Tulalip Landfill Cleanup
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The Tulalip Landfill was operated outside permits and allowed dumping of toxic materials which leached into the Snohomish Estuary. NRDA settlements led to the development of the Qwuloolt Restoration, the initiation of large scale restoration in the Estuary.
Notes
- Tulalip Landfill is a superfund site with an associated EPA webpage
- The Natural Resource Trustees authorized to conduct NRDA include Ecology, NOAA, USFWS, and Tulalip Tribes
- https://www.gc.noaa.gov/gc-cd/tul-not2.pdf - a settlement was proposed in 1999.
- Settlement for damages launched the Qwuloolt Restoration
