Facility Site ID: 2757 Cleanup Site ID: 4402

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

What's New?

Ecology held a 30-day public comment period (June 15 – July 15, 2023) on the Draft Cleanup Action Plan (DCAP), Draft Agreed Order Amendment, and Draft State Environmental Policy Act (SEPA) Mitigated Determination of Non-Significance for the Jeld Wen site. Ecology considered all the comments received during public comment period and published a responsiveness summary. The other documents associated with this Site can be found on the View documents page to the left.  

Background



The Jeld Wen site (former Nord Door facility) is located on the Snohomish River waterfront at 300 West Marine View Drive, Everett, WA. The site consists of five adjoining parcels with a combined upland area of approximately 36 acres, as well as adjacent tidal mudflats.

Operations at the site have included door and casket manufacturing, wood treating, fish net storage, saw milling, and asphalt mixing.

  • 1920s-1985: National Pole Company treated poles in the uplands area prior to the 1940s. By the mid-1940s, Nord Door was operating the site as a stile and rail door plant. Nord Door operated an oil-fired boiler on the eastern portion of the site prior to 1957. Former above and below ground storage tanks (USTs/ASTs) were located in the eastern portion of the site along West Marine View Drive and also further to the west, beneath what is now the southern portion of the main manufacturing building.
  • 1986-mid-1990s: JELD-WEN, Inc. (JELD-WEN) acquired the property in May 1986 through the bankruptcy court. JELD-WEN’s operations included the purchase of rough green wood; drying, planing, and cutting the lumber; and assembly of finished wooden doors, rails, posts, columns, and spindles.
  • Mid-1990s-Present: Various asphalt companies have leased the northeast portion of the site since the mid 1990's. Cadman is the current operator, following CEMEX (formerly Rinker Materials and formerly Sterling Asphalt). They have operated this portion of the site as an asphalt batch plant through the present. JELD-WEN ceased operations at the site in 2005.

Investigations identified carcinogenic polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs), dioxin/furans, petroleum hydrocarbons, polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), semi-volatile organic compounds (SVOCs) and volatile organic compounds (VOCs) in soil, soil gas, groundwater, and sediment. Site contamination is likely the result of the former wood door plant and machine shop’s manufacturing and production processes, leaks/spills from above and below ground storage tanks and from the former pole treating yard.

Status

Ecology and JELD-WEN entered into a formal legal agreement called an Agreed Order for site cleanup on January 2, 2008. The Agreed Order required JELD-WEN to develop a Remedial Investigation and Feasibility Study (RI/FS) work plan, an RI/FS report, and a draft cleanup action plan (CAP). The initial RI/FS work plan was approved by Ecology on October 27, 2008. Field activities began in May 2009 with the collection of soil, groundwater, and sediment samples. An amendment extending the existing Agreed Order to conduct pre-design investigation and engineering design is available for public comment from June 15, 2023 – July 15, 2023.

Since the initial remedial investigation in 2009, multiple rounds of assessments have been completed at the Jeld Wen site in both the uplands and in-water to fully characterize the site. You can read and download reports describing these assessments by clicking the View Electronic Documents link on the left. Site investigation work was completed in 2020.

The Remedial Investigation and Feasibility Study report was finalized in 2021. The Remedial Investigation Study describes the nature and extent of contamination on the site and includes the information collected in the assessments described above. The Feasibility Study describes options for cleanup, evaluates those options, and presents a preferred alternative.

We drafted a Cleanup Action Plan and SEPA Mitigated Determination of Non-Significance document which is available for public comment from June 15 – July 15, 2023. The Draft Cleanup Action Plan (DCAP) describes Ecology’s proposed cleanup action for the site. This document explains the requirements that the cleanup must meet. This work will include excavation and off-site disposal of contaminated soil and sediment, capping some areas contaminated sediment, controlling sources of contamination, placing controls to prevent future exposure to contamination, and establishing cleanup standards for soil, groundwater, and sediment at this site. The SEPA Mitigated Determination of Non-Significance states that after reviewing the DCAP in conjunction with the SEPA checklist, we have determined that the activities in the DCAP are not likely to harm human health or the environment.

The Cleanup Process

Ecology follows the steps laid out in the Model Toxics Control Act to conduct formal site cleanups. The Jeld-Wen site is at the Cleanup Action Plan step in the process.

What Happens Next

We will consider all comments we receive during the comment period, and we may change the documents based on your comments. If no significant changes are made, the draft Cleanup Action Plan, the Agreed Order Amendment and the SEPA Mitigated Determination of Non-Significance will be finalized. Once the Cleanup Action Plan and engineering design is final, a new legal mechanism (Agreed Order or Consent Decree) between Ecology and JELD-WEN will govern the cleanup of the site. Pre-design investigations and engineering design will take place from 2023 through 2026 and site cleanup construction is anticipated to take place in 2026 through 2028. 
Legal 14
Document Title Document Date Document Type
Jeld Wen - Change of Ecology Site Manager 11/8/2023 Agreed Order Amendment
Jeld Wen - Change of Ecology Site Manager 9/6/2023 Agreed Order Amendment
Jeld Wen - Second Amendment Agreed Order 7/28/2023 Agreed Order Amendment
Jeld Wen - Wick Properties Final PLP Letter 1/19/2023 Final Potentially Liable Person Status Letter
Jeld Wen - Wick Properties preliminary PLP letter 11/10/2022 Final Potentially Liable Person Status Letter
Jeld Wen - Final PLP Determination - W&W Everett Investments LLC 8/9/2021 Final Potentially Liable Person Status Letter
Jeld Wen - Final PLP Determination Letter - Port of Everett 6/9/2021 Final Potentially Liable Person Status Letter
Jeld Wen - First AO Amendment (minor) March 2021 3/29/2021 Agreed Order Amendment
Jeld Wen - Preliminary PLP Determination Letter - Port of Everett 11/21/2019 Final Potentially Liable Person Status Letter
Jeld Wen - Notice of Waiver - W&W Investments 9/29/2014 Final Potentially Liable Person Status Letter
Jeld Wen - Final Agreed Order January 2008 1/2/2008 Agreed Order
Jeld Wen - Final PLP Determination Letter - Jeld Wen 8/10/2007 Final Potentially Liable Person Status Letter
Jeld Wen - Notice of Waiver - Jeld Wen 8/1/2007 Final Potentially Liable Person Status Letter
Jeld Wen - Preliminary PLP Determination Letter - Jeld Wen 6/21/2007 Final Potentially Liable Person Status Letter
Public Information 7
Document Title Document Date Document Type
Jeld Wen - Final Response to Draft CAP Comments 8/16/2023 Responsiveness Summary
Jeld Wen - Draft CAP Fact Sheet 6/1/2023 Fact Sheet\Public Notices
Jeld Wen - Response to Comments for the Draft RI/FS and Public Participation Plan 12/10/2021 Responsiveness Summary
Jeld Wen - Public Participation Plan 2021 6/2/2021 Public Participation Plan
Jeld Wen - Site Fact Sheet 2021 5/25/2021 Fact Sheet\Public Notices
Jeld Wen - Public Participation Plan 10/21/2008 Public Participation Plan
Jeld Wen - Site Investigation Documents 11/1/2007 Fact Sheet\Public Notices
State Environmental Policy Act 3
Document Title Document Date Document Type
Jeld Wen - SEPA MDNS Notice 6/2/2023 SEPA Documents
Jeld Wen - SEPA Checklist 5/31/2023 SEPA Documents
Jeld Wen - SEPA Checklist 10/21/2008 SEPA Documents
Technical Reports 55
Document Title Document Date Document Type
Jeld Wen - ECY Comments on Step 2 Marine Work Plan 3/4/2024 Site Specific Technical Document - other
Jeld Wen - Transmittal of ECY comments - Step 2 Marine Work Plan 3/4/2024 Site Specific Technical Document - other
Jeld Wen - Ecology Initial Comments on Step 2 Marine Work Plan 2/26/2024 Site Specific Technical Document - other
Jeld Wen - Transmittal of ECY Initial Comments - Step 2 Marine Work Plan 2/26/2024 Site Specific Technical Document - other
Jeld Wen - Letter from Ecology re Deferral of Step 2 BIO Testing 2/23/2024 Site Specific Administrative Document - other (Administrative correspondence)
Jeld Wen - Ecology Revised Comments on Step 2 Uplands Work Plan 2/21/2024 Site Specific Technical Document - other
Jeld Wen - Ecology Comments on Draft Step 2 Uplands Work Plan 2/14/2024 Site Specific Technical Document - other
Jeld Wen - Letter to U.S. ACE re Permitting Schedule 2/7/2024 Site Specific Administrative Document - other (Administrative correspondence)
Jeld Wen - Draft PRDI Step 2 Marine Work Plan 1/24/2024 Site Specific Technical Document - other
Jeld Wen - Draft PRDI Step 2 Uplands Work Plan 1/24/2024 Site Specific Technical Document - other
Jeld Wen - Letter re Ecology Expectations for Wood Waste Characterization 12/1/2023 Site Specific Technical Document - other
Jeld Wen Site PDI Round 1 Sampling Plan 9/7/2023 Sampling and Analysis Plan
Jeld Wen - Final Cleanup Action Plan August 2023 8/10/2023 Cleanup Action Plan
Jeld Wen - DCAP 6/15/2023 Cleanup Action Plan
Jeld Wen - Final RI/FS: December 2021 - Appendices K to O and Q 12/17/2021 Remedial Investigation / Feasibility Study
Jeld Wen - Final RI/FS: December 2021 - Appendices A to I 12/17/2021 Remedial Investigation / Feasibility Study
Jeld Wen - Final RI/FS: December 2021 - Appendix P part 2 12/17/2021 Remedial Investigation / Feasibility Study
Jeld Wen - Final RI/FS: December 2021 - Appendix P part 1 12/17/2021 Remedial Investigation / Feasibility Study
Jeld Wen - Final RI/FS: December 2021 - Appendix J part 3 12/17/2021 Remedial Investigation / Feasibility Study
Jeld Wen - Final RI/FS: December 2021 - Appendix J part 2 12/17/2021 Remedial Investigation / Feasibility Study
Jeld Wen - Final RI/FS: December 2021 - Appendix J part 1 12/17/2021 Remedial Investigation / Feasibility Study
Jeld Wen - Final RI/FS: December 2021 - (Text and Figures - No Appendices) 12/17/2021 Remedial Investigation / Feasibility Study
Jeld Wen - Draft Final RI/FS: March 2021 - Appendix P 2nd Part 3/31/2021 Remedial Investigation / Feasibility Study
Jeld Wen - Draft Final RI/FS: March 2021 - Appendix P 1st Part 3/31/2021 Remedial Investigation / Feasibility Study
Jeld Wen - Draft Final RI/FS: March 2021 - Appendix J 3rd Part 3/31/2021 Remedial Investigation / Feasibility Study
Jeld Wen - Draft Final RI/FS: March 2021 - Appendix J 2nd Part 3/31/2021 Remedial Investigation / Feasibility Study
Jeld Wen - Draft Final RI/FS: March 2021 - Appendix J 1st Part 3/31/2021 Remedial Investigation / Feasibility Study
Jeld Wen - Draft Final RI/FS: March 2021 - Appendix E 3/31/2021 Remedial Investigation / Feasibility Study
Jeld Wen - Draft Final RI/FS: March 2021 - Appendices A-D, F-I, K-O 3/31/2021 Remedial Investigation / Feasibility Study
Jeld Wen - Draft Final RI/FS: March 2021 - (Text and Figures - No Appendices) 3/31/2021 Remedial Investigation / Feasibility Study
Jeld Wen - 2nd Addendum to Source Control Evaluation Work Plan -August 2019 9/3/2019 Remedial Investigation Work Plan
Jeld Wen - Summary Report ‐ 2019 Data Gap Assessment 7/9/2019 Remedial Investigation Report
Jeld Wen - Addendum to Source Control Evaluation Work Plan 4/3/2019 Remedial Investigation Work Plan
Jeld Wen - Summary of Source Control Evaluation & Data Gaps 1/1/2019 Remedial Investigation Report
Jeld Wen - Source Control (SCE) Work Plan Final 11/1/2017 Remedial Investigation Work Plan
Jeld Wen - Amendment to Phase II Work Plan 6/17/2015 Remedial Investigation Work Plan
Jeld Wen - Sediment Quality Assurance Project Plan - Third Addendum March 2014 3/5/2014 Remedial Investigation Work Plan
Jeld Wen - Data Gap Assessment 2/14/2014 Remedial Investigation Report
Jeld Wen - Second Amendment to Phase II Remedial Investigation Work Plan - Knoll Area November 2013 11/22/2013 Remedial Investigation Work Plan
Jeld Wen - Former Woodlife Area Upland Assessment 7/7/2013 Remedial Investigation Report
Jeld Wen - Sediment Quality Assurance Project Plan Addendum 4/20/2013 Remedial Investigation Work Plan
Jeld Wen - Amendment to Phase II Remedial Investigation Work Plan - Upland Assessment 2/20/2013 Remedial Investigation Work Plan
Jeld Wen - Draft Quality Assurance Project Plan Addendum February 2013 2/14/2013 Remedial Investigation Work Plan
Jeld Wen - Draft Phase II Remedial Investigation Upland Soil and Groundwater Summary Report August 2012 8/24/2012 Remedial Investigation Report
Jeld Wen - Phase II Remedial Investigation Work Plan 8/20/2011 Remedial Investigation Work Plan
Jeld Wen Inc - Appendix A, Phase 2 RI Uplands Sampling and Analysis Plan, August 2011 8/9/2011 Sampling and Analysis Plan
Jeld Wen Inc - Phase 2 RI Work Plan, Addendum to Final Work Plan for RI/FS and Draft Cleanup Action Plan, August 2011 8/9/2011 Remedial Investigation Work Plan
Jeld Wen Inc - Phase 2 RI Work Plan Addendum to Final Work Plan for RI/FS and Draft Cleanup Action Plan, 2nd Draft, May 2011 5/17/2011 Remedial Investigation Work Plan
Jeld Wen - Initial Investigation Report LUST 2092 5/3/2011 Initial Investigation Report
Jeld Wen Inc - Addendum to Final Work Plan for RI/FS and Draft Cleanup Action Plan, Draft, January 2011 1/24/2011 Remedial Investigation Work Plan
Jeld Wen - Final Initial Remedial Investigation Data Summary Report November 2009 11/22/2009 Remedial Investigation Report
Jeld Wen Inc - Initial Remedial Investigation Data Summary, Final, November 2009 11/20/2009 Remedial Investigation Report
Jeld Wen - Addendum to Final Work Plan for RI/FS and DCAP 3/13/2009 Remedial Investigation Work Plan
Jeld Wen - RI/FS Work Plan 10/21/2008 Remedial Investigation Work Plan
Jeld Wen - Safety and Health Plan 10/21/2008 Health and Safety Plan
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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    300 Desmond Dr SE
    Lacey, 98503
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Contaminants 10

Contaminant Type
Soil
Groundwater
Surface Water
Air
Sediment
Bedrock
Halogenated Organics - Polychlorinated biPhenyls (PCB) C C
Non-Halogenated Organics - Phenolic Compounds C
Halogenated Organics - Dioxins/Furans C C C
Non-Halogenated Organics - Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons C C C C
Other Contaminant - Other Deleterious Substances C
Non-Halogenated Organics - Benzene C C C
Non-Halogenated Organics - Other Non-Halogenated Organics C C
Non-Halogenated Organics - Petroleum-Diesel C C
Non-Halogenated Organics - Petroleum-Gasoline C C
Non-Halogenated Organics - Petroleum-Other 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.