In 2013, Puget Soundkeeper settled Clean Water Act cases against William Scottsman, McClean Iron Works, Total Terminals International, and Trident Seafoods Corporation. In addition to being required to implement pollution controls, these settlements awarded $203,000 in environmental benefit projects including:
- $900 — Stanwood High School Natural Resources Class, Stillaguamish River Clean Water Project
- $2,100 — Cascadia Environmental Science Center, Experiential Learning in Environmental Science
- $600 — Stanwood High School Natural Resources Class, Stillaguamish River Clean Water Project
- $5,000 — Cascadia Environmental Science Center, Expanding Environmental Monitoring Education for K-12 Students in the Puget Sound Basin
- $5,000 — Clean Water Project, Crude Oil-by-Rail Initiative
- $5,000 — Fauntleroy Watershed Council, Kilbourne Ravine Riparian and Buffer Project
- $10,000 — Friends of North Creek Forest, Friends of North Creek Forest Phase II
- $44,773.69 — Environmental Coalition of South Seattle, Puget Sound Spill Kit Program
- $10,000 — Save Habitat and Diversity of Wetlands, Environmental Education and Outreach General Operating Support
- $326.31 — Sound Stewards, Restoration Equipment
- $5,000 — Building Youth Through Music, Rodney Raccoon Goes Green
- $5,000 — Building Youth Through Music, Phase II Launch Rodney Raccoon Goes Green
- $50,000 — EarthCorps, Hylebos Watershed-Scale Restoration Planning
- $10,000 — Middle River Green Coalition, Boise Creek Treat Riparian Restoration