Oregon Administrative Rules
Chapter 340 - DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY
Division 255 - DIESEL EMISSIONS MITIGATION GRANT PROGRAM
Section 340-255-0060 - Application review process
Universal Citation: OR Admin Rules 340-255-0060
Current through Register Vol. 63, No. 3, March 1, 2024
(1) DEQ will review applications and supporting materials, will determine which applications are for projects that are eligible for funding under this division, and will determine which applications to approve for grant funding, at DEQ's discretion, based on DEQ's determination of the projects that will best achieve the emission reduction and other goals of this program.
(2) Among proposed projects that are eligible for funding, DEQ will give preference to projects that will:
(a) Support compliance with ORS
803.591
or with contract specifications or preferences related to emissions standards
for diesel engines established by a public body, as defined in ORS
174.109;
(b) Be carried out by a grant applicant that
is a disadvantaged business enterprise, a minority-owned business, a
woman-owned business, a business that a service-disabled veteran owns or an
emerging small business, as those terms are defined in ORS
200.005;
(c) Involve the replacement, repower or
retrofit of one or more motor vehicles or pieces of equipment that have at
least three years of remaining useful life at the time that the grant agreement
is executed;
(d) Support the
utilization of fuels for which regulated parties may generate credits under the
clean fuels program under OAR chapter 340, division 253;
(e) Benefit owners and operators of
heavy-duty trucks, if the fleet of the owner or operator includes only one
heavy-duty truck and the heavy-duty truck is registered in Multnomah, Clackamas
or Washington County;
(f) Benefit
small fleets;
(g) Involve the
retrofit of concrete mixer trucks or trucks that are used for the
transportation of aggregate;
(h)
Reduce diesel emissions in Oregon with the most cost effective projects;
and
(i) Reduce diesel emissions in
areas of the state with the highest diesel emissions, highest vulnerable
populations, and the highest population density.
Statutory/Other Authority: ORS 468A.805
Statutes/Other Implemented: ORS 468A.805
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