Oregon DEQ: Low Carbon Fuel Advisory Committee

DEQ formed an advisory committee to provide input for proposed rules creating a state low carbon fuel standard authorized by the 2009 Legislature.

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Background

The 2009 Oregon Legislature adopted House Bill 2186, which authorized the Environmental Quality Commission (EQC) to adopt a low carbon fuel standard for transportation fuels. Oregon's standard would reduce the average amount of greenhouse gas emissions per unit of fuel energy by 10 percent from 2010 to 2020.

See Oregon's Low Carbon Fuel Standard page for more information.

Advisory Committee Membership

DEQ recruited a diverse group of stakeholders with the expertise to help DEQ develop effective low carbon fuels standards that meets Oregon's needs. Members committed to giving input on the wide range of policy and technical issues and DEQ sincerely appreciates their time and assistance.

Advisory Committee Members List PDF

Advisory Committee Process

DEQ staff prepared discussion papers or made presentations so that each advisory committee member had a minimum level playing field of information. This was a critical step in the process to ensure that all members could make informed recommendations not only in their areas of expertise, but for all aspects of the program. Often, there were several options presented of how the program could be designed to implement the standards. A summary of the discussions was prepared after each meeting. DEQ often allowed time after the meeting for advisory committee members to submit comments. Discussions were productive and involved and DEQ received input that substantially improved the proposed design of the Low Carbon Fuel Standards.

Advisory Committee Exit Surveys

At the conclusion of the advisory committee in Dec. 2010, DEQ asked each committee member to share any final thoughts they have about specific technical or policy issues discussed, about DEQ's proposed LCFS program design as a whole, or about the advisory committee process. This document is a compilation of those exit surveys:

DEQ Low Carbon Fuel Standards Advisory Committee

Meeting Dates and Information

Advisory committee meetings are completed. Information will remain posted here for documentation purposes.

Date/Location	Materials
November 16, 2010 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. DEQ, NWR office 2020 SW 4th Avenue, 4th floor Room A/B Portland Call in number: 866-222-0917 code 597132	Agenda Item A: Oct. 7 Meeting Notes Item B: Oct. 14 Meeting Notes Item D: Timeline Item E: Final Economic Analysis Results (coming soon) JFA presentation Item F: Review Advisory Committee Draft Report	Report Report (DRAFT) Appendix A Appendix B Appendix C Appendix D (coming soon) Appendix E Appendix F Appendix G Appendix H Appendix I Appendix J Appendix K
October 14, 2010 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. DEQ, NWR office 2020 SW 4th Avenue, 4th floor Room A/B Portland Meeting Recording (mp3) Part 1	Agenda Comparable Economic Analyses Report Agenda Item C: Regulated Parties for Gasoline, Diesel, and Biofuels Follow up LCFS Alternative fuel Infrastructure Costs JFA Basic Inputs Memo Alternative Vehicle Incremental Costs	Presentations Agenda Item A: Preliminary Oregon LCFS Economic Impacts Agenda Item B: High Carbon Intensity Crude Oils Agenda Item C: Regulated Parties for Gasoline, Diesel, Biofuels Compliance Scenarios Description Biofuels used in Compliance Scenarios Light-Duty Vehicle Populations used in Compliance Scenarios
October 7, 2010 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. DEQ Headquarters 811 SW 6th Avenue 10th Floor, Room EQC A Portland Meeting Recording (mp3) Part 1	Agenda Agenda Item A: meeting notes Agenda Item B: Buying and Selling Credits Agenda Item C: Effect of the Sunset Agenda Item D: Indirect Land Use Change Comparative Analysis	Presentations Agenda Item B: Buying and Selling Credits Agenda Item C: Effect of Sunset Agenda Item D: ILUC Presentation Agenda Item E: Indirect Land Use Changes
August 10, 2010 8:30 AM to 12:30 PM DEQ, NWR office 2020 SW 4th Avenue, 4th floor Room A/B Portland Meeting Recording (mp3) Part 1	Agenda	Presentations Agenda Item A: Economic Impact Agenda Item C: Compliance Scenario Analysis
August 5, 2010 1 PM to 5 PM DEQ, NWR office 2020 SW 4th Avenue, 4th floor Room A/B Portland Meeting Recording (mp3) Part 1	Agenda Agenda Item A: June 23rd Meeting Notes Agenda Item B: Draft, Fuel Supply Deferrals Agenda Item C: Low Carbon Fuel Standard Deferrals Agenda Item D: Flexible Implementation Approaches to Minimize Compliance Cost Agenda Item E: Indirect Land Use Change and Other Indirect Effects	Presentations Agenda Items B and C: Low Carbon Fuel Standard Deferrals Agenda Item D: Low Carbon Fuel Standard Flexible Implementation approaches Agenda Item E: Indirect land use change and other indirect effects
July 7, 2010 1:30 PM to 4:30 PM DEQ, Headquarters Meeting Recording (mp3) Part 1	Agenda	Oregon LCFS Compliance Scenario Analysis
June 23, 2010 9:00 AM to 1:30 PM DEQ, Headquarters Meeting Recording (mp3) Part 1	Agenda Agenda Item A: May 20 meeting notes Agenda Item B: Discussion Memo: Use of 2022 as horizon year for LCFS Analysis Agenda Item C: Setting the Baseline Standard: Updated Agenda Item E: Economic Analysis Sectors Memo REMI sectors Agenda Item F: Re-visit Exemptions	Presentations Timeline Agenda Item C: Presentation Agenda Item D: Presentation Agenda Item E: Oregon Carbon Intensity Numbers Agenda Item F: Presentation
May 20, 2010 9:00 AM to 12:15 PM DEQ, Headquarters Meeting Recording (mp3) Part 1	Agenda Agenda Item A: Feb. 24 meeting notes April 15 meeting notes Agenda item B: Updates and Reviews of LCFS Rule Agenda item C: Establishing New Fuel Pathways Agenda Item D: Electricity Issues	Presentations Timeline Updates and Future Review of Rule Establishing New Fuel Pathways and Sub-pathways Electricity as Transportation Fuel Handouts Policy issues status (updated 6/1/10)
April 15, 2010 9:00 AM to 4:30 PM DEQ, Headquarters Meeting Recording (mp3) Part 1	Agenda Agenda Item B1: Fuels Assessment Agenda Item B2: Biomass Assessment	Presentations Agenda Item B: Fuels and Biomass Assessment Agenda Item C: Cellulosic and Advanced Biofuels Presentation - Mike Cleary, NREL Presentation - Lester Wyborny, U.S. EPA Agenda Item D: Electricity as Transportation Fuel Presentation - Art James, ODOT Presentation - Dave Nordberg, DEQ Presentation - George Beard, PSU Agenda Item E: Todd Campbell, Clean Energy Fuels
February 24, 2010 9:00 AM to 4:30 PM DEQ, Headquarters Meeting Recording (mp3) Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 Part 4	Agenda Agenda Item A: Jan. 27 meeting notes (no changes) Agenda Item F: Regulated/Opt-In Parties Agenda Item G: Reporting Follow Up East Coast/Mid-Atlantic compliance scenarios: Section 3.1 and 3.2 of report on "Introducing a Low Carbon Fuel Standard in the Northeast" (2.3MB) California compliance scenarios Section VI, Volume 1, Staff Report: Initial Statement of Reasons Supporting documentation, Appendix E, Volume 2 Appendices	Presentations Agenda Item C: LCFS Example Compliance Scenario Agenda Item E: Washington State Low Carbon Fuel Standard valuation Agenda Item F: LCFS Regulated or Opt-In Party Update on Federal RFS2 Rules Preliminary WSPA Comments Regarding the Oregon LCFS (Gina Grey, WSPA Jim Lyons, Sierra Research, Inc.) Low Carbon Fuel Standard Reporting
January 27, 2010 9:00 AM to 4:30 PM DEQ, Headquarters Meeting Recording (mp3) Part 1 Part 2	Agenda Agenda Item A: Dec 3rd revised meeting notes Agenda Item B: Low Carbon Fuel Credits and Deficits Agenda Item C: Setting the Baseline Standard Agenda Item D: Phase-in of LCFS Compliance Schedule Agenda Item E: New Fuel Pathways Supporting Information Supporting Documentation for Calculating Credits and Deficits	Presentations Agenda Item B: Credits and Deficits Agenda Item C: Setting the Baseline Agenda Item D: Phase-in of LCFS Compliance Agenda Item E: New Fuel Pathways Agenda Item F: Regulated and Opt-In Parties
December 3, 2009 9:00 AM to 4:30 PM DEQ, Headquarters Meeting Recording (mp3) Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 Part 4 December 3rd Revised Meeting Notes	Agenda Agenda Item A: Nov 3rd meeting notes(reflects changes made 12/3) Agenda Item C: Proposal: Economic Analysis Methodology Agenda Item D: Covered Fuels and Regulated/Opt-In Parties Agenda Item E: Exemptions Agenda Item F: Consumer Cost Safety Net (addresses price of gasoline and diesel) Supporting Information Detailed Methodology and Data for Consumer Cost Safety Net	Presentations Agenda Item B: Oregon's Approach to Lifecycle Analysis Agenda Item C: Proposal: Economic Analysis Methodology Agenda Item D: Covered Fuels and Regulated/Opt-In Parties Agenda Item E: Exemptions Agenda Item F: Consumer Cost Safety Net (addresses price of gasoline and diesel)
November 3, 2009 9:00 AM to 4:30 PM DEQ, Headquarters Meeting Recording (mp3) Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 Part 4 Nov 3rd Revised Meeting Notes	Agenda Agenda Item A: Draft Operating Principles Agenda Item B: HB 2186 (annotated) Agenda Item C: Rulemaking Process and Policy Issues Background LCFS in other areas Low Carbon Fuel Standards article by Sperling and Yeh Follow Up Greenhouse gas emissions from transportation fuels Revised policy issues list	Presentations Agenda Item B: Climate Change Efforts in Oregon and the Low Carbon Fuel Standard (Andrew Ginsburg, DEQ) Agenda Item C: Rulemaking Process Schedule (Sue Langston, DEQ) California's LCFS (Dean Simeroth, California Air Resources Board) Overview of Oregon's Fuel Mix (Rick Wallace, Oregon Department of Energy) Handouts ASTM Standards for Fuel (Clark Cooney, Oregon Department of Agriculture) Definitions of EIA Distillate Categories and Fuel Contained in the Distillate Grouping (Rick Wallace, Oregon Department of Energy)

Contact Information

For more information about DEQ's efforts to develop a low carbon fuel standard, contact Cory-Ann Wind, Air Quality Planner at 503-229-5388 or via e-mail