Sept. 19, 2017 – The Nebraska Safety Council is holding a two-day conference and trade show on October 11 and 12 in Lincoln at the Cornhusker Marriott Hotel. The conference will cover safety, wellness and environmental topics. The Nebraska Department of Environmental Quality has been involved in the conference planning and will have two speakers participating in conference sessions. For more information or to register, go to the conference page of the Safety Council website.

Feb. 18, 2011 -- The Nebraska Department of Environmental Quality has scheduled a public hearing in Lincoln on March 22 regarding the proposed issuance of a Pesticide General Permit.

The public hearing will be at 2 p.m. at the Nebraska State Office Building, 301 Centennial Mall South, Room A, Lower Level. The hearing will be preceded by an informal public information session, from 1:30 to 2 p.m. at the same location.

Some Guidelines On Ways to Protect Our Groundwater

As part of National Ground Water Awareness Week (March 6-12), the Nebraska Department of Environmental Quality is joining the Ground Water Protection Council and the National Ground Water Association in providing some useful guidelines on ways we can protect our ground water resources.

March 10, 2011 -- The Nebraska Department of Environmental Quality has sent invitations to schools across the state, seeking students’ entries for the 2012 “Nebraska: Don’t Waste It” environmental calendar. The contest is open to all Nebraska students from grades K through 12, and the submission deadline is April 15, 2011.

Oct. 3, 2017 -- NDEQ is restructuring and standardizing Conditions I and II in air quality construction permits (CP), air quality operating permits (OP), and the accompanying fact sheets. These changes are intended to unify permit conditions and streamline the CP and OP permitting processes. The draft restructured conditions and fact sheet language can be found at the bottom of this webpage.

March 16, 2011 -- The Stream Biological Monitoring Program 2004-2008 Technical Report is now posted on NDEQ’s web site. It is located in Publications/Surface Water Monitoring Program/Reports, or the direct URL is: https://dee.nebraska.gov/forms/publications-grants-forms/wat170

Updated information, May 5 -- The presentations made on May 3 are now on this web site. Go to: http://deq.ne.gov/Press.nsf/pages/NEWS050411.)

April 8, 2011 – Although the Nebraska Department of Environmental Quality had developed a proposed Pesticide General Permit and conducted a public hearing on the issue on March 22, 2011, the agency has decided to delay issuance of the permit, based on a deadline extension that was recently granted to the EPA.

On May 3, 2011, NDEQ hosted the annual Environmental Update meeting, which was attended by approximately 200 business and community representatives. Presentations on a variety of environmental topics were made by staff from NDEQ, as well as Nebraska Game and Parks and the U.S. EPA.

Following are PDF copies of the Powerpoint slides that were part of the presentations made at the Environmental Update:

June 30, 2011 -- The Nebraska Department of Environmental Quality (NDEQ) has prepared an Infrastructure State Implementation Plan (SIP) for the 2006 24-hour Fine Particle (PM 2.5) National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS). Infrastructure SIPs, which are required by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, are plans that provide for the implementation, maintenance, and enforcement of each NAAQS.