Port of Seattle Creating Fund to Address Legacy Industrial Pollution

Port of Seattle Creating Fund to Address Legacy Industrial Pollution

The Port of Seattle is establishing a fund dedicated to cleaning up legacy industrial pollution on its properties, the port announced Nov. 14. Port commissioners have authorized the executive director to create a new Environmental Legacy Fund with property tax revenue to pay for the cleanup of longtime industrial pollution on port property. The port’s currently involved in 18 environmental remediation projects, many of them in partnership with other government agencies and organizations. The new fund, which the port said it intends to launch with $30 million from tax levy money collected annually from King County homeowners, would help pay…
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