The Oregon Department of Environmental Quality has proposed to fine a Salem company $8,400 for releasing about 2,000 gallons of wastewater from a mine pond into the Burnt River in southern Baker County in December 2020.

The state agency issued a notice to K&E Excavating Inc., which owns the High Bar mine along Pine Creek about six miles northeast of Hereford.

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