EPA and other federal agencies, states, tribes, and nonprofit partners established the Columbia River Toxics Reduction Working Group in 2005 to share information, coordinate activities, and develop strategies to identify and reduce toxics in the Columbia River Basin. In 2016, the Columbia River Basin Restoration Program restablished the group as the Columbia River Basin Restoration Working Group.

Next Meeting

To be announced.

Past Meetings

• October 22, 2020, via webinar.
• May 20, 2020, via video conference.
• October 10, 2019, at The Dalles, Oregon.
• May 7, 2019, at The Dalles, Oregon.

Meeting Materials

• Summaries and presentations from past meetings (links to EPA's file sharing site)
• 2012 Executive Meeting Summary

Working Group Projects

• Columbia River Basin Contaminants of Concern Framework
• Toxic-Impaired Waterbodies on 303d Lists in the Columbia River Basin
• Columbia River Basin Toxic Contaminants Reference List
• 2019 Columbia River Basin Toxics Reduction Status Update
• Story Map: Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons - Locations in the Columbia River Basin Where the Toxics Could Be Affecting Fish and WildlifeExit
• Chemicals of Emerging Concern in the Columbia River
• Columbia River Toxics Reduction Action Plan
• State of the River Report for Toxics
• Prioritization of Toxics in the Columbia River

Contact

• Mary Lou Soscia (soscia.marylou@epa.gov), 503-326-5873.