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Department of Environmental Quality Budget Cuts/Restrictions HB 5135 House Vote 5 Senate Vote 4 The House Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) budget, passed June 16th, contained two irresponsible rollbacks of environmental safeguards.

Department of Environmental Quality Budget Cuts/Restrictions

HB 5135

House Vote 5

Senate Vote 4

The House Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) budget, passed June 16th, contained two irresponsible rollbacks of environmental safeguards.

First, a provision would have prohibited DEQ from adopting rules aimed at implementing clean car emissions standards to promote healthy air and to combat global warmng.

Second, a provision would have eliminated funding for the Governor's Willamette River cleanup, endangering all those who fish, swim, or boat on the Willamette.

The Senate DEQ budget passed July 28th, restored the Willamette cleanup funding, but irresponsibly left in the clean car prohibition.

NO IS THE PRO-ENVIRONMENT VOTE