Former Brookdale Golf Club

The Brookdale Golf Course (site) was built in 1931 and is located at 1802 Brookdale Road East, in Tacoma, Washington.

In 2019, the Department of Ecology (Ecology) was told that pesticide contamination had been found in the soil.  Since then, contamination has been investigated in soil, groundwater, surface water, and sediment.  While some cleanup was done, additional investigation is still needed at the site.

The investigation and cleanup of the site is being conducted independently through Ecology's Voluntary Cleanup Program by Ichijo USA Company.  Upon request of participants in the Voluntary Cleanup Program, Ecology reviews and makes suggestions about how an investigation and cleanup will meet state cleanup requirements.  Ecology has reviewed this project twice, on December 10, 2019 and August 24, 2020.  For both reviews, Ecology provided suggestions to further investigate and cleanup dieldrin and other contaminants.

Electronic copies of some of the documents that were used for Ecology's review are available at the Electronic Documents link on the upper right hand side of this page.  Ecology expects to receive and review additional documents describing how the suggestions were included in the ongoing investigation and cleanup of the site.

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.