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Union Pacific Railyard Cleanup, Eugene - DEQ Environmental Cleanup Process

DEQ's Environmental Cleanup Section protects human health and the environment by identifying, investigating, and remediating sites contaminated with hazardous substances.

Operating under statutes/rules designed to prevent unacceptable exposure risks, DEQ uses risk-assessment tools to develop site-specific cleanup levels. These levels depend on the nature and extent of contamination, current and reasonably likely future uses of land and water, and related factors. The Eugene Railyard project is in the DEQ’s Voluntary Cleanup Program (VCP). The DEQ provides oversight to Union Pacific to investigate and clean up the Railyard site in a voluntary, cooperative manner. DEQ recovers its costs for providing this oversight from Union Pacific. This is very similar to the "polluter pays" principle that is used by the United States Envoronmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the Superfund law to pay for cleanup of hazardous waste sites.

For more information about DEQ's Land Quality programs, visit the DEQ contact page.

For more information about DEQ's Land Quality Division call 503-229-5696 .

Oregon Department of Environmental Quality
Headquarters: 811 SW Sixth Ave., Portland, OR 97204-1390
Phone: 503-229-5696 or toll free in Oregon 1-800-452-4011
Oregon Telecommunications Relay Service: 1-800-735-2900  FAX: 503-229-6124

The Oregon Department of Environmental Quality is a regulatory agency authorized to protect Oregon's environment by
the State of Oregon and the Environmental Protection Agency.

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