Oregon 2020State of the Environment

Item BSept. 17, 2020

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2020-21 DEQ Strategic Planning and Update of Performance Measures

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Sample of a State Report Card

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Environmental Data Collection and Management at DEQ

Lori Pillsbury

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Monitoring environment over time• Ambient river monitoring

• WQ Toxics monitoring

• National Air Toxics Trends Sites (NATTS)

• PM2.5 / Criteria pollutant sites

Protecting human health / vulnerable communities

• Statewide Groundwater Monitoring

• Cyanotoxin Drinking Water project

• Air Toxics Community Assessments

• BEACH monitoring

• Air Quality Index

Engaging partners & citizen science• WQ Volunteer Monitoring

• AQ Low Cost Sensor Network

• WQ Pesticide Stewardship Partnerships

Collecting Data for Environmental Outcomes

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Data Management Current Status & Future Work

Future Work• Further collaboration with sister

agencies

• Inclusion of regulated community data

• Expansion of real-time data

• Public display & reporting

Air Quality• Dr. DAS – internal

datasystem• DEQ collected

sensor data• Serves data for Air

Quality Index online & phone app

• EPA AQS – data uploaded quarterly

Water Quality

• AWQMS – public facing database• DEQ collected data

• OWEB funded volunteer monitoring

• Integrated Report – Call for data

• Data exchanged to EPA

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Data Analysis & Reporting

Air Quality• Air Quality Index

• Online• Phone app

• Air Quality Advisories• Wildfire, ozone• Partner with OHA, AQ Division

• NATTS Air Toxics Trends• Data feeds KPM

• Air Toxics Community Assessments• Rotating sites • Community, not source, monitoring

Water Quality• WQ Toxics Monitoring

• Analysis of presence & prevalence of toxics across Oregon

• Oregon Water Quality Index• Data feeds KPMs• General status of long term sites

• Well Owner Reports• Homeowner data from statewide

GW monitoring

• GW Study Area Reports• Summary of GW survey areas

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Clean AirAli Mirzakhalili

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Trend in Criteria Pollutant Levels as a Percent of the NAAQS (Portland)

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Diesel Fine Particulate Emissions in Oregon

Regional Haze Trend20% Most Impaired Days (deciviews)Percent Different from Glidepath

2018 2028

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Portland La Grande

Sector-based Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Projections and Goals

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Clean WaterJennifer Wigal

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Assessment Unit Summary

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Water Quality Trends 1999-2018

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Assessed 8%

Not assessed for Human

Health Criteria92%

Number of AUs Assessed for Human Health Toxics

Impaired34%

Not impaired66%

Number of Assessed AUs Impaired forHuman Health Toxics

Assessed9%

Not assessed for Aquatic Life criteria

91%

Number of AUs Assessed for Aquatic Life Toxics

Impaired, 34%

Not impaired66%

Number of Assessed AUs Impaired for Aquatic Life Toxics

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Assessed 9%

Not assessed for Aquatic Life Criteria

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# of Weeks Facilities Had Cyanotoxins Exceeding Action Level

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Ashland Water Department

City of Gates

Stayton Water Supply

City of Jefferson

Lyons Mehama Water District

City of Salem

Josephine County Parks – Lake Selmac

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Safe and Productive Lands, and Sustainable Use of

Materials Abby Boudouris

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Cleanups CompletedSince 2007

17,553 Acres ready for reuse

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EPA Grant Funded Cleanups

Private or state funded cleanups

Cleanups

Active

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In recent years, generation has tracked economic activity

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Recovery rate has been affected by marketplace changes

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Environmental impacts occur over a whole materials life cycle

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