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Apr 25, 2014

Intel fined $143,000 by Oregon DEQ for fluoride emissions

In addition to paying a civil penalty, Intel must address air quality violations at its chip manufacturing plants in Hillsboro and Aloha.

Dec 16, 2013

Grant money drives construction vehicle retrofits

A lot contractors would like to reduce carbon emissions from their construction equipment. Unfortunately, the upgrades usually come with a hefty price tag. That has developers and contractors seeking out other options, from state agencies to federal departments willing to lend a helping financial hand.

Dec 12, 2012

Storage tanks affect purchase, sale of older homes

HOT LUST is two acronyms used by the Oregon Department of Environmental Quality to refer to Heating Oil Tanks and Leaking Underground Storage Tanks. However, Portland real estate broker Joan Rogers said HOT LUST is nothing to snicker about when it comes to navigating DEQ regulations.

Dec 12, 2012

Boeing hit with penalty for wastewater pollution

The Oregon Department of Environmental Quality has issued a $4,800 penalty to Boeing Aerospace Operations, Inc. for discharging wastewater into the Columbia Slough. The discharge came from a rooftop power wash and created a milky white plume in the inlet.

Nov 16, 2012

Plastic-to-oil facility proposed near garbage burner in Brooks

Practically next door to the Marion County Waste-to-Energy Facility in Brooks, a Beaverton company wants to build a plant to produce synthetic oil from recycled plastic.

Nov 9, 2012

DEQ wastewater inspector sprayed with leaking sewage

A car in Douglas County was sprayed with raw sewage while it was following a truck from a portable toilet company. Unfortunately for the company, the driver of the car was a wastewater inspector for the Department of Environmental Quality.

Jun 13, 2012

Salem contractor, property manager penalized for mishandling asbestos

A roofing company and a property management firm face DEQ penalties totaling more than $16,000.

Feb 8, 2012

Corvallis builds first rain gardens

The city of Corvallis recently completed work on four rain garden projects designed to filter pollutants out of rainwater. After watching how the new gardens performed throughout the month of January, city staffers say they are confident that more will soon pop up throughout the city.

Oct 13, 2011

Wave-energy buoys need certification before being plopped off Oregon Coast

New Jersey-based wave energy company Ocean Power Technologies is one step closer to dropping 10 power-generating buoys off the Oregon Coast near Reedsport.

Aug 24, 2011

Still more work required at polluted Weyerhaeuser facility in Bly

A new phase of environmental cleanup began Monday at the old site of the Weyerhaeuser maintenance facility in Bly, 45 miles east of Klamath Falls. The wood products company housed its log trucks, log yard machinery and other vehicles for thirty years before it closed in 1990.

Aug 2, 2011

ODOT, Capital Construction fined for dumping debris into Milk Creek

Due to violations of water quality standards committed during road improvements and bridge work along Oregon Route 213 in Mulino, the Oregon Department of Environmental Quality issued fines to Capital Concrete Construction Inc. of Aumsville and the Oregon Department of Transportation.

Jul 18, 2011

No really, you don’t want to swim in the Willamette

You don鈥檛 have to have a sketchy mustache and nasty hair to jump into the Willamette River (see below video). But, if you do go in the river, you just may get as dirty. For all you hip folks thinking of jumping into the river on July 31 for The Big Float, be warned; you may be jumping in a river of excrement.



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