Duwamish River Cleanup Coalition calls on EPA to maintain

Duwamish River Cleanup Coalition calls on EPA to maintain standards set in 2014

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A polluted river runs through the heart of industrial Seattle. The Lower Duwamish waterway was designated a Superfund site in 2001 . Now the community coalition that has spent years helping shape the cleanup plan for this 5-mile stretch of the river says that plan is under assault.

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