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Recent News About Oregon Department Of Environmental Quality
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Oregon Environmental Quality Commission names two finalists for DEQ director
After a seven-month national search, the Oregon Environmental Quality Commission has selected two candidates for the Department of Environmental Quality’s director position. The finalists are Leah Feldon and Jamie McLeod-Skinner.
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DEQ Laboratory launches survey to prioritize locations for new SensORs™
The Oregon Department of Environmental Quality today launched a public survey to help its Air Quality Monitoring Team determine and prioritize 20 locations for new SensORs to measure air quality from wildfire smoke across the state. SensORs, which were first developed by DEQ’s Laboratory in 2019, are lower-cost monitors that collect timely particulate matter 2.5 data and display it over DEQ’s Air Quality Index .
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Oregon Environmental Quality Commission to hold special meeting via Zoom, Dec. 19
The Oregon Environmental Quality Commission will hold a special meeting on Monday, Dec. 19, from 3 to 4:30 p.m. to address one action item for the proposed Advanced Clean Cars II rules and related rule changes for Oregon's Low Emission Vehicles/Zero Emission Vehicles Program.
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Klamath dam removal project moves forward
Earlier today, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission released a Final Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS) that recommends approval to remove four dams on the Kla…