Aluminum Recycling Corp
Site Background
The Hillyard Processing Company leased land from BNSF Railway Company and operated an aluminum dross reprocessing facility at the site. Aluminum reprocessing began in 1954, and continued through several changes in operators. Aluminum Recycling Corporation was the latest operator of the facility until 1987 when the property was abandoned with about 65,000 cubic yards of dross left on-site.
BNSF is responsible for cleaning up the site and still owns the property.
Contamination
Cleanup Progress Is Being Monitored
In 2001, dross and soil mixed with dross were excavated and consolidated into an on-site pit. The pit was capped with a waterproof cover system to limit rain and snowmelt reaching the dross and contaminated soil. Rain and snowmelt are routed into a lined evaporation pond on-site. The cover system and evaporation pond are inspected each month and are working.
Cleanup activities are complete and monitoring continues to ensure human health and the environment are protected. Quarterly groundwater monitoring will continue for chloride, nitrate, and nitrite.
Periodic reviews
Ecology completed periodic reviews in 2008, 2013, and 2022. Overall, the cleanup and institutional controls are performing successfully.
Site use restrictions called institutional controls are in effect
Institutional controls can be fences, signs, or restrictions on how the property is used. For instance, an institutional control may prohibit installing drinking water wells or disturbing a protective cap that isolates contamination. These restrictions keep the contamination contained and keep people from being exposed to the contamination. The controls are usually listed in environmental covenants recorded with the county.
Periodic reviews are required when institutional controls are required at a site. Ecology conducts reviews to make sure the controls remain effective and the cleanup still protects human health and the environment. We conduct periodic reviews about every five years.
Institutional Controls 1
Environmental Covenant
Restrictions/Requirements
- Ongoing Maintenance of Remedy
- Prevent the Reuse or Relocation of Site Soil
- Prohibit Soil Disturbance
- Restrict Access
- Restrict All Ground Water Extraction/Well Installation
- Restrict Land Use
- Restrictive Signage
Restricted Media
- Groundwater
- Soil
Documents 22
Legal 3
Document Title | Document Date | Document Type |
Aluminum Recycling Corp Restrictive Covenant | 6/18/2001 | Environmental Covenant; Alternative Mechanism |
Aluminum Recycling Corp CD | 4/12/2001 | Consent Decree |
Aluminum Recycling Corp AO Remedial Action BNSF Railway | 11/16/1998 | Agreed Order |
Public Information 5
Document Title | Document Date | Document Type |
Aluminum Recycling Corp Fact Sheet Engineering Design Documents and SEPA DNS | 10/1/2001 | Fact Sheet\Public Notices |
Aluminum Recycling Corp - News Release, ECY/BNRR Cleanup Agreement | 2/12/2001 | Fact Sheet\Public Notices |
Aluminum Recycling Corp Fact Sheet Draft Consent Decree | 2/1/2001 | Fact Sheet\Public Notices |
Aluminum Recycling Corp Fact SheetDCAP | 4/1/2000 | Fact Sheet\Public Notices |
Aluminum Recycing Corp Fact Sheet Draft RI/FS | 10/1/1999 | Fact Sheet\Public Notices |
Technical Reports 14
Document Title | Document Date | Document Type |
2024 Cap Integrity Monitoring | 5/14/2024 | Performance/Confirmational Monitoring Plan or Report |
2023 Annual GW Report | 8/16/2023 | Groundwater Monitoring Report |
2022 Cap Integrity Monitoring | 6/14/2022 | Performance/Confirmational Monitoring Plan or Report |
Third Periodic Review: Aluminum Recycling Corp | 5/26/2022 | Periodic Review (5 Year) |
2021 Cap Integrity Monitoring | 4/20/2021 | Performance/Confirmational Monitoring Plan or Report |
2020 Annual GW Report | 9/8/2020 | Groundwater Monitoring Report |
2019 Annual GW Report | 7/10/2019 | Groundwater Monitoring Report |
2018 Annual GW Report | 4/19/2019 | Groundwater Monitoring Report |
Periodic Review Aluminum Recycling Corporation 2013 | 3/31/2013 | Periodic Review (5 Year) |
Aluminum Recycling Corp Public Notice: Periodic Review | 3/13/2008 | Periodic Review (5 Year) |
Aluminum Recycling Corp Periodic Review | 2/1/2008 | Periodic Review (5 Year) |
Final Remedial Investigation/Feasibility Study Appendices | 8/1/1999 | Remedial Investigation / Feasibility Study |
Final Remedial Investigation/Feasibility Study for the Hillyard Dross Site (without appendices) | 8/1/1999 | Remedial Investigation / Feasibility Study |
Aluminum Recycling Corp - Summary Report | 6/4/1996 | Site Specific Technical Document - other |
Places to see print documents
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Eastern Regional OfficeN 4601 Monroe StSpokane, 99205-1265Please schedule an appointment to view print documents at this location.
Contaminants 2
Contaminant Type | Soil |
Groundwater |
Surface Water |
Air |
Sediment |
Bedrock |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Metals - Metals - Other | C | |||||
Other Contaminant - Conventional Contaminants, Inorganic | B | C |
- S
- Suspected
- C
- Confirmed Above Cleanup Levels
- B
- Below Cleanup Levels
- RA
- Remediated-Above
- RB
- Remediated-Below
- R
- Remediated