Facility Site ID: 379891 Cleanup Site ID: 3172

1800-18304 Bothell Way NE, Bothell, WA
1800-18304 Bothell Way NE, Bothell, WA

Site Status: November 2022

Ecology held a pubic comment period from September 26 - October 25, 2022 for a Consent Decree, Remedial Investigation/ Feasibility Study, and Cleanup Action Plan for the Ultra Custom Care Cleaners cleanup site. This site is located in downtown Bothell and is one of six sites in the historic downtown area that have received grant funding from Ecology to help with the cost of cleanup. 

Ecology and the City responded to all comments received during the open comment period. None of the comments resulted in changes the documents. These documents are now final.

A schedule of the next steps of the cleanup process is located in Exhibit C of the Consent Decree on page 79. 

October 2022 Community Mailer

If you would like to be added to the mailing list for this cleanup site, please contact Meredith Waldref (Outreach Specialist) or Sunny Becker (Site Manager). Contact information is on the left. 

Site Background

The Ultra Custom Care Cleaners property is located at 18300 – 18304 Bothell Way NE (also known as the State Route 527), Bothell, Washington.  It occupies the northeast corner of the intersection of Bothell Way NE and NE 183rd Street.  This 0.25 acre property consists of a vacant rectangular lot and a single building that formerly housed, from north to south, the Ultra Custom Care Cleaners dry cleaning facility, Frank’s Hair Design hair salon, and the Laundry Basket Laundromat. 
 
Early records show that from the early 1950s until 1967 Raincheck Cleaners and laundry operated at the site in a building located in the southwest corner of the Property.    The building that housed Raincheck laundry was demolished in the late 1960s.  The current building that Ultra Care Cleaners occupied on the property was built in 1967.  As part of the downtown redevelopment plan, the City of Bothell acquired the property in February 2012 in order to accommodate renovation and expansion of the City Hall municipal campus and related public/private amenities.
 
Several investigations conducted in 2001, 2002, and 2004 as independent remedial actions began to characterize the Site. These investigations indicated that soil and groundwater contained halogenated volatile organic compounds (HVOCs), primarily the dry cleaning solvent tetrachloroethylene (a.k.a., perchloroethene or PCE).  In addition, degradation or breakdown compounds of PCE such as trichloroethylene (TCE), cis-1,2-dichloroethylene (cis-1,2-DCE), and Vinyl Chloride (VC) were observed. 
 
A Phase II Environmental Site Assessment conducted in 2009 and supplemental investigation in 2011 of the City’s Crossroads Redevelopment Project area concluded that PCE contaminated groundwater observed at the Crossroads Development Site originates at the former Raincheck Cleaners and Laundry facility.  The contaminants are migrating south along utility corridors located in Bothell Way NE. 
Legal 7
Public Information 6
State Environmental Policy Act 1
Document Title Document Date Document Type
Ultra Custom Care Cleaners - SEPA Checklist 5/17/2022 SEPA Documents
Technical Reports 20
Document Title Document Date Document Type
Ultra Custom Care Cleaners - HWTR CID Letter 7/6/2023 Site Specific Administrative Document - other (Administrative correspondence)
Ultra Custom Care Cleaners - Engineering Design Report 7/1/2023 Engineering Design Report
Ultra Custom Care Cleaners - 2023 1st Qtr CD Progress Report 4/10/2023 Progress Report
Ultra Custom Care Cleaners - Pre-Remedial Design Investigation Work Plan 12/30/2022 Engineering Design Report
Ultra Custom Care Cleaners - RI/FS 11/30/2022 Remedial Investigation / Feasibility Study
Ultra Custom Care Cleaners - Final Cleanup Action Plan 11/30/2022 Cleanup Action Plan
Ultra Custom Care Cleaners - DGI Tech Memo wo Lab Rpts 9/20/2020 Remedial Investigation / Feasibility Study
Ultra Custom Care Cleaners - Data Gaps Investigation Work Plan 3/6/2020 Remedial Investigation Work Plan
Ultra Custom Care Cleaners - Draft CAP 4/12/2018 Cleanup Action Plan
Ultra Custom Care Cleaners - RI/FS 4/12/2018 Remedial Investigation / Feasibility Study
Ultra Custom Care Cleaners - Response Letter (R Warren) 2/8/2018 Site Specific Administrative Document - other (Administrative correspondence)
Purchase and Sale Agreement 2/5/2018 Site Specific Administrative Document - other (Administrative correspondence)
UCC Riverside Recon gw rpt 5 15 17 5/15/2017 Groundwater Monitoring Report
Ground Water Monitoring Report Fourth Quarter After Bioremediation Round 2 4/14/2017 Groundwater Monitoring Report
Ground Water Monitoring Report Second Quarter After Bioremediation Round 2 9/9/2016 Groundwater Monitoring Report
Ground Water Monitoring Report First Quarter After Bioremediation Round 2 5/27/2016 Groundwater Monitoring Report
Ground Water Monitoring Report 2/19/2016 Remedial Investigation / Feasibility Study
In Situ Bioremediation, Supplemental Injections, Second Round Plan 1/26/2016 Remedial Investigation / Feasibility Study
In Situ Bioremediation, Supplemental Injections, Second Round Plan 1/26/2016 Groundwater Monitoring Report
Ultra Custom Care Cleaners - Site Hazard Assessment 2/1/2007 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

  • Northwest Regional Office
    15700 Dayton Ave N
    Shoreline, 98133
    Please schedule an appointment to view print documents at this location.
  • Bothell City Hall
    18415 101st Ave NE
    Bothell, 98011
    This location may only have print documents available during open comment periods.
  • King County Bothell Regional Library
    18215 98th Ave NE
    Bothell, 98011
    This location may only have print documents available during open comment periods.

Contaminants 1

Contaminant Type
Soil
Groundwater
Surface Water
Air
Sediment
Bedrock
Halogenated Organics - Halogenated Organics S C S
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.