Star Lake Elementary
Facility Site ID:
7890
Cleanup Site ID:
13055
Tacoma Smelter Plume
The Asarco Company operated a copper smelter in Tacoma for almost 100 years. Air pollution from the smelter settled on the surface soil over more than 1,000 square miles of the Puget Sound basin. Arsenic, lead, and other heavy metals are in the soil because of this pollution. Ecology has been working to clean up this contamination.
- Learn more about the Tacoma Smelter Plume cleanup.
- Find out if you live in the Tacoma Smelter Plume area, and if your property has been sampled.
- Take healthy actions to minimize risk.
Voluntary Cleanup Program
This site is in our Voluntary Cleanup Program, which provides technical help to owners of contaminated sites.
Voluntary Cleanup Program customers pay fees to cover our costs for technical help and reviewing cleanup reports. Sites in this program must meet the same cleanup standards as sites Ecology manages under legal orders.
Documents 6
Technical Reports 2
| Document Title | Document Date | Document Type |
| Star Lake Elementary School - Remedial Action Work Plan for Tacoma Smelter Plume Impacts | 5/4/2020 | Remedial Action Report |
| Star Lake Elementary School - Arsenic and Lead Soil Sampling | 11/30/2018 | Cleanup Action Plan |
Voluntary Cleanup Program 4
| Document Title | Document Date | Document Type |
| Star Lake Elementary - NW3271 - VCP Opinion on Property Cleanup - Property NFA Likely | 7/6/2020 | VCP Opinion on Property Cleanup – Other |
| Star Lake Elementary - VCP Acceptance | 5/28/2020 | Voluntary Cleanup Program Opinion – Other |
| Star Lake Elementary - VCP Agreement | 5/19/2020 | Voluntary Cleanup Program Opinion – Other |
| Star Lake Elementary - VCP Application | 5/13/2020 | VCP Administrative Document |
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 2
| Contaminant Type | Soil |
Groundwater |
Surface Water |
Air |
Sediment |
Bedrock |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Metals - Arsenic | C | |||||
| Metals - Lead | B |
- 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.