Superfund site cleaned in record time
Under the Indians' Land Settlement Act of 1989, the Port of Tacoma, Wash., recently transferred 216 acres of land to the Puyallup Indian Tribe. Much of the land lies within the Commencement Bay Superfund site, so the Port cleaned the affected areas before giving the land to the Tribe. Cleanup proceeded quickly, because the parties worked toward a common goal. The initial project involved cleaning up contaminated soil at two locations. The Blair Waterway property includes a graving dock that used slag as ballast to stabilize soil. The slag contained low levels of various contaminants, including arsenic, copper, lead and zinc. The Blair Backup property, a flat, 17-acre site adjacent to the waterway, housed an alloys plant and, following its demolition, a log-sorting yard. Contaminated slag also was used to stabilize soil at the log-sorting yard, and charcoal briquettes and chromium slag were found in the soil.
- OSTI ID:
- 5958872
- Journal Information:
- Hazmat World; (United States), Vol. 6:10; ISSN 0898-5685
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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540250* - Environment
Terrestrial- Site Resource & Use Studies- (1990-)