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Draft Integrated Report

Draft Integrated Report

The Oregon Department of Environmental Quality submitted its 2024 Integrated Report to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on March 12, 2025. The report is now considered “state final" and is awaiting EPA approval. The 2022 Integrated Report remains in effect until EPA approves the 2024 report. In addition to the general reporting, this assessment includes four new pollutants and conditions DEQ evaluated in the draft 2024 Integrated Report: ocean acidification, marine hypoxia, aquatic trash and perfluorooctane sulfonate (PFOS).


For t​​he 2024 Integrated Report, DEQ went through the following public process:

  • Put the assessment methodology out for public comment from Jan. 5, 2023 to Feb. 21, 2023, with an informational webinar on Jan. 12, 2023.
  • Put the new assessment methodologies for marine waters out for public comment from May 31, 2023 to July 7, 2023, with an informational webinar on June 8, 2023.
  • Presented an informational update to the Environmental Quality Commission on assessment methodology for the 2024 Integrated Report on Sept. 15, 2023.
  • Put out a call for data for the 2024 Integrated Report for inland and estuarine surface waters from Feb. 6, 2023 to April 7, 2023 and for marine waters from June 15, 2023 to Aug. 14, 2023.
  • Put the Draft Integrated Report out for public comment from April 18, 2024 to July 1, 2024, with two informational webinars in May and an update to the commission.
  • Drafted a response to comments and detailed changes made in the response to comments, see document below.
 The public comment period closed at 5 p.m. on Monday, July 1, 2024.



Online tools

  • An interactive story map that provides an overview of the water quality assessment process and how to review the draft report.
  • An interactive web map application that displays the Integrated Report by overall status of an assessment unit.
  • An on-line searchable database that provides parameter specific categorical assessment conclusions for all assessed assessment units.

Submittal Documents

Supporting documents

Webinars

DEQ held two webinars that walked through updates and conclusions from the draft 2024 Integrated Report. The video below provides information on how to use the online tools listed above.

Contact

Lesley Merrick
WQ Assessment Program Lead
971-323-7228 

Travis Pritchard
WQ Assessment Data Analyst
503-887-4346

Daniel Brown
Laboratory Data Lead
971-323-7227

Connie Dou 
WQ Standards and Source Water Protection and Assessment Manager
503-853-6517

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