Although Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt has vowed to speed cleanup at the nation’s more than 1,300 Superfund sites, documents indicate the agency may slow down an estimated $1-billion cleanup at the Portland, Ore., harbor. EPA’s move has alarmed local officials and the state’s congressional delegation.

An EPA proposal that hasn’t been made public essentially rolls back a January 2017 EPA record of decision (ROD) to clean up a 10-mile contaminated section of the Willamette River, say Oregon officials who have seen the draft.