“ORA members provide personal update to EPA representatives”

Written By Oregon Rural Action

By Beau Glynn | Hermiston Herald | June 7, 2023

“Oregon Rural Action opted for a personal touch when presenting to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency in Boardman on Thursday, June 1.

Members of the ORA met with representatives of the EPA to give an update on well testing that has been taking place in the Boardman area as well as to communicate how slowly the testing has been occurring.

“The bottom line is that things are moving too slowly,” ORA community organizer Kaleb Lay said. “I think the EPA heard that and they’ve committed to coming back and doing this regularly. It seems they want to lean into this, but haven’t given the specifics on how they want to do that.””

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