Eatonville Landfill
Site Status
This site is currently in the cleanup phase. Removal of waste and contaminated soils and habitat restoration are scheduled for 2025 and 2026.
If you have any questions, please contact Sam Meng, cleanup project manager, at sam.meng@ecy.wa.gov.
To learn more about cleanups under the Model Toxics Control Act, please visit our agency website.
Location
The Nisqually Indian Tribe holds fishing, hunting, and gathering rights in the Nisqually watershed. The area around the site is culturally important to them.
History
From about 1950 to 1980, the Town of Eatonville leased a parcel from Weyerhaeuser Company to use as a dump. The landfill did not have a liner below the trash. This allowed pollution from the waste to move down into soil, groundwater, and surface water.
The landfill is about two acres in size. It contains:
- Household waste
- Appliances
- Car parts and tires
- Empty drums that were used to hold chemicals
- Pollution from recreational firearm shooting
- Other types of waste
Cleanup Work
Ecology placed the site on the Contaminated Sites List in 2020. Then, Ecology determined that the Town of Eatonville and Weyerhaeuser are the potentially liable persons responsible for investigation and cleanup at this site.
In 2021, Ecology, the town, and Weyerhaeuser signed a legal agreement, Agreed Order DE 20072. This agreement required the town and Weyerhaeuser to:
- Study the site to learn what kind of contamination is there (a Remedial Investigation)
- Compare different options for how to clean up the contamination (a Feasibility Study)
- Suggest a cleanup option to Ecology (a preliminary draft Cleanup Action Plan)
In 2025, Ecology, the town, and Weyerhaeuser signed another legal agreement, Consent Decree No. 25-2-07149-4. This agreement requires the town and Weyerhaeuser to follow Ecology’s plan to clean up the site.
The cleanup plan divides the site into two areas: the landfill area (orange) and wetland area (yellow). Most of the waste is in the steeply sloped landfill area. However, some waste has also fallen into the wetland area at the base of the slope.
- In the landfill area, all waste (about 21,500 cubic yards) and contaminated soils (about 1,800 cubic yards) will be removed.
- In the wetland area, as much waste as possible will be removed, without disrupting the ecosystem. Then, we will monitor natural recovery to make sure the cleanup is working as planned.
Any disturbed areas will be replanted to restore the habitat. Ecology will also set Institutional Controls to prevent human exposure to contamination.
- No entry to the wetland area until soil contamination from gasoline, diesel, and oil reduces.
- No drinking or skin contact with groundwater from any area of the site or surface water from the landfill area. This restriction will last until levels of hexavalent chromium and zinc reduce.
To learn more about the cleanup plan, please read our November 2024 fact sheet. To see more photos of the site, please check out the PowerPoint from our December 4, 2024, public meeting at the Eatonville Community Center.
Documents 31
Legal 6
Document Title | Document Date | Document Type |
Eatonville Landfill Consent Decree | 3/20/2025 | Consent Decree |
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 Weyerhaeuser | 7/12/2021 | Final Potentially Liable Person Status Letter |
Eatonville Landfill - Final PLP Notice to Town of Eatonville | 7/12/2021 | Final Potentially Liable Person Status Letter |
Eatonville Landfill - Early Notice Letter | 9/22/2020 | Early Notice Letter |
Outreach Information 6
Document Title | Document Date | Document Type |
Eatonville Landfill Responsiveness Summary | 1/7/2025 | Responsiveness Summary |
Eatonville Landfill 2024 Public Meeting Presentation | 12/4/2024 | Multimedia |
Eatonville Landfill Cleanup Site: Public Comment Invited | 10/24/2024 | Fact Sheet\Public Notices |
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 |
State Environmental Policy Act 1
Document Title | Document Date | Document Type |
Eatonville Landfill SEPA Determination of Nonsignificance | 10/23/2024 | SEPA Documents |
Technical Reports 18
Document Title | Document Date | Document Type |
Eatonville Landfill Engineering Design Report | 2/25/2025 | Engineering Design Report |
Eatonville Landfill RIFS Text Table and Figure | 1/31/2025 | Remedial Investigation / Feasibility Study |
Eatonville Landfill RIFS Appendices | 1/31/2025 | Remedial Investigation / Feasibility Study |
Eatonville Landfill Cleanup Action Plan | 1/31/2025 | Cleanup Action Plan |
Eatonville Landfill Site - RI/FS Comment Response Schedule Extension | 5/30/2023 | Site Specific Administrative Document - other (Administrative correspondence) |
Eatonville Landfill RI Work Plan Text | 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 App B QAPP | 9/7/2021 | Remedial Investigation Work Plan |
Eatonville Landfill RI Work Plan App C HSP | 9/7/2021 | Remedial Investigation Work Plan |
Eatonville Landfill - Town of Eatonville Signed PLP Waiver (Mayor Mike Schaub) | 6/25/2021 | Site Specific Administrative Document - other (Administrative correspondence) |
Eatonville Landfill - Weyerhaeuser Signed PLP Waiver (Kristen Sawin) | 6/25/2021 | 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 - Preliminary PLP Notice to Weyerhaeuser | 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