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News Release - Remedy Order Oregon TMDL 12/12/18

COURT REJECTS EPA EXCUSES ON OREGON RIVERS’ TEMPERATURE

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has a lot of work to do to protect salmon from hot water, according to a ruling issued by U.S. District Judge Marco A. Hernández Wednesday afternoon.  The court threw out the pollution clean-up plans that EPA, the Oregon Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ), and intervenors from the paper, logging, and electric power industry sought to leave in place for the next 12 years

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