(August 22, 2019, 9:25 AM EDT) -- SEATTLE — A Washington appeals panel on Aug. 19 found that companies that handled logs in the Port of Anacortes, Wash., could be required to contribute toward remediation costs under the Model Toxics Control Act (MTCA), finding that while the wood debris is not a hazardous substance under the act, the decomposition of wood debris results in the release of hazardous substances such as benzene and ammonia (Port of Anacortes v. Frontier Industries Inc., et al., No. 78726-8-I, Wash. App., 1st Div., 2019 Wash. App. LEXIS 2194)....