Tacoma Port Earley Business Center

Tacoma, Pierce County
Facility Site ID: 9762715 Cleanup Site ID: 2395

  • Site Status

  • Cleanup Started

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Site Description

Tacoma Port Earley Business Center (EBC) is located at 401 Alexander Avenue in the Tacoma tide flats.

During World War I, a shipyard and sawmill operated on the site. Shipbuilding resumed during World War II.  Parts of the property were used for ship repair, dismantling, and salvage until about 1960.

The Port purchased the EBC property in 1960. The Port leased out the site for a variety of businesses and industries. In 1983, the US Environmental Protection Agency designated much of the Tacoma tide flats as a national Superfund site.  EBC is located within the Superfund site. Contaminants include chlorinated solvents, PCBs, pesticides, and metals (especially zinc).
 

Agreed Order

 The Department of Ecology (Ecology) is entering into an Agreed Order (legal agreement) with the Port of Tacoma (the port) for the Earley Business Center (EBC) site. Among other items, the Agreed Order will provide for a Draft Cleanup Action Plan.

Ecology held a comment period on the Agreed Order from February 11 through March 13, 2013.  Ecology prepared a Responsiveness Summary for the comment that was received (see below).

The Agreed Order is now final.


Places to see print documents
Legal 5
Document Title Document Date Document Type
Port Coordinator Change Letter 7/30/2024 Agreed Order
Tacoma Port Early Business Center - AO DE 9553 12/5/2023 Agreed Order
Earley Business Center Amendment 1 to Agreed Order DE 9553 11/27/2023 Agreed Order Amendment
Earley Business Center Final Agreed Order DE 9553 4/10/2013 Agreed Order
Environmental Covenant - Port of Tacoma Peninsula 5/5/2003 Environmental Covenant; Alternative Mechanism
Leaking Underground Storage Tank 2
Document Title Document Date Document Type
USTs N-1, 2, 3, 4, 25, and 26 Site-Specific Summary Report 2/3/2011 LUST - Site Assessment Report
UST N-6 Site-Specific Summary Report 2/3/2011 LUST - Site Assessment Report
Public Information 3
Document Title Document Date Document Type
Final Responsiveness Summary 4/3/2013 Responsiveness Summary
Fact Sheet 2/6/2013 Fact Sheet\Public Notices
Earley Business Center Public Participation Plan 1/16/2013 Public Participation Plan
Technical Reports 7
Document Title Document Date Document Type
Tacoma Port Earley Business Center Ecology Approval – Extension of Submittal Date for Supplemental Remedial Investigation Work Plan, Earley Business Center Site 6/12/2024 Site Specific Administrative Document - other (Administrative correspondence)
Port Coordinator Change Letter 10/11/2023 Site Specific Administrative Document - other (Administrative correspondence)
Notification of Project Coordinator Designation 9/9/2019 Site Specific Administrative Document - other (Administrative correspondence)
Port of Tacoma - Earley Business Center RI Work Plan 1/8/2014 Remedial Investigation Work Plan
Underground Storage Tanks N-1, 2, 3, 4, 25, and 26 Site-Specific Summary Report 4/5/2012 Remedial Investigation Report
Baseline Sediment characterization report Earley Business Center 401 East Alexander Avenue Port of Tacoma, Washington 12/1/2009 Independent Reports
Upland Characterization Report Earley Business Center 401 East Alexander Avenue Port of Tacoma, Washington 12/1/2009 Independent Reports
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.
  • Citizens for a Healthy Bay
    535 Dock St., Suite 213
    Tacoma, 98402
    This location may only have print documents available during open comment periods.
  • Tacoma Public Library
    1102 Tacoma Avenue S
    Tacoma, 98402
    This location may only have print documents available during open comment periods.

Contaminants 6

Contaminant Type
Soil
Groundwater
Surface Water
Air
Sediment
Bedrock
Metals - Metals Priority Pollutants C
Metals - Metals - Other C C
Non-Halogenated Organics - Non-Halogenated Solvents C C
Other Contaminant - Asbestos C
Non-Halogenated Organics - Petroleum-Gasoline C C
Non-Halogenated Organics - Petroleum-Other C C
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.