The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency asked Oregon Gov. John
Kitzhaber this week for his concurrence to list the Portland harbor
as a
Superfund site. The letter from EPA Region 10 Director Chuck Clarke
was
sent to the governor after the state missed its deadline last week
to
get a state deferral and avoid the listing.
Polluters, government and tribes were unable to arrive at an agreement
by the March 31, 2000 deadline on how to clean up 5.5 miles of the
Willamette River in the …
