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March 27, 2015 By SEO Admin

DEQ tells 800 industrial facilities to get the lead — and more — out

Around 800 Oregon industrial facilities are under pressure to significantly cut the amount of lead, copper, zinc and other pollutants they release into Oregon waters.

The Oregon Department of Environmental Quality, which regulates stormwater discharge, recently issued new industrial stormwater permits to 800 facilities.

The new permits allow significantly lower amounts of dissolved metals and other pollutants than the ones they replace.

The new benchmarks are part of an agreement with the Northwest…