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Derelict Fishing Vessel Removed From Columbia River

(Salem, OR) -- Oregon's derelict vessel program has removed a 200-ton former fishing vessel built in 1939. The FV Tiffany sank near Rainier in 2021 and spilled fuel into the river. The Coast Guard cleaned up the fuel and re-floated the boat, but there was no money to remove it. The Oregon Legislature dedicated nearly 19-million dollars from the Monsanto settlement to the program and nearly one-and-a-half million dollars will be spent removing the FV Tiffany. The state tries to recover the costs from the owner, but in many cases the owners aren't available.

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