The city has been trying to get Union Pacific to keep the site clean and prevent encampments that would lead to more trash for years. Inspections as recent as three months ago found “no indication whatsoever” that the railroad has cleaned up or otherwise addressed issues at the site.
Multiple complaints have noted “thousands of pounds of trash” and accounts of human waste and garbage polluting the river
Multiple complaints have noted “thousands of pounds of trash” and accounts of human waste and garbage polluting the river
Union Pacific paid contractors to take an excavator and turn over the dirt, burying the trash, and chopped down cottonwood trees that were holding the soil in place, Emmons said.
The entire riparian zone, or the green ribbon of life along the river, is "decimated" in that area, she said.
Union Pacific hasn’t yet paid the fine, which was up to $216,700 as of a notice sent Jan. 10, said Lindsay Selser, spokesperson for Eugene’s planning and development department. The fine continues to grow and will keep doing so.
https://www.reddit.com/r/Eugene/comments/11zpm4z/eugene_places_lien_on_union_pacific_property/ via https://www.registerguard.com/story/news/environment/2023/03/23/eugene-oregon-fines-lien-union-pacific-trash-pollution-willamette-river/70018356007/ which is behind a paywall that someone on Reddit nicely copied and pasted
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