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Article: DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY PROPOSES FINAL REMEDY FOR SOIL AND SEDIMENT CONTAMINATION AT FORMER NICHOLS BOAT WORKS SITE IN HOOD RIVER
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- US Fed News Service, Including US State News
- Article date:
- April 2, 2007
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The Oregon Department of Environmental Quality issued the following news release:
The Oregon Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) is proposing approval of a final remedy regarding soil and sediment contamination at the former Nichols Boat Works (Nichols) site on the Columbia River waterfront in Hood River.
The remedy, based on a zoning change, proposed development plans, and residual human health and ecological risk assessments confirming that the site does not currently pose any unacceptable risks, includes a contingency plan will be developed to address possible exposure of deeper sediments left beneath a clean layer sediment by possible future dredging or shoreline development.
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