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2025-04-23Washington’s Model Toxics Control Act is a success worth defending | Opinion
By Christina Wong, Eric ffitch and Jessica Spiegel April 23, 2025 11:29 AM In 1988, Washington voters took a historic step by passing Initiative 97, a measure designed to address pollution in their communities. Its approach was simple: tax the wholesale value of hazardous substances and use the revenue to fund cleanup projects in the -
Lora Lake Apartments
15001 Des Moines Memorial Dr Burien, King County Lora Lake Apartments Cleanup Update – February 2022 Facility Site ID: 1880040 Cleanup Site ID: 2008 Cleanup completed in January 2020. Ecology finalized the Lora Lake Apartments Site Construction As-Built Report in January 2021. The cleanup work was conducted over two construction seasons: April to December 2017, -
2017-08-24Talking Toxics | Part 1: Funding in Crisis
Educating Voters Environmental Priorities Coalition Lobby & Advocacy A series on protecting all communities from dangerous pollution. For 50 years, Washington Environmental Council has set our sights on a cleaner, brighter future and charted a path to get there. In 1988, WEC campaigned to pass Initiative 97 (commonly called the Model Toxics Control Act or -
2015-07-07Execution of a consent decree for remediation of the Lora Lake apartments site
Port of Seattle memorandum requesting Commission authorization to execute a Model Toxics Control Act (MTCA) Consent Decree with Washington State Department of Ecology for environmental remediation of the Lora Lake Apartments Site contaminated with dioxin. The project includes design work and construction documents with an estimated total cost of $19.5 million. -
2015-07-07Execution of a consent decree for remediation of the lora lake apartments site
Port of Seattle memorandum requesting Commission authorization to execute a Model Toxics Control Act (MTCA) Consent Decree with Washington State Department of Ecology for environmental remediation of the Lora Lake Apartments Site contaminated with dioxin. The project includes design work and construction documents with an estimated total cost of $19.5 million. -
2013-01-01Model Toxics Control Act Regulation and Statute
A compilation document containing Washington State’s Model Toxics Control Act regulation (Chapter 173-340 WAC), the Model Toxics Control Act statute (Chapter 70.105D RCW), and the Uniform Environmental Covenants Act (Chapter 64.70 RCW). Published by the Washington State Department of Ecology’s Toxics Cleanup Program as Publication No. 94-06, revised in 2013. -
2013-01-01Model Toxics Control Act Regulation and Statute
A compilation document containing Washington State’s Model Toxics Control Act regulation (Chapter 173-340 WAC), the Model Toxics Control Act statute (Chapter 70.105D RCW), and the Uniform Environmental Covenants Act (Chapter 64.70 RCW). Published by the Washington State Department of Ecology’s Toxics Cleanup Program as Publication No. 94-06, revised in 2013. -
Toxic Runway
Piles of dirt pose problems for Sea-Tac. By Roger Downey AT A MEETING OCTOBER 4, it looked as though the two-year war between the Port of Seattle and the state Department of Ecology might be over. Port planners acknowledged their failure to answer important questions about plans for a third runway for Sea-Tac International Airport. Ecology staff