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Committee hears testimony on bill to design fixes for toxic algal blooms in Ross Island Lagoon
Summary
Lawmakers heard from scientists, the Human Access Project and river advocates on House Bill 3314, which would fund design and permitting work to reduce harmful cyanobacteria blooms in the Ross Island Lagoon on the Willamette River; no final action was taken during the March 5 public hearing.
House lawmakers held a public hearing March 5 on House Bill 3314, a measure to fund design and permitting work aimed at mitigating recurring harmful cyanobacteria blooms in the Ross Island Lagoon on the Willamette River.
The bill, as described by a committee staffer, originally appropriated $2,017,000 from the general fund to the Higher Education Coordinating Commission for distribution to Oregon State University to work on mitigation. A posted “-1” amendment removed that appropriation and instead proposed $1,020,000 from the general fund to the Higher Education Coordinating Commission to be distributed to the Human Access Project to work toward mitigation in partnership with Oregon State University.
Supporters told the committee the lagoon—an artificial embayment formed by historic gravel mining and an embankment between Ross and Hardtack islands—has produced toxic cyanobacteria blooms…
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