Oregon Code § 184.882·Enacted ·Last updated March 01, 2026
Statute Text
Technical advisory committee.
(1) The Department of Transportation shall establish a technical advisory
committee to assist the department with issues related to implementing the
program described in ORS 184.879.
(2) Members of
the technical advisory committee must include, but need not be limited to,
representatives from the Department of Transportation and the Department of
Environmental Quality, from construction firms engaged in transportation
construction and maintenance, from suppliers of covered materials, from
construction and material supplier industry associations, from workers in
construction or manufacturing industries, from environmental organizations and
from institutions of higher education.
(3) The technical
advisory committee shall:
(a) Recommend
quantities of covered materials below which the Department of Transportation
need not require an environmental product declaration.
(b) Advise the
department as needed to prepare the reports required under ORS 184.884.
(c) Advise and
guide the department concerning:
(A) The extent to
which environmental product declarations are available or are in development;
(B) Which of the
departments construction and maintenance activities are appropriate for
inclusion in the program described in ORS 184.879 (2);
(C) The time
within which a bidder or proposer must submit an environmental product
declaration and any related information;
(D) How to
properly analyze or interpret an environmental product declaration;
(E) The content
of and criteria for devising, adopting and implementing the strategies
described in ORS 184.879 (2)(a)(C);
(F) Potential
changes to the design or implementation of the program described in ORS 184.879
in light of technological advances and the need to maintain reasonable
competition for public contracts; and
(G) Other matters
the technical advisory committee deems necessary to achieve the goals of the
program.
(4) The technical
advisory committee may recommend to the department additional materials for
designation as covered materials.
(5) A majority of
the members of the technical advisory committee constitutes a quorum for the
transaction of business.
(6) The technical
advisory committee shall elect two of the members of the technical advisory
committee to serve as cochairpersons.
(7) The
department shall appoint a replacement for any vacancy on the technical
advisory committee. The replacement must become immediately effective upon
appointment.
(8) The technical
advisory committee must meet at least four times within each calendar year at
times and places specified by the call of the chairperson, of a majority of the
members of the technical advisory committee or of the Director of Transportation.
(9) The
department shall provide staff support to the technical advisory committee.
(10) Members of
the technical advisory committee are not entitled to compensation or
reimbursement for expenses and serve as volunteers on the technical advisory
committee. [2022 c.74 §2]