The Phoenix City Council is set on Wednesday to consider whether to seek approval for a consent decree that would settle Superfund legal-fees claims against the city.
Superfund sites are places contaminated to the point where the federal government labels them a health and environmental risk.
City records say a 10-year-old lawsuit is based on allegations that hazardous substances were released by private companies, such as Honeywell, at Phoenix Sky Harbor Airport.
If the council approves, and so does a federal judge, the legal-fees claims against the city by law firm Gallagher & Kennedy would be dismissed in exchange for a roughly $1.3 million settlement.
About three quarters of the money would reportedly be paid by Honeywell, and the rest by a former insurer of Sky Harbor.
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