Wildfires and air quality

Unhealthy air days linked to wildfire smoke increasing across Oregon, report finds (Oregonian, 6/6/23)

Wildfire smoke trends and the air quality index (annual) Oregon Department of Environmental Quality

Diesel emissions mitigation grants

Oregon DEQ extends application deadline for Diesel Emissions Mitigation Grants Program (Elkhorn Media Group, 6/5/2023)

Diesel emissions mitigation grants program review (2023) Oregon Department of Environmental Quality

Employee commute options program

Oregon DEQ may expand a Portland program that rewards alternative commutes statewide (OPB, 5/23/2023)

Employee commute options (2022) Oregon Department of Environmental Quality

Umatilla Basin groundwater

Oregon Gov. Tina Kotek calls on groundwater pollution committee to add Spanish-speaking member (OPB, 5/9/23)

Lower Umatilla Basin groundwater management area action plan (2020) Oregon Department of Environmental Quality

Analysis of groundwater nitrate concentrations in the Lower Umatilla Basin groundwater management area (2012) Oregon Department of Environmental Quality

Independent review of the Lower Umatilla Basin (LUB) groundwater management area (GWMA) monitoring program (2013) Oregon Department of Agriculture

Covanta incinerator

Oregon Legislature debates medical waste burning at Covanta incinerator in Marion County (Statesman Journal, 3/16/23)

Source test report 2022 source testing chronic health risk, Covanta Marion, Inc., solid waste combustor units 1 & 2, Brooks, Oregon (2022) Oregon Department of Environmental Quality

Source test report 2022 source testing acute health risk, Covanta Marion, Inc., solid waste combustor unit 2, Brooks, Oregon (2022) Oregon Department of Environmental Quality

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Clean vehicle program rebates suspended

Oregon to suspend electric vehicle rebates as money runs out (Oregonian, 3/16/2023)

DEQ pausing electric vehicle purchase rebates because program is running out of money (Oregon Capital Chronicle, 3/15/2023)

Oregon to temporarily suspend popular EV rebate program (OPB, 3/15/2023)

Oregon Clean Vehicle Rebate Program charge ahead vehicle eligibility list (serial) Oregon Department of Environmental Quality

Oregon Clean Vehicle Rebate Program (OCVRP) standard rebate vehicle eligibility list (serial) Oregon Department of Environmental Quality

Dry cleaner chemical clean-up fund

With little money left, state pushes to end dry cleaner chemical clean-up fund (KOIN, 3/2/2023)

Overview for dry cleaners (2018) Oregon Department of Environmental Quality

Harney Basin groundwater

Harney Basin groundwater restrictions considered, but are years away (Bend Bulletin, 2/23/2022)

Key findings, Harney Basin groundwater study (2022) Oregon Water Resources Department

Stabilizing groundwater levels in the Harney Basin (2022) Oregon Water Resources Department

Statewide Groundwater Quality Monitoring Program : Harney County (2021) Oregon Department of Environmental Quality

Historical irrigation water use and groundwater pumpage estimates in the Harney Basin, Oregon, 1991-2018 (2021) Oregon Water Resources Department

Methods and results for estimating groundwater pumped, returned, and consumed for non-irrigation uses in the Harney Basin, Oregon (2021) Oregon Water Resources Department

Clean Fuels Program fraud

SPECIAL REPORT: How startup took advantage of DEQ program with lax oversight to net $1.8 million (Oregon Capital Chronicle, 1/23/2023)

SPECIAL REPORT: DEQ steps up oversight after discovery of ‘reckless’ reporting by company (Oregon Capital Chronicle, 1/23/2023)

Oregon Clean Fuels Program program review (2022) Oregon Department of Environmental Quality

Electric Vehicles in Oregon

Electric vehicle sales soar in Oregon; state officials expect big numbers in 2023 (OPB, 2023)

Biennial energy report (biennial) Oregon Department of Energy

Biennial zero emission vehicle report (biennial) Oregon Department of Energy

Oregon national electric vehicle infrastructure plan (2022) Oregon Department of Transportation, Oregon Department of Energy

Oregon Clean Vehicle Rebate Program charge ahead vehicle eligibility list (serial) Oregon Department of Environmental Quality