The DEQ announced on Monday it had issued its plan for reducing mercury pollution in the Willamette River. Whatever other merits this may have, it also gave me a pretext for using this photo of the river I took last month.
City: DEQ permit would cost millions
Written February 14th, 2019 by Hasso Hering
Albany says in court that trying to comply with a new state-issued stormwater discharge regulation would cost the city $5-7 million over five years. The city is asking the court to declare that the DEQ violated the Clean Water Act and Oregon law in issuing the regulation, and to set it aside. (See an update […]
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Tags: Clean Water Act, Oregon DEQ, Phase II MS4 permit, stormwaer permit
Tags: Clean Water Act, Oregon DEQ, Phase II MS4 permit, stormwaer permit
$13 million to prevent sewer overflows
Written December 22nd, 2018 by Hasso Hering
For years, the city of Albany has posted pollution warnings near sewer outfalls on the Willamette River when heavy rainstorms overloaded the system. To fix this, the city now expects to spend $13 million borrowed from the state.
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Tags: Dave Clark Path, Oregon DEQ, Riverfront Interceptor, sewer overflows
Tags: Dave Clark Path, Oregon DEQ, Riverfront Interceptor, sewer overflows
Will this fence keep anyone out?
Written September 23rd, 2015 by Hasso Hering
This is the fence the city of Albany says it was required to build on he back side of the Talking Water Gardens. Now that it’s finished, it looks fine but I still don’t see why it was needed or how it makes much sense.
“Toxics” in the water: What to do?
Written April 28th, 2015 by Hasso Hering
The Oregon Department of Environmental Quality has released the results of a seven-year study of “toxic chemicals” in the state’s waterways. Too bad the report is not as useful as one would wish.
Albany’s prudent answer to rain
Written June 9th, 2014 by Hasso Hering
Albany has plans for a program to keep storm water from polluting our waterways, and it looks to me that the city staff has taken pains to keep any additional regulatory burden to a minimum. The city’s proposed answer to impending regulations is that new land developments above a certain size will have to incorporate features […]
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Tags: Albany City Council, Clean Water Act, Greenhorks, Oregon DEQ, Plannihng Commission, Stormwater quality
Tags: Albany City Council, Clean Water Act, Greenhorks, Oregon DEQ, Plannihng Commission, Stormwater quality
Food waste: Let the state keep out of it
As part of Governor Brown’s recent executive edict to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, the Oregon Department of Environmental Quality has published a plan to reduce food waste. What it boils down to is a plan to require citizens in Albany and around the state to clean their plate or else.
Tags: executive order, food waste, food waste police, greenhouse gas emissions, Oregon DEQ