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Proposed nitrate pollution rules for NE Oregon don’t seem to make anyone happy
Proposed nitrate pollution rules for NE Oregon don’t seem to make anyone happy
Proposed nitrate pollution rules for NE Oregon don’t seem to make anyone happy

Published on: 01/14/2026

This news was posted by Oregon Today News

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The proposed rules to control nitrate pollution, if adopted later this year, would require farmers in the Lower Umatilla Groundwater Basin spanning parts of Morrow and Umatilla Counties to create a plan to manage nitrate levels in their soil and to test annually at least 10% of fields, keeping records of those plans and subsequent soil testing for at least five years in case the agriculture department chooses to audit.

After decades of farm and food-processing pollution contaminating groundwater in northeast Oregon, state regulators are proposing new monitoring and testing rules for large farms in the area.

News Source : https://www.oregonlive.com/environment/2026/01/proposed-nitrate-pollution-rules-for-ne-oregon-dont-seem-to-make-anyone-happy.html

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