Asarco Offshore
Facility Site ID:
216
Cleanup Site ID:
538
Sediment Contamination From The Asarco Smelter
For nearly 100 years, the Asarco Company operated a copper smelter in Tacoma. The 90 acre facility sat on the border of north Tacoma and Ruston, along the waterfront. Air emissions and other smelter contaminants polluted the property, the surrounding neighborhoods, and a 1,000 square mile area called the Tacoma Smelter Plume.
In the early 1980s, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) began a Superfund cleanup of the site. To manage this large and complex cleanup, EPA divided the cleanup into four "operable units." The Asarco Offshore is one of these units. It consists of contaminated sediments off the shore of the property.
In the early 1980s, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) began a Superfund cleanup of the site. To manage this large and complex cleanup, EPA divided the cleanup into four "operable units." The Asarco Offshore is one of these units. It consists of contaminated sediments off the shore of the property.
- EPA's sediments cleanup plan (Record of Decision)
Documents 1
Technical Reports 1
| Document Title | Document Date | Document Type |
| Ecology's Acceptance of Change in Proposed ESD | 9/13/2018 | Site Specific Administrative Document - other (Administrative correspondence) |
There may be more documents related to this site. To obtain documents not available electronically, you will need to make a public records request.
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 8
| Contaminant Type | Soil |
Groundwater |
Surface Water |
Air |
Sediment |
Bedrock |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Other Contaminant - Base/Neutral/Acid Organics | C | C | ||||
| Halogenated Organics - Halogenated Organics | C | C | ||||
| Metals - Metals Priority Pollutants | C | C | C | |||
| Metals - Metals - Other | C | C | C | |||
| Non-Halogenated Organics - Petroleum Products-Unspecified | C | |||||
| Non-Halogenated Organics - Phenolic Compounds | C | C | ||||
| Non-Halogenated Organics - Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons | C | C | ||||
| Other Contaminant - Conventional Contaminants, Inorganic | 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.