Legal Opinion
PacifiCorp Environmental Remediation Co. v. Department of Transportation
Court of Appeals of Washington
Decided July 19, 2011No. 39699-8-IIPublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtHunt, J.
¶1 The Washington State Department of Transportation (DOT) appeals: (1) the trial court’s finding that it was liable to PacifiCorp Environmental Remediation Company (PERCO) and Puget Sound Energy (collectively, Utilities) under Washington State’s Model Toxics Control Act (MTCA), chapter 70.105D RCW; (2) the trial court’s ruling that it (DOT) must contribute to the Utilities’ costs of cleaning up contamination from the Thea Foss Waterway (Waterway), which the United States’ Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) designated as a Superfund site in the *632mid 1980s; and (3) the trial court’s award of…
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