DEQ says chemical leak killed multiple fish in Portland creek

An industrial chemical leak killed multiple fish in Portland’s Johnson Creek in late September, Oregon environmental regulators have concluded.

The spill left a 2-mile stretch of dead fish along the southeast Portland creek.

On Friday, the Oregon Department of Environmental Quality notified Precision Castparts Corp. that it had committed “the most serious violations” of Oregon environmental law…

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