Facility Site ID: 4438651 Cleanup Site ID: 2581

A Puget Sound Initiative Site - Reaching the goal of a healthy, sustainable Puget Sound.

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The Bay Wood Products site after cleanup work in 2021. Click the image to zoom in.
The Bay Wood Products site after cleanup work in 2021. Click the image to zoom in.
Last update 04/21/21

Partial cleanup work is complete! Shoreline cleanup and habitat restoration work was completed in the spring of 2021. This partial cleanup, called an interim action, is the second round of cleanup work conducted at the Bay Wood site. The work included:

  • 1,300 linear feet of shoreline restoration, regrading the shoreline slope and planting native plants.
  • 2.300 linear feet of habitat restoration in the upland shoreline buffer.
  • Removal and disposal of about 1,000 cubic yards of contaminated soil and 5,000 tons of material containing anthropogenic waste (primarily wood waste, concrete, and quarry spall).

This cleanup work was largely funded by a Remedial Action Grant from Ecology. These grants support local governments conducting environmental cleanups across Washington State.

This cleanup work prepares the Bay Wood site for future development including industrial infrastructure and public access. If you have questions about the future of the Bay Wood Products site, you can check the Port of Everett’s website or contact Catherine Soper, the Port of Everett’s Public Affairs Manager.

Site History

The Bay Wood Products Site is a former sawmill and log handling and storage facility. It is located at 200 West Marine View Drive, near Maulsby Mudflats at the mouth of the Snohomish River.

Lumber and mill operations began on this site around 1936. In 1979, Bay Wood Products, Inc. removed the sawmill and used the site for log handling and storage until 1994. Site features during Bay Wood Products’ operations included office and shop buildings, a covered shed, oil drums, electrical transformers, above-ground fuel storage tanks, and log rafts. These features have been removed, and the site is vacant.

Site investigations found several contaminants, including polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) and carcinogenic polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (cPAHs) in upland soil. Wood waste, which can be considered a contaminant because of its ability to smother near-shore habitat and alter water chemistry in harmful ways, was found embedded in nearby sediments

PCB-contaminated soil was removed from the site in 1985 and 1993 and much of the wood waste accumulated in the upland area was removed in 1995.

In 2013, an interim action took place on the site. Soil stockpiled on site that was contaminated with polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (a carcinogenic chemical compound associated with coal, crude oil, and gasoline) was removed and transferred to an approved
landfill.

The Cleanup Process

Next Steps

Ecology and the Port of Everett entered into a formal legal agreement called an Agreed Order in October 2008. The Agreed Order was most recently updated in 2020. It requires the Port to develop a Remedial Investigation and Feasibility Study Report to understand the nature and extent of site contamination, conduct specific interim action cleanup work, and then to draft a Cleanup Action Plan.

Following two stages of data gathering, the Remedial Investigation and Feasibility Study reports were completed and presented for public comment in 2011. In response to comments we received, a third stage of data collection took place during 2011 and 2012.

The Port of Everett is developing an addendum to the Remedial Investigation and Feasibility Study to integrate the new data. Finalizing that report and the Cleanup Action Plan are the next steps of cleanup for the Bay Wood site.
Legal 4
Document Title Document Date Document Type
Bay Wood Products - Critical Area Protective Covenant 5/17/2021 Environmental Covenant; Alternative Mechanism
Bay Wood Products - Final Second Amendment to Agreed Order 2/4/2020 Agreed Order Amendment
Bay Wood Products - Final Amendment to Agreed Order Exhibit B January 2013 1/23/2013 Agreed Order Amendment
Bay Wood Products - Agreed Order for Remedial Investigation/Feasibility Study 10/3/2008 Agreed Order
Public Information 7
Document Title Document Date Document Type
Bay Wood Products - Fact Sheet December 2019 12/12/2019 Fact Sheet\Public Notices
Bay Wood Products - Port Gardner Folio September 2016 9/30/2016 Fact Sheet\Public Notices
Bay Wood Products - Final Fact Sheet July 2012 7/30/2012 Fact Sheet\Public Notices
Bay Wood Products - RIFS Summary of Public Comment Responses January 2012 1/5/2012 Responsiveness Summary
Bay Wood Products - RI/FS Fact Sheet 6/2/2011 Fact Sheet\Public Notices
Bay Wood Products - Updated Public Participation Plan 5/20/2011 Public Participation Plan
Bay Wood Products - Fact Sheet Site Investigation Documents Available 8/1/2008 Fact Sheet\Public Notices
Technical Reports 23
Document Title Document Date Document Type
Year 1 Monitoring Report - Bay Wood Interim Action Cleanup and Shoreline Restoration Project 2/28/2023 Performance/Confirmational Monitoring Plan or Report
Bay Wood Interim Action Cleanup and Shoreline Restoration Project 8/23/2022 Interim Action Documents
Bay Wood Products - Final Interim Action Construction Completion Report 6/30/2022 Site Specific Technical Document - other
Bay Wood Products - Development Guidelines 5/7/2021 Site Specific Technical Document - other
Bay Wood Products - Final Engineering Design Report Bay Wood Products Cleanup Site 11/10/2020 Engineering Design Report
Bay Wood Products - Final Interim Action Work Plan 7/29/2020 Interim Action Documents
Bay Wood Products - Sediment Geochronology Study 7/25/2014 Site Specific Technical Document - other
Bay Wood Products - Geochronology Sampling and Analysis Plan Memorandum 4/18/2014 Site Specific Technical Document - other
Bay Wood Products - Final Interim Action Work Plan November 2012 11/12/2012 Interim Action Documents
Bay Wood Products - Draft Interim Action Work Plan July 2012 7/20/2012 Interim Action Documents
Bay Wood Products - RI/FS Report through Appendix G 4/25/2011 Remedial Investigation / Feasibility Study
Bay Wood Products - RI/FS Appendix I through the rest of the report 4/25/2011 Remedial Investigation / Feasibility Study
Bay Wood Products - RI/FS Appendix H Part 4 4/25/2011 Remedial Investigation / Feasibility Study
Bay Wood Products - Appendix H Part 3 4/25/2011 Remedial Investigation / Feasibility Study
Bay Wood Products - RI/FS Appendix H Part 2 4/25/2011 Remedial Investigation / Feasibility Study
Bay Wood Products - RI/FS Appendix H Part 1 4/25/2011 Remedial Investigation / Feasibility Study
Bay Wood Products - Appendix C Upland Laboratory Data Packages, December 2010 12/14/2010 Remedial Investigation / Feasibility Study
Bay Wood Products - Memorandum 11/19/2009 Site Specific Administrative Document - other (Administrative correspondence)
Bay Wood Products - Appendix 1 Data Validation Reports, July 2009 7/17/2009 Remedial Investigation / Feasibility Study
Bay Wood Products - Final Work Plan for RI/FS and CAP 5/4/2009 Engineering Design Report
Bay Wood Products - Appendix B to the draft work plan for RI/FS and draft CAP, January 2009 1/16/2009 Remedial Investigation / Feasibility Study
Bay Wood Products - Appendix B to the draft work plan for RI/FS and draft CAP, Word document, January 2009 1/16/2009 Remedial Investigation / Feasibility Study
Bay Wood Products - Draft Work Plan for RI/FS and Draft CAP 12/18/2008 Remedial Investigation / Feasibility Study
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

  • Headquarters
    300 Desmond Dr SE
    Lacey, 98503
    Please schedule an appointment to view print documents at this location.

Contaminants 9

Contaminant Type
Soil
Groundwater
Surface Water
Air
Sediment
Bedrock
Metals - Metals Priority Pollutants S
Halogenated Organics - Polychlorinated biPhenyls (PCB) S S S
Non-Halogenated Organics - Petroleum Products-Unspecified S S S
Non-Halogenated Organics - Phenolic Compounds S
Non-Halogenated Organics - Non-Halogenated Solvents S
Halogenated Organics - Dioxins/Furans C
Non-Halogenated Organics - Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons S
Other Contaminant - Bioassay Benthic Failures C
Other Contaminant - Other Deleterious Substances S S 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.