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.
(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.
(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.