Everett Smelter

Sr 529 & E Marine View Dr Everett, Snohomish County
Facility Site ID: 2744
Cleanup Site ID: 4298

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Sign-Up For Soil Samping

You can sign up for free soil sampling if your property is within the Everett Smelter Cleanup boundary and has not been tested yet. Find out by visiting our Dirt Alert Map. If there are results for your property, it has already been tested.

How to sign up for free soil sampling

  1. Download and complete the Access Agreement form
  2. Submit the form
    • Email to shreejita.basu@ecy.wa.gov
      or
    • Mail to
      Everett Smelter Cleanup
      Department of Ecology
      PO Box 330316
      Shoreline, WA 98133-9716

Site Description

Limpieza
de la fundición de Everett: Novedades para el 2021
 Everett
Smelter:  Thông Tin Tẩy Nhiễm Năm 2021
  Ликвидация
отходов металлургического комплекса Everett: новости на 2021 г.


Everett Smelter Cleanup: 2021 Update



Visit the project home page for more information and the latest news about this cleanup: ecology.wa.gov/EverettSmelter

The Asarco smelter, which operated in Everett between 1898-1912, caused widespread arsenic and lead contamination in northeast Everett. Smelter operations left contamination behind on the former smelter property, and contaminated particles from the stacks settled on surrounding areas. Arsenic contamination in Everett was first detected in 1990.
 
The Everett Smelter cleanup site is divided into two parts:
  • The Uplands Area, which is located south and west of East Marine View Drive and includes residential properties and parks, and
  • The Lowlands Area, which is located north and east of East Marine View Drive along the Snohomish River and includes mostly industrial lands.
The Washington Department of Ecology (Ecology) managed the cleanup of the most highly contaminated properties near the former smelter site between 1999-2007. In 2009, Ecology received funding through a bankruptcy settlement with Asarco. Ecology used this settlement money to continue cleanup in the Uplands Area and to study contamination in the Lowlands Area.
 
So far, Ecology has completed cleanup work on more than half the residential homes in the Uplands Area and at American Legion Memorial Park. Ecology has been studying contamination in the Lowlands Area and recently released a Cleanup Action Plan, which describes the preferred method for cleaning up contamination in this area.

Site use restrictions called institutional controls are in effect

Institutional controls can be fences, signs, or restrictions on how the property is used. For instance, an institutional control may prohibit installing drinking water wells or disturbing a protective cap that isolates contamination. These restrictions keep the contamination contained and keep people from being exposed to the contamination. The controls are usually listed in environmental covenants recorded with the county.

Periodic reviews are required when institutional controls are required at a site. Ecology conducts reviews to make sure the controls remain effective and the cleanup still protects human health and the environment. We conduct periodic reviews about every five years.

Environmental Covenant

County Recording #: 200504050143; 200504050142; 200504050141; 200504050140; 200504050135; 200504050139; 200504050138; 200504050137; 200504050136; 200704251108; 200701290760; 200604270899
County Recording Date: 4/5/2005

Restrictions/Requirements

  • Ongoing Maintenance of Remedy
  • Prohibit Removal or Alteration of Existing Buildings
  • Prohibit Soil Disturbance
  • Require Educational Programs
  • Restrict All Ground Water Extraction/Well Installation

Restricted Media

  • Groundwater
  • Soil
Places to see print documents
No documents found.
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

  • Northwest Regional Office
    15700 Dayton Ave N
    Shoreline, 98133
    Please schedule an appointment to view print documents at this location.

Contaminants 2

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