ORS 469.626: Rulemaking authority.

The Land Conservation and Development Commission may exercise its rulemaking authority under ORS 197.040 to support the state policies described in ORS 469.623. [2024 c.31 §9] Sec. 3. Offshore Wind Roadmap; standards; outreach; rules. (1) The Department of Land Conservation and Development shall develop an Offshore Wind Roadmap that defines standards to be considered in the processes related to offshore wind energy development and approval. The standards defined in the Offshore Wind Roadmap must support: (a) Effective stakeholder engagement; (b) Local and regional coastal communities; (c) The creation of economic opportunities and sustainment of existing local and regional economies; (d) The creation of an offshore wind energy workforce that is local, trained, housed and equitable; (e) Protection of tribal cultural and archaeological resources, culturally significant viewsheds and other interests of Indian tribes; (f) Protection of the environment and marine species; and (g) Achievement of state energy and climate policy objectives, including energy resource diversity, reliability and resilience of state and regional energy systems. (2) The department shall conduct outreach and engagement with state agencies, local governments and affected communities to support development of the Offshore Wind Roadmap. (3) The department may solicit and accept gifts, grants, donations and other moneys from public and private sources for the purpose of covering the costs of carrying out the provisions of this section. Moneys received as provided in this subsection are continuously appropriated to the department for carrying out the provisions of this section. (4) The Land Conservation and Development Commission may adopt rules as necessary to carry out the provisions of this section. [2024 c.31 §3] Sec. 4. Assessment of state enforceable policies; rules. (1) The Department of Land Conservation and Development shall conduct an assessment of the state enforceable policies that may be used in the federal consistency review of offshore wind energy leasing decisions and any other actions related to offshore wind energy development off of the Oregon coast. (2) The assessment must focus on the adequacy of existing enforceable policies and agency capacity to address reasonably foreseeable effects to state coastal uses and resources that would result from offshore wind energy development. (3) The Land Conservation and Development Commission may adopt rules as necessary to carry out the provisions of this section. [2024 c.31 §4] Sec. 5. The Department of Land Conservation and Development shall draft a report that summarizes the department’s activities in carrying out sections 3 and 4, chapter 31, Oregon Laws 2024. The department shall submit the report in the manner provided by ORS 192.245, and may include recommendations for legislation, administrative policy and budget, to the interim committees of the Legislative Assembly related to marine renewable energy and coastal resources no later than January 1, 2027. [2024 c.31 §5; 2025 c.515 §1] Sec. 6. Section 5, chapter 31, Oregon Laws 2024, as amended by section 1 of this 2025 Act, is repealed on January 2, 2027. [2024 c.31 §6; 2025 c.515 §2]