The deadline to submit written comments on the impacts to water quality
of deepening the Columbia River channel by three feet was extended 30 days.
The Oregon Department of Environmental Quality extended the comment period
from Dec. 22, 1999, to Jan. 21, 2000, in response to requests from presenters
at DEQs two hearings.
DEQ is studying the impacts on water quality of deepening the Columbia
River channel from Portland, Ore. to the coast. What it decides could determine
whether the channel
