Oregon environmental regulators have reached agreement with Owens-Brockway Glass Container on a partial clean-up of Johnson Lake along the Columbia River.
The plan requires the company to spend USD 1…
Oregon environmental regulators have reached agreement with Owens-Brockway Glass Container on a partial clean-up of Johnson Lake along the Columbia River. The plan requires the company to spend USD 1.3 million to deal with two areas of lake sediment contaminated with high levels of PCBs. The chemical was used in electrical insulators but is now prohibited because of links to cancer. Owens-Brockway has manufactured glass at its plant on the south side of the lake since 1956. It will dredge 7,500 cubic yards (5,734 cubic meters) of contaminated sediment, then store, cap and monitor the contaminated soil.