To be eligible for the tax credit under ORS 315.141, the biomass must be produced or collected in Oregon as a feedstock for bioenergy or biofuel production in Oregon. The credit rates for biomass are:
(1) For oil seed crops, $0.05 per pound.
(2) For grain crops, including but not limited to wheat, barley and triticale, $0.90 per bushel.
(3) For virgin oil or alcohol delivered for production in Oregon from Oregon-based feedstock, $0.10 per gallon.
(4) For used cooking oil or waste grease, $0.10 per gallon.
(5) For wastewater biosolids, $10.00 per wet ton.
(6) For woody biomass collected from nursery, orchard, agricultural, forest or rangeland property in Oregon, including but not limited to prunings, thinning, plantation rotations, log landing or slash resulting from harvest or forest health stewardship, $10.00 per green ton.
(7) For grass, wheat, straw or other vegetative biomass from agricultural crops, $10.00 per green ton.
(8) For yard debris and municipally generated food waste, $5.00 per wet ton.
(9) For animal manure or rendering offal, $5.00 per wet ton. [2007 c.739 §5]
Note: Section 6, chapter 739, Oregon Laws 2007, provides:
Sec. 6. (1) Sections 2 [315.141], 3 [315.144] and 5 [469.790], chapter 739, Oregon Laws 2007, apply to tax credits for tax years beginning on or after January 1, 2007, and before January 1, 2013.
(2) Notwithstanding subsection (1) of this section, a tax credit is not allowed for wheat grain (other than nongrain wheat material) before tax years beginning on or after January 1, 2009, or on or after January 1, 2013. [2007 c.739 §6; 2007 c.590 §5]
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