Oregon Department of Environmental Quality

2011 - 2013 Biennium Agency Number: 34000

Detail of General Reductions Incorporated in 2011-13 Legislatively Adopted Budget

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FUNDS POS FTE POS FTE POS FTE Impact of Reduction on Services and Outcomes

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1 3 DEQ AQ Air Quality Monitoring Efficiencies $ 265,487 $ 265,487 2 1.50 

The Air Monitoring section has streamlined operations which reduces staffing needs. They reduced 

quality assurance, network review and audit frequencies. Using regional staff or contractors to collect 

samples at remote sites saves travel time and costs. New data management system also provides 

efficiencies. EPA is adding many new monitoring requirements and normally these resources would 

be shifted to cover some of the new work.

2 1 DEQ LQ Eliminate .50 Hazardous Waste manager 

position in Eastern Region $ 175,516 $ 175,516 0 0.50

Consolidate Solid Waste & Hazardous Waste sections in Eastern Region, resulting in a larger span of 

control and expanded areas of responsibility. Could result in less manager attention to some program 

issues.

3 2 DEQ AQ Reduce Support for Lane Regional Air 

Protection Agency $ 112,544 $ 112,544 0 -

This cut would result in an across the board reduction for LRAPA through furloughs or other 

reductions. It would reduce the amount of inspections, air monitoring, reporting, forecasting, complaint 

responses, permits issued, enforcement actions, grant applications, and open office hours.

4 1 DEQ AQ Reduce Local Government Air Quality 

Outreach $ 76,105 $ 76,105 0 -

Reduces funding for local government fine particulate reduction outreach. DEQ’s support for these 

former non-attainment areas is a federal requirement of the State Implementation Plan (SIP). Work 

supported includes: daily air quality advisories, voluntary woodstove curtailment programs and 

conducting wood smoke public education activities to reduce emissions. May result in higher fine 

particulate emissions or in some communities, violation of the federal standard.

5 4 DEQ AQ Reduce Air Toxics Outreach $ 132,957 $ 132,957 1 0.50 

Cuts outreach work to reduce benzene and PAH emissions, two of the most significant toxic air 

pollutants. Reduction efforts target dry cleaners, gas stations and development of community burn 

ban and woodstove ordinances.

6 2 DEQ LQ

Shift a portion of existing Ballast Water 

program to new fee funding authorized in 

SB 81

$ 23,615 $ 23,615 0 -

Shifts program funding to fee funding sooner than planned, leaving less 2013-15 beginning balance for 

industry-supported increase in technical assistance and compliance efforts.

7 11 DEQ AQ Reduce Clean Diesel work $ 254,762 $ 254,762 1 1.00 

Reduce overall clean diesel work. The immediate impact would be eliminating the Fleet Forward clean 

diesel recognition program. The program recognizes fleets that burn less fuel, cleaner fuel and reduce 

diesel exhaust. Long term the reduction to education and outreach will make it more difficult to reach 

the statutatory goal to reduce the excess cancer risk from diesel engine emissions by 2017.

8 1 DEQ WQ Reduce State Water Quality Permitting, 

WPCF $ 393,105 $ 393,105 2 2.00

Reduces inspections, technical assistance and permit renewals for permittees that land apply their 

effluent. Permit renewals will be delayed. This means that DEQ will be unable to assure the public that 

permitted discharges are in compliance and potential water pollution violations will go unchecked. 

9 9 DEQ AQ Eliminate Carbon Monoxide and PM 10 

Monitoring $ 211,336 $ 211,336 0 1.00 

Eliminates carbon monoxide sites in Medford and Portland and four PM10 sites (Klamath Falls, 

Medford, Grants Pass, and Pendleton). The loss of the CO sites would eliminate the last two CO 

monitoring sites in the state. CO is a good indicator of vehicle emissions, including benzene. The four 

PM10 sites are in former non-attainment areas, and are an important component of the current plans 

to maintain air quality in those areas. 

10 5 DEQ AQ Reduce State Air Permitting (ACDP) $ 374,984 $ 374,984 3 1.65 

Eliminate most of remaining GF from ACDP, leaving less than 2 FTE of non-fee funded FTE in the 

program. Will reduce facility inspections and compliance oversight, eliminate coordinated inspector 

training and delay or eliminate outreach materials for new sources.

11 3 DEQ LQ Reduce Hazardous Waste compliance $ 206,582 $ 206,582 1 0.95

Reduces Hazardous Waste compliance staff by about 10%. Reduces ability to inspect generator and 

TSD facilities and follow up on compliance issues, to respond to complaints and to maintain current 

TSD permits.

12 8 DEQ AQ Reduce Fine Particulate Planning $ 165,720 $ 165,720 1 1.00 

Eliminates an Air Quality Planner developing and coordinating fine particulate reduction strategies and 

carrying out mandatory CAA requirements for new federal standards. Delays work to develop an air 

quality plan for returning Klamath Falls and Lakeview air to healthy levels. Extended violation of the 

fine particulate standard negatively impacts public health and economic development in the area. 

Postpones pollution prevention outreach and strategy development in Oregon communities at risk of 

violating federal standards.

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priority first)

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Oregon Department of Environmental Quality

2011 - 2013 Biennium Agency Number: 34000

Detail of General Reductions Incorporated in 2011-13 Legislatively Adopted Budget

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Dept. 

Initials

Prgm. or 

Activity 

Initials

Program Unit/Activity Description An Rec

Pkg 085

An Rec

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LFO Rec

Pkg 810

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FUNDS POS FTE POS FTE POS FTE Impact of Reduction on Services and Outcomes

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Priority 

(ranked with lowest 

priority first)

An Rec 090

13 3 DEQ WQ Reduce Toxics Monitoring and Mixing 

Zone Studies $ 106,367 $ 749,309 $ 855,676 0 0.75 4 4.00

Reduces work in the Water Quality Toxics Monitoring program and eliminates mixing zone studies for 

small communities. This means:

• Fewer monitoring samples will be taken from rivers and streams and analyzed. DEQ will have less 

data and information regarding the toxic pollutants found in water and fish in Oregon’s rivers and 

streams. 

• DEQ will stop doing mixing zone studies for small communities. This means all municipalities will be 

required to conduct their own mixing zone studies as part of the water permit renewal process. There 

will be additional costs to the communities that DEQ has previously assisted with this permit 

requirement. 

• Development of maps and other visual tools that geographically depict where toxics monitoring was 

done and the monitoring results will not be readily available to the public. DEQ has had frequent 

requests from the public for this information to date. 

• Remaining staff in the toxics monitoring program will not have administrative support to do copying, 

filing, mailings, scheduling and database work. 

• Reduced ability to develop informational materials for the public or conduct public outreach regarding 

the results of the toxics monitoring results. 

14 6 DEQ WQ Reduce Water Quality Enforcement $ 204,270 $ 204,270 1 1.00

Reduces enforcement capabilities for water quality violations. This means there will be reduced 

compliance with legal requirements, fewer Supplemental Environmental Projects funded by violators, 

and less civil penalty money contributed to the General Fund.

15 7 DEQ AQ Reduce Air Emission Inventory $ 198,121 $ 198,121 1 1.00 

Delays air toxics and fine particulate planning work. Emission inventory is the scientific underpinning of 

air quality planning, including identification of sources, determining baseline emission levels, evaluating 

the benefits of proposed emission reduction strategies, and meeting federal technical requirements. 

With fewer resources, DEQ will have to delay planning efforts to reduce air quality health impacts.

16 10 DEQ AQ Reduce Fine Particulate Monitoring $ 197,277 $ 197,277 2 1.30 

Reduce fine particulate Federal Reference Method samplers in McMinnville, Portland, Madras and the 

Klamath Falls background site. These sites have the lowest PM readings and normally when sufficient 

data has been collected, DEQ would shift the samplers to new areas where air quality is unknown.

17 2 DEQ WQ Reduce Wastewater PermittingStormwater $ 595,757 $ 595,757 4 3.50

DEQ would not be able to meet the commitments made for the Stormwater program. Specifically, 

DEQ would:

• Reduce inspections and compliance activities for industrial and construction sites. This means that 

DEQ will be unable to assure the public that permitted industrial and construction discharges are in 

compliance and potential water pollution violations will go unchecked.

• Reduce permit issuance. This means that all stormwater permit issuance and responses to proposed 

new construction projects will be delayed. 

• Commitments to reissue the 1200Z industrial stormwater permit by August 2011 that is included in 

the settlement agreement with Northwest Environmental Defense Center and Columbia Riverkeeper 

would not be met.

18 7 DEQ WQ Reduce Wastewater Permitting $ 248,139 $ 381,100 $ 629,239 1 1.00

PARTIALLY IMPLEMENTED

Reduces capacity in the wastewater permit program. This means that municipal permits will take 

longer to issue, the backlog goal of 10% will not be met, and the timelines for inputting data into EPA's 

compliance database will not be met. DEQ’s ability to ensure consistent and up-to-date implementation 

of permit program policies will be reduced significantly. DEQ’s ability to ensure water quality issues are 

addressed through permits will be significantly reduced. 

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Oregon Department of Environmental Quality

2011 - 2013 Biennium Agency Number: 34000

Detail of General Reductions Incorporated in 2011-13 Legislatively Adopted Budget

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 12 16

Dept. 

Initials

Prgm. or 

Activity 

Initials

Program Unit/Activity Description An Rec

Pkg 085

An Rec

Pkg 090

LFO Rec

Pkg 810

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FUNDS POS FTE POS FTE POS FTE Impact of Reduction on Services and Outcomes

An Rec 085 LFO Pkg 810

Priority 

(ranked with lowest 

priority first)

An Rec 090

19 6 DEQ AQ Reduce Air Toxics Monitoring $ 265,430 $ 265,430 2 1.00 

This would cut the air toxics monitor in Klamath Falls or a monitor in Medford. This reduction, together 

with a monitor cut in 2009-2011 would significantly undermine DEQ's air toxics monitoring effort. The 

monitors were added in the 2007 budget in response to substantial public interest. When sufficient 

data is accumulated, the Klamath Falls monitor (previously Salem) will move to a new location, which 

will provide air toxics information in another part of the state. 

20 4 DEQ WQ Reduce Willamette TMDL Implementation $ 554,642 $ 505,754 $ 1,060,396 2 2.00 2 2.00

Significantly reduces implementation work associated with the Willamette TMDL. This work includes:

• Providing technical assistance to local communities, watershed councils, local governments, other 

state agencies, federal agencies, businesses, citizens, and other groups in the Willamette Basin for 

implementing watershed restoration and pollution control activities.

• Collecting and analyzing mercury data to ensure DEQ, communities and other stakeholders can 

better understand how mercury affects the environment and make cost-effective decisions about 

mercury reduction strategies.

• Conducting compliance reviews for all stormwater annual reports submitted by local governments 

associated with the Willamette TMDL. 

This reduction option package includes a manager position. 

21 10 DEQ WQ

Reduce Biosolids Management, 

Compliance Support and Complaints 

Response

$ 305,221 $ 305,221 1 1.70

PARTIALLY IMPLEMENTED

Reduces staff responding to the public about illegal discharges to the environment and complaints 

about non-permitted sources of pollution by 25%. Will greatly limit DEQ's ability to assist and respond 

to the public and impact permit timeliness and inspection frequency because permit staff will need to 

respond to significant complaint issues. 

Reduces DEQ’s timely response to grant site authorizations for the land application of municipal and 

industrial biosolids by 40%. Reduces capacity to issue Water Pollution Control Facilities permits that 

have a biosolids component. 

Eliminates a compliance position that works with EPA, permit writers and permittes on compliance 

activities. Reduced effort in coordinating with other state agencies on permitting issues related to 

mining and water quality. Fewer resources to address DEQ’s general permit backlog. This means 

there will be a delay in evaluating and inconcorporating new water quality requirementes into expired 

general permits. In addition, DEQ cannot register new facilities to expired permits which makes them 

vulnerable to third party lawsuits.

22 8 DEQ WQ Reduce Water Quality Information 

Services and Support $ 157,415 $ 285,057 $ 442,472 1 1.00 1 1.00

Eliminates a manager position in the water quality program focused on information technology and 

process efficiencies. Staff to manager ratio will increase. The Water Quality program will have less 

support in organizing rulemaking hearings, responding to public comments and conducting 

background research. This means that technical staff will have less time to focus on the technical 

work. 

23 5 DEQ WQ Reduce Groundwater Protection Program $ -

NOT IMPLEMENTED

DEQ would no longer do work associated with any of the Groundwater Management Areas (GWMAs) 

that are located in the Lower Umatilla Basin, Northern Malheur County, and in the Southern Willamette 

Valley. The work associated with the GWMAs includes:

• Implementation and monitoring of Groundwater Management Areas where the water quality has been 

degraded, beneficial uses are seriously impaired, and public health may be at risk in part from nonpoint 

source groundwater pollution

• Technical assistance to communities and watershed councils engaged in groundwater pollution 

prevention efforts.

$ -

$ 2,694,549 $ 6,161,033 $ 855,708 $ 7,146,572 13 13.25 16 14.40 4 3.70

An Rec 085 - 2009-11 Across the Board GF Reductions Implemented as 2011-13 Reductions in the Analysts Recommended 

An Rec 090 - GF Reduction Options Implemented as 2011-13 Reductions in the Analysts Recommended 

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Oregon Department of Environmental Quality

2011 - 2013 Biennium Agency Number: 34000

Detail of General Reductions Incorporated in 2011-13 Legislatively Adopted Budget

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 12 16

Dept. 

Initials

Prgm. or 

Activity 

Initials

Program Unit/Activity Description An Rec

Pkg 085

An Rec

Pkg 090

LFO Rec

Pkg 810

 TOTAL 

FUNDS POS FTE POS FTE POS FTE Impact of Reduction on Services and Outcomes

An Rec 085 LFO Pkg 810

Priority 

(ranked with lowest 

priority first)

An Rec 090

GENERAL OTHER FEDERAL

18 7 DEQ WQ Reduce Wastewater Permitting $ 483,194 $ 236,066 $ 85,832 4 4.00

21 10 DEQ WQ

Reduce Biosolids Management, 

Compliance Support and Complaints 

Response

$ 316,806 $ - $ - 2 1.30

23 5 DEQ WQ Reduce Groundwater Protection Program $ 909,010 $ - $ - 4 4.00

$ 1,709,010 $ 236,066 $ 85,832 10 9.30

Highlighted Cell Are Reduction Options Not Implemented in the LAB

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