DEQ will be proposing that the Environmental Quality Commission adopt revisions to the air quality permitting and HeatSmart rules in the summer or fall of 2014. DEQ will be proposing changes to statewide particulate matter standards and the pre-construction permitting program that would align with EPA’s adoption of the ambient air quality standard for fine particulate (PM_2.5). DEQ is holding a fiscal advisory committee meeting on January 23, 2014 at the DEQ Northwest Region office, 2020 SW 4^th Avenue, conference room 4 AB, from 10:00 a.m. to noon to discuss only the fiscal impact of the proposed rules.

Please RSVP to Jill Inahara at inahara.jill@deq.state.or.us by January 8, 2014 due to limited capacity in the conference room.