Local Projects and Programs

DEQ's Eastern Region is continuously engaged in a wide variety of local projects.  We work in conjunction with local government, community volunteers and other organizations to solve environmental problems.  Listed below are just a few of those projects.

 

News Releases:

• **NEW**  Ash Grove Cement Company Advisory Committee to Discuss EPA's Proposed Amendments to Emissions Standards Aug. 6 in Portland Aug. 4, 2009

• **NEW**  E-Waste Recycling Event Set for Saturday, Aug. 8 in Lakeview  Aug. 3, 2009

• DEQ Seeks Comments on Proposed Consent Judgment for Alkali Lake Facility  July 30, 2009

• DEQ Proposes Revision to Wastewater Discharge Limit for Union Pacific Railroad Tie Treatment Facility in The Dalles  July 27, 2009

• Air Pollution Advisory:  Pollution Levels Rising  July 27, 2009

• E-Waste Recycling Event Set for Saturday, Aug. 1 in Hood River  July 27, 2009

• E-Waste Recycling Event Set for Sunday, Aug. 2 in Moro  July 27, 2009

• E-Waste Recycling Event Set for Saturday, Aug. 1 in John Day  July 26, 2009

• Air Health Advisory for Eastern Oregon:  Pollution Levels Could Rise  July 24, 2009

• Hazardous Waste Classes Offered to Klamath Falls Area Businesses  July 16, 2009

• DEQ Receives $44.3 Million in Federal Stimulus Funds for Oregon Water Quality Improvement Projects  July 13, 2009

• Hazardous Waste Classes Offered for Bend-Area Businesses  July 13, 2009

• Oil Spill Cleanup From I-84 Tanker Truck Accident Continues  July 9, 2009

Air Quality

• DEQ Bend Office Air Permitting Expert (Mark Fisher) Honored  Jan. 12, 2009

Hot Topics:

• PGE Boardman Coal-Fired Power Plant - The 2008 Regional Haze Plan and New Emission Controls

• Ash Grove Cement Company, Durkee, Oregon

  • Mutual Agreement and Order (MAO) Mercury Emissions Reduction Agreement -  July 17, 2008

• Reklaim Technologies, Inc. Fact Sheet, Tire Processing and Reclamation Facility - Boardman, OR  10/08

Specific Areas:

• The Dalles, AmeriTies West, Tie Treatment Plant
• Columbia Gorge, Oregon, Washington Agencies Work to Protect, Improve Columbia Gorge Air Quality
• Klamath Falls, Maintenance Plan
• La Grande, La Grande Air Quality Plan
• Lakeview, Lakeview Air Quality Plan
• Lower Bridge, Terrebonne, Diatomaceous Earth Mining - non operational

    Maintenance and Nonattainment Areas in Oregon

DEQ Air Quality Resources:

• Open Burning Special Letter Permit Application
• Open Burning, Restrictions, Alternatives, Report Illegal Burning, and more.
• S. Oregon Meteorological Presentation - November 4, 2008  PDF 2MB
• Air Quality Annual Report and Data Summaries
• The Air Quality Index, Oregon AQI
• State Air Toxics Program
• Asbestos Program
• Residential Burn Barrels, Fact Sheet:  Burning Household Waste
• Burning and Smoke Information
• DEQ's Business Assistance Program
• Education and outreach
• Wildfire Rating, Wildfire Air quality health Rating

Related Links:

• Jefferson County Smoke Management Program
• Union County Smoke Management
• What You Can Do to Clean the Air, US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)

LAND QUALITY

Individual Clean Up Sites in Eastern Region

County	City	Project Name	Project Manager	ECSI#
Baker	Bourne	Golconda Mine	David Anderson	2472
Deschutes	Sisters	Village at Cold Springs	Cliff Walkey	4318
Harney	Burns	Former Burns Air Force Radar Station	David Anderson	1703
Harney	Frenchglen	Frenchglen Mercantile	David Anderson	2453
Hood River	Hood River	Nichols Boat Works	David Anderson	2553
Hood River	Hood River	UPRR Wyeth Site	Bob Schwarz	2153
Jefferson	Ashwood	Horse Heaven Mine	Cliff Walkey	2461
Klamath	Klamath Falls	Burlington Northern and Santa Fe Railroad Midland Market 2	Cliff Walkey	1732
Klamath	Klamath Falls	Fashion Cleaners	David Anderson	1004
Klamath	Keno	Keno Area Groundwater Contamination	David Anderson	2028
Klamath	Klamath Falls	North Ridge Estates	Cliff Walkey	2335
Klamath	Klamath Falls	Oregon Air National Guard - Kingsley Field	Cliff Walkey	4550 4547 4551
Klamath	Klamath Falls	UPRR Klamath Falls Yard	Cliff Walkey	297
Lake	Christmas Valley	Alkali Lake	Bob Schwarz	291
Lake	Christmas Valley	Christmas Valley Airport Enhancement Project	Katie Robertson	3004
Linn	Sweet Home	Ridgeway Logging	David Anderson	1649
Malheur	McDermitt	Bretz Mine	David Anderson	2493
Malheur	McDermitt	Opalite Mine	David Anderson	2491
Wasco	Rowena	UPRR Rowena	Bob Schwarz	4065

 

State Wide Cleanup Sites with Individual Web Pages

List of sites in the Environmental Cleanup Program with their own web pages.  DEQ creates these pages for certain sites that may have significant public interest, or for which a multimedia format is the best way to convey site information.

Other Land Quality Projects:

• Chemical Waste Management of the Northwest
• Kingsley Air National Guard, Formerly Used Defense Site (Sites 2, 4, 7, 8) Record of Decision PDF.  Project Evaluation Report Figures 36MB PDF and Tables PDF
• Lockheed Martin - The Dalles Hazardous Waste Post-Closure Facility
• Mine Scarred Lands Brownfield Pilot Study
• Ontario Areawide Groundwater  -  en Español
  • Chevron Station (former), ECSI# 526 (Katie Robertson)
  • Farmer's Supply Co-op, LUST (Katie Robertson)
  • City Cleaners (former), ECSI# 2804 (David Anderson)
• Perchlorate Sites in ER
• **NEW**  Prineville Wellhead Protection Pilot (David Anderson)
• Sumpter Valley Dredge Tailings
• UPRR Tie Treating Plant Site, ECSI# 54, (Cliff Walkey)

Eastern Region Hazardous Waste and Emergency Response Program:

• Annual Report, 2007

• Annual Report, 2005 - 2006

• Annual Report, July 2004 - June 2005

• Annual Report, July 2003 - June 2004

 

SOLID WASTE

• Reklaim Technologies, Inc. Fact Sheet, Tire Processing and Reclamation Facility - Boardman, OR  10/08

 

WATER QUALITY

• Klamath TMDL

• Perchlorate Sites in ER

• Willow Creek Subbasin:  Water Quality Objectives for Temperature, pH and Bacteria PDF

UMATILLA CHEMICAL DEPOT

• Umatilla Chemical Depot (UMCD)

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