Puget Sound cleanup crew expected soon – Tacoma News Tribune

KATIE SCHMIDT; Staff writer

More federal money, more jobs and a new Puget Sound Corps are all among the expectations Washington policymakers have for a bill that the governor signed into law Monday.

House Bill 1294, which goes into effect in July, will move the administration of the Washington Conservation Corps from several agencies into the Ecology Department and add a special Puget Sound-focused branch of the corps.

“It’s a very important piece of legislation that’s primarily about the cleanup and conservation of the Puget Sound and about consolidation at the same time,” said Public Lands Commissioner Peter Goldmark, who helped develop the bill.

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