Day: July 9, 2024

PRESS RELEASE – Edmonds Environmental Council

New organization provides public service on protecting our natural and human environment.

PRESS RELEASE
Edmonds Environmental Council
July 9, 2024

New organization provides public service on protecting our natural and human environment.

A new non-profit organization has been formed by Edmonds and Woodway citizens called the “Edmonds Environmental Council” (EEC). The EEC’s mission is to provide public service, education and civic engagement to preserve, protect, restore and enhance the natural and human environment in Edmonds and adjacent cities and unincorporated areas.

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Edmonds, Woodway residents form nonprofit Edmonds Environmental Council

Posted: July 9, 2024

Link to My Edmonds News article

A group of Edmonds and Woodway residents Tuesday announced the formation of the nonprofit Edmonds Environmental Council (EEC), which in its first action is challenging the City of Edmonds Critical Aquifer Recharge Area (CARA) regulation approved by the Edmonds City Council in May.

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Model Toxics Control Act

Department of Ecology
Passed into law in 1988

The Model Toxics Control Act (MTCA) is Washington’s environmental cleanup law. MTCA funds and directs the investigation, cleanup, and prevention of sites that are contaminated by hazardous substances. It works to protect people’s health and the environment, and to preserve natural resources for the future.

There are about 14,000 known or suspected contaminated sites in Washington — and the list keeps growing. Thanks to cleanup efforts funded by MTCA, more than 7,700 of these sites are already cleaned up or require no further action.

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