Candidates point out possible health risk.(Environment)(A fire at J.H. Baxter and the ensuing delay of action by officials raiseconcerns)

The Register-Guard (Eugene, OR) | April 29, 2008 | Copyright

Byline: Matt Cooper The Register-Guard

Two community leaders up for election next month criticized the J.H. Baxter plant in west Eugene and the county air protection agency on Monday for failing to alert citizens to possible health risks from a February fire at the plant.

The move draws into the election campaign an issue that has been highly controversial in recent years in northwest Eugene: airborne emissions from the Baxter creosoting and wood treating plant, and their impact on neighbors.

The head of the Lane Regional Air Protection Agency on ...

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