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PG&amp;E to pay up to $190 million to settle S.F. lawsuit over cleanup at Marina Small Craft Harbor

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By | Bay City News ServiceSAN FRANCISCO — San Francisco City Attorney Dennis Herrera announced Friday PG&amp;E has agreed to pay the city up to $190 million to settle a legal battle that has lasted two decades over cleanup at the Marina Small Craft Harbor.The city first sued PG&amp;E back in 2001 over pollution coming from the utility’s former coal gasification plants near the harbor after chemical compounds were discovered in the subsurface soils and sediments at the East Harbor.“I’m pleased that PG&amp;E is finally doing the right thing in this instance and paying to clean up its pollution,” Herrera said in a statement. “It’s unfortunate we had to take them to court and then negotiate for years to get this outcome. But at the end of the day, this settlement is going to benefit not only the residents of this area, but all San Franciscans by increasing opportunities for waterfront recreation.”According to Herrera, once the cleanup process at the harbor is completed, the city’s Recreation and Park Department will move forward with plans to improve the harbor, including replacing failing docks in the East Harbor and increasing recreational access to the waterfront.“The cleanup of the East Harbor site will restore habitat, improve public access to the Bay, expand recreational opportunities and improve the long-term viability of our marina,” Rec and Park Department General Manager Phil Ginsburg said. “I appreciate PG&amp;E’s commitment to this settlement, which will give San Francisco a clean, healthy waterfront for us all to enjoy.”Under the settlement, PG&amp;E will pay between $160 million and $190 million to cover the cost of the improvement project, Herrera said.Before being finalized, the settlement requires a review by the San Francisco Recreation and Park Commission, with final approval by the Board of Supervisors.We invite you to use our commenting platform to engage in insightful conversations about issues in our community. We reserve the right at all times to remove any information or materials that are unlawful, threatening, abusive, libelous, defamatory, obscene, vulgar, pornographic, profane, indecent or otherwise objectionable to us, and to disclose any information necessary to satisfy the law, regulation, or government request. We might permanently block any user who abuses these conditions.Get Morning Report and other email newslettersFollow UsMost PopularClose

By | Bay City News ServiceSAN FRANCISCO — San Francisco City Attorney Dennis Herrera announced Friday PG&amp;E has agreed to pay the city up to $190 million to settle a legal battle that has lasted two decades over cleanup at the Marina Small Craft Harbor.The city first sued PG&amp;E back in 2001 over pollution coming from the utility’s former coal gasification plants near the harbor after chemical compounds were discovered in the subsurface soils and sediments at the East Harbor.“I’m pleased that PG&amp;E is finally doing the right thing in this instance and paying to clean up its...

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