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Western Water Report: July 2, 2006

HIGH COURT’S WETLANDS DECISION PUTS JUSTICES ON OPPOSITE SHORES

The upshot of the U.S. Supreme Court’s 5-4 decision that sent two Michigan cases back to the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit is that that court gets another shot at deciding what constitutes wetlands, but the high court’s decision did not include a clear definition of what standard the appeals court should use. New York Times; June 20 <http://www.nytimes.com/2006/06/20/washington/20wetlands.html?_r=3D2&oref=3Ds=> login&oref=3Dslogin Background: <http://www.bcwaternews.com/Original_Content/2006/cwa/cwa.htm>

FEDERAL JUDGE HEARS ARGUMENT ON WATER FLOWS IN COLORADO PARK

Environmental groups sued the National Park Service to require the agency to secure larger stream flows through the Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park in Colorado to maintain fish populations; a ruling is expected in a month. Grand Junction Sentinel; June 30 <http://www.gjsentinel.com/news/content/news/stories/2006/06/30/6_30_3A_Black=> _Canyon_hearing.html

HOT MAY WEATHER MELTS COLORADO SNOWPACK TO 6 PERCENT OF NORMAL

Snowmelt in southwestern Colorado is tracking four to six weeks early this year, with peak flows already passed on area rivers, and irrigators face an uncertain water supply later on in the season because of the early spring runoff. Durango Herald; June 6 <http://durangoherald.com/asp-bin/article_generation.asp?article_type=3Dnews&=> article_path=3D/news/06/news060606_3.htm

COLORADO DROUGHT FORCES RANCHERS TO SELL LIVESTOCK

A Colorado Cattlemen’s Association executive said the drought of 2005 was exponentially worse than the drought of 2001 and 2002, which was the worst drought in 100 years. Colorado Springs Gazette; 6/20 <http://www.gazette.com/display.php?id=3D1318557>

BEAUPREZ AGAINST WATER TRANSFERS TO FRONT RANGE

Republican Gubernatorial candidate Bob Beauprez said he opposes any Western Slope water transfers to the Front Range. Montrose Daily Press, 6/5 <http://www.montrosepress.com/articles/2006/06/05/local_news/2.txt>

LACK OF BEAVER LEAVES COLORADO NATIONAL PARK HIGH AND DRY

An excess number of elk in Rocky Mountain National Park have eaten the aspen and willow, important food sources for beaver, and now there are only about 30 beavers left in the park, which means fewer dams and fewer wetlands, allowing grasslands to fill in where wetlands once were. Denver Post; June 6 <http://www.denverpost.com/news/ci_3903410>

HAIL CANNONS USED BY COLORADO FARMER ANGERS NEIGHBORS

A Colorado farmer who is using a sonic cannon that sends shock waves into the sky to disrupt the hail storms that can damage his crops is angering his neighbors who say the $40,000 contraption works so well, it is keeping the rain from their land, too. Colorado Springs Gazette; 6/15 <http://www.gazette.com/display.php?id=3D1318428>

COLORADO COMMUNITY SETS NEW RULES ON HIGH-ELEVATION BUILDING

Concerns about water flows pressured the Bayfield, Colo., Town Board into passing new regulations about developments above 7,260 feet. Durango Herald; June 22 <http://durangoherald.com/asp-bin/article_generation.asp?article_type=3Dnews&=> article_path=3D/news/06/news060622_5.htm

REPORT SAYS ANGLERS, HUNTERS POUR BILLIONS INTO WEST’S ECONOMY

A joint report issued by the Sonoran Institute and the Theodore Roosevelt Conservation Partnership said hunters and anglers pump more than $2.9 billion a year into the economies of six Western states. Grand Junction Sentinel; June 9 <http://www.gjsentinel.com/news/content/news/stories/2006/06/09/6_9_1a_sports=> men.html <http://www.sonoran.org./programs/socioeconomics/teddy.html>

STUDY: GROWTH, CLIMATE KILLING RIO GRANDE

Though an international report points to the Rio Grande as a river facing trouble over the next two decades, one local conservationist said it’s already got problems that can’t get much worse. Las Cruces Sun-News, 6/6 <http://lcsun-news.com/news/ci_3903631>

RIO GRANDE HAS NOTHING LEFT TO GIVE TO GROWING COMMUNITIES

Cities in the Rio Grande basin in New Mexico are continuing to grow at alarming rates, and the watershed that has supported them in the past is tapped out with nothing more to give, but ongoing battles for the valuable water. An in-depth look. Santa Fe New Mexican; June 11 <http://www.freenewmexican.com/news/44859.html>

VOLUNTEERS RUSH TO RESCUE ENDANGERED FISH FROM DWINDLING RIO GRANDE

The endangered Rio Grande silvery minnow lives only in the meandering Rio Grande River, and biologists said they feared this year would be a tough one for the tiny fish as the river is quickly drying up leaving the fish stranded in tiny pools. Albuquerque Tribune (AP); June 22 <http://www.abqtrib.com/albq/nw_local/article/0,2564,ALBQ_19858_4791418,00.ht=> ml

DROUGHT STRANDS NATIVE TROUT IN NORTHERN NEW MEXICO

The native Rio Grande cutthroat trout now inhabits only about 10 percent of its historic range, having been displaced by non-native species, and now drought is drying up the Rio de las Vacas, stranding the species in a series of pools created in 2004 by the U.S. Forest Service. Albuquerque Journal; June 26 <http://www.abqjournal.com/news/state/471450nm06-26-06.htm>

NEW MEXICO CITY PUTS NEW WATER RESTRICTIONS ON DEVELOPERS

Officials in Las Vegas, N.M., said continuing drought conditions required new regulations that only residential and commercial building permits that will not require any new or increased consumption of water will be allowed. Albuquerque Journal; June 23 <http://www.abqjournal.com/north/470800north_news06-23-06.htm>

WATER WOES HIGHEST IN NEW MEXICO TOWN

The five-year data for Las Vegas, N.M., shows rainfall for the northern New Mexico town is 18.71 inches below normal, and residents have taken extreme measures to reduce their water consumption from a daily average of 2.8 million gallons to 1.3 million gallons. Santa Fe New Mexican (AP); 6/30 <http://www.freenewmexican.com/news/45717.html>

DROUGHT KILLS HUNDREDS OF FISH IN NEW MEXICO LAKE

New Mexico Game and Fish officials said low water levels caused by drought has changed the chemistry of the water in Ramah Lake, causing the death of hundreds of catfish, trout and perch. Albuquerque Journal; June 30 <http://www.abqjournal.com/news/state/472507nm06-30-06.htm>

N.M. AWARDS GRANT TO RESTORE PECOS RIVER

New Mexico has awarded the newly created Upper Pecos Watershed Association a $35,000 grant for start-up costs and to work on a plan that the association can shop around for more money to restore the Pecos River, near Santa Fe; the group is one of a handful of such new groups working on watershed restoration around the state. Santa Fe New Mexican; June 9 <http://www.freenewmexican.com/news/44785.html>

N.M. WATER PIPELINE PROJECT NEARS HALFWAY POINT

The $375 million San Juan Chama Drinking Water Project that will eventually carry water 30 miles from the Rio Grande to Albuquerque, and supply that New Mexico city with 70 percent of its drinking water, should be completed by March 2008. Albuquerque Journal; 6/23 <http://www.abqjournal.com/west/470745west_news06-23-06.htm>

N.M. GOV DECREES 2007 “YEAR OF WATER” FOR LEGISLATURE

New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson plans to make big waves in water issues in the 2007 Legislature, and his spokesman said the governor will push for big projects such as a thorough study of water supplies in one basin and tackling water rights issues along the Middle Rio Grande. Albuquerque Journal; June 28 <http://www.abqjournal.com/news/state/471836nm06-28-06.htm>

WYOMING OFFICIALS CONCERNED ABOUT DEVELOPMENT’S WATER

The developers of a proposed subdivision in Wyoming’s Park County have applied to the state for a permit to use three wells on the property for domestic water, but Park County commissioners said that application doesn’t jibe with the developers’ original promise to use the wells only as a back-up water source. Billings Gazette; June 7 <http://www.billingsgazette.net/articles/2006/06/07/news/wyoming/35-copperlea=> f.txt

LAKE POWELL PIPELINE: WHERE DO WE GO FROM HERE?

Wilson said the State of Utah has rights to approximately 360,000 to 370,000 acre-feet of presently unused water through the Lake Powell Compact. Cedar City Review, 6/8 <http://www.cedarcityreview.com/articles.php?id=3D2652&art_title=3DLake_Powel=> l_Pipeline:_Where_Do_We_Go_From_Here

LOSS OF ‘WATER COP’ IN TUCSON HIGHLIGHTS CITY’S WATER WOES

The one person who was in charge of enforcing Tucson’s water conservation rules has left that post, and the city is struggling to continue enforcing a program that some say isn’t very effective. The article includes a sidebar on how other Southwest cities patrol restricted water use. Arizona Daily Star; 6/18 <http://www.azstarnet.com/metro/134118.php>

WHITE PINE COUNTY RESISTS WATER PLAN

When it comes to striking a deal with the Southern Nevada Water Authority, White Pine County favors green fields over greenbacks. That is the overwhelming message from county officials as the two groups wade back into talks after a short hiatus. Las Vegas Review-Journal, 6/3 <http://www.reviewjournal.com/lvrj_home/2006/Jun-03-Sat-2006/news/7731801.htm=> l

REPORT SAYS LAS VEGAS’ WATER PLAN COULD HURT NEVADA PARK

A new report from the U.S. Geological Survey said Southern Nevada Water Authority’s plan to pump groundwater from the Spring and Snake valleys could have a detrimental effect on some of the most popular spots in the Great Basin National Park, Nevada’s only national park. Las Vegas Review-Journal; June 23 <http://www.reviewjournal.com/lvrj_home/2006/Jun-23-Fri-2006/news/8088326.htm=> l

FEDERAL REPORT IS ENOUGH TO STOP UP LAS VEGAS’ WATER PLAN

A new study from the U.S. Geologic Survey confirms what ranchers in Utah’s Spring and Snake valleys have known all along: Las Vegas’ plan to pump groundwater from the aquifer under their land will destroy the delicate moisture balance and dry up their springs, and the report is confirmed by further research Utah should not allow the plan to move forward. Salt Lake Tribune; June 27 <http://www.sltrib.com/opinion/ci_3983268>

UTAH SEEKS TO PROTECT SNAKE VALLEY WATER

Officials from the Utah Department of Natural Resources and Millard County Commission are taking steps to protect water rights in the West Desert. Ely Times, 6/24 <http://www.elynews.com/articles/2006/06/23/news/news03.txt>

LAKE MEAD WATER LEVEL TAKING A TOLL ON BUSINESS

Lake Mead has dropped 83 feet in the last six years and is down ten feet from this time last year. The Valley’s primary source of water is only at 17 per cent of the average with is causing problems for visitors and businesses. KVBC, 6/19 <http://www.kvbc.com/Global/story.asp?S=3D5051106&nav=3D15MV>

SAN JOAQUIN RIVER ON VERGE OF REBIRTH

The dried San Joaquin River might flow again, along with lots and lots of money, under a historic deal coming closer by the hour. Contra Costa Times, 6/19 <http://www.contracostatimes.com/mld/cctimes/news/state/14852453.htm>

TAXPAYERS IN CA COULD BE LIABLE FOR LEVEE FAILURES

Taxpayers could be on the hook for millions of dollars when levees fail if a lawsuit succeeds in establishing a precedent for public liability. Contra Costa Times, 6/5 <http://www.contracostatimes.com/mld/cctimes/news/14743590.htm>

WATER EXPERTS MEET ON SALTON SEA’S FUTURE

The formerly geographically, and politically, isolated Salton Sea took center stage during a forum that included some of the region’s biggest water brokers. The Desert Sun, 6/23 <http://www.thedesertsun.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=3D/20060623/NEWS0701/6=> 06230349/1006/news01

SEEPING ALL-AMERICAN SPELLS DOOM IN MEXICO

‘What will we leave for our children? We will not be like Santa Anna. He gave the land; we will not give the water!’ So says Manuel Aguilar, president of the Mexicali Valley Farmers Union, about Antonio L=F3pez de Santa Anna, the dictator who lost more than half of Mexico to the U.S. in the 1840s. Tucson Citizen, 6/20 <http://www.tucsoncitizen.com/daily/local/16025>

ENVIRONMENT HAS NO BORDER

EDITORIAL: On decisions involving water, every action has a consequence, especially in the Southwest, and the outcomes don’t stop at the Mexican border. Tucson Citizen, 6/20 <http://www.tucsoncitizen.com/daily/opinion/16383>

NEW REFUGE ABORTS PLANS FOR FASTRILL DAM

The creation of a new national wildlife refuge in northeast Texas announced last month by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service aborted plans for Fastrill dam, which had been hotly contested by environmentalists, local governments and loggers. Jasper Newsboy, 6/21 <http://www.jaspernewsboy.com/news/2006/0621/Front_Page/007.html>

DROUGHT TO SCORCH CONSUMERS

Texas, Arizona, Louisiana and Mississippi have been hit the hardest. Some cities in Texas and the entire state of Georgia have begun restricting water use, even after recent rains. USA Today, 6/28 <http://www.news-leader.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=3D/20060628/NEWS07/6062=> 80341

MONTANA WANTS SOME LATITUDE ON FIXED REFILL DATE FOR RESERVOIR

Montana officials intend to press their case against a required refill date for the Kootenai Reservoir behind Libby Dam which downstream states have insisted on to augment flows for salmon, but which Montana officials say tie their hands to deal with seasonal fluctuations in moisture. Missoulian; June 15 <http://www.missoulian.com/articles/2006/06/15/news/mtregional/news05.txt>

CBM PRODUCER SEEKS MONTANA’S OK TO SHARE GROUNDWATER

Fidelity Exploration & Production Co. wants to provide some of the groundwater expelled during coalbed methane operations to others to use as water for livestock or for dust suppression operations, and company officials are asking Montana to allow them to do so. Billings Gazette; June 6 <http://www.billingsgazette.net/articles/2006/06/06/news/state/35-fidelity.tx=> t

MONTANA AGENCY DECIDES SUBDIVISION DOESN’T NEED MINING PERMIT

The developer of a proposed subdivision on Montana’s Rock Creek, a prized blue-ribbon trout stream, decided it no longer made sense for him to crush rock excavated from his property, which made the requirement that he obtain an opencut mining permit moot said the Department of Environmental Quality. Missoulian; June 20 <http://www.missoulian.com/articles/2006/06/20/news/local/news03.txt>

OREGON DEVELOPER DENIES WETLANDS ON MONTANA PROPERTY

The Clark Fork Coalition said an Oregon developer illegally filled in a wetland area on his property near the confluence of the Clark Fork River and Rock Creek in Montana, but the Oregon developer said the area claimed to be wetlands was merely a holding basin created for irrigation water by the previous owner. Missoulian; 6/22 <http://www.missoulian.com/articles/2006/06/22/news/mtregional/news07.txt>

GROUPS ASK MONTANA SENATOR TO EXPLAIN STANCE ON WILDERNESS WORK

U.S. Sen. Conrad Burns has proposed legislation that would give owners of a series of irrigation dams located in the Selway-Bitterroot Wilderness rights-of-way to maintain those dams, and a coalition of retired U.S. Forestq Service officials, conservationists and water users would like the Montana Republican to hold a hearing in the state on that legislation. Missoulian; June 27 <http://www.missoulian.com/articles/2006/06/27/news/local/news03.txt>

MONTANA BOARD TABLES MINING RULE FOR THE SECOND TIME

The Montana Board of Environmental Review’s decision to table a proposal that would have strengthened the state’s regulation of treatment of water at closed mines basically killed the proposal, and board members said they hoped legislation would be more broad then the abandoned proposal. Missoulian (AP); June 22 <http://www.missoulian.com/articles/2006/06/22/bnews/br18.txt>

IDAHO GOVERNOR WEIGHS IN TO SAVE SOCKEYE SALMON

The Northwest Power and Conservation Council approved the expansion of a program that grows Redfish Lake’s endangered sockeye salmon in captivity despite a scientific panel’s call to end what they said is a futile project. Idaho Statesman; June 15 <http://www.idahostatesman.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=3D/20060615/NEWS01/6=> 06150361/1002

DAMS MUST BE BREACHED TO SAVE IDAHO’S SOCKEYE SALMON

The Northwest Power and Conservation Council’s plan to spend another $2.7 million of Bonneville Power Administration’s money on improving a hatchery for Idaho’s sockeye salmon is laudable, but until the entire ecosystem from the ocean through the rivers to are restored too, all the hatchery will do is sustain a gene pool. Idaho Statesman; June 26 <http://www.idahostatesman.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=3D/20060625/NEWS0501=> /606250319/1053

IDAHO WATER DECISION PUTS PRESSURE ON CITIES

Cities in Idaho’s Magic Valley are concerned that water shortages along the Eastern Snake River Plain Aquifer could ultimately result in the curtailment of their water supplies, which would have widespread economic effects on their municipalities. Twin Falls Times-News (AP); June 20 <http://www.magicvalley.com/news_other/news_idaho/?storyid=3D/dynamic/stories=> /I/ID_WATER_RULING_IDOL-

IDAHO PLANS AQUIFER RECHARGE EXPERIMENT

If a 20-acre aquifer recharge experiment planned near Wendell is successful, Idaho officials said it will serve as a template for other such projects across the state. Idaho Statesman (AP); 6/26 <http://www.idahostatesman.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=3D/20060626/NEWS06/6=> 06260312/1056

IDAHO WATER CHIEF ISSUES ANOTHER WATER CALL

The director of the Idaho Department of Water Resources ordered about 1,300 ground water users from American Fork to Thousand Springs to come up with 27,006 acre-feet of water for the Twin Falls Canal Co. by July 9, or face having their wells shut down. Twin Falls Times-News; June 30 <http://www.magicvalley.com/articles/2006/06/30/news_localstate/news_local_st=> ate.8.txt

BLM, IDAHO RANCHERS WRANGLE OVER WATER RIGHTS ON PUBLIC LANDS

After Idaho embarked on a quest in 1987 to determine who held what water rights in the state, the state and federal government reached an agreement that the Bureau of Land Management could hold water rights on its land as long as those rights carried a 1934 priority date, but a handful of ranchers are disputing those rights. Twin Falls Times-News; June 22 <http://www.magicvalley.com/articles/2006/06/22/news_localstate/news_local_st=> ate.3.txt

MORE THAN HALF OF NEW ORLEANS WATER LEAKS AWAY

Nine months after Hurricane Katrina, New Orleans is still scrambling to plug an unknown number of leaking underground city water pipes that are losing an estimated 85 million gallons of drinking water daily, according to a June 9 article in The Times-Picayune. Water Tech Online, 6/10 <http://www.watertechonline.com/news.asp?mode=3D4&N_ID=3D61991>

EPA ANNOUNCES VOLUNTARY WATER PROGRAM

NEWS RELEASE. EPA Administrator Stephen L. Johnson announces a new voluntary water efficiency program that will help consumers identify water-saving products and services. EPA, 6/10 <http://yosemite.epa.gov/opa/admpress.nsf/27166bca9a9490ee852570180055e350/2c=> ff4003dca2ed67852571880062490c!OpenDocument

N.M., 15 OTHER STATES REVIVE PROTEST AGAINST EPA MERCURY RULE

After the Environmental Protection Agency declined to reconsider rules that allows power plants to buy emission credits rather than reduce mercury emissions, sixteen states, including New Mexico, revived their lawsuit filed last October challenging those rules. Santa Fe New Mexican (AP); June 20 <http://www.freenewmexican.com/news/45248.html>

IDAHO SENATOR WANTS TO SUSPEND ARSENIC REGULATIONS

U.S. Sen. Larry Craig, R-Idaho, has submitted legislation that would suspend new federal regulations on arsenic limits in drinking water for water systems that serve fewer than 10,000 customers. Los Angeles Times; June 29 <http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/asection/la-na-arsenic29jun29,1,569=> 3948.story?ctrack=3D1&cset=3Dtrue

CITIES LOOKING FOR WAYS TO MAKE BRINE DRINKABLE

Researchers and cities across the West are scrambling to find ways to deal with salty water. Our limited water supply forces us to turn to drinking water options other parts of the nation aren’t considering, such as brackish groundwater and effluent, said University of Arizona Professor Robert Arnold, who is about to start a two-year study aimed at improving desalination. Tucson Citizen, 6/4 <http://www.tucsoncitizen.com/daily/frontpage/14663.php>

DESALINATION PLANTS TOO COSTLY

California’s water needs may have to be met using desalination plants in the future, but building and operating them now would be costly and would adversely impact the environment, said a report released by an independent research organization. Monterey Herald, 6/28 <http://www.montereyherald.com/mld/montereyherald/news/14919061.htm>

PLAN TO RAISE MISSOURI RIVER DRAWS FIRE

A massive old steamboat is on stilts now, resting on the shore about 100 feet from the river it helped reshape. AP, 6/6 <http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=3D/n/a/2006/06/06/national/a0039=> 42D11.DTL&hw=3Dwater&sn=3D001&sc=3D1000

GA. ASKS FOR RESTRAINING ORDER IN RIVER DISPUTE

Georgia officials are asking a federal court to restrict the amount of water the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers can drain from reservoirs along the Chattahoochee River. AP, 6/22 <http://www.ledger-enquirer.com/mld/ledgerenquirer/news/local/14876832.htm>

ENVIRONMENTALISTS, BOTTLERS FIGHT OVER RIGHTS

This year two Eastern states, New Hampshire and Vermont, have tightened restrictions on large-scale water withdrawals, both with bottlers in mind. Another such bill has been proposed in Michigan. In California, Michigan and New Hampshire, local groups opposed to new water wells have filed suit. Houston Chronicle, 6/18 <http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/nation/3977545.html>

N.M. LABORATORY TURNS ITS FOCUS ON GLOBAL SHORTAGE OF WATER

Peter Davis, the head of Sandia National Laboratories’ Water Initiatives program, said water will soon become a major issue in foreign policy negotiations. Albuquerque Journal; 6/25 <http://www.abqjournal.com/news/metro/471294metro06-25-06.htm>

COMPANIES TEAM UP TO BRING SAFE WATER ABROAD

Clearly Canadian Beverage Corp. has partnered with Global Water in an effort to bring safe drinking water to villages in Central and South America. CNW Group, 6/26 <http://www.newswire.ca/en/releases/archive/June2006/26/c9013.html>

CRITICS SAY EPA CHANGED WATER-QUALITY RULE AFTER APPEAL TO ROVE

Environmentalists said that a new Environmental Protection Agency regulation meant to keep water clean near energy drilling sites was loosened after a Texas oil company executive made an appeal to White House senior advisor Karl Rove, but White House officials said the rule change was made as part of the Energy Policy Act of 2005. Los Angeles Times; June 13 <http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-rove13jun13,0,6998893.s=> tory?coll=3Dla-home-headlines

FEDERAL RUN-OFF WATER RULE WON’T APPLY IN COLORADO

The changes in Environmental Protection Agency rules on storm water run-off that take effect in June don’t apply in Colorado, where the Colorado Water Quality Control Commission decided to continue regulating run-off on drilling operations. Denver Post; June 13 <http://www.denverpost.com/nationworld/ci_3929151>

RULE PROPOSED ON EFFLUENT FROM ANIMAL FEEDLOTS

NEWS RELEASE. Concentrated animal feeding operations (CAFOs), such as large pig, veal, poultry, beef and dairy farms, would continue to be required to properly manage the manure they generate under a rule proposed today by the Environmental Protection Agency. 6/22 <http://yosemite.epa.gov/opa/admpress.nsf/27166bca9a9490ee852570180055e350/5b=> 1ea0613dfe298a852571950066b86c!OpenDocument

DEAD LAKE COMES BACK TO LIFE, AT LEAST FOR NOW

A crystalline Adirondack lake once held up as an example of a “dead” lake devastated by acid rain has now become a symbol of nature’s ability to heal itself once pollutants are curbed. AP, 6/7 <http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/13049814/>

EPA NEGOTIATES LANDMARK INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENT

NEWS RELEASE. “After several years of legal wrangling and negotiations, the Bush Administration and the world’s largest zinc producer have reached an international agreement to investigate contamination in the Upper Columbia River in northeast Washington state. EPA, 6/2 <http://yosemite.epa.gov/opa/admpress.nsf/27166bca9a9490ee852570180055e350/74=> 6800be1766ce5285257181006903e0!OpenDocument