Sonoco Products Co 1802 Steele

Facility Site ID: 39542787
Cleanup Site ID: 17058

April 16
12:00 am
May 27
11:59 pm

Public Comment Period

We invite you to comment on Agreed Order DE 23716, and Public Participation Plan  for the cleanup of Sonoco Product Company’s (Sonoco) mechanical pulping mill located at 1802 Steele Ave in Sumner, Washington.

We accept comments

Online

By Mail to:
               Aidan McCooey
               Department of Ecology
               Industrial Section
               PO Box 47600
               Olympia, WA 98504-7600

At the tentative public hearing (Registration Required)

Sonoco must complete cleanup activities that protect human health and the environment. Actions include testing soils and groundwater for compliance with Washington State’s Model Toxic Control Act (MTCA) risk-based standards and implementing remedial actions at the site based on testing results.

A tentative virtual public meeting followed by a hearing to provide information on the cleanup and receive comments from the public is scheduled for May 19, 2026, on ZOOM at 6:00 p.m. Register online.  Registration is required. For help with registration, please contact Tara Roberts 360-280-4325 or tara.roberts@ecy.wa.gov. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the hearing. The public hearing will be held if Ecology receives significant public interest. Ecology will notify interested parties prior to cancelling the tentative public hearing if we have not received significant interest by May 18, 2026.  

Review the Documents

Online
o Draft Agreed Order

Draft Public Participation Plan

Sumner Pierce County Library
1116 Fryar Ave
Sumner WA 98390
Mon-Thurs 10am - 7pm, Fri-Sun 10am - 6pm

Ecology Headquarters Building
300 SE Desmond Dr.
Lacey, WA
By appointment: 360-280-4325

Legal 2
Document Title Document Date Document Type
Draft Agreed Order-Sonoco Products 4/13/2026 Agreed Order
Sonoco-Final-PLP-Letter 12/19/2024 Final Potentially Liable Person Status Letter
Outreach Information 2
Document Title Document Date Document Type
Sonoco Products-Fact Sheet-Draft AO and PPP 4/15/2026 Fact Sheet\Public Notices
Sonoco Producst Co-Draft Public Participation Plan 4/15/2026 Public Participation Plan
There may be more documents related to this site. To obtain documents not available electronically, you will need to make a public records request.

Contaminants 4

Contaminant Type
Soil
Groundwater
Surface Water
Air
Sediment
Bedrock
Metals - Metals - Other S
Halogenated Organics - Polychlorinated biPhenyls (PCB) S
Non-Halogenated Organics - Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons S
Non-Halogenated Organics - Other Non-Halogenated Organics S
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.