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Published daily in Bend, Oregon, by Western Communications, Inc. Copyright 2007.
October 4, 2011
A cement plant in Oregon’s Baker County was dumping a lot of mercury into the air five years ago. In 2008, it reached a voluntary agreement with the state and proceeded to spend $20 million on technology to cut those emissions by at least 75 percent. At the time, there were no EPA regulations....