Johns Shell

1410 Ocean Beach Hwy Longview, Cowlitz County
Facility Site ID: 98186449 Cleanup Site ID: 11294

  • Site Status

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Site Status

Environmental cleanup is complete at the Handy Mart formerly known as John’s Shell. The Site is located at 1410 Ocean Beach Highway Longview, 98632-4644.

Cleanup Activities

The Site includes a gas station, convenience store, carwash, and underground fuel storage tank system. The storage tanks at the Site were installed in 1969 and continue to operate to date. Petroleum hydrocarbons from leaked fuel was found in soil and groundwater in 1991. The release was determined due to loosened bolts on a leak detector, which had been repaired.

The property owners removed 140 cubic yards of contaminated soil, and Ecology decided cleanup was complete in 1992. However, in 2005, petroleum hydrocarbons exceeding cleanup levels, due to the remainder of the 1991 release, were identified in the Site’s groundwater.

Cleanup activities that have been conducted include investigation for remaining petroleum hydrocarbons and groundwater monitoring. Recent soil and groundwater tests showed that the contamination has been cleaned up, to below applicable cleanup levels, by naturally occurring physical, chemical and biological processes.

Voluntary Cleanup Program

This site was cleaned up under our Voluntary Cleanup Program, which provides technical help to owners of contaminated sites.

Voluntary Cleanup Program customers pay fees to cover our costs for technical help and reviewing cleanup reports. Sites in this program must meet the same cleanup standards as the sites Ecology manages under legal orders.

Places to see print documents
Leaking Underground Storage Tank 2
Document Title Document Date Document Type
LUST Status Report (Report has no title) 2/10/1992 LUST Status Report
LUST Site Characterization Report (Report has no title) 8/20/1991 LUST Site Characterization Report
Public Information 1
Document Title Document Date Document Type
Handy Mart Fact Sheet 8/25/2020 Fact Sheet\Public Notices
Technical Reports 16
Document Title Document Date Document Type
John's Shell - SW1623 - VCP Request for Opinion 10/11/2019 Site Specific Administrative Document - other (Administrative correspondence)
Environmental Site Assessment Report 10/11/2019 Site Specific Technical Document - other
SW1623_Handy Mart and Software Depot_Site Manager Change Letter 8/8/2019 Site Specific Administrative Document - other (Administrative correspondence)
John's Shell - SW1623 - VCP Request for Opinion 1/24/2019 Site Specific Administrative Document - other (Administrative correspondence)
John's Shell Site - SW1623 - Response to ECY Request for Add'l Info on Cleanup (Includes Enviro Site Assessment Work Plan) 1/24/2019 Site Specific Technical Document - other
Environmental Summary Report 12/1/2017 Site Specific Technical Document - other
June 2017 Groundwater Monitoring Report 7/12/2017 Groundwater Monitoring Report
March 2017 Groundwater Monitoring Results 5/21/2017 Groundwater Monitoring Report
November 2016 Groundwater Monitoring Results 11/29/2016 Groundwater Monitoring Report
August 2016 Groundwater Monitoring Results 9/8/2016 Groundwater Monitoring Report
Handy Mart - Groundwater Monitoring Results- April 2016 Quarter 4/26/2016 Groundwater Monitoring Report
February 2016 Groundwater Monitoring Results 2/20/2016 Groundwater Monitoring Report
September Quarter Groundwater Monitoring Results 10/22/2015 Groundwater Monitoring Report
John's Shell SHA 12/30/2013 Site Hazard Assessment Report
Historical NFA Letter from Ecology 3/19/1992 Site Specific Administrative Document - other (Administrative correspondence)
Letter to Steve Wilcox, President; Wilcox & Flegel Oil Company; Reference: Analytical test results from samples taken from an excavation at the site of "Johns Shell Service Station located at 1410 Ocean Beach Highway in Longview, Washington 11/6/1991 Interim Action Documents
Voluntary Cleanup Program 6
Document Title Document Date Document Type
SW1623 Handy Mart NFA Letter 2/11/2020 VCP Opinion on Site Cleanup – NFA
SW1623 Johns Shell Opinion letter 9-2019 9/6/2019 Voluntary Cleanup Program Opinion – Other
Handy Mart & Software Depot - SW1623 - Site Mgr Change 3/5/2019 Voluntary Cleanup Program Opinion – Other
2018.05.07_SW1623_John's Shell_VCP Incomplete Plan 5/7/2018 Voluntary Cleanup Program Opinion – Other
2017.12.28_SW1623_Handy Mart_VCP Acceptance letter 12/28/2017 VCP Administrative Document
SW1623 - VCP Application 12/26/2017 VCP Administrative Document
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 5

Contaminant Type
Soil
Groundwater
Surface Water
Air
Sediment
Bedrock
Metals - Lead RB RB
Non-Halogenated Organics - Benzene RB RB
Non-Halogenated Organics - Other Non-Halogenated Organics B RB
Non-Halogenated Organics - Petroleum-Gasoline RB RB
Non-Halogenated Organics - Petroleum-Other RB RB
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.