NWEA Comments Willamette Mercury Variance
Willamette Mercury Variance Comments
Oregon DEQ Performance with Consent Judgment on Zombie Permits
Rebuttal Report to Medford Nutrient Assessment
Facts & Fiction Oregon DEQ Deception
Since the 2010 expiration of the last court order requiring the completion of TMDLs, neither Oregon DEQ nor EPA has completed a single new TMDL for Oregon waters. All of the work that DEQ points to is the result of other litigation by NWEA or others.
NWEA Comments n Ashland Permit Oct 2021
Despite the length of time, it has taken the Oregon Department of Environmental Quality (“DEQ”) to issue this proposed permit—the current permit has been expired for 13 years, as it was issued on May 27, 2004 and expired on December 31, 2008—it does not appear to reflect much careful thought on the part of DEQ and it fails to meet multiple legal requirements.
NWEA v NMFS Columbia Refugia 2021 Complaint
Actions taken by the United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) related to its proposed approval of water quality standards developed by the State of Oregon under the federal Clean Water Act (“CWA”) for temperature and intragravel dissolved oxygen run the risk of jeopardizing threatened and endangered species that depend upon habitat of the Willamette and Columbia Rivers. Specifically, EPA’s actions impact Lower Columbia River Chinook salmon (“LCR Chinook”), Upper Willamette River Chinook salmon (“UWR Chinook”), Lower Columbia River steelhead (“LCR steelhead”), Middle Columbia River steelhead (“MCR steelhead”), Upper Columbia River steelhead (“UCR steelhead”), and Upper Willamette River steelhead (“UWR steelhead”) (collectively, “imperiled salmon and steelhead” or the “impacted species”)—among the Pacific Northwest’s iconic salmonid species that depend on cold, clean water for their survival