Steve Novick sure thinks he did.

As Novick -- who is running for Randy Leonard's seat on Portland's City Council -- was heading to a Sunday morning meeting with activists concerned about the $400 million plan to cap the city's reservoirs, he decided to perform a quick Google search on a similar EPA mandate in New York state.

This is what he found:

that it would halt plans to set a $1.6 billion concrete cap atop Yonkers' Hillview Reservoir.

The EPA has long been adamant that

, which would cost the city $400 million. In January 2010, the EPA denied

Given this morning's story in the

Daily News

, however, the EPA may be having second thoughts.

Schumer has long been a critic of the expense of capping the Hillview Reservoir, which supplies some of New York City's drinking water. The New York Democrat hailed the EPA's decision to review that $1.6 billion plan.

"This [decision] is a huge victory for New York ratepayers and residents, and for common sense," Schumer said Saturday. "I am pleased that the EPA has come around ...and will consider other innovative and safe ways to keep our water clean."

Novick notified Portland Mayor Sam Adams of the Schumer story Sunday afternoon. If the EPA backs off its demands relating to the Portland reservoirs, Novick added, it would be entirely appropriate for City Council to pass a resolution, honoring Schumer as an "honorary reservoir dog."

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