Hardel Mutual Plywood

1210 W Bay Dr NW Olympia, Thurston County
Facility Site ID: 75128579 Cleanup Site ID: 3704

  • Site Status

  • Cleanup Started

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Site Description

The Hardel Mutual Plywood site is on the western shore of Budd Inlet. From 1924–1996 the site was used for logging, lumber, and plywood businesses. Hardel operated at the facility from 1951 through 1996, when a fire severely damaged several buildings and forced them to stop working at the site.

Past business activities contaminated soil and groundwater at the site. Contaminants included heavy oil and diesel petroleum hydrocarbons and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs).

This site was listed as cleaned up in 2012, but re-opened in 2021 after the current owner found more contamination.

Current Cleanup (2021–)

West Bay Development Group LLC bought the property from Hardel in 2021. West Bay conducted due-diligence work and identified several additional areas of contamination that were not found in an earlier cleanup. We are currently negotiating a legal agreement with the West Bay Development Group to conduct additional cleanup activities before completing site development. 

Initial Cleanup (2007–2012)

In 2007, Ecology and Hardel signed an Agreed Order (legal agreement) requiring Hardel to investigate and clean up the site. During the investigation Hardel found contamination was moving towards Budd Inlet and posing an immediate threat to the environment. Because the situation was urgent, they started cleanup work as an ‘interim action’, following a plan approved by Ecology after the public had a chance to comment. Interim Actions are cleanups that happen part-way through the usual cleanup process, and may skip some stages (such as the Feasibility Study and full Cleanup Action Plan) in order to address immediate problems.

As part of the Interim Action, Hardel

  • Removed contaminated soil and filled those spots with clean soil.
  • Removed and crushed the concrete building foundations and used the clean concrete as fill material.
  • Pumped and treated groundwater
  • Removed free floating contaminants.

After the interim action was done, Hardel sampled groundwater for one year. They found no contaminants above cleanup levels. In 2012, Ecology approved a Cleanup Action Plan that detailed the work that had already been completed, held a public comment period, and removed the site from the Hazardous Sites List.

Places to see print documents
Legal 2
Document Title Document Date Document Type
Hardel Mutual Plywood Satisfaction Letter 8/22/2012 Order Notice of Satisfaction/Status
Hardel Mutual Plywood Agreed Order 4108 2007 4/30/2007 Agreed Order
Map 1
Document Title Document Date Document Type
Hardel Mutual Plywood - Methane Sample Location Map 9/13/2022 Map
Public Information 8
Document Title Document Date Document Type
Hardel Mutal Plywood Delisting Responsiveness Summary 7/9/2012 Responsiveness Summary
Hardel Mutual Plywood delisting fact sheet 6/4/2012 Fact Sheet\Public Notices
Hardel Mutual Plywood RI/FS and draftCAP Comment Period Responsiveness Summary 4/27/2012 Responsiveness Summary
Hardel Mutual Plywood Draft Cleanup Action Plan Fact Sheet 3/15/2012 Fact Sheet\Public Notices
Hardel Mutual Plywood Public Participation Plan 3/13/2012 Public Participation Plan
Hardel Mutual Plywood Responsiveness Summary for Agreed Order 6/1/2007 Responsiveness Summary
Hardel Mutual Plywood Public Participation Plan 4/1/2007 Public Participation Plan
Hardel Mutual Plywood Agreed Order Fact Sheet 4/1/2007 Fact Sheet\Public Notices
State Environmental Policy Act 1
Document Title Document Date Document Type
Hardel Mutual Plywood SEPA DNS 12/21/2009 SEPA Documents
Technical Reports 25
Document Title Document Date Document Type
Hardel Mutual Plywood - Final Determination of Liability for Release of Hazardous Substances 4/17/2023 Site Specific Administrative Document - other (Administrative correspondence)
Hardel Mutual Plywood - PLP notice 3/16/2023 Site Specific Administrative Document - other (Administrative correspondence)
Hardel Mutual Plywood - Workplan to Address Ecology's RI Data Gaps 10/25/2022 Remedial Investigation Work Plan
Hardel Mutual Plywood - Suggested Methane Sample Locations 9/13/2022 Site Specific Technical Document - other
Hardel Mutual Plywood - RI Data Gap Report - Addendum 1 - Hardel Mutual Plywood Corporation Site 3/31/2022 Remedial Investigation Report
Hardel Mutual Plywood - Summary of Recent Methane Investigation 2/14/2022 Site Specific Technical Document - other
Hardel Mutual Plywood - Minor Updates/Clarifications to the March 2021 RI Data Gaps Investigation Work Plan for Methane Soil Vapor Sampling 9/28/2021 Site Specific Technical Document - other
Hardel Mutual Plywood - Remedial Investigation Data Gap Report 8/31/2021 Remedial Investigation Report
Hardel Mutual Plywood - RI DG Appendices 8/29/2021 Site Specific Technical Document - other
Hardel Mutual Plywood - RI Data Gaps Investigation Work Plan 3/31/2021 Site Specific Technical Document - other
Hardel Mutual Plywood Final Cleanup Action Plan 4/30/2012 Cleanup Action Plan
Hardel Draft Cleanup Action Plan 2/29/2012 Cleanup Action Plan
Hardel Mutual Plywood Post-Construction Quarterly Groundwater Monitoring Summary of Four Quarters 11/28/2011 Groundwater Monitoring Report
Hardel Mutual Plywood Post-Construction Quarterly Groundwater Monitoring Report 9/22/2011 Groundwater Monitoring Report
Hardel Mutual Plywood Post-Construction Quarterly Groundwater Monitoring Report 6/3/2011 Groundwater Monitoring Report
Hardel Mutual Plywood Post-Construction Quarterly Groundwater Monitoring Report 3/23/2011 Groundwater Monitoring Report
Hardel Mutual Plywood Compliance Well Installation & First Round of Groundwater Monitoring 2/17/2011 Groundwater Monitoring Report
Hardel Mutual Plywood Interim Action Closure Report 12/15/2010 Interim Action Documents
Hardel Mutual Plywood Interim Action Work Plan 12/3/2009 Interim Action Documents
Hardel Mutual Plywood Supplemental Subsurface Investigation 11/4/2009 Site Specific Technical Document - other
Hardel Mutual Plywood Feasibility Study 5/8/2009 Feasibility Study
Hardel Mutual Plywood Remedial Investigation Report 12/17/2007 Remedial Investigation Report
Hardel Mutual Plywood Site Hazard Assessment 2/1/2005 Site Hazard Assessment Report
Hardel Mutual Plywood Phase II ESA 7/26/2004 Site Specific Technical Document - other
Hardel Mutual Plywood Phase I ESA 7/1/1999 Site Specific Technical Document - other
Voluntary Cleanup Program 7
Document Title Document Date Document Type
Hardel Mutual Plywood - VCP Termination - West Bay Dev Group LLC 3/7/2023 VCP Administrative Document
Hardel Mutual Plywood - VCP Termination 2/14/2023 VCP Administrative Document
Hardel Mutual Plywood - Nicole Floyd - West Bay Yards Email 6/17/2022 VCP Technical Assistance
Hardel Mutual Plywood - SW1757 - VCP Acceptance 9/30/2021 VCP Administrative Document
Hardel Mutual Plywood - SW1757 - VCP Agreement 9/21/2021 VCP Administrative Document
Hardel Mutual Plywood - SW1757 - VCP Application 8/31/2021 VCP Administrative Document
Hardel Mutual Plywood - Rescission of No Further Action (NFA) Status 8/17/2021 VCP Opinion on Site Cleanup – 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.

Contaminants 10

Contaminant Type
Soil
Groundwater
Surface Water
Air
Sediment
Bedrock
Metals - Metals - Other C C
Non-Halogenated Organics - Petroleum Products-Unspecified C C RB
Halogenated Organics - Dioxins/Furans C
Non-Halogenated Organics - Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons C C RB C
Halogenated Organics - Halogenated Solvents C
Metals - Arsenic C C
Non-Halogenated Organics - Benzene C
Non-Halogenated Organics - Other Non-Halogenated Organics C
Non-Halogenated Organics - Petroleum-Diesel C C
Non-Halogenated Organics - Petroleum-Gasoline 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.