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Oregon fined $1.2 million for failing to address pollution

By The Associated Press
Published: March 12, 2016, 6:52pm

PORTLAND — Oregon has been fined $1.2 million for failing to address coastal pollution from logging, agriculture and other sources.

The Oregonian reported that federal regulators said Friday they consider the state plan to control runoff that pollutes coastal waterways to be insufficient.

The decision makes Oregon the first state to face penalties for inadequately meeting federal standards set in 1990.

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