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Article: Railroad to respond to pollution.(Environment)(Union Pacific calls a meeting for residents who may be affected by vapors, but state officials offer words of caution)
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- The Register Guard (Eugene, OR)
- Article date:
- July 12, 2007
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Byline: Diane Dietz The Register-Guard
The Union Pacific Railroad will put its own spin tonight on groundwater pollution that's drifting under Eugene homes and neighborhoods.
At a meeting for the public, the railroad's environmental specialists will address the issue of chemical solvent vapors in the crawl spaces of residents' homes, plus other related topics that neighbors raise, said James Barnes, Union Pacific's spokesman in Omaha, Neb.
"The purpose of the event is obviously to provide an opportunity for people to ask questions as well as to receive information about what steps are going to take place," Barnes said.
But members of ...