Brownfields Program

This program provides a means for private parties and government entities to voluntarily investigate and if warranted, clean up properties that may be contaminated with hazardous wastes. The formal Brownfields Program provides specific state liability relief and protects the property from federal Superfund actions.

Solid Waste Management

This section provide expertise to individuals and companies to reviews permit applications and writes permits for solid waste disposal sites including storage units, transfer facilities, recycling units and treatment units. It also conducts inspections of solid waste permitted facilities, investigates complaints, regulates biomedical wastes, controls non-hazardous industrial waste disposal.

Radiation Management

This program again, provides help for expertise for regulation of radioactive materials, industrial/analytical x-ray machines and particle accelerators, and medical therapeutic x-ray machines and particle accelerators. (It does not regulate medical diagnostic X-Ray machines.)

Underground Injection Control

This program help to oversee the underground injection control activities that are regulated by the DEQ. The Underground Injection Control expertise personnel review permit applications, conduct inspections and investigate complaints.