Oregon Administrative Rules
Chapter 340 - DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY
Division 242 - RULES APPLICABLE TO THE PORTLAND AREA
Section 340-242-0180 - What is a Good Faith Effort?
Current through Register Vol. 63, No. 3, March 1, 2024
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 reduction. An employer must demonstrate good faith effort by submitting written documentation of the following:
(1) Employer established a baseline auto trip rate and corresponding target auto trip rate and conducted follow-up surveys to determine employee commute patterns and progress toward achieving the target trip reduction;
(2) Employer selected trip reduction strategies that had a reasonable likelihood of success based on documentation in the Department's report Alternatives to Single Occupant Vehicle Trips or equivalent documentation (for example, auto trip reduction experience by employers in a comparable region); and
(3) Employer fully implemented all selected strategies, or their equivalent, on a schedule that would have reasonably allowed the employer to achieve the target auto trip rate by the target compliance deadline.
NOTE: This rule is included in the State of Oregon Clean Air Act Implementation Plan as adopted by the Environmental Quality Commission under OAR 340-200-0040.
Publications: Publications referenced are available from the agency.
Stat. Auth.: ORS 468.020
Stats. Implemented: ORS 468A.363
