Lower Duwamish River Superfund Site
Seattle, WA
Environmental Stewardship Concepts currently serves as technical advisor at this Superfund site where cleanup is being carried out both by EPA and Washington state. Contaminants at this site range from dioxins, PCBs, and arsenic, to PAHs, phthalates, and other industrial chemicals. Concerns over both direct and indirect exposure from such sources as seafood raise important concerns. Local tribal rights and issues also weigh heavily at this site.
Cleanup is now underway at the Boeing Plant 2 site within the Lower Duwamish River Superfund Site. The Boeing Company will pay for remediation efforts at the highly toxic site.The EPA’s public comment period on the Boeing Plant 2 site cleanup closed on May 28th.
The City of Seattle and the Washington State Department of Ecology proposed an Interim Action, or partial cleanup, for part of the South Park Landfill Site. The public comment period for the Interim Action Work Plan and proposed Agreed Order Amendment closed on January 5, 2016. More information can be found here.
Resources
For more information on the Duwamish River cleanup progress, read the DRCC Technical Advisory Group update
To learn more about the Duwamish River Cleanup Coalition, click here…
DRCC letter to the National Remedy Review Board
ESC Documents
The Duwamish River Cleanup Coalition’s comments on the EPA’s Proposed River Cleanup Plan are available here, and represent the culmination of an impressive collaboration between multiple partners – -including ESC, LLC – -in support of a highly active and diverse community and the river that sustains them.
ESC presentation at the 5/29/2013 EPA Public Hearing on Proposed River Cleanup Plan Peter deFur’s notes on the presentation
Our presentation, in collaboration with the Duwamish River Cleanup Coalition, at the 5/15/2013 EPA Public Hearing on Proposed River Cleanup Plan en españolnotes on the 5/15/13 meeting in English
Our presentation, in collaboration with the Duwamish River Cleanup Coalition, at the 4/30/2013 EPA Public Hearings on Proposed River Cleanup Plan in Georgetown
Our collaborative presentations with the Duwamish River Cleanup Coalition (click on each date).
April 15th April 9th
Our Lower Duwamish River Engineering Evaluation/Cost Analysis presentation
Duwamish River Cleanup Plan, presented by Peter and the Coordinator of the Duwamish River Cleanup Coalition, BJ Cummings
Site Documents
Proposed Plan – February 28, 2013
Environmental Justice Analysis – February 28, 2013
Source Control Strategy – December, 2012