Eatonville Landfill
Next Steps
The Remedial Investigation/Feasibility Study and draft Cleanup Action Plan will soon be complete. When preparation of the reports is completed, we will schedule a comment period for review and comment before the reports are finalized.
When the dCAP is finalized, it becomes the Cleanup Action Plan (CAP). The CAP will be implemented under a separate legal agreement that will be available for public review during a comment period.
Agreed Order For Planning Cleanup
The legal agreement, Agreed Order DE 20072 (AO DE 20072), is between Ecology and the Town of Eatonville, the potentially liable person (PLP) responsible for cleanup of the site.
The Agreed Order requires Eatonville to complete a Remedial Investigation (RI) Work Plan and RI report. The RI report identifies the type of contamination and where it is found at the Site. The Agreed Order also requires Eatonville to complete a Feasibility Study (FS) that compares alternative cleanup methods. Eatonville will use the information in the RI/FS to complete a preliminary draft cleanup action plan describing which method will be used to cleanup the Site. Ecology will use the preliminary plan to prepare the draft Cleanup Action Plan (dCAP).
A fact sheet briefly summarizes information about the Site and AO DE 20072.
Site Description
The Site is about 3.5 miles west of the Town of Eatonville. The landfill is located on a property that is about two acres in size and covers about a quarter of the parcel. The landfill is on a very steep slope.
Eatonville leased the property from Weyerhaeuser from about 1950 until about 1980 for use as a landfill. Municipal solid waste, appliances, car parts, empty drums, tires, and other waste were disposed of at the Site and waste burning occurred there.
The Nisqually State Park surrounds the landfill. The state plans to develop recreational facilities in the area where the landfill is located.
The Nisqually Indian Tribe holds fishing, hunting, and gathering rights in the Nisqually watershed and the area around the landfill is culturally important to them.
There is a wetland at the base of the landfill. Water from the wetland flows about a quarter mile to the Mashel River. A major tributary of the Nisqually River, the Mashel River provides critical spawning and rearing habitat for Fall Chinook salmon and steelhead.
Contamination
Ecology placed the site on the Confirmed and Suspected Contaminated Sites List in 2020.
Known hazardous substances at the site:
- Metals (iron, lead, zinc) have contaminated water to levels above water quality standards. The contamination was found in wetland water at the base of the landfill.
Suspected hazardous substances that may have contaminated surface water, sediment, and/or groundwater:
- Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons (PAHs).
- Petroleum products.
- Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs).
Results from Remedial Investigation sampling will determine what contaminants are present at the site.
Documents 25
Legal 5
Document Title | Document Date | Document Type |
Eatonville Landfill - Project Coordinator Change Notification | 2/21/2022 | Agreed Order Amendment |
Eatonville Landfill - Agreed Order DE 20072 | 8/2/2021 | Agreed Order |
Eatonville Landfill - Final PLP Notice to Town of Eatonville | 7/12/2021 | Final Potentially Liable Person Status Letter |
Eatonville Landfill - Final PLP Notice to Weyerhaeuser | 7/12/2021 | Final Potentially Liable Person Status Letter |
Eatonville Landfill - Early Notice Letter | 9/22/2020 | Early Notice Letter |
Public Information 3
Document Title | Document Date | Document Type |
Eatonville Landfill Agreed Order Responsiveness Summary | 12/22/2021 | Responsiveness Summary |
Eatonville Landfill Fact Sheet for Agreed Order and Public Participation Plan | 8/5/2021 | Fact Sheet\Public Notices |
Eatonville Landfill Public Participation Plan | 8/2/2021 | Public Participation Plan |
Technical Reports 17
Document Title | Document Date | Document Type |
Eatonville Landfill Draft Cleanup Action Plan | 7/22/2024 | Cleanup Action Plan |
Eatonville Landfill Public Review Draft RIFS Appendices | 2/26/2024 | Remedial Investigation / Feasibility Study |
Eatonville Landfill Public Review Draft RIFS Text Table and Figure | 2/26/2024 | Remedial Investigation / Feasibility Study |
Eatonville Landfill Site - RI/FS Comment Response Schedule Extension | 5/30/2023 | Site Specific Administrative Document - other (Administrative correspondence) |
Eatonville Landfill RI Work Plan App C HSP | 9/7/2021 | Remedial Investigation Work Plan |
Eatonville Landfill RI Work Plan App B QAPP | 9/7/2021 | Remedial Investigation Work Plan |
Eatonville Landfill RI Work Plan App A SAP | 9/7/2021 | Remedial Investigation Work Plan |
Eatonville Landfill RI Work Plan Text | 9/7/2021 | Remedial Investigation Work Plan |
Eatonville Landfill - Weyerhaeuser Signed PLP Waiver (Kristen Sawin) | 6/25/2021 | Site Specific Administrative Document - other (Administrative correspondence) |
Eatonville Landfill - Town of Eatonville Signed PLP Waiver (Mayor Mike Schaub) | 6/25/2021 | Site Specific Administrative Document - other (Administrative correspondence) |
Eatonville Landfill - Preliminary PLP Notice to Weyerhaeuser | 6/23/2021 | Site Specific Administrative Document - other (Administrative correspondence) |
Eatonville Landfill - Preliminary PLP Notice to Town of Eatonville | 6/23/2021 | Site Specific Administrative Document - other (Administrative correspondence) |
Eatonville Landfill Jan 2021 Sampling Analytical Results | 1/29/2021 | Progress Report |
Former Eatonville Landfill - Response to Ecology | 10/14/2020 | Site Specific Administrative Document - other (Administrative correspondence) |
Former Eatonville Landfill Initial Investigation | 6/1/2020 | Initial Investigation Report |
Technical Review of Eatonville Landfill Closure Options | 9/30/2014 | Site Specific Technical Document - other |
Eatonville Landfill Site Investigation and Preliminary Economic Analysis for Corrective Action Alternatives | 11/7/1996 | Remedial Investigation / Feasibility Study |
Places to see print documents
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Southwest Regional Office300 Desmond Dr SELacey, 98503-1274Please schedule an appointment to view print documents at this location.
Contaminants 8
Contaminant Type | Soil |
Groundwater |
Surface Water |
Air |
Sediment |
Bedrock |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Metals - Metals - Other | C | C | C | |||
Halogenated Organics - Polychlorinated biPhenyls (PCB) | C | |||||
Non-Halogenated Organics - Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons | C | |||||
Metals - Arsenic | C | |||||
Metals - Lead | C | |||||
Non-Halogenated Organics - Petroleum-Diesel | C | |||||
Non-Halogenated Organics - Petroleum-Gasoline | C | |||||
Non-Halogenated Organics - Petroleum-Other | C |
- S
- Suspected
- C
- Confirmed Above Cleanup Levels
- B
- Below Cleanup Levels
- RA
- Remediated-Above
- RB
- Remediated-Below
- R
- Remediated