ORS 468A.363 Purpose of ORS 468A.363, 468A.365, 468A.400 and 815.300

The Legislative Assembly declares the purpose of ORS 468A.363, 468A.365, 468A.400 and 815.300 is to:

Insure that the health of citizens in the Portland area is not threatened by recurring air pollution conditions.

Provide necessary authority to the Environmental Quality Commission to implement one of the critical elements of the air quality maintenance strategy for the Portland area related to improvements in the motor vehicle inspection program.

Insure that the Department of Environmental Quality is able to submit an approvable air quality maintenance plan for the Portland area through the year 2006 to the Environmental Protection Agency as soon as possible so that area can again be designated as an attainment area and impediments to industrial growth imposed in the Clean Air Act can be removed.

Direct the Environmental Quality Commission to use existing authority to incorporate the following programs for emission reduction credits into the air quality maintenance plan for the Portland area:

California or United States Environmental Protection Agency emission standards for new lawn and garden equipment sold in the Portland area.

Transportation-efficient land use requirements of the transportation planning rule adopted by the Land Conservation and Development Commission.

Improvements in the vehicle inspection program as authorized in ORS 468A.350 to 468A.400, including emission reduction from on-road vehicles resulting from enhanced testing, elimination of exemptions for 1974 and later model year vehicles, and expansion of inspection program boundaries.

An employer trip reduction program that provides an emission reduction from on-road vehicles.

A parking ratio program that limits the construction of new parking spaces for employment, retail and commercial locations.

Emission reductions resulting from any new federal motor vehicle fuel tax.

State and federal alternative fuel vehicles fleet programs that result in emission reductions.

Installation of maximum achievable control technology by major sources of hazardous air pollutants as required by the federal Clean Air Act, as amended, resulting in emission reductions.

As a safety margin, or as a substitute in whole or in part for other elements of the plan, emission reductions resulting from any new state gasoline tax or for any new vehicle registration fee that allows use of revenue for air quality improvement purposes.