DEQ penalizes Bend funeral home for exceeding incinerator limits
The Oregon Department of Environmental Quality issued a $2,428 penalty to Niswonger-Reynolds, LLC for cremating 20 tons or more of material between 2012 and 2015 without the appropriate permit. The company operates a crematory incinerator at 105 NW Irving Street in Bend.
The company operated under a Basic Air Contaminant Discharge Permit, which limits cremated material to 20 tons annually. Cremating more material, as the company did between 2012 and 2015, requires a General Air Contaminant Discharge Permit.
Niswonger-Reynolds applied for and was granted such a permit in August 2016, which allows cremated material to exceed 20 tons annually.
The company paid the penalty. View the notice of civil penalty: https://www.oregon.gov/deq/nr/120616niswonger.pdf
Contact:
Bonnie Hough, Natural Resource Specialist, Bend, 541-633-2016, hough.bonnie@deq.state.or.us
Becka Puskas, Environmental Law Specialist, Portland, 503-229-5058, puskas.becka@deq.state.or.us