Schnitzer Steel Enforcement Action
NEDC has resolved a Clean Water Act enforcement action against Schnitzer Steel. Oregonian and Portland Tribune stories discuss the settlement.View a video clip of Schnitzer’s discharge, and stay tuned for before and after images contrasting present discharge from the site with discharge after Schnitzer implements major infrastructural upgrades at the property.
November 17, 2008
NEDC has resolved a Clean Water Act enforcement action against Schnitzer Steel. Oregonian and Portland Tribune stories discuss the settlement.
View a video clip of Schnitzer’s discharge, and stay tuned for before and after images contrasting present discharge from the site with discharge after Schnitzer implements major infrastructural upgrades at the property.
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