DEQ's mission is to be a leader in restoring, maintaining and enhancing the quality of Oregon's air, land and water.
DEQ: Army Corps should pay to clean Bonneville Dam toxins (KOIN)
Boardman Generating Station powers down permanently (East Oregonian)
Oregon wants companies to help pay for a new recycling system (OPB News)
Hazardous materials cleanup begins in southern Oregon after devastating wildfires (oregonlive.com)
Boise Cascade announces potential closure of Elgin plant (La Grande Observer)
The Oregon Department of Environmental Quality monitors air quality and issues advisories when wildfire smoke degrades air. DEQ also regulates land and water in the cleaning up and rebuilding that may follow a wildfire.
People across Oregon have been suffering the impacts from unprecedented wildfires throughout our state and region and I want to acknowledge the tremendous losses that have been suffered by our fellow citizens. Up and down the West Coast, the destruction from these fires is heartbreaking.
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