Guidance, Policies and Reports

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Air Quality

General

• 2010 Oregon Annual Ambient Air Monitoring Network Plan
• Air Monitoring Reports
• Air Quality Annual Report and Data Summaries
• Asbestos System Projects Report
• Ash Grove Mercury Reduction Advisory Committee's Report, December 21, 2007
• Columbia River Gorge Air Study and Strategy
• Governors Vehicle Emissions Workgroup Report, November 2005
• Oregon Low Carbon Fuel Standards: Advisory Committee Process and Program Design
• Source Testing Guidance and Documents

Air Toxics

• Air Toxics Advisory Committee Final Report
• Portland Air Toxics Solutions Report and Recommendations 2012
• Portland Air Toxics 2005 Modeling Improvements Documentation
• Portland Air Toxics Solutions 2005 Emissions Inventory Summary for Area Sources
• Portland Air Toxics Solutions 2005 Emissions Inventory Summary for Nonroad and On-road
• Portland Air Toxics Solutions 2005 Emissions Inventory Summary for Permitted Industrial Sources

Land Quality

Cleanup]  [Composting]  [Hazardous Waste]  [HazWaste.net]
[Household Hazardous Waste]  [Public Review]  [Solid Waste]  [Tanks]

General

• Mercury Reduction Strategy
• Oregon Integrated Contingency Plan
  • Template
• Protect Yourself From Mercury!

Electronics

• Don't Toss That TV! What to Do With Your Old TV Set
• Oregon E-Cycles Biennial Report
  • Executive Summary
• Questions and Answers: Disposal Ban for Computers, Monitors and Televisions

Environmental Cleanup

Reports and Other Documents

General Publications

• Annual Environmental Cleanup Report
• Oil Spill Planning Annual Report
• Invoicing for Cleanup Program Costs
• Development of Oregon Background Metals Concentrations in Soil

Guidance Documents and Policy Statements

Guidance documents provide technical information to assist with specific aspects of stages of environmental cleanup activities. Policy statements clarify provisions of Oregon's environmental cleanup statute and rules. These documents are advisory only and are intended to assist DEQ staff, responsible parties, consultants and others implementing cleanup projects.

Site Investigation

• Cleanup Program Quality Assurance Policy
• Groundwater Monitoring Well Drilling, Construction and Decommissioning
• Guidance for Assessing and Remediating Vapor Intrusion in Buildings
• Guidance for Conducting Beneficial Water Use Determinations at Cleanup Sites
• Guidance for Conducting Feasibility Studies
• Guidance for Evaluating Residual Pesticides on Lands Formerly Used for Agricultural Production
• Guidance for Evaluating the Stormwater Pathway at Upland Sites
• Guidance for Identification of Hot Spots
• Guidance for Protecting Cultural Resources during Cleanup Work
• Listing and Delisting Criteria
• Quality Assurance Project Plan for EPA PA/SI Investigations
• Quality Assurance Project Plan for Brownfield Investigations
• Quality Assurance Project Plan for Underground Storage Tanks
• Risk-Based Decision Making for the Remediation of Petroleum-Contaminated Sites
• Soil Sampling Requirements for VOCs in Land Quality Programs
  • Clarification of Soil Sampling Requirements for VOCs Policy

Risk Assessment

• Guidance for Assessing Bioaccumulative Chemicals of Concern in Sediment
• Guidance for Conducting Human Health Risk Assessments (Deterministic and Probabilistic)
• Guidance for Ecological Risk Assessment
• Toxicity Equivalency Factors Policy Statement

Cleanup Remedies

• Alternative Water Supply Policy Statement
• Description of "Permit Waiver" Provisions
• Generic Remedies for Soils Contaminated with PCBs
• Guidance for Consideration of Land Use in Environmental Remedial Actions
• Guidance for Managing Hazardous Substance Air Discharges From Remedial Systems
• Guidance for Use of Institutional Controls
• Risk-Based Decision Making for the Remediation of Petroleum-Contaminated Sites

Liability and Defenses to Liability

• Off-Site Contaminant Migration Policy
• Prospective Purchaser Program Guidance

Public Review Draft Guidance and Policy Documents

Nothing to review at this time.

Document Templates

Document templates outline appropriate content/format for specific document types such as preliminary assessments and feasibility studies.

• Expanded Preliminary Assessment Sampling Plan
• Expanded Preliminary Assessment Report
• Independent Cleanup Pathway Final Report Outline
• Recommended format and content for a Remedial Investigation and Feasibility Study Scope of Work
  When a party conducts a Remedial Investigation and Feasibility Study under a Consent Order with the Department of Environmental Quality, the Consent Order will include an RI/FS Scope of Work. The SOW describes the elements and work that must be included in the RI/FS. The Consent Order and the SOW are tailored to the specific site for which they are to be used, through discussions with the performing party. However, there are two "boilerplate" versions (short and long) that DEQ staff may use as a starting point for developing a site-specific document. DEQ staff determines which boilerplate SOW is appropriate for use at a particular site based on the complexity or history of the site or other circumstances.

Note: The site-specific document as finally developed may be different than either of the "boilerplate" versions. Also, the requirements for an RI/FS are specified in DEQ's rules and guidance and will apply to the RI/FS regardless of which version of the SOW is used.

• Boilerplate Short Form
• Boilerplate Long Form

• Screening and Preliminary Assessment

Hazardous Waste

Hazardous Waste Guides and Other Documents

• Oregon Integrated Contingency Plan
  • Template DOCX
• Radiator Shop Handbook
• Small Quantity Hazardous Waste Generator Checklist
• Small Quantity Hazardous Waste Generator Handbook
• Technical Assistance Brochure

Hazardous Waste Reporting (HazWaste.net)

• Annual Hazardous Waste Report Source Code Group
• Frequently Asked Hazardous Waste Reporting Questions
• General Instructions for DEQ's Hazardous Waste Reporting System
• Generation and Management
  • Generation and Management Form File Formats
  • Instructions for filling out the Waste Generation and Management Form
• Hazardous Waste Annual Reporting Form Codes
• Hazardous Waste Definitions
• Hazardous Waste Management Codes
• HazWaste.net Training Manual
• Oregon Hazardous Waste Codes

Toxics Use/Waste Reduction Assistance Program

General Toxics Use/Waste Reduction Documents

• Toxics Use and Hazardous Waste Reduction Act Questions and Answers
• Comparison of Old and New Toxics Use and Hazardous Waste Reduction Program

Toxics Use and Hazardous Waste Reduction Plans

• Toxics Use Reduction and Hazardous Waste Reduction Plan Template DOC
• Notice of Plan Completion
• Top 10 Elements in an Environmental Management System
• Notice of EMS Completion

Toxics Use Reduction and Hazardous Waste Implementation Summaries

• Toxics Use and Hazardous Waste Reduction Reporting: Implementation Summary Questions and Answers
• TUHWR Reporting: Implementation Summary Examples
• Implementation Summary Guide Sheet

Solid Waste

Reports and Guidance Documents

General

• Coloring Books
  • Reduce
  • Reuse
  • Recycle
• Conversion Technology Rulemaking
• Governor's Advisory Group on Global Warming
• Reports to the Legislature
• Rethinking Recycling: An Oregon Waste Reduction Curriculum

Compost

• A User's Guide to Compost
• Basic Composting Brochure (English)
• Basic Composting Brochure (Spanish)
• Commercial Food Waste Composting Food Study Project Report
• Clopyralid Study: Laboratory Results Phase I, Phase II and Follow-up Testing
• Clopyralid Study Final Report
• DOW Sensitive and Non-sensitive Plant List
• Evaluation of Climate, Energy, and Soils Impacts of Selected Food Discards Management Systems Report
• Notice of Clopyralid Restriction Postcard
• Pesticide Products Registered for Lawn Care in 2002
  
• Rulemaking (Compost Facility) Information
• Survey of Home Compost Bins Recipients in LaGrande

Disposal

• 2009/10 Waste Composition Study
• 2005/06 Waste Composition Study
• 2002 Waste Characterization and Composition
• Animal Mortality
• Developing Concentration Limits at Permitted Solid Waste Facilities
  • Attachment 1: Tables
  • Groundwater Monitoring Statistics (US EPA Web site)
    Statistical Analysis of Groundwater Monitoring Data at RCRA Facilities - Unified Guidance
• Disposal Status Report, 2011/2012
• Disposal Status Report, 2009/2010
• Questions and Answers: Disposal Ban for Computers, Monitors and Televisions
• Solid Waste Landfill Guidance Document
• Internal Management Directive: Landfill Post-Closure Care

Green Building - A Life Cycle Approach to Prioritizing Methods of Preventing Waste from the Residential Construction Sector in the State of Oregon

Final Report (Phase 2)

• Executive Summary only 
• Report only
• Appendices (3-14)
• Appendix 17 
• Key findings from the Phase 2 study

Phase 1 Report

• Report only 
• Appendix 2: Report Cards only
• Appendices (7-16) only

Household Hazardous Waste

• HHW Report, 2010-2011
  This document provides an overview of activities related to household hazardous waste in Oregon during 2010 and 2011, including collections, product stewardship, and waste prevention. The report includes information about programs operated by DEQ, local governments and industry. Appendices include data on cost, participation, and quantities of wastes collected at DEQ-sponsored collection events and through DEQ's free mercury collection program, and an evaluation demonstrating that statewide collections of used paint and containers increased 49 percent from 2009 to 2011, the first full year of Oregon's paint product stewardship program.



• Hazardless Home Handbook (on Metro's Web site)
• HHW Collection Facility Design and Operation Guidance Document
• HHW Management Plan
  • Report Only (Without Appendices)
  • Appendix A
  • Appendix B
  • Appendix C
  • Appendix D
• HHW Priority Assessment Report
• HHW Survey
  This document is a complete report of a telephone survey of Oregon households conducted by the Portland State University Survey Research Lab in January 2008. It is available to download as a complete report (minus Appendix E) or downloadable in sections. Appendix E of the report is available by contacting David Allaway (503-229-5479).
  • Complete Report (minus Appendix E)
  • Report Only (without Appendices) 80 pages
  • Appendix A 6 pages
  • Appendix B 58 pages
  • Appendix C 63 pages
  • Appendix D 24 pages
• Natural Gardening - A Guide to Alternatives to Pesticides (located on Portland's Metro Web site)
• Protect Yourself from Mercury!
• What is Household Hazardous Waste?

Product Stewardship

• Recommendations for Product Stewardship in Oregon
  This report recommends that Oregon pursue product stewardship as one strategy to reduce the environmental and public health impacts of products. It also recommends eight key elements for product stewardship programs and policy in Oregon.
  • Appendix A. Oregon Product Stewardship Stakeholder Group Summary of Meetings. By Oregon DEQ, 2010.
  • Appendix B. Review of Product Stewardship Programs. By Kelly Panciera, Oregon DEQ, April 2010.
  • Appendix C. Product Stewardship and Producer Financing Approaches. By Scott Klag, Oregon Metro, April 2010.
  • Appendix D. Convenience Standards in Product Stewardship Programs, By Jan Whitworth, Oregon DEQ, April 2010.
  • Appendix E. Disposal Bans and Product Stewardship. By Jan Whitworth, Oregon DEQ, April 2010.
  • Appendix F. Swimming Upstream: Product Stewardship and Promise of Green Design. By David Stitzhal, MRP, Full Circle Environmental, Inc.; funded by Oregon Metro Resource and Recycling, May 2010.
  • Appendix G. Performance Measures in Product Stewardship Programs. By Jan Whitworth, Oregon DEQ, July 2010.
  • Appendix H. Selecting Products and/or Materials for Product Stewardship Programs. By Abby Boudouris, Oregon DEQ, July 2010

Rigid Plastic Containers

• Current Report:
  • Rigid Plastic Container 2007/2009 Recycling Report
    This report, issued December 30, 2008, offers the most recent data on rigid plastic container recycling in Oregon, and presents the determination that the aggregate recycling rate for rigid plastic containers for compliance purposes will be above 25% in 2009.
• Past reports and presentation:
  • Rigid Plastic Container 2006/2008 Recycling Report
    This report was issued December 31, 2007 and offered the most recent data on rigid plastic container recycling in Oregon, and presented the determination that the aggregate recycling rate for rigid plastic containers for compliance purposes would be above 25% in 2008.
  • Presentation January 8, 2008: Oregon Rigid Plastic Container Recycling 2006/2008
    This presentation included information on the 2008 recycling rate, recycling rate trends since the law became effective, disposal, and factors affecting future recycling rates for plastic containers.
  • Supplemental Report: Rigid Plastic Container 2005/2007 Recycling Report Supplement
    This supplement to the 2005/07 report, issued June 20, 2007, revises the determination made in the original Rigid Plastic Container 2005/2007 report based on new data and finds that rigid plastic containers will be recycled at above 25% in 2007.

Waste Prevention

• Life Cycle Assessment of Drinking Water Systems
• Life Cycle Inventory of Packaging Options for Shipment and Retail Mail-Order Soft Goods
• NW Materialsmart Evaluation Report [This link will take you outside the DEQ Web site.]
  In 2002, a coalition of governments and business associations undertook a promotion campaign to increase the use of material exchange services in Oregon.
• Packaging
  Case studies, best practices, and other materials are available for assistance in saving money through changes that reduce packaging waste and the environmental burdens of packaging.
• Packaging Waste Prevention Project Evaluation Report
  Evaluation of DEQ's and Metro's packaging waste prevention project for business users of packaging.
• Resource Efficiency Tool Kit
  • Community Tools (63 pages)
  • Participant Tools (109 pages)
• Waste Prevention Brochure
• Waste Prevention Brochure
• Waste Prevention Strategy

Waste Recovery

• Composition of Commingled Recyclables Before and After Processing
• Reduce, Reuse, Recycle Brochure (English)
• Reduce, Reuse, Recycle Brochure (Spanish)

Oregon Material Recovery and Waste Generation Rates Report

• 2013 Report
• Tables 1-9 only
• 2012 Report
  • Tables 1-9 only
• 2011 Report
  • Tables 1-9 only
• 2010 Report
  •  Tables 1-9 only
• 2009 Report: Tables 1-9 only
• 2008 Report: Tables 1-9 only

Oregon Material Recovery Survey Attachments

• Attachment A: Recovered Materials Definitions
• Attachment B: Measurement Standards and Reporting Guidelines
• Forms

Tanks

Heating Oil Tanks Program

• Contractor (Service Provider) Bulletins
  • February 2010
  • July 2009
  • May 2009
  • April 2009
  • February 2009
  • December 2008
  • March 2008
  • March 2007
  • November 2006
  • May 2006
  • December 2005
  • June 2005
  • March 2005
  • December 2004
• Developing Risk-Based Standards for Residential Heating Oil Tanks
• Generic Remedy Guidance Document
• Guidance for HOT Site Assessment and Cleanup
• HOT Decommissioning and Cleanup Guidance for Homeowners
• Licensed Service Providers
• Preparing a HOT Decommissioning Report or a HOT Soil Matrix Cleanup Report
• Quality Assurance Project Plan
• Realtor Bulletins
  • March 2007
  • November 2006
  • May 2006
• Requirements for Heating Oil Tanks No Longer In Use
• Factsheets
  • Frequently Asked Questions about HOTs for Homeowner, Buyers and Sellers
  • Frequently Asked Questions about HOTs for Decommissioning, Cleanup Cost and Service Providers
  • Proper Care and Maintenance for Unregulated Tank Systems
  • Service Provider License Renewal Applications
  • Petroleum Release Reporting Requirements

Underground Storage Tanks Program

Compliance

• Assessing Underground Storage Tanks for Earthquake Damage
• Guidance Pertaining to Replacement of Underground Piping
• How to Prepare for an UST Compliance Inspection
• Notification Requirements Summary for UST Decommissioning and Change in Service
• Overfill Protection - Loose Fill Metered Deliveries into USTs
• Soil Sampling Requirements for VOCs in Land Quality Programs
• Service Provider Updates
  • June 2005
  • March 2007
  • December 2009
• Service Provider UST Compliance Seminar Followup - June 2007
• Tank Calculator
  Calculate product volume by inputting tank dimensions and product level. Also, generate charts of volume vs. product depth for any tank.
• Tankline Bulletin
  • October 2015
  • July 2014
  • August 2012
  • December 2011
  • March 2011
  • December 2010
  • October 2010
  • June 2009
  • October 2008
  • March 2008
  • October 2007
  • February 2007
• Testing Secondary Containment and Piping During UST Installation
• UST Public Record
  • General Program Information for FFY 2016

Factsheets

• Underground Storage Tanks
  • A Guide to UST Notifications, Reporting, and Record Keeping
  • Biodiesel and Underground Storage Tanks Systems
  • Distributors' Responsibilities for Depositing Fuel into USTs
  • Documenting Compliance with Financial Responsibility
  • Fuel Ethanol and Underground Storage Tank Systems
  • Temporary Closure Requirements for UST Systems
• Leaking Underground Storage Tanks
  • Approval of Bioremediation Technologies
  • Approval Requirements for UST Cleanup Projects
  • Information About DEQ No Further Action Decisions
  • Petroleum-Contaminated Soils Handling Options
  • Petroleum-Contaminated Soils Policy for Reuse
  • Petroleum-Contaminated Soils Treatment Options
  • TPH Soil Testing at UST Sites

Cleanup Guidance

• Approval of Bioremediation Technologies
• Approval of a Combined BTEX+Naphthalene Analytical Method
• Calculating the One-Sided 90% Upper Confidence Limit of the Mean
• Groundwater Monitoring Well Drilling, Construction, and Decommissioning
• Guidance for Applying the Low-Impact Site Rule to UST Cleanup Sites
• Guidance for Assessing and Remediating Vapor Intrusion in Buildings
• Northwest Total Petroleum Hydrocarbon Analytical Methods
• On-Line Petroleum Release Reporting Guidance
• Permit Requirements for UST Cleanup Sites
• Petroleum-Contaminated Soils - Approved Oregon Disposal Sites List
• Petroleum-Contaminated Soils Handling Options
• Petroleum-Contaminated Soils Policy for Reuse
• Petroleum-Contaminated Soils Treatment Options
• Quality Assurance Project Plan
• Recovery Act Final Performance Report 2011
• Risk-Based Decision Making for the Remediation of Petroleum-Contaminated Sites
• Soil Sample Preservation for Volitile Organic Compounds
• Soil Sampling Requirements for VOCs in Land Quality Programs
• UST Cleanup Manual
• Voluntary Cost Recovery Agreement

EPA Documents and References

EPA Underground Storage Tank Website
General Information, Prevention and Cleanup Publications

Cleanup Documents

• Cleaning Up Releases
• Leaking Underground Storage Tank Corrective Action Resources
• Petroleum Vapor Intrusion Resources
• Integrated Risk Information System
• Modeling Subsurface Transport of Petroleum Hydrocarbons
• Soil Screening Guidance: User’s Guide
• Soil Screening Guidance: Technical Background Document
• Test Methods for Evaluating Solid Waste (SW-846)

Compliance Documents

• Meeting UST Requirements
• Preventing and Detecting Releases
• Alternate Fuels and USTs
• NWGLIDE List of Leak Detection Evaluations for Storage Tank Systems

Additional cleanup-related guidance documents that may be of use for UST cleanups can be found within the Land Quality's Environmental Cleanup Guidance section.



Water Quality

Best Management Practices

• The Disposal of Chlorinated Water
• The Disposal of Chlorinated Water From Swimming Pools and Hot Tubs
• Oregon Marinas
• Oregon Shipyards
• Washing Activities
• Washing Activities for Non-Profit Organizations

Groundwater Protection

• Estimation of Nitrogen Sources, Nitrogen Applied, and Nitrogen Leached to Groundwater in the Lower Umatilla Basin Groundwater Management Area - June 2011
• 2006 Groundwater Quality Report for the Deschutes Basin
• 2004 Groundwater Quality Report for the North Coast Basin
• 2004 Groundwater Quality Report for the Willamette Basin
• Southern Willamette Valley Groundwater Management Area Reports

Total Maximum Daily Loads

• Total Maximum Daily Loads: Implementation Plan Guidance

Water Quality Assessment

• Willamette Basin Rivers & Streams Assessment (2009)
• Oregon's 2004 Water Quality Assessment Section 305(b) Report
• Oregon's 2002 Water Quality Assessment Section 305(b) Report
• Oregon's 2000 Water Quality Assessment Section 305(b) Report
• Oregon's 1998 Water Quality Assessment Section 305(b) Report

WQ Rules: Division 052 - Review of Plans and Specifications



• Plan Review Guidelines

Intergovernmental Agreements

• Memorandum of Understanding between DEQ and the Bureau of Land Management - Meeting Water Quality Rules and Regulations - April 2011
• Memorandum of Understanding between DEQ and the Oregon Department of Transportation - February 2011
• Memorandum of Agreement between DEQ and Oregon Water Resources Department - Underground Injection Control Program - November 2010
• Operating Agreement between DEQ and the Environmental Protection Agency - Clean Water State Revolving Fund - September 2010
• Memorandum of Agreement between DEQ and the Environmental Protection Agency - NPDES Program - June 2010
• Memorandum of Understanding between the Environmental Quality Commission and the Oregon Department of Agriculture - Confined Animal Feeding Operations Program - December 2015

WQ Internal Management Directives

• Antidegradation Policy Implementation IMD - Mar. 2001
• Arsenic Reduction Policy in Surface Water Drinking Water Source Area - May 7, 2013
• Compliance Schedules in NPDES Permits



• Implementation of Methylmercury Criterion in NPDES Permits - Jan. 8
  • Transmittal Memo for Implementation fo Methylmercury Criterion
  • Methylmercury Minimization Plan Template
  • Methylmercury Minimization Plan Checklist
  
  
  
• Implementing Oregon's Biosolids Program IMD - Dec. 2005
• Indirect Discharge to Surface Water via Groundwater or Hyporheic Water - Sept. 2007
• Interim Procedure for Addressing Naturally Occurring Arsenic in NPDES Permits - Note: This document applies only to permits that reference it.



• Monitoring Background Groundwater Quality IMD for Regulating Permitted Operations under OAR 340-040-0030 - July 2003
• Nonpoint Source Compliance With the Protecting Cold Water Criterion of the Temperature Standard
• Operations, Monitoring and Management (OM&M) Plans for Land Application of Non-Sanitary Wastewater - Nov. 2002
• Oregon Bacterial Rule: Bacterial Criteria for Marine and Estuarine Waters
• Reasonable Potential Analysis for Toxic Pollutants IMD, Revision 3.1 - Feb. 2012
  
  
  • Transmittal Memo for Reasonable Potential Analysis IMD - Aug. 2011
  • RPA Calculation Workbook, Industrial, Revision 3.6
  • RPA Calculation Workbook, Domestic, Revision 3.8 NEW
  • RPA Calculation Workbook, Ammonia 2013, Revision 1.3 NEW
    Please contact Spencer Bohaboy for questions or to provide edits or feedback, 503-229-5415.
  
  
• Reasonable Potential Analysis for Toxic Pollutants, Revision 3.0 August 2011: Exceptional Analytic Methods, limits and Implementaion Guidelines
• Recycled Water IMD - June 2009
• Regulatory Mixing Zone IMD - May 2012
  
  
  • Part 1: Allocating Regulatory Mixing Zones
  • Part 2: Reviewing Mixing Zone Studies
• Transmittal Memo
  
  
• Site Specific Background Pollutant Criterion IMD (SSBPC) - June, 2012



• SSBPC IMD Transmittal Memo
• Please contact a Surface Water Management representative at 503.229.5415 to obtain the worksheets associated with the implementation of the criterion.
  
  
• Temperature Water Quality Standard Implementation IMD - Apr. 2008
• Use Attainability Analysis and Site Specific Criteria
• Use of Significant Figures and Rounding Conventions in Water Quality Permitting - Dec. 2013
  
  
  • Transmittal Memo
  
  
  
• Variances for NPDES Permit Holders - Feb. 2012
• Water Quality Trading IMD - Dec. 2009

Draft Internal Management Directives

• Substantial and Non-Substantial Pretreatment Program Modifications IMD - Draft Apr. 2005

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