Cleaner Air Oregon Discussion Draft Rules – A Brief Overview
Here's a brief overview "discussion draft" air toxics rules that the Oregon Department of Environmental Quality released a few days ago. Contact us if you would like more information.
Cleaner Air Oregon Framework Presentation
Just presented this morning at the Mass Timber 2017 Conference in Portland, Oregon. The presentation outlines and provides additional information on the recently released draft framework for Oregon's in-work, risk-based air toxics rule; click here to see a copy of the presentation. The Cleaner Air Oregon Advisory Committee will be reviewing and discussing the framework in a public meeting next Tuesday, 4/4, in Springfield. I plan to attend and will provide another update. Stay tuned! Kevin Mathews p.s. Before attending this conference, I didn't know much about mass timber (someone told me it's short for "massive" timber). The industry has done
Cleaner Air Oregon Draft Framework Released
As promised, Oregon DEQ and the Oregon Health Authority have released a draft framework for the new set of air toxics rules they have been developing. Check out this announcement on the Cleaner Air Oregon website. Here's a copy of the draft framework. The agencies will be meeting with the CAO Advisory Committee Tuesday, April 4th in Springfield to discuss the proposal and take public comments.
Cleaner Air Oregon Developments, March 4th
See this update on the Cleaner Air Oregon rule-making process from notes taken at a recent meeting of the Associated Oregon Industries’ Environment and Energy Council.
Wind Energy and the Environment
Links to three articles analyzing recent court cases regarding renewable energy environmental impacts plus our own notes on another similar court case.