Uploaded January 2026 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago
The Oregon Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) Environmental Cleanup Program (Program) has taken pride in being a leader in environmental protection since it was established in 1989. In recent years, the Program has recognized a need to modernize to ensure it can sustainably, inclusively and holistically protect all people in Oregon from the risks associated with environmental pollution into the future. Doing so requires having a clear vision for the future of the program, and a strategic plan to achieve that vision. The Program has committed to developing a vision for the Program (2050 Vision) to achieve these goals. Through inclusive engagement, the Program plans to solicit input and ideas from Program staff and from members of the public who are most impacted by the Program’s work. This will include engaging with disproportionately impacted communities, tribes and other interested parties outside of DEQ. Program staff will incorporate input from these communities into the development of the 2050 Vision for the Program. A core goal of the project is to center feedback received from tribes and disproportionately impacted communities in the 2050 Vision and accompanying strategic plan. This is the beginning of what will be a long-term project to create meaningful and sustaining improvements to DEQ’s Environmental Cleanup Program. This presentation will provide an overview of DEQ’s Environmental Cleanup Program, describe successes and lessons learned from the early phases of the visioning and strategic planning process, and discuss next steps in the plans for engagement, visioning, and strategic planning.
More information about the speaker series is available, as are all past Toxicology and Societies recordings.
The Oregon Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) Environmental Cleanup Program (Program) has taken pride in being a leader in environmental protection since it was established in 1989. In recent years, the Program has recognized a need to modernize to ensure it can sustainably, inclusively and holistically protect all people in Oregon from the risks associated with environmental pollution into the future. Doing so requires having a clear vision for the future of the program, and a strategic plan to achieve that vision. The Program has committed to developing a vision for the Program (2050 Vision) to achieve these goals. Through inclusive engagement, the Program plans to solicit input and ideas from Program staff and from members of the public who are most impacted by the Program’s work. This will include engaging with disproportionately impacted communities, tribes and other interested parties outside of DEQ. Program staff will incorporate input from these communities into the development of the 2050 Vision for the Program. A core goal of the project is to center feedback received from tribes and disproportionately impacted communities in the 2050 Vision and accompanying strategic plan. This is the beginning of what will be a long-term project to create meaningful and sustaining improvements to DEQ’s Environmental Cleanup Program. This presentation will provide an overview of DEQ’s Environmental Cleanup Program, describe successes and lessons learned from the early phases of the visioning and strategic planning process, and discuss next steps in the plans for engagement, visioning, and strategic planning.
More information about the speaker series is available, as are all past Toxicology and Societies recordings.
