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Oregon Toxic 2016 Settlement

The Oregon toxic settlement calls for EPA to finalize rules for copper and cadmium by January 2017 and for aluminum by December 2017. Oregon earlier adopted new ammonia standards.

In addition, EPA signed an out-of-court agreement to improve the regulation of discharges containing copper through permits. Given the Oregon Department of Environmental Quality’s significant backlog of un-issued discharge permits, EPA will recommend that the state obtain updated applications for permits where applications are older than five years. EPA also agreed to additional oversight on Oregon’s permits that may involve the three metals during the period prior to EPA’s adoption of final rules and to recommend to Oregon thatit improve monitoring and regulation of aluminum discharges to Oregon waters.

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