Commenting on the DEQ Climate Protection Program (CPP) Draft Rules

Quick Comment Tips

DEQ will only consider comments on the proposed rules that DEQ receives by 4 p.m. on October 25, 2021.

e-mail: GHGCR2021@deq.state.or.us

snail mail: Office of Greenhouse Gas Programs, DEQ, 700 NE Multnomah Street, Suite 600, Portland, OR 97232-4100

 

Submission Subject line: Rulemaking Comment: Please strengthen draft Climate Protection Program rules

Recipient’s Name: Dept. of Environmental Quality Office of Greenhouse Gas Programs

 Part I – Introduce yourself

First name, last name

Identify that you are a rural Oregonian (Unless you live in one of the bigger cities like Portland, Eugene, Salem)

Explain why you are concerned about climate change. (Ideas: parent, grandparent, young person who will have to live with this mess, asthma is affected by the smoke, see the consequences like fire, hurricanes, etc., IPCC report – Warning: Code Red, other that applies to you.)

 Part 2 – Acknowledge something Good

Express that you appreciate the time and hard work of all involved. (Ideas: thanks for requiring fossil gas companies to reduce their climate pollution, developing a Community Climate Investment fund, or something else you choose.)

Part 3 – Improvements needed

Please re-write in your own words that you are requesting that all of the following improvements be made in the draft rules for the Climate Protection Program:

  1. Follow the science, which tells us we must cut our climate pollution by 50% by 2030.
  2. Don’t give any polluters a free pass; hold large industrial sources accountable to mandatory declining emissions reductions.
  3. Invest in projects that result in real, verifiable pollution reductions that benefit Oregonians most harmed by fossil fuels and climate change.

Part 4 – Closing

First name, last name

City (or county), Zip code

EMAIL YOUR COMMENTS TO DEQ: GHGCR2021@deq.state.or.us

Include: “Rulemaking Comment: Please strengthen draft Climate Protection Program rules” in your subject line

Recipient: Dept. of Environmental Quality Office of Greenhouse Gas Programs