Hardel Mutual Plywood
Site Description
The Hardel Mutual Plywood site is on the western shore of Budd Inlet. From 1924–1996 the site was used for logging, lumber, and plywood businesses. Hardel operated at the facility from 1951 through 1996, when a fire severely damaged several buildings and forced them to stop working at the site.
Past business activities contaminated soil and groundwater at the site. Contaminants included heavy oil and diesel petroleum hydrocarbons and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs).
This site was listed as cleaned up in 2012, but re-opened in 2021 after the current owner found more contamination.
Current Cleanup (2021–)
West Bay Development Group LLC bought the property from Hardel in 2021. West Bay conducted due-diligence work and identified several additional areas of contamination that were not found in an earlier cleanup. We are currently negotiating a legal agreement with the West Bay Development Group to conduct additional cleanup activities before completing site development.
Initial Cleanup (2007–2012)
In 2007, Ecology and Hardel signed an Agreed Order (legal agreement) requiring Hardel to investigate and clean up the site. During the investigation Hardel found contamination was moving towards Budd Inlet and posing an immediate threat to the environment. Because the situation was urgent, they started cleanup work as an ‘interim action’, following a plan approved by Ecology after the public had a chance to comment. Interim Actions are cleanups that happen part-way through the usual cleanup process, and may skip some stages (such as the Feasibility Study and full Cleanup Action Plan) in order to address immediate problems.
As part of the Interim Action, Hardel
- Removed contaminated soil and filled those spots with clean soil.
- Removed and crushed the concrete building foundations and used the clean concrete as fill material.
- Pumped and treated groundwater
- Removed free floating contaminants.
After the interim action was done, Hardel sampled groundwater for one year. They found no contaminants above cleanup levels. In 2012, Ecology approved a Cleanup Action Plan that detailed the work that had already been completed, held a public comment period, and removed the site from the Hazardous Sites List.
Documents 44
Legal 2
Document Title | Document Date | Document Type |
Hardel Mutual Plywood Satisfaction Letter | 8/22/2012 | Order Notice of Satisfaction/Status |
Hardel Mutual Plywood Agreed Order 4108 2007 | 4/30/2007 | Agreed Order |
Map 1
Document Title | Document Date | Document Type |
Hardel Mutual Plywood - Methane Sample Location Map | 9/13/2022 | Map |
Public Information 8
Document Title | Document Date | Document Type |
Hardel Mutal Plywood Delisting Responsiveness Summary | 7/9/2012 | Responsiveness Summary |
Hardel Mutual Plywood delisting fact sheet | 6/4/2012 | Fact Sheet\Public Notices |
Hardel Mutual Plywood RI/FS and draftCAP Comment Period Responsiveness Summary | 4/27/2012 | Responsiveness Summary |
Hardel Mutual Plywood Draft Cleanup Action Plan Fact Sheet | 3/15/2012 | Fact Sheet\Public Notices |
Hardel Mutual Plywood Public Participation Plan | 3/13/2012 | Public Participation Plan |
Hardel Mutual Plywood Responsiveness Summary for Agreed Order | 6/1/2007 | Responsiveness Summary |
Hardel Mutual Plywood Public Participation Plan | 4/1/2007 | Public Participation Plan |
Hardel Mutual Plywood Agreed Order Fact Sheet | 4/1/2007 | Fact Sheet\Public Notices |
State Environmental Policy Act 1
Document Title | Document Date | Document Type |
Hardel Mutual Plywood SEPA DNS | 12/21/2009 | SEPA Documents |
Technical Reports 25
Voluntary Cleanup Program 7
Document Title | Document Date | Document Type |
Hardel Mutual Plywood - VCP Termination - West Bay Dev Group LLC | 3/7/2023 | VCP Administrative Document |
Hardel Mutual Plywood - VCP Termination | 2/14/2023 | VCP Administrative Document |
Hardel Mutual Plywood - Nicole Floyd - West Bay Yards Email | 6/17/2022 | VCP Technical Assistance |
Hardel Mutual Plywood - SW1757 - VCP Acceptance | 9/30/2021 | VCP Administrative Document |
Hardel Mutual Plywood - SW1757 - VCP Agreement | 9/21/2021 | VCP Administrative Document |
Hardel Mutual Plywood - SW1757 - VCP Application | 8/31/2021 | VCP Administrative Document |
Hardel Mutual Plywood - Rescission of No Further Action (NFA) Status | 8/17/2021 | VCP Opinion on Site Cleanup – Other |
Places to see print documents
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Southwest Regional Office300 Desmond Dr SELacey, 98503-1274Please schedule an appointment to view print documents at this location.
Contaminants 10
Contaminant Type | Soil |
Groundwater |
Surface Water |
Air |
Sediment |
Bedrock |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Metals - Metals - Other | C | C | ||||
Non-Halogenated Organics - Petroleum Products-Unspecified | C | C | RB | |||
Halogenated Organics - Dioxins/Furans | C | |||||
Non-Halogenated Organics - Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons | C | C | RB | C | ||
Halogenated Organics - Halogenated Solvents | C | |||||
Metals - Arsenic | C | C | ||||
Non-Halogenated Organics - Benzene | C | |||||
Non-Halogenated Organics - Other Non-Halogenated Organics | C | |||||
Non-Halogenated Organics - Petroleum-Diesel | C | C | ||||
Non-Halogenated Organics - Petroleum-Gasoline | C |
- S
- Suspected
- C
- Confirmed Above Cleanup Levels
- B
- Below Cleanup Levels
- RA
- Remediated-Above
- RB
- Remediated-Below
- R
- Remediated