6a Attachment Fact Sheet
Port of Seattle Terminal 91 Site Hazardous Waste and Toxics Reduction Program February 2010 Ecology wants your input on the RCRA Permit with Draft Agreed Order, Draft Public Participation Comments Accepted Plan, Draft Remedial February 12 March 29, 2010 Investigation (RI) and Feasibility Submit Comments and Technical Questions to: Galen Tritt - Site Manager Study (FS) Reports Washington State Department of Ecology th 1440 10 Street Suite 102 The Washington State Department of Ecology Bellingham, WA 98225 Phone: (360) 715- 5232 (Ecology) prepared this fact sheet to provide E-mail: gtri461@ecy.wa.gov information about the planned clean up of a former tank farm site at the Port of Seattle's DOCUMENT REVIEW LOCATIONS Terminal 91 (T91). This site is located at 2001 Washington State Department of Ecology West Garfield Street, Seattle, WA. Northwest Regional Office th 3190 160 Ave SE RCRA Permit Bellevue, WA 98008 Call for an appointment: Sally Perkins Enforcement of the U.S. Environmental Phone: (425) 649-7190 Protection Agency's (EPA) Resource Fax: (425) 649-4450 Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) E-mail: sper461@ecy.wa.gov Hours: Tuesday Thursday requirements is delegated to Ecology. 8:00 AM 12:00 PM and 1:00 PM 4:30 PM Ecology's regulations require the Port, as land owner, to maintain a RCRA permit for the Seattle Public LibraryCentral Terminal 91 site until corrective action is 1000 Fourth Avenue completed, even though the Burlington Seattle, WA 98104 Environmental Inc. (BEI) permitted waste 206-386-4636 treatment and storage facility ceased operations Seattle Public LibraryMagnolia Branch in 1995. This RCRA permit specifies that the th 2801 34 Avenue W. Port as permittee will perform the corrective Seattle, WA 98199 action activities referenced in the Agreed 206-386-4225 Order. Port of SeattlePier 69 Agreed Order 2711 Alaskan Way Seattle, WA 98121 In 1998 Ecology, the Port of Seattle (Port), 206-787-3837 Pacific Northern Oil Corporation (PNO) and BEI, doing business as Philip Services Corp. Ecology's Website: (PSC) entered into a legal agreement called an http://www.ecy.wa.gov/programs/tcp/sites/ Agreed Order. The Port owns the Terminal 91 portTerm91/portTerm91_hp.html Site. PNO and PSC both had leased land from the Port at the Terminal 91 Site, and had operated bulk petroleum storage and waste Facility Site ID: # 2300 storage and treatment facilities there. Publication Number: 10-09-161 1 Hazardous Waste and Toxics Reduction Program February 2010 Under this Agreed Order, the Port, PNO, and The chemicals of concern for subsurface soil and PSC agreed to conduct a Remedial groundwater at the site are: Investigation and Feasibility Study (RI/FS). Gasoline-range petroleum hydrocarbons. The RI identified the nature and extent of Diesel-range petroleum hydrocarbons. contamination at the former tank farm site. The Heavy-oil-range petroleum FS assessed alternative ways of cleaning up the hydrocarbons. contamination. Metals. A new draft Agreed Order is available for Polychlorinated biphenyls. public review and comment. The new Agreed Semivolatile organic compounds, Order is between Ecology and the Port; PNO including polycyclic aromatic has gone out of business since the 1998 order hydrocarbons. and Philip filed for bankruptcy protection. The Volatile organic compounds. new Agreed Order incorporates cleanup requirements for the rest of the Port's T91 The property is located in an industrial area in facility adjacent to the former tank farm site. the Interbay neighborhood of Seattle. It was Future remediation of the sediments, if operated by various oil companies from 1926 necessary, will be accomplished through a until 1941 when the U.S. Navy took possession. different Agreed Order that would include the The Port acquired the facility in the 1970s, and Port and other potentially liable parties the tank farm was operated by Philip Services Corp. and its predecessors from that time until 1995. The tank farm also was operated by Public Participation Plan various marine fuel marketing companies until A draft Public Participation Plan is designed to 2003. The tank farm was demolished by the promote community involvement during the Port in 2005. cleanup process. The plan outlines and describes the tools and approaches that Ecology will use to inform the public about site Draft Remedial Investigation and activities, and it identifies opportunities for the Feasibility Study Reports community to become involved in this process. The Remedial Investigation reports identified A copy of the plan is available at: the nature and extent of the contamination at http://www.ecy.wa.gov/programs/tcp/sites/ this site. The Feasibility Study report assessed portTerm91/portTerm91_hp.html alternative means of cleaning up the contamination. The cleanup alternatives must Site Background protect human health and the environment, The T91 site was formerly operated by Philip and comply with state cleanup standards. Services Corp. as a permitted dangerous waste treatment and storage facility, and by other The Feasibility Study also provides information previous tenants as a fuel storage and to develop the Cleanup ction Alan. The publicP distribution tank farm. will be invited to review and comment on the Draft Cleanup Action Plan (CAP) at a later date. Publication Number: 10-09-161 2 Please reuse and recycle Hazardous Waste and Toxics Reduction Program February 2010 Remedial Investigation Findings Findings of the Remedial Investigation In the tank farm area, six different cleanup included: alternatives were considered to meet state Areas of floating fuel product are cleanup standards: present on the water table beneath the former tank farm at the site. They are 1. Existing asphalt paving maintenance and not migrating beyond their current monitoring. locations. 2. Containment and passive fuel product Natural attenuation processes at the site recovery from the water table. are degrading petroleum hydrocarbon 3. Active fuel product recovery from the water constituents in groundwater. table, and subsurface structure removal. Low levels of other chemical 4. Containment, subsurface structure removal, constituents are present in groundwater. and enhanced fuel product recovery from the They are not negatively affecting the water table. adjacent surface water body (Elliott Bay). 5. Limited excavation of areas with fuel product Groundwater at the site is not a current on the water table. or potential source of drinking water. 6. Excavation of soils exceeding fuel residual Chemical vapors in the soil are not high soil saturation limits (i.e., soils that may have enough to pose a health risk for workers the potential for development of fuel product at the site under current land uses. on the water table). The Port recommends cleanup alternative #4 as Feasibility Study Findings the proposed cleanup method for the site. First, a set of presumptive remedies were selected for areas down-gradient of the former What Happens Next? tank farm, and in separate smaller source areas. Following the comment period, Ecology will These presumptive remedies include: review all comments. A public meeting is not Institutional controls such as health and planned for this site, however, one will be held safety requirements for site workers. if ten or more people request a public meeting. Addressing potential exposures when future land use changes are made. If you wish to be added to the mailing list for Cleaning and decommissioning this site please contact Galen Tritt at 360-715- underground fuel pipelines remaining at 5232 or by email at gtri461@ecy.wa.gov. In the the site. subject line, please indicate Port of Seattle Implementing a monitored natural Terminal 91 mailing list. attenuation groundwater sampling program. This program will ensure that natural attenuation processes continue to degrade chemicals in groundwater. Excavating contaminated soil at the location of a historic underground fuel pipeline release down-gradient of the tank farm. Publication Number: 10-09-161 3 Please reuse and recycle 948002_factsheet Imagery Date: June 19, 2002 Source: Google Earth Residential Elliott Bay Marina West Yard (Upland) Submerged Land Upland Filled Part of Pier 91 (Upland) Tank Farm Affected Area Short Tank Farm Submerged Land Fill (Upland) Lease Parcel BNSF Rail Yard Filled Part of Pier 90 (Upland) Upland National Guard Submerged Land (Former U.S. Navy Armory) Interbay Golf Driving Range (Former Interbay Landfill) Amgen Inc. (Former Industrial Area) Note: For areas shown as Tank Farm Affected Area ("TFAA") that are outside the Tank Farm Lease Parcel, the TFAA includes only soil and ground water below the water table. Soil above the water table (and outside the Tank Farm Lease Parcel) is outside the TFAA. N Explanation Port of Seattle Terminal 91 Facility 0 700 feet Port of Seattle Property Limits Tank Farm Affected Area 2001 W. Garfield St., Seattle, WA 98119 Tank Farm Lease Parcel Submerged Land Facility ID#2300 The locations of all features are approximate. PRESORTED FIRST CLASS MAIL US POSTAGE PAID WA STATE DEPT OF PRINTING 98501 1440 10th Street Suite 102 Bellingham, WA 98225 Please recycle. Port of Seattle Terminal 91 Site King County, WA Ecology wants your input on the Draft RCRA Permit with Draft Agreed Order and Draft Public Participation Plan; and the Draft Remedial Investigation/Feasibility Study Reports Public Comment Period: February 12 March 29, 2010 Facility Site ID #: 2300 If you need this publication in an alternative format, please contact Nancy Lui at (425) 649 - 7117. Persons with hearing loss, call 711 for Washington Relay Service. Persons with speech disability call 877-833-6341.
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