Goose Lake

NW Of Sr 101 Shelton, Mason County
Facility Site ID: 1185 Cleanup Site ID: 2537

  • Site Status

  • Cleanup Started

  • Brownfield

  • This site has received funding as part of our Brownfields Program.
    Brownfields Public Funding: $200,000.00

More about cleanup

Current Status

Ecology is working with Rayonier to finalize a draft Remedial Investigation (RI) report. The report describes the nature and extent of site contamination. Rayonier will also submit a draft feasibility study (FS), which compares cleanup options. A draft cleanup action plan (CAP) outlining the recommended cleanup will follow the RI/FS reports. Ecology will hold a public comment period on Goose Lake cleanup plans when they are available.

Site Background

Goose Lake cleanup site and interim action area
Goose Lake cleanup site and interim action area

Goose Lake is located 0.3 miles west of Shelton, next to Highway 101. In the past, Rayonier Inc. (Rayonier) ran a pulp mill on Oakland Bay. The mill discarded waste at the Goose Lake site, causing contamination.

Between 1931 and 1934, Rayonier pumped liquid waste from the pulp mill into Goose Lake. Rayonier moved the waste from the mill to the lake through a wood pipeline. The lake began to overflow as it reached capacity.

To solve this, Rayonier created disposal ponds near the lake and pumped the waste into the ponds instead of the lake. As a result, Goose Lake’s surface water, sediments, and drainage ravine are contaminated. In 1943, Rayonier shut down the mill during World War II and stopped liquid waste disposal at Goose Lake.

Rayonier also created a landfill on the east end of Goose Lake where they placed solid waste. The waste included wood debris, pulp by-products, building materials, ash from the incinerator, and demolition debris when the mill closed. The landfill received solid waste from 1936 through 1974.

In 2007, the city of Shelton received an Ecology (Brownfields) Integrated Planning Grant for $200,000. The city used a portion of these funds for the planning and development of post cleanup conceptual site designs, including enhancing the ecological habitats around and within Goose Lake and potential uses as a park or recreational open space, before the grant was closed in 2015.

Contamination

As a result of previous activities, the site is contaminated with:

  • Metals
  • Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs)
  • Dioxins
  • Sulfide
  • Semivolatile organic compounds (SVOCs)
  • Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs)
Places to see print documents
Legal 3
Document Title Document Date Document Type
Determination of Potentially Liable Person Status 8/28/2013 Final Potentially Liable Person Status Letter
Determination of Potentially Liable Person Status Letter - Goose Lake 5/16/2013 Final Potentially Liable Person Status Letter
Agreed Order No. DE 99TC-S260 4/25/2001 Agreed Order
Outreach Information 1
Document Title Document Date Document Type
March 17 2014 Presentation to Shelton Commission - Goose Lake and C Street landfill update 3/17/2014 Multimedia
Technical Reports 5
Document Title Document Date Document Type
Goose Lake - Public Review Draft Feasibility Study Comments 5/14/2020 Site Specific Administrative Document - other (Administrative correspondence)
Approval of Public Review Draft RI 2/8/2018 Site Specific Administrative Document - other (Administrative correspondence)
Goose Lake Public Review Remedial Investigation 1/12/2018 Remedial Investigation Report
2017.05.18_Revised Approval of Request for Extension - AO No. DE99TC-S2620 5/18/2017 Site Specific Administrative Document - other (Administrative correspondence)
GOOSE LAKE Site Hazard Assessment 2/1/1998 Site Hazard Assessment Report
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 7

Contaminant Type
Soil
Groundwater
Surface Water
Air
Sediment
Bedrock
Metals - Metals Priority Pollutants C C C
Halogenated Organics - Polychlorinated biPhenyls (PCB) C C C
Halogenated Organics - Dioxins/Furans C C C
Non-Halogenated Organics - Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons C C
Other Contaminant - Conventional Contaminants, Inorganic C
Metals - Arsenic C
Metals - Lead 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.