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Amending Composting Facility
Rules

Proposed Rulemaking Announcement PDF

Compost
Rules Notice of Hearing PDF

Land
Use Evaluation Statement PDF

Relationship
to Federal Requirements PDF

Fiscal
Impact Statement PDF

Comment period
closed

Compost
Facility Rulemaking web
page

Contact:
Charlie
Landman
503-229-6461

Adoption of 2008 Regional Haze
Plan

DEQ Director’s Memorandum to the Environmental
Quality Commission with DEQ Recommendation

Attachment A-1: Proposed New Regional Haze Rules,
Division 223

Attachment A-2: Oregon Smoke Management Plan,
Division 629

Attachment A-3: 2008 Oregon Regional Haze Plan
and Appendices

Attachment A-4: Proposed Amendments to Mercury
Rules, Division 228

Attachment A-5: Executive Summary from the Oregon
Regional Haze Plan

Attachment A-6: Proposed Changes to Plan to Address
PGE Decision Points Proposal (excerpt from the revised
Plan)

Attachment B: Summary of Public Comments and Agency
Responses

Attachment C: Hearing Officer’s Report on Public
Hearings

Attachment D: Relationship to Federal Requirements
Questions

Attachment E: Statement of Need and Fiscal and
Economic Impact

Attachment F: Land Use Evaluation
Statement

Comment period closed.

Rulemaking to be discussed at Environmental
Quality Commission meeting, June 18-19, 2009.

2008 Regional Haze
Plan and Proposal for New Emission Controls on PGE Boardman
Coal-Fired Power Plant

Contact:
Brian
Finneran
503-229-6278

2009 Hazardous Waste Omnibus
Rulemaking

Proposed Rulemaking Announcement  PDF

Statement of Need and Fiscal Impact
Statement  PDF

Land Use Evaluation Statement  PDF

Relationship to Federal Requirements  PDF

Proposed Rule Changes  PDF

Comment period
closed

Rulemaking to be discussed at Environmental
Quality Commission meeting, June 18-19, 2009.

Contact:

Scott Latham
503-229-5953

2009 Water Quality Permit Fee
Increase

Rulemaking on hold (as of
3/13/09).
For details, see the Water
Quality Permit Program page.

Comment period
closed

Contact:
Chris Clipper
503-229-5656

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97204-1390
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