Explanation of Significant Differences

Together with community, we  have secured commitment to clean up cPAHs to the 2014 ROD levels (despite EPA's willingness to accept a lesser cleanup). 

The public agencies (the Port of Seattle, City of Seattle, and King County) who are working on the cleanup design with EPA oversight (as part of the Lower Duwamish Waterway Group or LDWG) made an announcement at the March 2022 Roundtable meeting that they would “use the original cPAH remedial action level that was included in the 2014 ROD…” The full link to this statement from the LDWG is included below, so you can review it whenever you have time