MTCA Amendments Open Door for Model Cleanup Remedies
Amendments to the Model Toxics Control Act (MTCA) last year require the Washington Department of Ecology(DOE) to create model remedies for routine cleanups, such as often occur at gasoline station and former dry cleaner sites. The MTCA amendments are in Substitute Senate Bill (SSB) 5296 require DOE to create the model remedies through regulation, without setting a time table or deadline. Model remedies could save parties doing such cleanup a substantial amount of time and mon