For the purposes of these OAR 734, Division 23 rules, the definitions in ORS 184.879 and the following terms apply:
- (1) “Applicant” means a “bidder” or “proposer,” as those terms are defined in ORS 279A.010, that applies for funds from the Environmental Product Declaration Support Fund.
(2) “Covered materials" means:
- (a) Concrete, including ready mix concrete, shotcrete, precast concrete and concrete masonry units;
- (b) Asphalt paving mixtures; and
- (c) Steel, including rebar, reinforcing steel and structural steel, hot-rolled sections, hollow sections, plate steel and cold-formed steel.
- (3) “Department” means the Oregon Department of Transportation.
- (4) “Director” means the Director of the Oregon Department of Transportation or the Director’s designee.
- (5) “Environmental product declaration” has the meaning given in ORS 184.879.
- (6) “Material supplier” means a company that produces or supplies a covered material to the Department.
- (7) “Program” means the Environmental Product Declaration Support Fund Program established by these OAR 734, Division 23, rules to administer the Environmental Product Declaration Support Fund.
- (8) “Program funds” means the money appropriated by the Legislature to the Environmental Product Declaration Support Fund.
- (9) “Recipient” means an applicant that is awarded grant funds by the Department from the Environmental Product Declaration Support Fund.
Statutory/Other Authority
ORS 184.619 & 184.879
Statutes/Other Implemented
ORS 184.879
History
DOD 4-2024, adopt filed 12/05/2024, effective 12/05/2024