PORTLAND, Ore. -- The Oregon Department of Environmental Quality is proposing new rules to require certain businesses to report greenhouse gas emissions.

The agency developed the proposed reporting requirements with help from an advisory committee representing a broad coalition of interest groups.

State regulators say that accurate data on greenhouse gas emissions is key to meeting the goals of the Western Climate Initiative led by Oregon Gov. Ted Kulongoski.

The Legislature put those goals into state law last year, including a 10 percent decrease in greenhouse gas emissions by 2020.

Public comments on the proposed rules are due by May 16th.