BP Cherry Point Refinery

Facility Site ID: 13 Cleanup Site ID: 4885

Facility Information

The BP Cherry Point refinery is located at 4519 Grandview Road in Blaine, Washington. It has the ability to process about 225,000 barrels of crude oil each day to make a variety of petroleum products.

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Oily Water Sewer

The refinery’s hazardous waste permit identified the oily water sewer as a solid waste management unit with potential for releases to soil and groundwater.  While we are not aware of any current releases from the unit, and Agreed Order and corrective action hazardous waste permit requires BP to investigate and clean up any contamination. Contaminants of concern include metals, volatile organics, and semi-volatile organics.
Legal 3
State Environmental Policy Act 2
Document Title Document Date Document Type
BP Cherry Point refinery oily water sewer SEPA DNS 5/8/2020 SEPA Documents
BP Cherry Point refinery oily water sewer SEPA checklist 5/1/2020 SEPA Documents
Technical Reports 6
Document Title Document Date Document Type
BP Cherry Point 2023 Oily Water Sewer Summary Report 3/19/2024 Site Specific Technical Document - other
BP Cherry Point refinery oily water sewer annual report 3/30/2022 Site Specific Technical Document - other
BP Cherry Point refinery oily water sewer investigation and response plan 10/20/2021 Site Specific Technical Document - other
Arco Grandview Rd Ferndale Initial Investigation Report 6/1/2011 Initial Investigation Report
WA DNR Cherry Point Environmental Aquatic Reserve Management Plan 11/1/2010 Site Specific Technical Document - other
ARCO Ferndale Refinery Oily Water Sewer Investigation Report 9/30/1993 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 7

Contaminant Type
Soil
Groundwater
Surface Water
Air
Sediment
Bedrock
Metals - Metals - Other S S
Non-Halogenated Organics - Non-Halogenated Solvents C C
Non-Halogenated Organics - Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons S S
Non-Halogenated Organics - Benzene C C
Non-Halogenated Organics - Other Non-Halogenated Organics S S
Non-Halogenated Organics - Petroleum-Diesel S S
Non-Halogenated Organics - Petroleum-Gasoline 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.