The Oregon E-Cycles Program, a network of more than 250 collection sites and recycling facilities statewide that accepts unwanted computers, monitors and televisions from the public for free, collected and recycled more than 24 million pounds of materials in 2010 - a 27 percent gain over the program's first year.

DEQ posts public notices concerning new permit applications, permit renewals, water quality management plans and other environmental projects on our Public Notices page. Written comments are welcome for all of these projects.

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Now it's easier to file a pollution complaint for DEQ to investigate with our new online fillable form. Please use Adobe Reader 8 or higher when filling the form. To report a spill or environmental emergency, contact the Oregon Emergency Response System at 1-800-452-0311.

All Oregon Department of Environmental Quality offices and vehicle emissions testing stations will be closed Monday, July 4 in honor of Independence Day. All offices and stations will reopen as scheduled on Tuesday, July 5.

The Oregon Environmental Quality Commission today approved new water quality standards designed to reduce or prevent toxic pollutants in Oregon waterways and add health protections for people using state rivers and streams for fishing, drinking water and other purposes. The new state standards will go into effect pending U.S. Environmental Protection Agency approval.

DEQ now has many of its wastewater permits and water quality permit-related documents available to the public through an electronic repository. The new Wastewater Permit Document Search, allows people to search permit information for nearly 400 wastewater discharge permits categorized as National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System "individual" permits. These facilities - including municipal wastewater treatment plants and industrial dischargers such as pulp and paper mills and high-tech plants - must follow strict guidelines for treating and monitoring the wastewater they discharge, under authority of the federal Clean Water Act.

Information on about 50 Water Pollution Control Facilities permits is also available.

Oregon DEQ offices and vehicle inspection stations willl be closed on state furlough days in addition to state holidays. DEQ offices and vehicle inspection stations will be closed Monday, May 30, in observance of Memorial Day.

For notice of inclement weather closures, check the Office Locations and Hours page.

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