Petroleum Reclaiming Service Inc

Facility Site ID: 1245 Cleanup Site ID: 3255

  • Site Status

  • Cleanup Started

What's New?

Last Updated July 30, 2018

Ecology held a public comment period for a draft Agreed Order (Order) issued to PRS Group, Inc. (PRS) in fall 2015. We did not receive any comments and the Order was finalized.

The Agreed Order requires PRS to:

  • Sample and test groundwater quarterly from 9 monitoring wells for 1 year.
  • Submit a data report to Ecology after the year of sampling.
  • Compile groundwater data from past sampling events into one report for submittal to Ecology.
  • Complete a remedial investigation/feasibility study (RI/FS) report.
  • Draft a cleanup action plan (CAP).

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Site Background

The PRS facility is located on 0.66 acres in the Port of Tacoma at 3003 Taylor Way. The facility has 22 aboveground storage tanks with secondary containment and concrete pads for loading and unloading. PRS receives and manages wastes from off-site generators. PRS stores and treats used oil for resale and treats wastewater suitable for discharge to the local sewer utility. PRS also manages non-dangerous waste sludge for disposal at a Subtitle D landfill.

The PRS facility previously operated as an interim status dangerous waste management facility for Washington "state-only" dangerous wastes. The facility received waste oils containing polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) and state dangerous wastes.

After a public comment period, PRS was notified on January 23, 2015 that their interim status dangerous waste permit was terminated. Since PRS no longer treats or stores dangerous wastes at its facility, its permit does not allow the company to operate as a dangerous waste management facility at this location.

Site Contamination

Petroleum Reclaiming Services (PRS) sampled the soil and groundwater in the 1990’s and in 2001. Contamination at the site includes:

  • Metals
  • Chlorinated solvents
  • Benzene
  • Petroleum byproducts
A new agreed order finalized in the fall of 2015 requires PRS to sample and test groundwater further in 2015 and 2016.

Cleanup

Corrective action requirements apply to facilities seeking or are required to have a treatment, storage, and disposal (TSD) permit. TSD facilities that become subject to the hazardous waste permit requirements have “interim status” and are treated as having a permit if they satisfy certain requirements. Interim status facilities are subject to corrective action requirements. Corrective action is required regardless of when a waste was managed or placed at a facility.
Legal 6
Public Information 3
Document Title Document Date Document Type
Public Participation Plan for PRS Group Inc., 3003 Taylor Way, Tacoma, Washington 98421 8/1/2015 Public Participation Plan
Public Comment Period | New Agreed Order for PRS 7/1/2015 Fact Sheet\Public Notices
Proposed Termination of Interim Status Permit for PRS Group, Inc. 10/27/2014 Fact Sheet\Public Notices
State Environmental Policy Act 1
Document Title Document Date Document Type
PRS Services SEPA Checklist 11/6/2020 SEPA Documents
Technical Reports 6
Document Title Document Date Document Type
PRS Services Tacoma DRAFT Cleanup Action Plan 9/30/2020 Cleanup Action Plan
PRS Services Tacoma FINAL Feasibility Study Report 7/12/2020 Feasibility Study
PRS Services Tacoma FINAL Remedial Investigation Report 11/2/2018 Remedial Investigation Report
2017 Annual Groundwater Monitoring Report 3/19/2018 Groundwater Monitoring Report
2016 Annual Groundwater Monitoring Report 5/2/2016 Groundwater Monitoring Report
Notice of Intent to Terminate Interim Status Permit for PRS Group, Inc. 9/30/2014 Site Specific Technical Document - other
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

  • Southwest Regional Office
    300 Desmond Dr SE
    Lacey, 98503-1274
    Please schedule an appointment to view print documents at this location.
  • Citizens for a Healthy Bay
    535 Dock St., Suite 213
    Tacoma, 98402
    This location may only have print documents available during open comment periods.

Contaminants 4

Contaminant Type
Soil
Groundwater
Surface Water
Air
Sediment
Bedrock
Halogenated Organics - Halogenated Organics S
Metals - Metals Priority Pollutants C S S
Non-Halogenated Organics - Petroleum Products-Unspecified C
Non-Halogenated Organics - Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons S
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.