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Friday, February 15, 2013

Longview port accepts $1 million partial settlement in pollution case as litigation continues

The Port of Longview in Washington state, in its ongoing litigation against a group of insurers to clean up soil contamination at the port, accepted a partial settlement of $1 million last week, but the battle to force other insurers to clean up the "decades old" pollution will continue.

Port commissioners accepted a $950,000 settlement offered by Arrowood Indemnity Co, Indemnity Marine Assurance Co. and Marine Indemnity Insurance Co. of America.

Seventeen other insurance companies are fighting the port in a jury trial in Cowlitz County Superior Court. The trial is expected to continue through Friday.

The case affects two sites in the port's west industrial park, which officials want to clean up and for future developers. One is at the former International Paper Co. creosote plant, used for treatment of wood products on about six acres of land. The second is at the west end of the port, where an underground pipe leached bunker fuel from Berth 1 docks to an old storage tank.

The port wants to clear away the contaminated soil and replace it with new fill, which could cost millions of dollars.

For more of The Daily News story: tdn.com

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