Burlington Environmental LLC Tacoma
Facility Site ID:
1233
Cleanup Site ID:
3406
What's New?
Last updated July 30, 2018
Beginning June 2, Stericycle will be moving its hazardous waste activities from its facility in Kent to their facility in Tacoma. In 2015, Ecology approved a Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) permit modification for this hazardous waste treatment, storage, and disposal (TSD) facility that included relocating operations to Tacoma. The Tacoma facility is located in a highly industrial area in the Tacoma tide-flats. There will be no change in the number of trucks going to and from the Tacoma facility.
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Beginning June 2, Stericycle will be moving its hazardous waste activities from its facility in Kent to their facility in Tacoma. In 2015, Ecology approved a Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) permit modification for this hazardous waste treatment, storage, and disposal (TSD) facility that included relocating operations to Tacoma. The Tacoma facility is located in a highly industrial area in the Tacoma tide-flats. There will be no change in the number of trucks going to and from the Tacoma facility.
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Site Background
PSC Environmental Services LLC (PSC) operates this dangerous waste management facility in the Tacoma Tideflats. Dangerous waste operations occur on about 3.5 acres of a 17-acre site. The facility’s legal name is Burlington Environmental, LLC.
The facility includes a check-in and storage area for containers of dangerous waste, tanks to store and treat wastes, and equipment to stabilize and solidify waste. PSC’s dangerous waste permit, renewed in 2012, requires PSC to upgrade the facility with:
The facility includes a check-in and storage area for containers of dangerous waste, tanks to store and treat wastes, and equipment to stabilize and solidify waste. PSC’s dangerous waste permit, renewed in 2012, requires PSC to upgrade the facility with:
- A cover over their container check-in area.
- A roof over their existing container storage area.
- Concrete containment between the check-in and container storage areas.
- Bulk container storage area used for stabilized and solidified wastes.
Site Contamination
This area was once tidal marsh and tideflats before the waterways were dredged and land was filled with the dredged material from 1924 to the 1940s. Industrial wastes were used as fill material from the 1960s through the 1980s. Soil samples at the site and neighboring properties show:
Soils and groundwater are contaminated with:
- Wood debris from nearby forest product industries, in some places as great as 10 feet thick.
- Pulverized or fragmented auto debris (“auto shredder fluff”).
- Lime solvent sludge.
Soils and groundwater are contaminated with:
- Petroleum hydrocarbons
- Volatile organic compounds (VOCs)
- Semivolatile organic compounds (SVOCs)
- Metals.
Documents 29
Legal 2
| Document Title | Document Date | Document Type |
| Taylor Way & Alexander Fill Area - Satifaction of Agreed Order No. DE 13921 | 2/11/2021 | Order Notice of Satisfaction/Status |
| Taylor Way & Alexander Fill Area - Environmental Covenant | 12/28/2020 | Environmental Covenant; Alternative Mechanism |
Public Information 1
| Document Title | Document Date | Document Type |
| Dangerous Waste Permit Reissue for Burlington Environmental Fact Sheet | 12/1/2011 | Fact Sheet\Public Notices |
Technical Reports 26
| Document Title | Document Date | Document Type |
| Taylor Way and Alexander Avenue Fill Area (TWAAFA) Response to February 16, 2024 letter | 4/3/2024 | Site Specific Administrative Document - other (Administrative correspondence) |
| Taylor Way and Alexander Avenue Fill Area (TWAAFA) Comments on Investigation Reports | 1/4/2024 | Site Specific Administrative Document - other (Administrative correspondence) |
| Approval of Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS) Sampling and Analysis Plan | 12/27/2023 | Sampling and Analysis Plan |
| TWAAFA - Approval of Supplemental Work Pan, Port Parcel 110 and Potter | 3/13/2023 | Site Specific Administrative Document - other (Administrative correspondence) |
| TWAAFA - Comments on Port Parcel 110 & Potter Property Work Plan | 2/6/2023 | Site Specific Administrative Document - other (Administrative correspondence) |
| TWAAFA - Comments on Data Gaps Data Report | 1/26/2023 | Site Specific Administrative Document - other (Administrative correspondence) |
| TWAAFA - Comments on Indoor Air Sampling & Analysis Plan | 1/23/2023 | Site Specific Administrative Document - other (Administrative correspondence) |
| TWAAFA - Indoor Air Sampling & Analysis Plan | 12/19/2022 | Site Specific Administrative Document - other (Administrative correspondence) |
| TWAAFA - 1st & 2nd Qtr Groundwater Reports - Comments | 11/28/2022 | Site Specific Administrative Document - other (Administrative correspondence) |
| TWAAFA - Revised VI Status Conditional Approval | 3/8/2022 | Site Specific Administrative Document - other (Administrative correspondence) |
| Ecology Comments on the Revised Data Gap Investigation Progress Summary and Soil Vapor Intrusion Status and Recommendations Memorandum | 11/3/2021 | Site Specific Administrative Document - other (Administrative correspondence) |
| Taylor Way & Alexander Ave Fill Area - Groundwater Monitoring Network Evaluation Comments | 11/2/2021 | Site Specific Administrative Document - other (Administrative correspondence) |
| Taylor Way & Alexander Ave Fill Area - Status Vapor Intrusion Recommendations | 8/25/2021 | Site Specific Administrative Document - other (Administrative correspondence) |
| TWAAFA - Re: Updated Initial Application for Prospective Purchaser Consent Decree for CleanCare Property | 8/20/2021 | Site Specific Administrative Document - other (Administrative correspondence) |
| Taylor Way & Alexander Fill Area - Informal Dispute Decision | 6/4/2021 | Site Specific Administrative Document - other (Administrative correspondence) |
| Burlington Environmental LLC Tacoma - GMW Network Evaluation Comments | 5/5/2021 | Site Specific Technical Document - other |
| Annual Progress Report, 2020, Tacoma Facility, Tacoma, Washington | 4/15/2021 | Groundwater Monitoring Report |
| Taylor Way & Alexander Fill Area - Ecology Past Cost Invoice 3/5/2021 | 3/5/2021 | Site Specific Administrative Document - other (Administrative correspondence) |
| Taylor Way & Alexander Fill Area - Prospective Purchaser Consent Decree fir CleanCare Property | 2/23/2021 | Site Specific Administrative Document - other (Administrative correspondence) |
| Taylor Way & Alexander Fill Area - Enforcement Order No. DE 19410—Public Comment Period Submittal of Port Comments | 2/4/2021 | Site Specific Administrative Document - other (Administrative correspondence) |
| Taylor Way & Alexander Avenue Fill Area - Response to October 6, 2020, Notice of Planned Issuance of Enforcement Order | 10/19/2020 | Site Specific Administrative Document - other (Administrative correspondence) |
| Burlington Environmental LLC Tacoma - Annual Progress Report 2019 | 4/15/2020 | Site Specific Technical Document - other |
| Stericycle Tacoma 2018 Annual Progress Report | 4/16/2019 | Site Specific Technical Document - other |
| Annual Progress Report January 1,2017-December 31, 2017 | 4/10/2018 | Progress Report |
| Stericycle Tacoma facility 2nd quarter 2016 Groundwater Monitoring Event | 7/12/2016 | Groundwater Monitoring Report |
| Permit for the Storage and Treatment of Dangerous Waste Permit No.: WAD020257945 | 3/22/2012 | 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
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Southwest Regional Office300 Desmond Dr SELacey, 98503-1274Please schedule an appointment to view print documents at this location.
Contaminants 5
| Contaminant Type | Soil |
Groundwater |
Surface Water |
Air |
Sediment |
Bedrock |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Halogenated Organics - Halogenated Organics | C | C | ||||
| Metals - Metals Priority Pollutants | C | C | ||||
| Non-Halogenated Organics - Petroleum Products-Unspecified | C | C | ||||
| Non-Halogenated Organics - Non-Halogenated Solvents | C | C | ||||
| Reactive Wastes - Corrosive Wastes | C | 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.