Posted Wed, 03/10/2010 - 11:17 by CAGAdmin
Posted Thu, 02/18/2010 - 10:28 by CAGAdmin
City Council heard testimony on the North Reach Plan with representatives of businesses and unions asking to slow down and make changes, while environmentalists ask to adopt it now, and refine it later.
Read reports in:
Posted Sat, 02/13/2010 - 13:10 by CAGAdmin
The January issue of Oregon Business magazine cover story is a feature on the Portland Harbor and Superfund cleanup. Read the article online, and view a video from the Managing Editor below.
Posted Sat, 02/13/2010 - 12:20 by CAGAdmin
The February 10th meeting of the Portland Harbor Community Advisory Group featured a presentation by Bob Wyatt and Jim McKenna of the Lower Willamette Group outlining the process for completing the Feasibility Study. This is the next major portion of work for the superfund cleanup, and will be the final product of the Lower Willamette Group before cleanup operations get under way. Attached is the power point presentation from the meeting.
Posted Thu, 02/11/2010 - 00:57 by CAGAdmin
February 10th the Portland Harbor Community Advisory Group sent a letter of comment to the EPA regarding the draft Human Health Risk Assessment and Ecological Risk Assesment submitted to EPA by the Lower Willamette Group. Included with the letter is a technical review provided by Environmental Stewarship Concepts.
Posted Wed, 02/03/2010 - 12:39 by CAGAdmin
Near real time map of marine vessels in the Portland Harbor area.
Posted Tue, 01/26/2010 - 14:32 by CAGAdmin
In its initial review of the draft Baseline Ecological Risk and Human Health Risk Assessments provided by the Lower Willamette Group, the EPA has identified several deficiencies in the determination and reporting of risks.
Posted Mon, 12/21/2009 - 15:42 by CAGAdmin
The Environmental Law Education Center will be hosting a conference January 8th on Legal, Regulatory and Technical Issues: Portland Harbor, Remedial Investigation Report; Source Control & Other Hot Topics.
View the Agenda and registration information at http://www.elecenter.com/agenda_2010-01-08.htm.
Posted Thu, 12/17/2009 - 15:39 by CAGAdmin
Read the Oregonian Editorial about Portland's North Reach plan.
"The city's Willamette River plan is doomed from the start unless the city, environmentalists and industry leaders reach a clearer, deeper understanding. The frustrating thing is, everybody's right -- at least sort of right -- about the Willamette's North Reach."
http://www.oregonlive.com/opinion/index.ssf/2009/12/saving_fish_and_jobs...
Posted Fri, 12/11/2009 - 20:50 by CAGAdmin
Responding to business-related concerns, Mayor Sam Adams has postponed the first formal hearing on an ambitious city plan intended to improve the environment in and around the Portland harbor while also protecting jobs.
The City Council had been scheduled to hold a hearing on the first phase of the River Plan on Dec. 16. The plan covers the so-called North Reach section of the Willamette River that stretches from the Broadway Bridge to the Willamette’s confluence with the Columbia River.
