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Regulators Favor a Rogue Dump Over a Landmark Winery

By Nigel Jaquiss

Willamette Week | July 18, 2007

Why do Oregon public agencies that tout their environmental stewardship allow an archaic dump on prime farmland near Ponzi Vineyards and just upstream of the Tualatin River National Wildlife Refuge to remain in operation?

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