Policy for Residential and Community Mean Soil Lead Levels for Operable Unit 3, Bunker Hill Superfund Site

August 1, 2023 by Anna Marron

DEQ prepares IPDES preliminary draft permit for the Army Corp of Engineers, Albeni Falls Dam project

August 1, 2023
BOISE – The Idaho Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) is releasing an Idaho Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (IPDES) preliminary draft permit to the Army Corp of Engineers for Albeni Falls Dam for preliminary review.

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May 16, 2023 by cris

DEQ files proposed settlement and seeks comment in case against US Silver Corporation – Idaho, Inc.

May 16, 2023
BOISE — On March 24, 2023, the Idaho Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) filed a complaint in Shoshone County against US Silver Corporation – Idaho, Inc. for violations of the Clean Water Act at the Galena Mine, located three miles from Wallace, Idaho, resulting from discharges into Lake Creek, a tributary of the South Fork Coeur d’Alene River.

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November 4, 2025 by Anna Marron

DEQ seeks comment on proposed relocation of Meridian–St. Luke’s NCore air monitoring site

Accepting comments from November 4, 2025, through November 19, 2025.

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October 6, 2020 by cris

DEQ awards wastewater planning grant to the Santa Fernwood Water and Sewer District

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