Or. Admin. R. 340-253-0620

Current through Register Vol. 63, No. 6, June 1, 2024

Section 340-253-0620 - Oregon Fuels Reporting System

(1) Online reporting. Regulated parties, credit generators, and aggregators must use the Oregon Fuels Reporting System to submit all required reports, including quarterly progress reports under OAR 340-253-0630 and annual compliance reports under OAR 340-253-0650.

(2) Credit transactions. Regulated parties, credit generators, and aggregators must use the Oregon Fuels Reporting System to transfer credits.

(3) Establishing an account. After DEQ approves a registration application, the regulated party, credit generator, or aggregator must establish an account in the Oregon Fuels Reporting System and must include the following information to register as a user in the Oregon Fuels Reporting System:

(a) Business name, address, state and county, date and place of incorporation, and FEIN;

(b) The name of the person who will be the primary contact, and that person's business and mobile phone numbers, email address, Oregon Fuels Reporting System username and password;

(c) Name and title of a person who will act as the Administrator for the account;

(d) Optionally the name and title of one or more persons who will be Contributors on the account;

(e) Optionally the name and title of one or more persons who will be Reviewers on the account;

(f) Optionally the name and title of one or more persons who will be Credit Facilitators on the account; and

(g) Any other information DEQ may require in the Oregon Fuels Reporting System.

(4) Account management roles.

(a) Administrators are:

(A) Authorized to sign for the account;

(B) Responsible for submitting quarterly progress and annual compliance reports;

(C) Makes changes to the company profile; and

(D) May designate other persons who can review and upload data, but not submit reports.

(b) Contributors are:

(A) Authorized to submit quarterly progress and annual compliance reports, if given signature authority; but

(B) Cannot make changes to the account profile.

(c) Reviewers are:

(A) Provided read-only access; but

(B) Cannot submit quarterly progress and annual compliance reports.

(d) Credit Facilitators are:

(A) Authorized to initiate and complete credit transfers on behalf of the registered party;

(B) Add postings to the Oregon Fuels Reporting System's "Buy/Sell Board";

(C) Provided read-only access to quarterly and annual reports.

(5) Signature. An administrator or a contributor authorized by the registered party to sign reports on its behalf must sign each report to certify that the submitted information is true, accurate, and complete.

(6) Alternative Fuels Portal. Fuel producers registered under OAR 340-253-0500 must establish an account in the AFP portion of the Oregon Fuels Reporting System and must designate an administrator for their account. The fuel producer may:

(a) Register its individual fuel production facilities in the AFP;

(b) Submit fuel pathway code applications through the AFP for each of its facilities for DEQ approval; and

(c) Submit the physical transport mode demonstration package through the AFP for DEQ approval, once a fuel pathway code has been approved.

Or. Admin. R. 340-253-0620

DEQ 3-2015, f. 1-8-15, cert. ef. 2/1/2015; DEQ 13-2015, f. 12-10-15, cert. ef. 1/1/2016; DEQ 27-2017, amend filed 11/17/2017, effective 11/17/2017; DEQ 199-2018, amend filed 11/16/2018, effective 1/1/2019; DEQ 14-2020, amend filed 05/07/2020, effective 5/7/2020; DEQ 17-2022, amend filed 09/23/2022, effective 1/1/2023

Statutory/Other Authority: ORS 468.020, 468A.266, 468A.268 & 468A.277

Statutes/Other Implemented: ORS 468.020 & ORS 468A.265 through 468A.277