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PORT OF ANACORTES v. FRONTIER INDUSTRIES

No. 78726-8-I.

447 P.3d 215 (2019)

PORT OF ANACORTES, a Washington municipal corporation, Respondent, v. FRONTIER INDUSTRIES, INC. a Washington, corporation; Eino "Mike" Johnson and Lorie A. Johnson, a married couple; Itochu International, Inc., a foreign corporation; Petitioners, Indemnity Insurance Company of North America, a Pennsylvania corporation; Insurance Company of North America, a Pennsylvania corporation; ACE USA Insurance a Pennsylvania corporation; the Chubb Corporation, a Pennsylvania corporation, Defendants.

Court of Appeals of Washington, Division 1.

FILED: August 19, 2019.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Erika Lindsay Holsman , Loren Robert Dunn , Beveridge & Diamond, P.C., 600 University St. Ste. 1601, Seattle, WA, 98101-4124, Clark J. Davis , Davis Law Office PLLC, Mark Jeffrey Davis , Attorney at Law, 7191 Wagner Way Nw. Ste. 202, Gig Harbor, WA, 98335-6909, for Petitioner(s).

Frank Joseph , Holly Michelle Stafford , Brian Christopher Nadler , Chmelik Chmelik Sitkin & Davis P.S., Seth Ananda Woolson , Attorney at Law, 1500 Railroad Ave., Bellingham, WA, 98225-4542, for Respondent(s).

Ivy Anderson , Office of the Attorney General, Ecology, P.o. Box 40117, 2425 Bristol Ct. Sw., Olympia, WA, 98504-0117, Caroline Elizabeth Cress , Attorney at Law, 2425 Bristol Ct. Sw., P.o. Box 40117, Olympia, WA, 98502-6003, for Amicus Curiae on behalf of Department of Ecology.

PUBLISHED OPINION

¶1 The Port of Anacortes filed suit against defendants1 under the Model Toxics Control Act (MTCA), which imposes strict liability on any owner or operator of a facility "at the time of disposal or release of ... hazardous substances." RCW 70.105D.040(1)(b). Defendants' activities...

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