Blakely Harbor Park
Facility Site ID:
60939
Cleanup Site ID:
14770
A Puget Sound Initiative site - Reaching the goal of a healthy, sustainable Puget Sound.
Background
Blakely Harbor Park, generally located at Blakely Avenue & 3-T Road, Bainbridge Island, WA 98110, is one of several sites that have been prioritized for cleanup under the State’s Puget Sound Initiative. Between 1864 and 1922, a sawmill operated on the site. At its peak, the mill produced 100 million board feet of lumber per year. Today, Bainbridge Island Metro Park and Recreation District maintains 40 acres within the former mill property for recreational uses. Currently, the remainder of the former mill property is privately owned.
Wood waste is present in marine sediment as a result of historic site uses. Recent soil and sediment sampling found contaminants associated with historic sawmill operations including metals, phenols, polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, and dioxins/furans above state standards. Additional testing will further assess the extent of contamination in the uplands and harbor. Contaminant concentrations do not currently pose an imminent threat to human health.
Ecology plans to work with Port Blakely Tree Farms (Port Blakely) to investigate soil, groundwater and sediment contamination at the site, and to develop a cleanup action plan.
Wood waste is present in marine sediment as a result of historic site uses. Recent soil and sediment sampling found contaminants associated with historic sawmill operations including metals, phenols, polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, and dioxins/furans above state standards. Additional testing will further assess the extent of contamination in the uplands and harbor. Contaminant concentrations do not currently pose an imminent threat to human health.
Ecology plans to work with Port Blakely Tree Farms (Port Blakely) to investigate soil, groundwater and sediment contamination at the site, and to develop a cleanup action plan.
Site Status
Sediment core sampling is scheduled for September 2024 to characterize sediment stability. Sampling will be performed from a small boat that can get into the Mill Pond under the bridge.
Below is a summary of all the work completed at this site.
• Early 1990s site sampling - identified potential contamination in the former mill area.
• 2008 - 2009 site sampling - identified potential sediment contamination at the site.
• 2019 sediment data report - further characterized sediment contamination prompting further investigation of soil and sediment at the site.
• 2020 sea floor characterization sampling - surveys looked at sea floor elevation to build high-resolution bathymetric maps and collected images of the sediment to understand how much wood waste is present.
• 2021 site sampling - further characterized sediment, soil, and groundwater at the site.
• 2022 site sampling - further characterized sediment, soil, and groundwater at the site.
• 2023 site sampling - further characterized groundwater at the site.
Below is a summary of all the work completed at this site.
• Early 1990s site sampling - identified potential contamination in the former mill area.
• 2008 - 2009 site sampling - identified potential sediment contamination at the site.
• 2019 sediment data report - further characterized sediment contamination prompting further investigation of soil and sediment at the site.
• 2020 sea floor characterization sampling - surveys looked at sea floor elevation to build high-resolution bathymetric maps and collected images of the sediment to understand how much wood waste is present.
• 2021 site sampling - further characterized sediment, soil, and groundwater at the site.
• 2022 site sampling - further characterized sediment, soil, and groundwater at the site.
• 2023 site sampling - further characterized groundwater at the site.
Documents 30
Legal 6
| Document Title | Document Date | Document Type |
| Blakely Harbor Park Agreed Order Appendix C | 1/6/2020 | Agreed Order |
| Blakely Harbor Park Agreed Order Appendix B | 1/6/2020 | Agreed Order |
| Blakely Harbor Park Agreed Order Appendix A | 1/6/2020 | Agreed Order |
| Blakely Harbor Park Agreed Order | 1/6/2020 | Agreed Order |
| Blakely Harbor Park - ENL & Preliminary Determination of Liability to Bainbridge Island MPRD | 12/4/2018 | Early Notice Letter |
| Blakely Harbor Park - ENL & Preliminary Determination of Liability to Port Blakely | 12/4/2018 | Early Notice Letter |
Public Information 9
| Document Title | Document Date | Document Type |
| Focus on: Field Work at Blakely Harbor | 12/14/2023 | Focus Sheet |
| Blakely Harbor Park - Field Work Update 2022 | 9/6/2022 | Focus Sheet |
| Blakely Harbor Park - 2021 Field Work Update | 8/2/2021 | Focus Sheet |
| Blakely Harbor Park Responsivness Summary | 6/2/2020 | Responsiveness Summary |
| March 17 webinar recording | 3/17/2020 | Multimedia |
| WebinarSlides_BlakelyHarborPark_17March2020 | 3/17/2020 | Multimedia |
| Blakely Harbor Park Public Participation Plan | 2/25/2020 | Public Participation Plan |
| Blakely Harbor Park Final Fact Sheet | 2/25/2020 | Fact Sheet\Public Notices |
| Blakely Harbor Park Poster 2019 June 5 | 6/5/2019 | Focus Sheet |
Technical Reports 15
| Document Title | Document Date | Document Type |
| Feasibility Study Work Plan Addendum | 7/22/2024 | Sampling and Analysis Plan |
| Project Management Change Notice | 3/1/2024 | Site Specific Administrative Document - other (Administrative correspondence) |
| Final Remedial Investigation/Feasibility Study Work Plan and Analysis Plan Addendum | 4/1/2023 | Remedial Investigation Work Plan |
| Blakely Harbor Park - SHA Rank Letter | 8/17/2020 | Site Specific Administrative Document - other (Administrative correspondence) |
| Blakely Harbor Park - Site Hazard Assessment | 8/14/2020 | Site Hazard Assessment Report |
| Blakely Harbor Park Final Sediment Data Report Appendix D | 10/29/2019 | Site Specific Technical Document - other |
| Blakely Harbor Park Final Sediment Report Appendix C | 10/29/2019 | Site Specific Technical Document - other |
| Blakely Harbor Park Final Sediment Data Report Appendix B | 10/29/2019 | Site Specific Technical Document - other |
| Blakely Harbor Park Final Sediment Data Report Appendix A | 10/29/2019 | Site Specific Technical Document - other |
| Blakely Harbor Park Final Sediment Data Report | 10/29/2019 | Site Specific Technical Document - other |
| Blakely Harbor Park Surface Soil and Sediment Data Report Part 1 | 8/13/2019 | Site Specific Technical Document - other |
| Blakely Harbor Park - SHA Notification Letter (Ancinas) | 2/15/2019 | Site Specific Administrative Document - other (Administrative correspondence) |
| Blakely Harbor Park - SHA Notification Letter (Lande) | 2/15/2019 | Site Specific Administrative Document - other (Administrative correspondence) |
| Blakely Harbor Park - Intertidal Sampling & Analysis Report | 1/21/2009 | Sampling and Analysis Plan |
| Blakely Harbor Park - Environmental Site Assessment Project Status Report II | 9/15/1992 | Site Specific Technical Document - other |
There may be more documents related to this site. To obtain documents not available electronically, you will need to make a public records request.
Places to see print documents
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Headquarters300 Desmond Dr SELacey, 98503Please schedule an appointment to view print documents at this location.
Contaminants 6
| Contaminant Type | Soil |
Groundwater |
Surface Water |
Air |
Sediment |
Bedrock |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Metals - Metals - Other | S | S | C | |||
| Halogenated Organics - Dioxins/Furans | S | S | S | |||
| Other Contaminant - Conventional Contaminants, Organic | S | |||||
| Other Contaminant - Conventional Contaminants, Inorganic | S | S | S | |||
| Other Contaminant - Other Deleterious Substances | C | |||||
| Metals - Lead | S | S | C |
- S
- Suspected
- C
- Confirmed Above Cleanup Levels
- B
- Below Cleanup Levels
- RA
- Remediated-Above
- RB
- Remediated-Below
- R
- Remediated
This contaminant list was based on our best information at the time it was entered. It may not reflect current conditions at the site.