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EPA, DOJ and Washington Announce $668 Million Duwamish Cleanup Settlement

The pact funds EPA’s decade-long dredging-and-capping plan for a 1.4-mile stretch of the polluted waterway.

Overview

  • The agreement includes more than 100 companies and public agencies identified as potentially responsible for contamination.
  • The Lower Duwamish Waterway Group, including Boeing, the city of Seattle and King County, is leading design and construction under EPA oversight.
  • In-water work began in November 2024 and will continue as dredging and engineered caps target the most contaminated sediments.
  • More than 40 hazardous chemicals, including arsenic, PCBs and dioxins, have been found in the river from stormwater, wastewater and industrial practices.
  • The cleanup spans Seattle’s major industrial corridor, with progress updates provided by the Lower Duwamish Waterway Group.