Hungry Whale Grocery
Online Informational Public Meeting June 22 At 5:00 P.M.
Ecology staff will present information about the site, the proposed cleanup, and answer questions.
The slide presentation for the meeting is now available.
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Site Description
The Hungry Whale Grocery site is located at the intersection of North Montesano Avenue and Wilson Street. The port owns the property. A portion of the property is leased as an active retail gasoline fueling station and convenience store.
The convenience store and gas station was constructed in the mid-1970s. There are three gasoline underground storage tanks (USTs) and a gasoline dispensing island at the southern end of the site.
Background
In March 1991, one of the tanks was decommissioned and the other was removed. During this work, a thin layer of free product was found floating on the surface water in an area near the tank excavation.
In November 1991, Ecology hired a contractor to perform a Remedial Investigation and Feasibility Study at the site to determine the extent of contamination and examine cleanup alternatives. Soil and groundwater sampling confirmed the presence of total petroleum hydrocarbons, benzene, toluene, ethylbenzene, and xylene above state cleanup standards. Hydraulic oil and lead were also found in groundwater.
Ecology entered into Agreed Order DE 94-S388 with the Port of Grays Harbor in 1995 to complete additional sampling and implement the selected cleanup remedy identified during the Feasibility Study. A system was installed to cleanup groundwater contamination. The system ran from 1997 to 1999. Tests showed the treatment was not effective and groundwater contamination remained above state cleanup standards.
In 2006, Ecology entered into a Agreed Order DE 3812 with the Port of Grays Harbor to complete a Remedial Investigation and Feasibility Study to determine a new and more effective method for cleanup.
Proposed Plan For Cleanup
Ecology's proposed cleanup plan is described in the draft Cleanup Action Plan (dCAP).
The plan is based on removal of contaminant sources in soil and groundwater to reduce the amount of groundwater contaminated at the site. The port has a $1.2 million remedial action grant from Ecology to do the cleanup construction.
The plan is a combination of soil excavation and groundwater removal and will include these actions:
- The convenience store will be demolished and the remaining USTs and fuel dispensing equipment will be removed.
- About 5,200 cubic yards of contaminated soil will be excavated and properly disposed of off-site.
- Groundwater entering the soil excavation will be pumped out and treated at an on-site facility. After treatment, the groundwater will be clean enough to be released into the City of Westport's stormwater ditch.
- The excavation will be filled with clean soil after the groundwater is treated.
- Once the contamination source is removed, concentrations in soil and groundwater will decrease from biological activity, called natural attenuation.
- Conditions will be monitored to make sure the contamination decreases in groundwater.
Any contaminated soil that might extend beneath the street right-of-ways will not be removed.
The port will file an environmental covenant with the county if contamination remains at the site. Among other restrictions, the covenant will likely restrict groundwater use at the site. As long as the covenant is in place, Ecology will review conditions at the site every five years.
Documents 19
Legal 5
Document Title | Document Date | Document Type |
Hungry Whale Grocery Agreed Order 20344 | 5/11/2022 | Agreed Order |
Amendment to Agreed Order No. DE 3812 | 2/24/2016 | Agreed Order Amendment |
Hungry Whale Grocery Agreed Order Original Scanned copy | 9/21/2006 | Agreed Order |
Hungry Whale Grocery Agreed Order Original Scanned copy | 3/29/1995 | Agreed Order |
Hungry Whale Grocery PLP | 12/17/1993 | Final Potentially Liable Person Status Letter |
Public Information 6
Document Title | Document Date | Document Type |
Hungry Whale Grocery presentation at online public meeting 6.22.2022 | 6/21/2022 | Fact Sheet\Public Notices |
Hungry Whale Grocery--How to join Zoom meeting information sheet | 6/15/2022 | Fact Sheet\Public Notices |
Hungry Whale Grocery Site Fact Sheet for Cleanup Plan | 5/12/2022 | Fact Sheet\Public Notices |
Hungry Whale Grocery Public Participation Plan | 9/8/2006 | Public Participation Plan |
Hungry Whale Grocery Fact Sheet Agreed Order for Remedial Investigation/Feasibility Study Proposed | 9/1/2006 | Fact Sheet\Public Notices |
Hungry Whale Grocery Fact Sheet Agreed Order for Cleanup Action Plan Proposed | 3/1/1995 | Fact Sheet\Public Notices |
State Environmental Policy Act 1
Document Title | Document Date | Document Type |
Hungry Whale Grocery SEPA DNS & Checklist | 5/11/2022 | SEPA Documents |
Technical Reports 7
Document Title | Document Date | Document Type |
Hungry Whale Grocery Draft Cleanup Action Plan | 4/7/2022 | Cleanup Action Plan |
Hungry Whale Grocery - Remedial Investigation and Feasibility Study | 4/22/2020 | Remedial Investigation / Feasibility Study |
Hungry Whale Focused FS | 9/9/2013 | Feasibility Study |
Hungry Whale Grocery II | 8/6/2012 | Initial Investigation Report |
Hungry Whale Grocery II #2 | 6/1/2012 | Initial Investigation Report |
HungryWhaleIndoorAirRpt | 4/25/2012 | Remedial Investigation Report |
Air Sampling Scope of Work, Hungry Whale | 2/10/2012 | Scope Of Work |
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.
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Westport Timberland Library101 E Harms DriveWestport, 98595This location may only have print documents available during open comment periods.
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Port of Grays Harbor Main Office111 S Wooding StreetAberdeen, 98520This location may only have print documents available during open comment periods.
Contaminants 3
Contaminant Type | Soil |
Groundwater |
Surface Water |
Air |
Sediment |
Bedrock |
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Metals - Metals Priority Pollutants | C | C | ||||
Non-Halogenated Organics - Petroleum Products-Unspecified | C | |||||
Non-Halogenated Organics - Petroleum-Other | C |
- S
- Suspected
- C
- Confirmed Above Cleanup Levels
- B
- Below Cleanup Levels
- RA
- Remediated-Above
- RB
- Remediated-Below
- R
- Remediated
Public Comment Period June 02, 2022-July 05, 2022
We have a comment period open for Hungry Whale Grocery cleanup documents and we will host an online informational public meeting on June 22 at 5:00 p.m. See below for how to join the meeting.
We invite your comment on the following cleanup planning documents for the Hungry Whale Grocery site.
Remedial Investigation (RI) and Feasibility Study (FS) Report. The report describes the contamination and where it is located. The report compares choices for how to cleanup the contamination.
Draft Cleanup Action Plan (dCAP). The plan describes Ecology's plan for cleaning up the contamination.
Agreed Order DE 20344. This is a legal agreement between Ecology and the Port of Grays Harbor (port). The port is the potentially liable person (PLP) who is responsible for cleanup at the site. The port received a $1.2 million remedial action grant from Ecology for cleanup construction.
State Environmental Policy Act (SEPA) Determination of Non-Significance. The document describes Ecology's decision that cleanup activities are not likely to harm the environment.
A fact sheet briefly summarizes information about the site and the plan for cleanup.
Ecology will consider comments submitted during the comment period and may change the documents based on comments.
For tips on submitting comments, visit our commenting tips webpage.
Electronic documents relevant to the site can be viewed by clicking on the Documents section of this page.
Printed documents are available at document repositories. Check with the Westport Public Library and the Port of Grays Harbor for opening hours. Printed documents are also available at Ecology's Southwest Regional Office in Lacey by appointment only.