Ore. Magistrate Judge: Bulk Of Residents’ Groundwater Contamination Claims Valid

( March 3, 2025, 12:17 PM EST) -- PENDLETON, Ore. — A federal magistrate judge in Oregon, in addressing motions to dismiss, issued findings and recommendation that a group of residents who sued the Port of Morrow and several agricultural companies pursuant to state law and the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) for alleged contamination of groundwater in the Lower Umatilla Basin can pursue most, but not all, of their claims for relief....