Federal court orders Oregon Act on Cleanup Plans

Oregon and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) have eight years in which to replace defective water pollution clean-up plans that allow temperatures lethal to salmon in some of the state€™s key river basins, a federal court ordered late Tuesday. U.S. District Court Judge Marco A. Hernández ordered the agencies to place a higher priority on completing clean-up plans that affect the most pollution dischargers regulated by Clean Water Act permits. n some of the state€™s key river basins, a federal court ordered late Tuesday. U.S. District Court Judge Marco A. Hernández ordered the agencies to place a higher priority on completing clean-up plans that affect the most pollution dischargers regulated by Clean Water Act permits.

Oregon TMDLs Court Opinions Summary

Three documents must be read together to understand the court’s opinion in NWEA’s case challenging 14 Oregon temperature TMDLs and the Willamette River Mercury TMDL.

Facts & Fiction Oregon DEQ Deception

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.

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