June 24, 2014
A federal judge in Washington state on Monday denied the U.S. government's attempt to seek $3.5 million in attorneys' fees and costs from the Washington State Department of Transportation in a suit over tar pollution on the Tacoma waterfront, ruling it is too late in the litigation to ask for additional response costs.
June 06, 2014
The U.S. government succeeded Friday in reopening a dispute with the Washington State Department of Transportation over tar pollution on the Tacoma waterfront when a judge ruled the feds could pursue $3.5 million in attorneys' fees and costs despite not lodging the request until three years after the case closed.
December 08, 2010
A federal judge has ruled in favor of the federal government in a dispute with the Washington State Department of Transportation over tar pollution on the Tacoma waterfront, rejecting the state agency's claim that the U.S. should be a potentially responsible party because the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers was involved in dredging the Superfund site.
November 18, 2010
A federal judge has ruled in favor of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on two issues in a drawn-out agency brawl with the Washington State Department of Transportation over tar pollution on the Tacoma waterfront, finding that the state is a potentially responsible party and setting the cleanup costs for the site at $9.3 million.
December 03, 2008
In an action arising from a drawn-out agency brawl, the U.S. government has filed suit against the Washington State Department of Transportation to recover roughly $7 million spent cleaning up a Superfund site on the Tacoma waterfront.