Local Projects

DEQ's Northwest Region is continuously engaged in a wide variety of local projects.  We work in conjunction with local governments, community volunteers, and other organizations to solve environmental problems.  Listed below are just a few of those projects.

Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) Projects

• Bradwood Landing LNG

Air Quality

• Asbestos
• Business Assistance
• Employee Commute Program (ECO)
• Education and Assistance
• PGE Beaver/Port Westward Power Plants
• Portland Air Toxics Assessment (PATA)

Water Quality

• NWR Stormwater information
• Total Maximum Daily Loads (TMDL):
  • North Coast Basins
  • Sandy River Basin Temperature
  • Tualatin
  • Willamette Basin

Land Quality

• Lakeside Reclamation and Compost Facility
  Information about the Lakeside Landfill permit; the compost facility permit and new DEQ rules for compost facilities; the remedial investigation to evaluate landfill runoff impacts to groundwater; and stormwater issues at the property.

• H.G. LaVelle Landfill

Environmental Cleanup

• PECO Manufacturing:
  • Environmental Cleanup Site Information (ECSI) Database Site Summary -
    Report Site ID 1973
• Portland's Development Regulations and Hazardous Substance Cleanup Projects
  • Information Sheet PDF
• Portland Willamette River Sediment Investigation

Cleanup sites with individual Web pages

A web page listing all active cleanup projects in Oregon that have web pages.

Astoria Area-Wide Petroleum Contamination Cobb's Quarry Landfill Columbia Slough Sediment Project Farmcraft Johnson Lake Ken Foster Farm NuWay Oil

Portland Harbor PacifiCorp Young's Bay in Astoria Ross Island Santosh Landfill St Johns Landfill Zidell Waterfront Property

Hazardous Waste

• Technical Assistance
• Toxics Use and Waste Reduction Program

Tanks Program

• Residential Heating Oil Tank Information
• Underground Storage Tanks
• Tank Information

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