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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 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 ...
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 ...
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. Oregon DEQ adjusts timeline for cleanup of ...
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.
A map of superfund sites in Oregon. This is a list of federal Superfund sites on the National Priorities List (NPL) in Oregon designated under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA) environmental law. There are other federal Superfund sites in Oregon not on the NPL, which are shorter-term, cleanup sites.
The Oregon Department of Environmental Quality has fined Reworld Marion $22,800 for multiple violations of its air pollution permit.
This article lists subnational environmental agencies in the United States, by state.Agencies that are responsible for state-level regulating, monitoring, managing, and protecting environmental and public health concerns.