Bothell Landing

A strip mall, restaurants, and historic gas stations with multiple abandoned petroleum underground storage tanks (USTs) formerly occupied the site. Initially, a portion of this site was acquired by Bothell for roadway widening and construction of a small park (Rotunda Park). In the course of redevelopment, five underground storage tanks and approximately 385 tons of petroleum contaminated soil were encountered and removed during construction of the park in 1998. Two gasoline service stations were formerly located on the north and northeast portions of the Bothell Landing site. One of the stations was likely associated with the five underground storage tanks.

The Bothell Landing Site was under the Voluntary Cleanup Program and Ecology issued an Interim No Further Action letter in 2002 for site soils (excluding ground water). The property owner recorded a restrictive covenant for the site in 2002 confirming that petroleum-affected soils and ground water exist at the site. Ecology removed the site from the Voluntary Cleanup Program in 2006 due to a lack of activity. Also in 2006, Ecology issued a Further Action Determination at the Site. The Further Action Determination stated that Ecology would review the No Further Action determination based on further ground water data showing compliance with the MTCA cleanup levels for petroleum hydrocarbons and aromatic hydrocarbons at the site (Riley Group, 2007).

An environmental investigation conducted at the Site in 2007 included soil and ground water samples at two locations. One location was at the vicinity of the former underground storage tank location near the north property boundary. The second location is at the central and southern portion of the Site, where historic fill activities are suspected. Chlorinated volatile organic compounds were detected in ground water samples. The source of these organic compounds is the nearby Ultra Custom Care Cleaners site, which is being cleaned up separately Interim action soil cleanups of petroleum hydrocarbons were conducted in 2010, 2013, 2014, 2015,and 2017. Chemicals of concern remaining after the interim action soil cleanups are:

Institutional controls can be fences, signs, or restrictions on how the property is used. For instance, an institutional control may prohibit installing drinking water wells or disturbing a protective cap that isolates contamination. These restrictions keep the contamination contained and keep people from being exposed to the contamination. The controls are usually listed in environmental covenants recorded with the county.

Periodic reviews are required when institutional controls are required at a site. Ecology conducts reviews to make sure the controls remain effective and the cleanup still protects human health and the environment. We conduct periodic reviews about every five years.