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EPA declares former Eugene wood plant a Superfund site

Summary by Daily Emerald
Over a year after the Environmental Protection Agency sought permission to designate longtime Eugene wood processing plant J.H. Baxter as a Superfund site, the agency has received funding to move forward according to federal court documents.  The company — which was shuttered in January 2022 — was found to have illegally disposed of toxic wastewater from wood-preserving processes by evaporating it into the air, an operation that federal prosecut…
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Daily Emerald broke the news in on Friday, July 4, 2025.
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