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Senate passes bill allowing DEQ to designate mixing zones for seafood processors' wastewater
Summary
House Bill 3814 passed the Senate; sponsors said the measure creates permitting clarity for seafood processors by allowing DEQ to permit certain water bodies as mixing zones for processing effluent, with supporters arguing scientific differences between seafood wastewater and warm-blooded-animal effluent justify tailored regulation.
The Senate approved House Bill 3814, which authorizes the Oregon Department of Environmental Quality to permit portions of certain water bodies as mixing zones for wastewater discharge from seafood processing facilities.
Sponsor Senator Weber said the bill responds to long-standing operational challenges in the seafood processing sector on the coast. "Seafood processing facilities do not introduce ***** chloroform into wastewater at levels comparable to…
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