OAR 340-242-0070
Employee Commute Options Program: What are the Major Requirements of ECO?

To comply with ECO, employers must:

(1)

Conduct a baseline survey of employees to establish a baseline auto trip rate (or provide documentation of the current auto trip rate that is at least as accurate as a survey would provide);

(2)

Calculate a target auto trip rate by reducing the baseline auto trip rate by 10 percent;

(3)

Submit a registration form as supplied by the Department;

(4)

Design and implement a trip reduction strategy that has the potential to achieve the target auto trip rate by the target compliance deadline and the potential to maintain the target auto trip rate;

(5)

Either:

(a)

Prepare and implement an auto trip reduction plan for each work site and submit the plan to the Department for approval; or
NOTE: Enforcement will be based upon implementing the approved plan, see OAR 340-242-0110 (Employee Commute Options Program: What If an Employer Does Not Meet the Target Auto Trip Rate?).

(b)

Provide written notice to the Department of participation in an equivalent commute trip reduction program.
NOTE: Enforcement will be based on good faith effort, see OAR 340-242-0180 (Employee Commute Options Program: What is a Good Faith Effort?) and special requirements in OAR 340-242-0110 (Employee Commute Options Program: What If an Employer Does Not Meet the Target Auto Trip Rate?).

(6)

Survey employees every two years, report survey findings to the Department; and

(7)

Continue to implement strategies to achieve or maintain the target auto trip rate.

Source: Rule 340-242-0070 — Employee Commute Options Program: What are the Major Requirements of ECO?, https://secure.­sos.­state.­or.­us/oard/view.­action?ruleNumber=340-242-0070.

340‑242‑0010
Employee Commute Options Program: What is the Employee Commute Options Program? 340‑242‑0020
Employee Commute Options Program: Who is Subject to ECO? 340‑242‑0030
Employee Commute Options Program: What Does ECO Require? 340‑242‑0040
Employee Commute Options Program: How Does the Department Enforce ECO? 340‑242‑0050
Employee Commute Options Program: Definitions of Terms Used in These Rules 340‑242‑0060
Employee Commute Options Program: Should All Employees at a Work Site Be Counted? 340‑242‑0070
Employee Commute Options Program: What are the Major Requirements of ECO? 340‑242‑0080
Employee Commute Options Program: What are the Registration Requirements? 340‑242‑0090
Employee Commute Options Program: What are the Requirements for an Employee Survey? 340‑242‑0110
Employee Commute Options Program: What If an Employer Does Not Meet the Target Auto Trip Rate? 340‑242‑0120
Employee Commute Options Program: How Will Employers Demonstrate Progress Toward the Target Auto Trip Rate? 340‑242‑0140
Employee Commute Options Program: How Should Employers Account for Changes in Work Force Size? 340‑242‑0150
Employee Commute Options Program: How Can an Employer Reduce Auto Commute Trips to a Work Site? 340‑242‑0160
Employee Commute Options Program: What Should Be Included in an Auto Trip Reduction Plan? 340‑242‑0170
Employee Commute Options Program: When Will the Department Act on a Submitted Auto Trip Reduction Plan? 340‑242‑0180
Employee Commute Options Program: What is a Good Faith Effort? 340‑242‑0190
Employee Commute Options Program: How Does the ECO Program Affect New Employers, Expanding Employers and Employers Relocating within the Portland AQMA? 340‑242‑0200
Employee Commute Options Program: Can a New or Relocating Employer Comply with ECO Through Restricted Parking Ratios? 340‑242‑0210
Employee Commute Options Program: Can an Existing Employer Comply with ECO Through Restricted Parking Ratios? 340‑242‑0220
Employee Commute Options Program: What if an Employer Has More Than One Work Site Within the Portland AQMA? 340‑242‑0230
Employee Commute Options Program: Can Employers Submit a Joint Plan? 340‑242‑0240
Employee Commute Options Program: Are There Alternatives to Trip Reduction? 340‑242‑0250
Employee Commute Options Program: What Alternatives Qualify as Equivalent Emission Reductions? 340‑242‑0260
Employee Commute Options Program: Can Employers Get Credit for Existing Trip Reduction Programs? 340‑242‑0270
Employee Commute Options Program: Are Exemptions Allowed if an Employer is Unable to Reduce Trips or Take Advantage of Alternate Compliance Options? 340‑242‑0280
Employee Commute Options Program: Participation in the Industrial Emission Management Program 340‑242‑0290
Employee Commute Options Program: What Kind of Records Must Be Kept and for How Long? 340‑242‑0300
Voluntary Maximum Parking Ratio Program: What is the Voluntary Parking Ratio Program? 340‑242‑0310
Voluntary Maximum Parking Ratio Program: Who Can Participate in the Voluntary Parking Ratio Program? 340‑242‑0320
Voluntary Maximum Parking Ratio Program: Definitions of Terms and Land Uses 340‑242‑0330
Voluntary Maximum Parking Ratio Program: How Does a Property Owner Comply with the Voluntary Parking Ratio Program? 340‑242‑0340
Voluntary Maximum Parking Ratio Program: What are the Incentives for Complying with the Voluntary Parking Ratio Program? 340‑242‑0350
Voluntary Maximum Parking Ratio Program: Why Do I Need a Parking Ratio Permit? 340‑242‑0360
Voluntary Maximum Parking Ratio Program: What is Required to Obtain a Parking Ratio Permit? 340‑242‑0370
Voluntary Maximum Parking Ratio Program: How is the Parking Ratio Program Enforced? 340‑242‑0380
Voluntary Maximum Parking Ratio Program: When Will the Department Act on a Submitted Permit Application? 340‑242‑0390
Voluntary Maximum Parking Ratio Program: What are the Applicable Parking Ratios? 340‑242‑0400
Industrial Emission Management Program: Applicability 340‑242‑0410
Industrial Emission Management Program: Definition of Terms 340‑242‑0420
Industrial Emission Management Program: Unused PSEL Donation Program 340‑242‑0430
Industrial Emission Management Program: Industrial Growth Allowances 340‑242‑0440
Industrial Emission Management Program: Industrial Growth Allowance Allocation 340‑242‑0500
Gasoline Vapors from Gasoline Transfer and Dispensing Operations: Purpose and Applicability 340‑242‑0510
Gasoline Vapors from Gasoline Transfer and Dispensing Operations: Definitions 340‑242‑0520
Gasoline Vapors from Gasoline Transfer and Dispensing Operations: General Provisions 340‑242‑0600
Motor Vehicle Refinishing: Applicability 340‑242‑0610
Motor Vehicle Refinishing: Definitions 340‑242‑0620
Motor Vehicle Refinishing: Requirements for Motor Vehicle Refinishing in Portland AQMA 340‑242‑0630
Motor Vehicle Refinishing: Inspecting and Testing Requirements
Last Updated

Jun. 8, 2021

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