Buse Timber & Sales
Background
The Buse Timber & Sales site is located at 3812 28th Place Northeast in Everett, Washington. This site has confirmed contamination that could potentially harm people and the environment. It is in the state cleanup process under the Model Toxics Control Act.
The site is located on Smith Island in the Snohomish River floodplain and is bordered to the north by Union Sough, the east by Interstate 5 and to the west and south by commercial and/or industrial businesses. A lumber mill started operations at this location in the 1940s and is still in use.
The Buse Timber & Sales property is comprised of roughly 60 acres and features a sawmill facility, a log float beach ramp on Union Slough, log storage, a hog fuel (used oil and sawdust) mixing area, dip tanks to control sap stain with a soluble fungicide, and 11 buildings used for storage and maintenance. In addition, historical operations at the facility have also included a log pond (from 1950’s until the mid-1960’s), an underground storage tank system (1960’s to 1990’s), and a former dip tank location which used pentachlorophenol to treat wood (1940’s to 1980’s).
Concentrations of potentially hazardous chemicals above cleanup levels established by the State of Washington have been documented in previous sampling of soil, groundwater, and sediment conducted at the Buse Timber & Sales site. Previous sampling at the site has identified the following chemicals above cleanup levels:
Soil – arsenic and non-halogenated petroleum/diesel,
Groundwater – arsenic, halogenated organics, non-halogenated petroleum/diesel, and
Sediment – Dioxins/Furans and mercury
The substances described above are hazardous chemicals and some, like dioxins, are carcinogenic (potentially cancer causing). These substances pose a potential threat to human health and the environment. Cleaning them up lessens the risk of their spreading and contaminating other areas or becoming more difficult to clean up later.
Status
Ecology works to clean up contaminated properties throughout the state. Cleanups are construction projects that remove, treat, or contain potentially harmful substances.
Documents 17
Legal 5
Document Title | Document Date | Document Type |
Buse Timber & Sales - Final Agreed Order | 6/22/2023 | Agreed Order |
Buse Timber & Sales - Final PLP Status Letter | 11/29/2022 | Final Potentially Liable Person Status Letter |
Buse Timber & Sales - Early Notice Letter & Rescission of NFA Status | 6/7/2022 | Early Notice Letter |
Buse Timber & Sales - NFA after SHA (Rescinded 5/2/22) | 10/19/1992 | NFA Letter – non-VCP |
Buse Timber & Sales - Early Notice Letter | 3/13/1992 | Early Notice Letter |
Public Information 2
Document Title | Document Date | Document Type |
Buse Timber & Sales Factsheet | 5/4/2023 | Fact Sheet\Public Notices |
Buse Timber & Sales Public Participation Plan | 5/4/2023 | Public Participation Plan |
Technical Reports 10
Document Title | Document Date | Document Type |
Buse Timber & Sales - RI Work Plan | 3/5/2024 | Remedial Investigation Work Plan |
Buse Timber & Sales - Preliminary Determination of Liability | 11/15/2022 | Site Specific Administrative Document - other (Administrative correspondence) |
Buse Timber & Sales - Cleanup Discussion Letter | 5/12/2022 | Site Specific Technical Document - other |
Buse Timber & Sales - Initial Investigation Field Report | 4/27/2022 | Initial Investigation Report |
Buse Timber & Sales - Phase II Environmental Site Investigation | 12/9/2021 | Site Specific Technical Document - other |
Buse Timber & Sales - Phase I Environmental Site Assessment | 9/15/2021 | Site Specific Technical Document - other |
Buse Timber & Sales - Notification of Apparent Release | 4/21/2020 | Site Specific Administrative Document - other (Administrative correspondence) |
Buse Timber & Sales - Limited Subsurface Investigation | 9/17/2018 | Site Specific Technical Document - other |
Buse Timber & Sales - Screening Site Inspection Report | 8/19/1994 | Site Specific Technical Document - other |
Buse Timber & Sales - Ecology Preliminary Assessment | 10/1/1990 | Site Specific Technical Document - other |
Places to see print documents
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Headquarters300 Desmond Dr SELacey, 98503Please schedule an appointment to view print documents at this location.
Contaminants 8
Contaminant Type | Soil |
Groundwater |
Surface Water |
Air |
Sediment |
Bedrock |
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Other Contaminant - Base/Neutral/Acid Organics | S | |||||
Halogenated Organics - Dioxins/Furans | C | |||||
Non-Halogenated Organics - Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons | S | |||||
Metals - Arsenic | C | C | ||||
Metals - Mercury | C | |||||
Halogenated Organics - Other Halogenated Organics | C | |||||
Non-Halogenated Organics - Petroleum-Diesel | C | C | ||||
Non-Halogenated Organics - Petroleum-Other | C | C |
- S
- Suspected
- C
- Confirmed Above Cleanup Levels
- B
- Below Cleanup Levels
- RA
- Remediated-Above
- RB
- Remediated-Below
- R
- Remediated