OAR 340-016-0280
Clean Diesel Report and Retrofit Tax Credits: Definitions


As used in OAR 340-016-0270 (Clean Diesel Report and Retrofit Tax Credits: Purpose and Scope) through 340-016-0340 (Clean Diesel Report and Retrofit Tax Credits: Procedures for Reconsideration and Review of Denial), unless specifically defined otherwise:

(1)

“Applicable local, state or federal pollution or emissions law” means a regulation that requires a diesel engine to meet pollution or emissions standards and has a compliance date before the installation of a repower or retrofit is completed.

(2)

“Applicant” means a person that submits a Repower Tax Credit Application or a Retrofit Tax Credit Application.

(3)

“Clean Diesel Service Provider” means a person that the Department has certified under OAR 340-259-0065 (Certification as a Clean Diesel Service Provider) to install qualifying repowers or retrofits under the Clean Diesel Repower and Retrofit Tax Credit regulations, 340-016-0270 (Clean Diesel Report and Retrofit Tax Credits: Purpose and Scope) through 340-016-0340 (Clean Diesel Report and Retrofit Tax Credits: Procedures for Reconsideration and Review of Denial), or the Clean Diesel Grant and Loan regulations, 340-259-0005 (Clean Diesel Initiative Goal) through 340-259-0065 (Certification as a Clean Diesel Service Provider).

(4)

“Cost-effectiveness threshold” means the cost, in dollars, per ton of diesel particulate matter reduced determined pursuant to OAR 340-259-0025 (Determining the Cost Effectiveness Threshold for a Repower or Retrofit).

(5)

“Department” means the Department of Environmental Quality.

(6)

“Motor vehicle” has the meaning given that term in ORS 825.005 (Definitions).

(7)

“Nonroad Oregon diesel engine” means any Oregon diesel engine that was not designed primarily to propel a motor vehicle on public highways of this state.

(8)

“Oregon diesel engine” means an engine at least 50 percent of the use of which, as measured by miles driven or hours operated, will occur in Oregon for the three years following the repowering or retrofitting of the engine.

(9)

“Program limitation” means the maximum amount that the Department may certify in tax credits during any one calendar year as authorized by the legislature.

(10)

“Public highway” has the meaning given that term in ORS 825.005 (Definitions).

(11)

“Qualified Installer” means the person that installs the repower or retrofit and is:

(a)

A Clean Diesel Service Provider; or

(b)

An employee of the applicant, if the applicant and vendor verify that the employee:

(A)

Installed or will install the repower or retrofit to meet the warranty conditions; and

(B)

Possesses the necessary skill to install the repower or retrofit.

(12)

“Repower” means to scrap an old diesel engine and replace it with a new engine, a used engine or a remanufactured engine, or with electric motors, drives or fuel cells, with a minimum useful life of seven years.

(13)

“Retrofit” means to equip a diesel engine with new emissions-reducing parts or technology after the manufacture of the original engine. A retrofit must use the greatest degree of emissions reduction available for the particular application of the equipment retrofitted that meets the cost-effectiveness threshold specified in OAR 340-259-0025 (Determining the Cost Effectiveness Threshold for a Repower or Retrofit).

(14)

“Scrap” means to destroy and render inoperable.

Source: Rule 340-016-0280 — Clean Diesel Report and Retrofit Tax Credits: Definitions, https://secure.­sos.­state.­or.­us/oard/view.­action?ruleNumber=340-016-0280.

340‑016‑0005
Purpose
340‑016‑0007
Facilities certified under the 1999 Edition
340‑016‑0009
Certification of wood chippers
340‑016‑0010
Definitions
340‑016‑0055
Application Procedures
340‑016‑0060
Eligibility
340‑016‑0065
Fees
340‑016‑0070
Determining the Facility Cost
340‑016‑0075
Determination of Portion of Facility Cost Allocable to Pollution Control
340‑016‑0080
Certification
340‑016‑0088
Subdelegation of Certificate Administration
340‑016‑0210
Truck Engine Tax Credits: Purpose
340‑016‑0220
Truck Engine Tax Credits: Definitions
340‑016‑0230
Truck Engine Tax Credits: Application Procedures
340‑016‑0240
Truck Engine Tax Credits: Allocating the Limitations
340‑016‑0250
Truck Engine Tax Credits: Approval or Rejection Procedures
340‑016‑0260
Truck Engine Tax Credits: Procedures for Reconsideration and Review
340‑016‑0270
Clean Diesel Report and Retrofit Tax Credits: Purpose and Scope
340‑016‑0280
Clean Diesel Report and Retrofit Tax Credits: Definitions
340‑016‑0290
Clean Diesel Report and Retrofit Tax Credits: Standards for a Qualifying Repower or Retrofit
340‑016‑0300
Clean Diesel Report and Retrofit Tax Credits: Application Procedures
340‑016‑0310
Clean Diesel Report and Retrofit Tax Credits: Tax Credit Cost Certification Letter
340‑016‑0320
Clean Diesel Report and Retrofit Tax Credits: Allocating the Limitations
340‑016‑0330
Clean Diesel Report and Retrofit Tax Credits: Application Approval or Denial Procedures
340‑016‑0340
Clean Diesel Report and Retrofit Tax Credits: Procedures for Reconsideration and Review of Denial
Last Updated

Jun. 8, 2021

Rule 340-016-0280’s source at or​.us