In recent years, federal, state, and international authorities have established various health-based regulatory values and evaluation criteria for a number of specific per- and poly-fluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in response to…
Oregon
Group of 22 States Sues U.S. EPA over ACE
On August 13, a group of 22 U.S. states and 7 cities filed a petition for review of the Trump administration’s Affordable Clean Energy (ACE) rule. The lawsuit, filed in…
Oregon Legislature Passes Pharmaceutical Stewardship Bill
Oregon is soon to become the fourth state to pass a pharmaceutical stewardship bill, creating a comprehensive Extended Producer Responsibility drug take-back system. Several other states have more limited stewardship…
Oregon Enacts Legislation to Maintain Obama-Era Air and Water Standards
On May 22, Oregon Governor Kate Brown signed legislation that would enshrine Obama-era protections for air and water under Oregon law and limit the impacts of federal efforts to weaken…
Oregon, City of Portland to provide $24M in Superfund Agreement with EPA
Last week, the state of Oregon and city of Portland reached a deal with U.S. EPA to provide up to $12M each to the Portland Harbor Superfund trust. This public…
ECOS Drinking Water Financing Webinar
This April 17 webinar highlighted three states’ innovative programs that are assisting small water systems finance drinking water infrastructure projects. The webinar can be viewed here. Presentations include: Connecticut Small…
Presentation on Oregon’s Materials Attributes Research
This November 8, 2018 presentation on Oregon’s Materials Attributes Research was given to ECOS’ SMM Workgroup by David Alloway (OR DEQ). View the presentation.
Preventing the Wasting of Food
In March 2017, Oregon DEQ published its Strategic Plan for Preventing the Wasting of Food, which describes the projects DEQ intends to implement over 5 years to “change the conversation”…
Screening life cycle assessment (LCA) comparing reuasble steel kegs to single-use plastic kegs
We performed a screening level LCA in house – which relied on information and data from one local brewery plus survey responses from others in Oregon to model a regional…
Consumption-Based Greenhouse Gas Emissions Inventory
Many states and local governments periodically inventory their greenhouse gas emissions in order to inform program/policy responses, communicate to policymakers and the public, and track change over time. Traditionally, inventories…
