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HERMISTON — Oregon environmental regulators issued another penalty for adding to groundwater nitrates in the Lower Umatilla Basin.

The state Department of Environmental Quality fined Lamb Weston $127,800 for repeatedly over-applying wastewater from its potato processing plant in Hermiston to irrigate neighboring farms growing wheat, alfalfa, onions, corn and other crops.

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