DEQ and Tribes Collaborate on Pollution Control in Grand Ronde

(Left to right: Tribal representatives Mary Lou Soscia and Lindsay McClary, DEQ’s Cat Rhoades) DEQ recently partnered with the Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde and the Oregon Department of Agriculture to host a pesticide and household hazardous waste collection event. The events took place on April 11 and 12 in Grand Ronde.  Both the TribeContinue reading “DEQ and Tribes Collaborate on Pollution Control in Grand Ronde”

Oregon’s first major railroad oil spill training a success

More than 150 people from federal, state, tribal, and local governments and BNSF Railroad convened at the Fort Dalles Readiness Center in The Dalles on June 13 to practice responding to a large-scale railroad oil spill. In the imaginary scenario, 23 tank cars carrying 540,000 gallons of crude oil derail along the Deschutes River nearContinue reading “Oregon’s first major railroad oil spill training a success”