(1) The Environmental Quality Commission shall adopt by rule a program allowing for an owner or operator of a piece of construction equipment powered by a nonroad diesel engine and operated in Oregon to voluntarily demonstrate to the Department of Environmental Quality the emissions profile of the nonroad diesel engine powering the equipment, and to receive and display an emission control label on the piece of construction equipment.

Terms Used In Oregon Statutes 468A.813

  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
  • State Treasury: includes those financial assets the lawful custody of which are vested in the State Treasurer and the office of the State Treasurer relating to the custody of those financial assets. See Oregon Statutes 174.100

(2) The department may contract with an independent third-party to implement the program described in subsection (1) of this section.

(3) The commission may establish by rule a schedule of fees for participation in the program developed under this section. The fees established under this section shall be based upon the costs of the department in carrying out the program.

(4) The fees collected under subsection (3) of this section shall be deposited into the State Treasury to the credit of an account of the department and are continuously appropriated to the department for payment of the costs of the department in carrying out the provisions of this section. [2019 c.645 § 15]

 

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