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Portland Harbor is located in and along the Willamette River in Portland, Oregon. More than a century of historical industrial use has resulted in Willamette River sediments being contaminated with many hazardous substances, such as heavy metals, polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), polynuclear aromatic hydrocarbons (PAH), dioxin/furans, and pesticides.

Portland Harbor was added to the EPA National Priorities List of contaminated sites in December 2000. The initial focus of the study was the heavily industrialized area between Swan and Sauvie Islands. The investigation area currently extends from the Columbia Slough to the Fremont Bridge.

Highlights

• Letter to Administrator Lisa Jackson and Responses to Congressional Delegation, December 14, 2011 (PDF) (42 pp, 10.8MB) - December 2011
• Portions of the Draft Remedial Investigation report are available online. For an electronic copy of the full report, including all appendices, contact Dan Phalen (phalen.dan@epa.gov) at 206-553-8578.
• Baseline Risk Assessment:
  • Draft RI Appendix F: Baseline Human Health Risk Assessment (PDF) (5612 pp. 43.5MB)
  • Draft RI Appendix G: Baseline Ecological Risk Assessment (PDF) (594 pp. 7.4MB)
  • Other technical documents
• The Oregon Department of Health Services has updated the fish advisories for the Willamette River based on samples gathered for the RI/FS.

• The Portland Harbor Community Advisory Group meets second Wednesday of every month at 6 p.m. at the City BES Water Lab, 6543 N. Burlington Street. For information call Travis Williams at 503-223-6418.
  
• View presentations from the Community Advisory Group and public meetings.

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