E.P.A. information session schedule expanded, offering more opportunities to get ready prior to release of suggested Portland Harbor Cleanup Project

1st downtown "lunchtime" community information session scheduled for 12:00 noon, Thursday, February 4, in Portland City Building

(Portland, Oregon - Feb 1, 2016) EPA's ambitious schedule of presentations, information sessions and webinars has expanded to include more venues across the city. Portlanders - and everyone interested in the health and welfare of the Lower Willamette River - now have even more opportunities to learn about:

• What lies on the bottom of this urban, working water way.
• The health and ecological risks and why E.P.A. is taking action.
• How Superfund cleanups are designed, engineered and paid for.
• How to "gear up" to review on the Suggested Cleanup Project this spring.

In early April, E.P.A. will release a Suggested Cleanup Project and seek formal public comments for 2 months. This Project will offer a detailed picture of EPA's preferred cleanup methods for recovering the Lower Willamette River, making it a cleaner, healthier place to live, work and play. The Record-of-Decision, or final plan, will be released at the end of 2016.

Here is the latest list of information sessions, times & locations. Come early and talk with E.P.A. and Oregon Department of Environmental Quality representatives during the open house period which begins 30 minutes before each session:

• Thursday, Feb Fourth - twelve noon, E.P.A. Information Session, Portland City Building, Second Floor Auditorium, 1120 SW Fifth Ave, Portland, Oregon
• Monday, Feb Eighth -7pm, E.P.A. Information Session, Audubon Society, 5151 NW Cornell Rd, Portland, Oregon
• Tuesday, Feb Nineth - 7pm, League of Women Voters, Multnomah Co. Building Board Room, 501 SE Hawthorne Boulevard, Portland, Oregon
• Thursday, Feb 11th -7pm, E.P.A. Information Session, Matt Dishman Community Center, 77 Nebraska Knott St, Portland, Oregon
• Thursday, Feb 18th - 6:30pm, E.P.A. Information Session, Woodrow Wilson High School Cafeteria, 1151 SW Vermont St, Portland, Oregon
• Tuesday, Feb 23rd - 7pm, Community Advisory Group Forum, Linnton Community Center, 10614 NW St Helens Rd, Portland, Oregon
• Thursday, March Third - Live Webinar E.P.A. Information Session, Time, Details TBD
• Thursday, March 17th - 7pm, E.P.A. Information Session, SE Multicultural Center, 4610 SE Belmont St, Portland, Oregon
• Saturday, March 19th - 1pm, E.P.A. Information Session, Matt Dishman Center, 77 Nebraska Knott St, Portland, Oregon

Visit EPA's Portland Harbor cleanup website for more information about the Portland Harbor cleanup and the latest meeting schedule.

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