Unocal Bulk Plant 0601

The Unocal Bulk Plant #0601 is located at 738 West Marine Drive in Port Angeles. The bulk fuel plant contained underground and aboveground storage tanks, and equipment for dispensing petroleum and loading trucks. The bulk plant was dismantled and the site is now an open area. 

The potentially liable person (PLP) responsible for doing the cleanup is Chevron Environmental Management Company.

Read our status update on Port Angeles cleanup sites.

During an inspection of the site in 1984, Ecology found leaks in diesel and gasoline distribution lines. Monitoring wells were put in to check for contamination. Free floating petroleum was found in the groundwater. The petroleum leaks polluted soil and groundwater at the site. 

In interim actions, Chevron removed some free product from groundwater using an infiltration gallery. When the infiltration gallery was disassembled, the surrounding contaminated soil was also removed.   

Ecology and Chevron are working under Agreed Order DE 4086 to investigate contamination and compare options for cleaning up the contamination. Chevron has completed several supplemental investigations to determine the type and extent of contamination.  

When the public review draft remedial investigation and feasibility study (RI/FS) are complete, Ecology will hold a public comment period for the public review draft RI/FS and an amendment requiring Chevron to complete a preliminary draft Cleanup Action Plan.