OAR 340-259-0025: Determining the Cost Effectiveness Threshold for a Repower or Retrofit

(1) Except as adjusted under section (2) of this rule, the cost effectiveness threshold is $250,000 per ton of diesel particulate matter reduced for the calendar year 2008 and thereafter. (2) On an annual basis, the Department may calculate an adjustment of the Cost Effectiveness Threshold amount specified in section (1) of this rule based upon the increase or decrease (if any) from August of the preceding year to August of the year in which the calculation is made in the U.S. City Average Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers for All Items as prepared by the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the United States Department of Labor or its successor.