What is Cleanup?

The Oregon Department of Environmental Quality’s Cleanup Program protects public health and the environment from known or suspected releases of hazardous substances from facilities such as gas stations, dry cleaners, or other industrial sites. The Cleanup Program does this by investigating sites known or suspected to be contaminated with hazardous substances, assessing whether they pose an unacceptable risk to people or the environment and, if they do, overseeing contamination cleanup. Cleanup ensures properties become safe for current and likely future use. DEQ’s authority and processes are based in Oregon Revised Statute and Oregon Administrative Rules. For more background information on the questions below, please view this fact sheet.  This survey is designed to capture feedback about cleanup of contamination from many kinds of releases, including from underground storage tanks and heating oil tanks.
Below are some examples of cleanup projects our program has led
Questions

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1. Name:

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2. Which county are you located in?

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3. How familiar are you with DEQ’s Cleanup Program? (select one)

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4. Have you worked with the Cleanup Program? Have you worked with the Leaking Underground Storage Tank program or Heating Oil Tank Program? If so, in what capacity? (select all that apply)

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5. How do you currently engage with DEQ to learn about the Cleanup Program’s work and share your perspectives? (Select all that apply.)

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6. What experiences do you have with the DEQ Cleanup Program? What went well? What could be improved? (We would like your honest feedback)

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7. In your view, how well is DEQ currently addressing cleanup of contaminated sites?

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8. In your view, how does environmental contamination affect human health and the environment in Oregon today? What actions could be taken by the Cleanup program to better protect human health and the environment?

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9. What does a fair and equitable cleanup process look like to you?

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10. What are your environmental priorities? If you had to write a vision and an action plan for Oregon’s environment in 2050, what would be included in it?

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11. What does future success look like for the Cleanup Program? How can environmental cleanup support your ideal future for Oregon?

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12. Which of the following outcomes do you think should be the highest priorities for the Cleanup Program in the future? (Order these by priority).

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13. If you selected "other" above, please specify

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14. What new or emerging environmental challenges should the Cleanup Program be preparing for in the next 25 years (for example, climate change or new chemicals)?

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15. What role should communities, Tribes, nonprofits and government groups play in the Cleanup Program? How should these groups communicate and work with DEQ’s Cleanup Program?

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16. Is there anything else you would like DEQ to consider as it develops the 2050 Vision and Action Plan? Were there any questions you were not asked that you would like to answer?

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