Reporting in Your DEQ Online for General Permits with Annual Reports

This comprehensive training session focuses on completing annual reports through Oregon DEQ's Your DEQ Online platform. Amanda Hallmark facilitates the session while Martina Frey provides the primary instruction, with support from other DEQ colleagues including Melissa Kays, Tim Ruby, Beth Moore, and Cecilia Mitchell.

The session begins with an overview of Your DEQ Online, described as a web-based portal for accessing permits, submitting applications and required reports, making payments, and accessing public records. Participants learn that annual reports can be found in different sections depending on their status: upcoming obligations for new reports, pending submittals for work in progress, and submitted submittals for completed reports.

Martina demonstrates three specific permit types in detail. The 700PM suction dredge mining report requires identifying mining locations with coordinates, certifying invasive species control measures, reporting mercury observations, and documenting visual monitoring activities. The 1400A wastewater report involves extensive data entry for land application information across 12 months, including flow data, irrigated acres, and solid waste volumes, plus a required attachment showing land application areas. The 2300A pesticide application report uses dynamic yes/no questions to determine requirements, with monitoring results attachments needed only if pesticides were applied and discharges occurred.

The training emphasizes the four-tab structure of reports (Basic Information, Attachment, Review, Submission), the importance of completing required fields marked in red, and the revision process for submitted reports. Key features include automatic calculations, form-specific guidance through the 'get information' button, and email confirmations upon submission. The session concludes with information about upcoming office hours, due dates, and ongoing helpdesk support for technical questions.