Oregon Administrative Code

340-240-0350 La Grande Urban Growth Area: Air Conveying Systems (1) No person is allowed to cause or permit the emission of particulate matter in excess of 0.10 grains per standard cubic foot from any air conveying system emitting less than or equal to ten tons of particulate mat…

340-240-0360 La Grande Urban Growth Area: Fugitive Emissions The owner or operator of any sawmill, plywood mill or veneer manufacturing plant, particleboard plant, or hardboard plant that is located in the La Grande Urban Growth Area must comply with OAR 340-240-0180. NOTE: These…

340-240-0400 Lakeview Urban Growth Area: Applicability OAR 340-240-0400 through 340-240-0440 apply to the Lakeview Urban Growth Area. NOTE: This rule is included in the State of Oregon Clean Air Act Implementation Plan that EQC adopted under OAR 340-200-0040. Statutory/Other Auth…

340-240-0410 Lakeview Urban Growth Area: Control of Fugitive Emissions (1) All sawmills, plywood mills and veneer manufacturing plants, particleboard and hardboard plants, asphalt plants, stationary rock crushers, and sources subject to OAR 340-240-0420 must prepare and implement…

340-240-0420 Lakeview Urban Growth Area: Requirement for Operation and Maintenance Plans (1) With the exception of basic and general permit holders, a permit holder must prepare and implement operation and maintenance plans for non-fugitive sources of particulate matter. (2) The …

340-240-0430 Lakeview Urban Growth Area: Source Testing The owner or operator of the following sources of particulate emissions must make or have made tests to determine the type, quantity, quality, and duration of emissions, and/or process parameters affecting emissions, the usi…

340-240-0440 Lakeview Urban Growth Area: Open Burning No open burning of domestic waste is allowed to be initiated on any day or at any time when the local air stagnation advisory forecasts adverse meteorological or air quality conditions. NOTE: This rule is included in the State…

340-240-0500 Klamath Falls Maintenance Area: Applicability OAR 340-240-0500 through 340-240-0630 apply in the Klamath Falls Nonattainment Area beginning January 1, 2013. Upon EPA approval of the maintenance plan and redesignation, these rules will continue to apply to the Mainten…

340-240-0510 Klamath Falls Nonattainment Area: Opacity Standard (1) Except as provided in section (2), no person conducting a commercial or industrial activity may cause or permit the emission of any air contaminant into the atmosphere from any stationary source including fuel or…

340-240-0520 Klamath Falls Nonattainment Area: Control of Fugitive Emissions (1) All sawmills, plywood mills and veneer manufacturing plants, particleboard and hardboard plants, asphalt plants, rock crushers, animal feed manufacturers, and other major industrial facilities as ide…

340-240-0530 Klamath Falls Nonattainment Area: Requirement for Operation and Maintenance Plans (1) With the exception of basic and general permit holders, a permit holder must prepare and implement Operation and Maintenance Plans for non-fugitive sources of particulate matter. (2…

340-240-0540 Klamath Falls Nonattainment Area: Compliance Schedule for Existing Industrial Sources (1) Except as provided in sections (2) and (3) of this rule, compliance with applicable requirements of OAR 340-240-0500 through 340-240-0540 for a source that is built and located …

340-240-0550 Klamath Falls Maintenance Area: Requirements for New Sources When Using Residential Wood Fuel-Fired Device Offsets (1) All new or modified sources subject to OAR 340 division 224 may opt to use wood fuel-fired device emission reductions to satisfy offset requirements…

340-240-0560 Klamath Falls Maintenance Area: Real and Permanent PM2.5 and PM10 Offsets (1) For Klamath Falls and other designated areas when allowed under OAR 340-204-0320, annual emissions reductions offsets for PM2.5 and PM10 are determined as follows: (a) For fireplaces, the e…

340-240-0570 Klamath Falls Nonattainment Area Contingency Measures: Applicability OAR 340-240-0570 through 340-240-0630 apply to the Klamath Falls Nonattainment Area for PM2.5 should the area not achieve attainment by the applicable attainment date established pursuant to 42 U.S.…

340-240-0580 Klamath Falls Nonattainment Area Contingency Measures: Existing Industrial Sources Control Efficiency The owner or operator of an Oregon Title V Operating Permit program source, as defined in OAR 340-200-0020 may not remove or modify existing control devices unless t…

340-240-0610 Klamath Falls Nonattainment Area Contingency Measures: Continuous Monitoring for Industrial Sources (1) The owner or operator of an Oregon Title V Operating Permit program source, as defined in OAR 340-200-0020, must install and operate instrumentation for measuring …

340-240-0620 Klamath Falls Nonattainment Area Contingency Measures: Contingency Measures: New Industrial Sources New industrial sources must comply with OAR 340-240-0570 through 340-240-0610 immediately upon receiving an Air Contaminant Discharge Permit or an Oregon Title V Opera…

340-240-0630 Klamath Falls Nonattainment Area Contingency Measures: Contingency Enhanced Curtailment of Use of Solid Fuel Burning Devices and Fireplaces (1) Beginning on November 1 of each year and continuing through and including February 28 of the following year, no fireplace, …

340-242-0010 Employee Commute Options Program: What is the Employee Commute Options Program? (1) The Employee Commute Options or "ECO" Program requires larger employers to provide commute options to encourage employees to reduce auto trips to the work site. (2) ECO is one of seve…

340-242-0020 Employee Commute Options Program: Who is Subject to ECO? ECO applies to employers within the Portland Air Quality Maintenance Area (AQMA) with more than 100 employees at a work site. The Portland Air Quality Maintenance Area is defined in Oregon Administrative Rules …

340-242-0030 Employee Commute Options Program: What Does ECO Require? Employers must provide commute options that have the potential to reduce employee commute auto trips by ten percent within three years of its baseline survey. Employers must continue to provide commute options …

340-242-0040 Employee Commute Options Program: How Does the Department Enforce ECO? Enforcement procedures and civil penalties in OAR, chapter 340, division 12 apply. Under 340-012-0053(2) and 340-012-0054(2)(g), violations of the ECO rules are Class Two violations. Failure to ac…

340-242-0050 Employee Commute Options Program: Definitions of Terms Used in These Rules The definitions in OAR 340-200-0020, 340-204-0010 and this rule apply to 340-242-0010 through 340-242-0290. If the same term is defined in this rule and 340-200-0020 or 340-204-0010, the defin…

340-242-0060 Employee Commute Options Program: Should All Employees at a Work Site Be Counted? The count of employees at a work site must include: (1) Employees from all shifts, Monday through Friday, during a 24-hour period, averaged over a 12-month period; (2) Employees on the …

340-242-0070 Employee Commute Options Program: What are the Major Requirements of ECO? To comply with ECO, employers must: (1) Conduct a baseline survey of employees to establish a baseline auto trip rate (or provide documentation of the current auto trip rate that is at least as…

340-242-0080 Employee Commute Options Program: What are the Registration Requirements? (1) Employers must submit a registration form to the Department on forms provided by the Department. (2) Employers with multiple work sites may submit one application for all work sites. (3) Ba…

340-242-0090 Employee Commute Options Program: What are the Requirements for an Employee Survey? (1) Employers may use the survey form provided by the Department or an alternate instrument. Any alternate survey instrument must be approved by the Department before use and must pro…

340-242-0110 Employee Commute Options Program: What If an Employer Does Not Meet the Target Auto Trip Rate? (1) An employer with an approved plan who has fully implemented its plan yet has not achieved its target auto trip rate by the target compliance date, or does not maintain …

340-242-0120 Employee Commute Options Program: How Will Employers Demonstrate Progress Toward the Target Auto Trip Rate? Employers must submit employee survey findings, including a calculated auto trip rate, to the Department. The Department will compare the reported auto trip ra…

340-242-0140 Employee Commute Options Program: How Should Employers Account for Changes in Work Force Size? The target auto trip rate remains constant regardless of changes in work force size. Employers experiencing an annual increase or decrease in the number of employees report…

340-242-0150 Employee Commute Options Program: How Can an Employer Reduce Auto Commute Trips to a Work Site? Employee commute option programs include, but are not limited to: (1) Promoting carpool and vanpool programs; (2) Offering transit subsidies; (3) Establishing telecommutin…

340-242-0160 Employee Commute Options Program: What Should Be Included in an Auto Trip Reduction Plan? An auto trip reduction plan must include: (1) The results of the baseline survey (or comparable documentation); (2) Calculation of baseline and target auto trip rates; (3) Any e…

340-242-0170 Employee Commute Options Program: When Will the Department Act on a Submitted Auto Trip Reduction Plan? The Department will approve or notify the employer of deficiencies in a submitted auto trip reduction plan, based on the criteria in OAR 340-242-0160, within 90 da…

340-242-0180 Employee Commute Options Program: What is a Good Faith Effort? Employers who participate in an equivalent commute trip reduction program and then fail to meet their target auto trip rates must demonstrate that a good faith effort was made to meet the target trip redu…

340-242-0190 Employee Commute Options Program: How Does the ECO Program Affect New Employers, Expanding Employers and Employers Relocating within the Portland AQMA? (1) An expanding employer who increases the number of employees at any single work site within the Portland AQMA to…

340-242-0200 Employee Commute Options Program: Can a New or Relocating Employer Comply with ECO Through Restricted Parking Ratios? An employer locating at a work site within the AQMA after the effective date of the ECO rules will be exempt from the ECO rules for that work site if…

340-242-0210 Employee Commute Options Program: Can an Existing Employer Comply with ECO Through Restricted Parking Ratios? An employer will be considered to have met the target trip reduction and is exempt from the ECO rules if the employer provides documentation of the following…

340-242-0220 Employee Commute Options Program: What if an Employer Has More Than One Work Site Within the Portland AQMA? (1) An employer with more than one work site in the Portland AQMA may average its target trip reduction among those work sites in the AQMA. An employer must su…

340-242-0230 Employee Commute Options Program: Can Employers Submit a Joint Plan? Different employers with work sites located near each other and with common transportation needs may develop a joint trip reduction plan for all affected work sites. The plan must address each work …

340-242-0240 Employee Commute Options Program: Are There Alternatives to Trip Reduction? Alternatives to trip reduction include: (1) Employers may purchase surplus trip reductions from other employers required to comply with ECO to meet part or all of the target trip reduction. S…

340-242-0250 Employee Commute Options Program: What Alternatives Qualify as Equivalent Emission Reductions? Equivalent emission reduction alternatives at the work site include, but are not limited to, the following: (1) Use of alternative fueled vehicles (employer or employee veh…

340-242-0260 Employee Commute Options Program: Can Employers Get Credit for Existing Trip Reduction Programs? The Department may grant credits for documented trip reductions that occurred at an employer's work site any time before establishing a baseline auto trip rate. Credits w…

340-242-0270 Employee Commute Options Program: Are Exemptions Allowed if an Employer is Unable to Reduce Trips or Take Advantage of Alternate Compliance Options? (1) An employer is fully exempt from OAR 340-242-0010 through 340-242-0290 if the employer submits reasonable document…

340-242-0280 Employee Commute Options Program: Participation in the Industrial Emission Management Program Employers that donate unused Plant Site Emission Limit (PSEL) to the Department's Industrial Emission Management program (see OAR 340-242-0400 through 340-242-0440) are exem…

340-242-0290 Employee Commute Options Program: What Kind of Records Must Be Kept and for How Long? Employers must maintain records at the work site or other central location within the Air Quality Maintenance Area for at least three years, and must make those records available to…

340-242-0300 Voluntary Maximum Parking Ratio Program: What is the Voluntary Parking Ratio Program? The Voluntary Parking Ratio Program encourages property owners to voluntarily locate and design facilities that need less parking by building in a more pedestrian, bicycle and trans…

340-242-0310 Voluntary Maximum Parking Ratio Program: Who Can Participate in the Voluntary Parking Ratio Program? Any property owner constructing a new development or a re-development of an existing site that adds new building floor area and requires new parking spaces in the Por…

340-242-0320 Voluntary Maximum Parking Ratio Program: Definitions of Terms and Land Uses The definitions in OAR 340-200-0020, 340-204-0010 and this rule apply in 340-242-0300 through 340-242-0390. If the same term is defined in this rule and 340-200-0020 or 340-204-0010, the defi…

340-242-0330 Voluntary Maximum Parking Ratio Program: How Does a Property Owner Comply with the Voluntary Parking Ratio Program? A property owner complies by building no more than the number of parking spaces specified by maximum parking ratios in OAR 340-242-0390 and obtaining a…