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EPA’s definition of ‘non-hazardous’ muddies water in Ross Island plan
Opinion by Barbara Quinn, Co-Editor One glaring problem with the scheme to dump so-called “non-hazardous” Superfund dredge spoils in Ross Island Lagoon – which some proponents call an “elegant solution”– is that the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) definition of “non-hazardous” sediments does not mean NOT hazardous. The Willamette River bottom sediments that could be transported…

