# PORT OF TACOMA, ET AL
> **Judicial** · FY2010 · — · Final Order With Penalty
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `1800120868`
- **Case Number:** 10-2010-0238
- **Type:** Judicial
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** Final Order With Penalty
- **Penalty assessed:** —
- **Cost recovery:** —
- **Compliance action $:** —
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** —
## Defendants
- DEMCO Inc (complaint)
- Port of Tacoma (complaint) (settlement)
- Scarsella Brothers Inc (complaint) (settlement)
- The State of Washington (complaint) (settlement)
- Waka Group Inc (complaint) (settlement)
## Summary

On November 22, 2013, the District Court for the Western District of Washington at Tacoma entered a Consent Decree in to resolve violations of unauthorized fill to 6.1 acres of wetlands without a Clean Water Act Section 404 permit. The Port of Tacoma, an independent municipal corporation, and two contractors have agreed to complete mitigation projects at a cost of $3.05 million at two Port-owned sites near Tacoma, Washington. The mitigation includes fill removal and restoration at one site; off-site creation, restoration, and/or enhancement of 7.56 acres of degraded wetlands to compensate for losses at a second site; and 3400 feet of additional stream channel enhancements.  These projects will restore or replace important water quality improvement functions of the affected wetlands and also restore habitat for a variety of birds, small mammals, and fish, including endangered salmonids.  The defendants have agreed to pay a penalty of $500,000.

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