Record No: CB 120960    Version: 1 Council Bill No: CB 120960
Type: Council Bill (CB) Status: In Committee
Current Controlling Legislative Body Parks, Public Utilities, and Technology Committee
On agenda: 3/26/2025
Ordinance No:
Title: AN ORDINANCE relating to the Lower Duwamish Waterway; authorizing Seattle City Light and Seattle Public Utilities to: continue expending funds to participate in environmental investigation and remediation of the Lower Duwamish Waterway Superfund Site, according to the terms of a Consent Decree with the United States and the State of Washington and according to the terms of settlements with multiple other parties; accept funds from other parties and indemnify them according to settlement agreements with those parties; continue seeking and accepting state Remedial Action Grants for work related to the Superfund Site; commit to spend funds pursuant to the terms of additional orders from the federal and state regulatory agencies for remedial work at sites related to the Lower Duwamish, including T-108, South Park Marina, and North Boeing Field/Georgetown Steam Plant; and commit to sharing costs with other parties regarding those Related Sites; and ratifying and confirming certain prior act...
Sponsors: Joy Hollingsworth
Supporting documents: 1. Summary and Fiscal Note, 2. Summary Ex A - Consent Decree, 3. Summary Ex B - Response Cost Settlement and Implementation Agreement for LDW Superfund Site, 4. Summary Ex C - Settlement Agreement and Mutual Release with Cash-Out Parties, 5. Summary Ex D - Settlement Agreement and Mutual Release with Continental Holdings, 6. Summary Ex E - Settlement Agreement re Shared Allocation and Database Costs, 7. Presentation
CITY OF SEATTLE
ORDINANCE __________________
COUNCIL BILL __________________
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AN ORDINANCE relating to the Lower Duwamish Waterway; authorizing Seattle City Light and Seattle Public Utilities to: continue expending funds to participate in environmental investigation and remediation of the Lower Duwamish Waterway Superfund Site, according to the terms of a Consent Decree with the United States and the State of Washington and according to the terms of settlements with multiple other parties; accept funds from other parties and indemnify them according to settlement agreements with those parties; continue seeking and accepting state Remedial Action Grants for work related to the Superfund Site; commit to spend funds pursuant to the terms of additional orders from the federal and state regulatory agencies for remedial work at sites related to the Lower Duwamish, including T-108, South Park Marina, and North Boeing Field/Georgetown Steam Plant; and commit to sharing costs with other parties regarding those Related Sites; and ratifying and confirming certain prior acts.
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WHEREAS, the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) listed the Lower Duwamish Waterway on the National Priorities List on September 13, 2001, thereby designating it a Superfund Site; and
WHEREAS, on April 19, 2000, The City of Seattle ("City"), the Port of Seattle, King County, and The Boeing Company signed an Administrative Order on Consent (AOC) with EPA and the Washington State Department of Ecology (Ecology), thereby agreeing to investigate contamination in the Lower Duwamish Waterway and to explore options for remediation; and
WHEREAS, EPA issued a Proposed Plan for the cleanup in 2013, conducted an Environmental Justice analysis for the affected communities, conducted extensive multilingual public participation for comments on their 2013 Proposed Plan, and responded to public comments in their 2014 Record of Decision; and
WHEREAS, EPA selected the cleanup Remedy for ...

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