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Article: PROPOSED CLEANUP OF OLD SCOTT PAPER MILL SITE COULD SPUR NEW ERA FOR ANACORTES WATERFRONT'S ENVIRONMENT, ECONOMY
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- US Fed News Service, Including US State News
- Article date:
- March 9, 2009
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OLYMPIA, Wash., Feb. 24 -- The Washington State Department of Ecology issued the following news release:
Comments are being sought on a possible cleanup plan for an old mill site on Fidalgo Bay that could remake the Anacortes waterfront's environmental and economic future.
The proposed cleanup of the former Scott Paper mill site is the largest single cleanup effort to date planned under the Puget Sound Initiative. The initiative is a comprehensive effort by local, tribal, state and federal governments, business, agricultural and environmental communities, scientists, and the public to restore and protect the Sound.
The Washington Department of Ecology (Ecology) is working with the Port of ...