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Yakima, Washington (AP)
The Yakama Nation is pulling out of a natural resources council that aids Oregon and federal officials with planning cleanup of the contaminated Portland harbor.
The Environmental Protection Agency and the Oregon Department of Environmental Quality are overseeing cleanup along the six-mile-long Portland harbor, where sediments in the lower Willamette River have shown high levels of metals, pesticides and other hazardous substances.
The Yakama Nation is pulling out of a natural resources council that aids Oregon and federal officials with planning cleanup of the contaminated Portland harbor.
The Environmental Protection Agency and the Oregon Department of Environmental Quality are overseeing cleanup along the six-mile-long Portland harbor, where sediments in the lower Willamette River have shown high levels of metals, pesticides and other hazardous substances.
