An LLC representing a Pennsylvania-based chemical company has filed its response and counterclaims against the Port of Tacoma, following the port’s filing of a federal lawsuit in February against the LLC.
The News Tribune in early March reported on the lawsuit, which seeks to recoup millions of dollars in remediation for the port and cleanup of two polluted properties at 1114 Taylor Way and 1202 Taylor Way.
The port acquired the properties in 2008 from PQ Corp. of Pennsylvania, a supplier of silicates, silicas and derivative products. The port contends in its lawsuit that initial investigations of the property before they were purchased “did not reveal the extent of contamination.”…