Oregon OKs dumping of contaminated spoils on West Hayden Island
West Hayden Island's industrial prospects are far from certain, but they're firm enough to allow the Port of Portland to accept new contaminated dredge spoils on the undeveloped island for industrial fill, Oregon's Department of Environmental Quality has decided.
West Hayden Island's industrial prospects are far from certain, but they're firm enough to allow the Port of Portland to accept new contaminated dredge spoils on the undeveloped island for industrial fill, Oregon's Department of Environmental Quality has decided.
That decision, which could draw a lawsuit from the Audubon Society of Portland,
allows the Army Corps of Engineers to dredge 75,000 cubic yards of
sediment from the Willamette River's Post Office Bar and pump it onto
the Port-owned island, whose northern flank has long been a dumping
site.
