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The Oregon Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) is the chief regulatory agency of the government of the U.S. state of Oregon responsible for protecting and enhancing the state's natural resources and managing sanitary and toxic waste disposal. The agency employs approximately 700 scientists, engineers, technicians, administrators, and ...
The Oregon Audits Division completed the audit following a request from the Senate Republican Caucus in September 2022, after former DEQ Director Richard Whitman abruptly resigned.
On this list are the most polluted sites requiring a long-term response to clean up hazardous material contaminations. [1] The NPL guides EPA in "determining which sites warrant further investigation" for significant environmental remediation. [2] As of April 2010, there were thirteen Superfund sites on the National Priorities List in Oregon. [2]
DHS operates the Oregon State Public Health Laboratory (OSPHL), and the DEQ operates their Laboratory and Environmental Assessment Division at the site. The laboratories previously were located at Portland State University , moving to the new location near Cornelius Pass Road and the Sunset Highway (U.S. Route 26) in northeast Hillsboro in 2007.
The DEQ is delaying the timeline it previously provided for soil cleanup of the first seven homes contaminated by J.H. Baxter wood processing plant.
The Oregon Department of Environmental Quality has fined Reworld Marion $22,800 for multiple violations of its air pollution permit.
Alkali Lake Chemical Waste Dump is a hazardous waste disposal site near the southwest edge of Alkali Lake, a seasonally dry playa in Lake County, Oregon. It is in the Summer Lake watershed. [1] The site has been the focus of Oregon Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) efforts to remediate a complex mix of toxic chemicals. Problems were ...
Outstanding penalties against the owner of the now-shuttered west Eugene wood treatment plant now exceed $305,000.