(February 14, 2019, 9:32 AM EST) -- TACOMA, Wash. — A federal judge in Washington on Feb. 7 found that Union Pacific Railroad Co. was not liable under the Washington Model Toxics Control Act (MTCA) for contamination at a former wood treatment site, holding that it was not an operator under the act and that the current owner of the property accepted responsibility for cleanup of the site through agreed orders with the Washington Department of Ecology (DOE) (Port of Ridgefield v. Union Pacific Railroad Co., No. CV14-6024RBL, W.D. Wash., 2019 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 20229)....