OAR 340-242-0070: Employee Commute Options Program: What are the Major Requirements of ECO?

To comply with ECO, employers must: (1) Conduct a baseline survey of employees to establish a baseline auto trip rate (or provide documentation of the current auto trip rate that is at least as accurate as a survey would provide); (2) Calculate a target auto trip rate by reducing the baseline auto trip rate by 10 percent; (3) Submit a registration form as supplied by the Department; (4) Design and implement a trip reduction strategy that has the potential to achieve the target auto trip rate by the target compliance deadline and the potential to maintain the target auto trip rate; (5) Either: (a) Prepare and implement an auto trip reduction plan for each work site and submit the plan to the Department for approval; or NOTE: Enforcement will be based upon implementing the approved plan, see OAR 340-242-0110. (b) Provide written notice to the Department of participation in an equivalent commute trip reduction program. NOTE: Enforcement will be based on good faith effort, see OAR 340-242-0180 and special requirements in OAR 340-242-0110. (6) Survey employees every two years, report survey findings to the Department; and (7) Continue to implement strategies to achieve or maintain the target auto trip rate.