Oregon Administrative Rules
Chapter 340 - DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY
Division 250 - GENERAL CONFORMITY
Section 340-250-0060 - Public Participation

(1) Upon request by any person regarding a specific federal action, a federal agency must make available for review its draft conformity determination under OAR 340-250-0080 with supporting material which describe the analytical methods, assumptions and conclusions relied upon in making the applicability analysis and draft conformity determination.

(2) A federal agency must make public its draft conformity determination under 340-250-0080 by placing a notice by prominent advertisement in a daily newspaper of general circulation in the area affected by the action and by providing 30 days for written public comment prior to taking any formal action on the draft determination. This comment period may be concurrent with any other public involvement, such as occurs in the NEPA process.

(3) A federal agency must document its response to all the comments received on its draft conformity determination under OAR 340-250-0080 and make the comments and responses available, upon request by any person regarding a specific federal action, within 30 days of the final conformity determination.

(4) A federal agency must make public its final conformity determination under 340-250-0080 for a federal action by placing notice by prominent advertisement in a daily newspaper of general circulation in the area affected by the action within 30 days of the final conformity determination.

[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.]