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During a Eugene City Council work session Wednesday on a novel public health project, elected leaders debated whether land use policies could help lessen the burden of industrial pollution. While opinions differed, they agreed on one clear point.
“We can’t have another J.H. Baxter situation,” said councilor Randy Groves.
Groves represents the ward where the defunct wood treatment facility is located at 3494 Roosevelt Blvd., a site where pollution was so egregious it led to environmental crimes. A federal judge has ordered the facility to pay $1.5 million in fines and sentenced its president, Georgia Baxter-Krause, to 90 days in prison for violating the Clean Air Act…