Several dozen companies and public entities will restore salmon habitat to settle a lawsuit filed by federal, state and tribal agencies seeking to make them pay for environmental damages to Tacoma's Commencement Bay, the U.S. Department of Justice and others announced Thursday.
TACOMA, Wash. (AP) — Several dozen companies and public entities will restore salmon habitat to settle a lawsuit filed by federal, state and tribal agencies seeking to make them pay for environmental damages to Tacoma’s Commencement Bay, the U.S. Department of Justice and others announced Thursday.
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, the Puyallup and Muckleshoot tribes and others had sought to make those responsible for pollution in the Thea Foss and Wheeler-Osgood Waterways pay for damages to natural resources, such as fish, birds, shellfish and cultural resources.