Former UP worker gets probation, fine for Portland oil spill

October 29, 2019

(Source: The Oregonian, October 28, 2019)

PORTLAND, Ore. — A former wastewater plant operator for Union Pacific Railroad who allowed more than a thousand gallons of oil to seep from an overflowing tank into the Willamette River in January 2018 was sentenced Monday to two years of probation and ordered to pay a $2,500 fine.

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Tuesday, October 29, 2019