Facility Site ID: 99997366 Cleanup Site ID: 16638

Tacoma Smelter Plume

The Asarco Company operated a copper smelter in Tacoma for almost 100 years. Air pollution from the smelter settled on the surface soil over more than 1,000 square miles of the Puget Sound basin. Arsenic, lead, and other heavy metals are in the soil because of this pollution. Ecology has been working to clean up this contamination.

Voluntary Cleanup Program

This site is in our Voluntary Cleanup Program, which provides technical help to owners of contaminated sites.

Voluntary Cleanup Program customers pay fees to cover our costs for technical help and reviewing cleanup reports. Sites in this program must meet the same cleanup standards as sites Ecology manages under legal orders.

Technical Reports 2
Document Title Document Date Document Type
Ridgetop Golf - SW1777 - Cleanup Action Plan 6/3/2022 Cleanup Action Plan
Ridgetop Golf - SW1777 - Soils Investigation and Report 6/25/2021 Remedial Investigation Report
Voluntary Cleanup Program 5
Document Title Document Date Document Type
RidgeTop Golf- VCP Opinion Site Cleanup 12/12/2023 VCP Opinion on Site Cleanup – Other
Ridgetop Golf - SW1777 - Property NFA Likely 1/5/2023 VCP Opinion on Property Cleanup – Other
Ridgetop Golf - SW1777 - VCP Acceptance 7/18/2022 VCP Administrative Document
Ridgetop Golf - SW1777 - VCP Agreement 6/14/2022 VCP Administrative Document
Ridgetop Golf - SW1777 - VCP Application 6/13/2022 VCP Administrative Document
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

  • Southwest Regional Office
    300 Desmond Dr SE
    Lacey, 98503-1274
    Please schedule an appointment to view print documents at this location.

Contaminants 2

Contaminant Type
Soil
Groundwater
Surface Water
Air
Sediment
Bedrock
Metals - Arsenic C
Metals - Lead B
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.