Weldcraft Steel & Marine
Site Status
The Weldcraft Steel & Marine cleanup site is currently awaiting funding to proceed with the next steps to cleanup the site.
An environmental study of the site, called a Remedial Investigation and Feasibility Study (RI/FS) Report, was completed in 2015. That report detailed the investigations at the site, and included cleanup alternatives.
Site Description
The Weldcraft Steel & Marine cleanup site is located at 2652 Harbor Loop Drive, adjacent to Squalicum Harbor on the Bellingham Bay waterfront, and is about 2.5 acres (1.9 in the water and .06 on land). The property is sometimes referred to as the Gate 2 Boatyard.
The site began as Weldcraft Steel Works in 1946, and has been used since then primarily for boat repair, maintenance, and fabrication work. Property within the site is owned by the Port of Bellingham and is currently occupied by the port's tenant, Seaview Boatyard North. Seaview is not the source of contamination at the site.
Environmental assessments to date have found contaminants in soil, groundwater, and sediment that are associated with past boatyard work. Contaminants include metals, tributyltin, diesel, and gasoline consituents. These contaminants exceed state standards and must be addressed under Washington's toxics cleanup law, the Model Toxics Control Act.
The Weldcraft site is one of 12 cleanup sites in the Bellingham Bay Demonstration Pilot project, a coordinated bay-wide effort by federal, tribal, state and local governments to clean up contamination, control pollution sources and restore habitat, with consideration for land and water uses. The work is informed by the Bellingham Bay Comprehensive Strategy, developed by the pilot work group in 2000.
Next Steps
2016- Develop Consent Decree and Cleanup Action Plan
2017 - Public review of Consent Decree and Cleanup Action Plan
General Cleanup Process
Site Photos
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El Departamento de Ecología le invita a revisor los documentos para el sitio que está contaminado Weldcraft Steel & Marine en Bellingham.
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Documents 11
Legal 2
Document Title | Document Date | Document Type |
Weldcraft Agreed Order including SEPA Documentation and PPP | 4/25/2003 | Agreed Order |
Weldcraft AO DE 03TCPBE 5623 Scanned Original Document | 4/25/2003 | Agreed Order |
Public Information 2
Document Title | Document Date | Document Type |
Weldcraft - Response to Comments - February 2015 | 2/23/2015 | Responsiveness Summary |
Weldcraft - Fact Sheet - July 2014 | 7/23/2014 | Fact Sheet\Public Notices |
State Environmental Policy Act 1
Document Title | Document Date | Document Type |
Bellingham Bay Comprehensive Strategy - SEPA - Environmental Impact Statement | 10/1/2000 | SEPA Documents |
Technical Reports 6
Document Title | Document Date | Document Type |
Final RI/FS | 2/5/2015 | Remedial Investigation / Feasibility Study |
Weldcraft - Remedial Investigation-Feasibility Study Report - July 2014 | 7/23/2014 | Remedial Investigation / Feasibility Study |
Weldcraft Remedial Investigation Work Plan Addendum | 11/29/2006 | Remedial Investigation Work Plan |
Weldcraft Interim Action Completion Report | 8/29/2006 | Interim Action Documents |
Weldcraft Supplemental Remedial Investigation Work Plan | 4/21/2006 | Remedial Investigation Work Plan |
Weldcraft Steel & Marine - Site Hazard Assessment | 2/8/2002 | Site Hazard Assessment Report |
Places to see print documents
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Northwest Regional Office15700 Dayton Ave NShoreline, 98133Please schedule an appointment to view print documents at this location.
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Ecology Bellingham Field Office913 Squalicum Way, Unit 101Bellingham, 98225This location may only have print documents available during open comment periods.
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Bellingham Public Library210 Central AveBellingham, 98225This location may only have print documents available during open comment periods.
Contaminants 10
Contaminant Type | Soil |
Groundwater |
Surface Water |
Air |
Sediment |
Bedrock |
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Other Contaminant - Base/Neutral/Acid Organics | S | S | S | C | ||
Halogenated Organics - Halogenated Organics | S | C | S | S | ||
Metals - Metals Priority Pollutants | C | S | S | C | ||
Metals - Metals - Other | S | C | S | |||
Halogenated Organics - Polychlorinated biPhenyls (PCB) | S | B | ||||
Non-Halogenated Organics - Petroleum Products-Unspecified | C | C | ||||
Non-Halogenated Organics - Phenolic Compounds | S | S | ||||
Non-Halogenated Organics - Non-Halogenated Solvents | C | C | S | |||
Non-Halogenated Organics - Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons | S | S | S | C | ||
Non-Halogenated Organics - Organotins | C |
- S
- Suspected
- C
- Confirmed Above Cleanup Levels
- B
- Below Cleanup Levels
- RA
- Remediated-Above
- RB
- Remediated-Below
- R
- Remediated