Dump on Marion County farm worries neighbors. Oregon environmental agency investigating

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Dump on Marion County farm worries neighbors. Oregon environmental agency investigating

Some residents, farmers and a farmland conservation group in Marion County, Oregon, say they are outraged after finding out a local farm owner, along with the services of an excavating company, dug an open pit and allegedly violated Oregon land use protections and environmental laws.An Oregon environmental agency has ordered the excavating company to shut down its operations at the site after unloading debris on the Aurora farm without a permit …