true, accurate, and complete. [Covered fuel supplier]
contributed the community climate investment funds noted in this application to
each community climate investment entity listed for the purposes of supporting
eligible projects as described in OAR
340-271-0900.
(4)
(a) A covered fuel supplier seeking to
receive CCI credits in order to use them to demonstrate compliance for a
particular compliance period must submit its application to DEQ no later than
November 14 of the year it will demonstrate compliance according to OAR
340-271-0450, or 11 days after
DEQ's notice described in OAR
340-271-0450(1),
whichever is later.
(b) DEQ's
determination of the quantity of CCI credits to generate and distribute is
based on the amount of the covered fuel supplier's contribution to CCI
entities, as documented in its application and the CCI credit contribution
amount described in Table 7 in OAR
340-271-9000 that was in effect
on the date the contribution was made, adjusted for inflation according to OAR
340-271-0820(3).
Notes
Or. Admin. Code
§
340-271-0810
DEQ
27-2021, adopt filed 12/16/2021, effective
12/16/2021
Statutory/Other Authority: ORS
468.020,
468A.025 &
468A.040
Statutes/Other Implemented: ORS
468.020,
468A.025,
468A.040,
468.035,
468A.010,
468A.015 &
468A.045
