2013 Oregon Revised Statutes
Volume : 11 - Public Health, Housing, Environment
Chapter 468A - Air Quality
Section 468A.799 - Standards for qualifying repower of nonroad diesel engine or retrofit of diesel engine; rules.

(1) The Environmental Quality Commission by rule shall establish standards for the qualifying repower of a nonroad Oregon diesel engine or retrofit of an Oregon diesel engine, including but not limited to rules establishing repower or retrofit qualifications for purposes of the tax credit established in section 12, chapter 855, Oregon Laws 2007.

(2) The standards adopted by the commission under this section must include:

(a) A requirement for the reduction of diesel particulate matter emissions by at least 25 percent compared with the baseline emissions for the relevant engine year and application;

(b) A list of technologies approved as qualifying repowers or retrofits that have been verified by the United States Environmental Protection Agency or the California Air Resources Board; and

(c) A requirement that a qualifying repower or retrofit does not include the repower or retrofit of a vehicle or engine for which a grant, loan or tax credit under ORS 468A.803 or section 12, chapter 855, Oregon Laws 2007, has been awarded or allowed, unless the repower or retrofit will reduce emissions further than the repower or retrofit funded by the grant, loan or tax credit. [2007 c.855 §8]

Note: The amendments to 468A.799 by section 8a, chapter 855, Oregon Laws 2007, become operative January 2, 2018. See section 8b, chapter 855, Oregon Laws 2007. The text that is operative on and after January 2, 2018, is set forth for the user's convenience.
(1) The Environmental Quality Commission by rule shall establish standards for the qualifying repower of a nonroad Oregon diesel engine or retrofit of an Oregon diesel engine.

(2) The standards adopted by the commission under this section must include:

(a) A requirement for the reduction of diesel particulate matter emissions by at least 25 percent compared with the baseline emissions for the relevant engine year and application;

(b) A list of technologies approved as qualifying repowers or retrofits that have been verified by the United States Environmental Protection Agency or the California Air Resources Board; and

(c) A requirement that a qualifying repower or retrofit does not include the repower or retrofit of a vehicle or engine for which a grant or loan under ORS 468A.803 has been awarded or allowed, unless the repower or retrofit will reduce emissions further than the repower or retrofit funded by the grant or loan.