Passed in August 2023, Oregon’s HB 3409 Section 30 directs the College of Forestry at Oregon State University to develop methods and data to establish clean fuels pathways for low carbon fuels derived from woody biomass, with a particular focus on wood slash piles that would otherwise be burned.
HB 3409 Section 31 revised ORS 530.050 to authorize the State Forester to establish a woody biomass conversion program to market woody biomass conversion offtakes; offtakes refer to the energy available after biomass has been converted feedstock to energy. To establish such a program, the bill allows the State Forester to enter into contracts or agreements to create opportunities for woody biomass conversion offtakes, and to sell or purchase offtakes for at least fair market value.