Burlington Environmental LLC Washougal
Current Status
Cleanup process moves forward!
The Washington Department of Ecology (Ecology) held a public comment period between September 27, 2021 and November 26, 2021 for the following draft cleanup documents for the Burlington Environmental, LLC Washougal facility:
- Agreed Order (AO) 4308
- Permit for Corrective Action
- Remedial Investigation and Feasibility Study (RI/FS)
- Public Participation Plan
Ecology received three comments. Based on an evaluation of the comments, no changes were necessary and the cleanup documents are now final. The response to comments can be found at:
Next Steps
Site Description
Party Responsible For Cleanup
Site History
RCRA and Washington State’s Dangerous Waste Regulations require a facility that treats, stores, or disposes of dangerous wastes to have a dangerous waste permit (permit) until completing all activities—including corrective action and final closure. In 2002 before the permit expired, Burlington closed all of the identified dangerous waste management units, but there was remaining contamination.
Contamination
Past activities from Burlington and previous owners resulted in spills and releases at the site over time, which contaminated soil and groundwater.
- 1,1-dichloroethene (chemical cleaning liquid)
- Benzene (a liquid in gasoline)
- Toluene (a liquid in gasoline)
- Xylenes (a liquid in gasoline)
- Ethylbenzene (a liquid in gasoline)
- Chloroethane (chemical cleaning liquid)
- Freon 113 (cooling gas used in refrigeration)
- cis-1,2-dichloroethylene (chemical cleaning liquid)
- Tetrachloroethene (chemical cleaning liquid)
- Trichloroethene (chemical cleaning liquid)
- Vinyl chloride (cancer-causing chemical)
- 1,4-dioxane (cancer-causing chemical)
These chemicals may be dangerous to human health and the environment.
Find Other Cleanup Sites
In Washington State, we've identified over 13,000 contaminated sites in need of cleanup. Over 7,000 of those sites have been cleaned up, and 200 to 300 new sites are reported every year. To learn more, go to:
- What's in My Neighborhood? A map-based search tool. Enter an address or zoom into an area to find sites.
- Cleanup and Tank Search. A text-based search tool that lets you filter sites by location, contaminant, cleanup status, and more.
Documents 20
Legal 9
Document Title | Document Date | Document Type |
CleanEarth/Burlington Washougal Exhibit A Facility Diagram | 1/20/2022 | Agreed Order |
Burlington Environmental transmittal letter permit and AO 2022 | 1/19/2022 | Agreed Order |
Clean Earth Burlington Washougal Agreed Order | 1/19/2022 | Agreed Order |
CleanEarth/Burlington Washougal Exhibit C Conclusions in RCRA Facility Assessment | 1/19/2022 | Agreed Order |
CleanEarth/Burlington Washougal Exhibit F Work Schedule and Deliverables | 1/19/2022 | Agreed Order |
CleanEarth/Burlington Washougal Exhibit D Clean Closure of Units | 1/19/2022 | Agreed Order |
CleanEarth/Burlington Washougal Exhibit B Wastes Permitted | 1/19/2022 | Agreed Order |
CleanEarth/Burlington Washougal Exhibit E Release(s) and/or Potential Release(s) | 1/19/2022 | Agreed Order |
CleanEarth/Burlington Washougal Final Draft Permit CA | 1/19/2022 | Agreed Order |
Public Information 3
Document Title | Document Date | Document Type |
Clean Earth/Burlington Responsiveness Summary 2021 | 12/20/2021 | Responsiveness Summary |
Clean Earth/Burlington Public Notice 2021 | 9/20/2021 | Fact Sheet\Public Notices |
Clean Earth/Burlington Public Participation Plan 2021 | 9/20/2021 | Public Participation Plan |
Technical Reports 8
Document Title | Document Date | Document Type |
Exhibit G Groundwater Monitoring Plan | 4/20/2022 | Groundwater Monitoring Report |
Remedial Investigation Appendix A Part 1 of 2 | 12/28/2020 | Remedial Investigation / Feasibility Study |
Remedial Investigation Appendix A Part 2 of 2 | 12/14/2020 | Remedial Investigation / Feasibility Study |
Final Remedial Investigation Appendices B-R | 12/14/2020 | Remedial Investigation / Feasibility Study |
CleanEarth/Burlington Washougal 2020 Feasibility Study Report | 8/25/2020 | Remedial Investigation / Feasibility Study |
Final Remedial Investigation Report CleanEarth/Burlington Washougal Review_201905211059 | 5/21/2019 | Remedial Investigation Report |
Final Remedial Investigation CleanEarth/Burlington Washougal Sept. 2013 | 9/1/2013 | Remedial Investigation / Feasibility Study |
Interim Action Report | 9/1/1998 | Interim Action Documents |
Contaminants 7
Contaminant Type | Soil |
Groundwater |
Surface Water |
Air |
Sediment |
Bedrock |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Halogenated Organics - Halogenated Organics | C | C | C | |||
Metals - Metals Priority Pollutants | C | C | C | C | ||
Metals - Metals - Other | C | C | C | C | ||
Non-Halogenated Organics - Petroleum Products-Unspecified | C | |||||
Non-Halogenated Organics - Phenolic Compounds | C | C | C | |||
Non-Halogenated Organics - Non-Halogenated Solvents | C | C | C | C | ||
Non-Halogenated Organics - Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons | C |
- S
- Suspected
- C
- Confirmed Above Cleanup Levels
- B
- Below Cleanup Levels
- RA
- Remediated-Above
- RB
- Remediated-Below
- R
- Remediated