Burlington Environmental LLC Tacoma

1701 E Alexander Ave Tacoma, Pierce County
Facility Site ID: 1233 Cleanup Site ID: 3406

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  • Cleanup Started

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Last updated July 30, 2018

Beginning June 2, Stericycle will be moving its hazardous waste activities from its facility in Kent to their facility in Tacoma. In 2015, Ecology approved a Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) permit modification for this hazardous waste treatment, storage, and disposal (TSD) facility that included relocating operations to Tacoma.  The Tacoma facility is located in a highly industrial area in the Tacoma tide-flats. There will be no change in the number of trucks going to and from the Tacoma facility.
 
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Site Background

PSC Environmental Services LLC (PSC) operates this dangerous waste management facility in the Tacoma Tideflats. Dangerous waste operations occur on about 3.5 acres of a 17-acre site. The facility’s legal name is Burlington Environmental, LLC.

The facility includes a check-in and storage area for containers of dangerous waste, tanks to store and treat wastes, and equipment to stabilize and solidify waste. PSC’s dangerous waste permit, renewed in 2012, requires PSC to upgrade the facility with:
  • A cover over their container check-in area.
  • A roof over their existing container storage area. 
  • Concrete containment between the check-in and container storage areas. 
  • Bulk container storage area used for stabilized and solidified wastes.  

Site Contamination

This area was once tidal marsh and tideflats before the waterways were dredged and land was filled with the dredged material from 1924 to the 1940s. Industrial wastes were used as fill material from the 1960s through the 1980s. Soil samples at the site and neighboring properties show:
  • Wood debris from nearby forest product industries, in some places as great as 10 feet thick.
  • Pulverized or fragmented auto debris (“auto shredder fluff”). 
  • Lime solvent sludge.
From the 1960s to the 1970s, wastewater from oil recycling, petroleum tank-cleaning scales, and sludge were placed in a pond at the site. Tanks were added to store and treat liquid wastes and wastewater. This oil pond was later filled with auto shredder fluff, lime, silty sand, and other materials.

Soils and groundwater are contaminated with:
  • Petroleum hydrocarbons
  • Volatile organic compounds (VOCs)
  • Semivolatile organic compounds (SVOCs)
  • Metals
Legal 2
Document Title Document Date Document Type
Taylor Way & Alexander Fill Area - Satifaction of Agreed Order No. DE 13921 2/11/2021 Order Notice of Satisfaction/Status
Taylor Way & Alexander Fill Area - Environmental Covenant 12/28/2020 Environmental Covenant; Alternative Mechanism
Public Information 1
Document Title Document Date Document Type
Dangerous Waste Permit Reissue for Burlington Environmental Fact Sheet 12/1/2011 Fact Sheet\Public Notices
Technical Reports 30
Document Title Document Date Document Type
Taylor Way and Alexander Avenue Fill Area (TWAAFA) Approval of Revised Former Potter Property Vapor Intrusion Data Gaps Work Plan 6/10/2024 Site Specific Technical Document - other
Taylor Way and Alexander Avenue Fill Area (TWAAFA) Approval of Revised Hylebos Marsh Subsurface Investigation Work Plan 6/5/2024 Site Specific Administrative Document - other (Administrative correspondence)
Taylor Way and Alexander Avenue Fill Area (TWAAFA) Comments on Hylebos Marsh Subsurface Investigation Work Plan 5/16/2024 Site Specific Administrative Document - other (Administrative correspondence)
Taylor Way and Alexander Avenue Fill Area (TWAAFA) Comments on Former Potter Property Vapor Intrusion Data Gaps Work Plan 5/16/2024 Site Specific Administrative Document - other (Administrative correspondence)
Taylor Way and Alexander Avenue Fill Area (TWAAFA) Response to February 16, 2024 letter 4/3/2024 Site Specific Administrative Document - other (Administrative correspondence)
Taylor Way and Alexander Avenue Fill Area (TWAAFA) Comments on Investigation Reports 1/4/2024 Site Specific Administrative Document - other (Administrative correspondence)
Approval of Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS) Sampling and Analysis Plan 12/27/2023 Sampling and Analysis Plan
TWAAFA - Approval of Supplemental Work Pan, Port Parcel 110 and Potter 3/13/2023 Site Specific Administrative Document - other (Administrative correspondence)
TWAAFA - Comments on Port Parcel 110 & Potter Property Work Plan 2/6/2023 Site Specific Administrative Document - other (Administrative correspondence)
TWAAFA - Comments on Data Gaps Data Report 1/26/2023 Site Specific Administrative Document - other (Administrative correspondence)
TWAAFA - Comments on Indoor Air Sampling & Analysis Plan 1/23/2023 Site Specific Administrative Document - other (Administrative correspondence)
TWAAFA - Indoor Air Sampling & Analysis Plan 12/19/2022 Site Specific Administrative Document - other (Administrative correspondence)
TWAAFA - 1st & 2nd Qtr Groundwater Reports - Comments 11/28/2022 Site Specific Administrative Document - other (Administrative correspondence)
TWAAFA - Revised VI Status Conditional Approval 3/8/2022 Site Specific Administrative Document - other (Administrative correspondence)
Ecology Comments on the Revised Data Gap Investigation Progress Summary and Soil Vapor Intrusion Status and Recommendations Memorandum 11/3/2021 Site Specific Administrative Document - other (Administrative correspondence)
Taylor Way & Alexander Ave Fill Area - Groundwater Monitoring Network Evaluation Comments 11/2/2021 Site Specific Administrative Document - other (Administrative correspondence)
Taylor Way & Alexander Ave Fill Area - Status Vapor Intrusion Recommendations 8/25/2021 Site Specific Administrative Document - other (Administrative correspondence)
TWAAFA - Re: Updated Initial Application for Prospective Purchaser Consent Decree for CleanCare Property 8/20/2021 Site Specific Administrative Document - other (Administrative correspondence)
Taylor Way & Alexander Fill Area - Informal Dispute Decision 6/4/2021 Site Specific Administrative Document - other (Administrative correspondence)
Burlington Environmental LLC Tacoma - GMW Network Evaluation Comments 5/5/2021 Site Specific Technical Document - other
Annual Progress Report, 2020, Tacoma Facility, Tacoma, Washington 4/15/2021 Groundwater Monitoring Report
Taylor Way & Alexander Fill Area - Ecology Past Cost Invoice 3/5/2021 3/5/2021 Site Specific Administrative Document - other (Administrative correspondence)
Taylor Way & Alexander Fill Area - Prospective Purchaser Consent Decree fir CleanCare Property 2/23/2021 Site Specific Administrative Document - other (Administrative correspondence)
Taylor Way & Alexander Fill Area - Enforcement Order No. DE 19410—Public Comment Period Submittal of Port Comments 2/4/2021 Site Specific Administrative Document - other (Administrative correspondence)
Taylor Way & Alexander Avenue Fill Area - Response to October 6, 2020, Notice of Planned Issuance of Enforcement Order 10/19/2020 Site Specific Administrative Document - other (Administrative correspondence)
Burlington Environmental LLC Tacoma - Annual Progress Report 2019 4/15/2020 Site Specific Technical Document - other
Stericycle Tacoma 2018 Annual Progress Report 4/16/2019 Site Specific Technical Document - other
Annual Progress Report January 1,2017-December 31, 2017 4/10/2018 Progress Report
Stericycle Tacoma facility 2nd quarter 2016 Groundwater Monitoring Event 7/12/2016 Groundwater Monitoring Report
Permit for the Storage and Treatment of Dangerous Waste Permit No.: WAD020257945 3/22/2012 Site Specific Technical Document - other
There may be more documents related to this site. To obtain documents not available electronically, you will need to make a public records request.

Contaminants 5

Contaminant Type
Soil
Groundwater
Surface Water
Air
Sediment
Bedrock
Halogenated Organics - Halogenated Organics C C
Metals - Metals Priority Pollutants C C
Non-Halogenated Organics - Petroleum Products-Unspecified C C
Non-Halogenated Organics - Non-Halogenated Solvents C C
Reactive Wastes - Corrosive Wastes 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.