CITY OF SEATTLE
ORDINANCE __________________
COUNCIL BILL __________________
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AN ORDINANCE relating to the Harbor Island Superfund Site; authorizing Seattle Public Utilities and Seattle City Light to agree to orders issued by the United States Environmental Protection Agency regarding remediation of contamination at the East Waterway Operable Unit of the Harbor Island Superfund Site; and authorizing Seattle Public Utilities and Seattle City Light to enter into agreements with other parties to implement and share the costs of implementing those orders, including making commitments to expend funds not contemplated in the annual budget, consistent with RCW 35.32A.070.
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WHEREAS, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) placed the Harbor Island Superfund Site on the National Priorities List in 1983, and the East Waterway adjacent to Harbor Island is an Operable Unit of the Harbor Island Superfund Site; and
WHEREAS, contamination has been found in the sediments of the East Waterway, including polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), carcinogenic polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (cPAHs) and other compounds, creating potentially unacceptable risks to human health and the environment; and
WHEREAS, the City is a potentially responsible party for the contamination in the East Waterway due to historic activities adjacent to the waterway and to discharges from the City's sewage and stormwater system; and
WHEREAS, in 2006 the City entered into an agreement with the Port of Seattle and King County to share the costs of implementing an EPA-agreed order regarding development of a Remedial Investigation and Feasibility Study (RI/FS) for the East Waterway, and those studies have been completed; and
WHEREAS, the Port of Seattle, King County, and the City intend to enter into a new agreed order with EPA that will direct development of Remedial Design for remediation of the East Waterway, and to execute a new Memorandum of Agreement among the three parties to govern their sha...
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