Albert Jensen & Sons Inc
Facility Site ID:
42226979
Cleanup Site ID:
14759
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Background
Albert Jensen & Sons Inc. Site (site), was historically used for boat building and maintenance as early as 1910. Today, the site is still used as a boat maintenance facility and shipyard with a boat pullout and wash station onsite. Decades of industrial use have contributed to contamination in the soil and marine sediment at the site.
The Port of Friday Harbor (the Port) recently purchased the site from Albert Jensen & Sons, Inc. with the intent to redevelop the site and address existing environmental concerns. Ecology plans to work with the Port to design and implement a cleanup plan for the site. Recent sampling of the upland soil and marine sediment at the site identified contaminants including tributyltin (TBT), polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), dioxins/furans, phthalates, organic chemicals, pesticides, polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs), and metals.
The Port of Friday Harbor (the Port) recently purchased the site from Albert Jensen & Sons, Inc. with the intent to redevelop the site and address existing environmental concerns. Ecology plans to work with the Port to design and implement a cleanup plan for the site. Recent sampling of the upland soil and marine sediment at the site identified contaminants including tributyltin (TBT), polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), dioxins/furans, phthalates, organic chemicals, pesticides, polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs), and metals.
Status
In late 2019, Ecology and Port of Friday Harbor entered a formal legal agreement called an Agreed Order. The Agreed Order requires the Port of Friday Harbor to define the nature and extent of contamination at the site in a Remedial Investigation report, to develop and evaluate cleanup options in a Feasibility Study, and to draft a Cleanup Action Plan that addresses the contamination in the uplands and marine sediment.
Investigation work to date includes:
· 2017 Environmental Site Assessment – Preliminary investigation of the site was conducted to determine the likelihood of the presence of hazardous substances in, on, or at the property.
· 2018 Initial Investigation Report – identified contaminants of concern in the soil and marine sediment at the site.
· 2018 Sediment Data Report – further characterized sediment contamination at the site.
· 2019 Conceptual Site Model and Data Gaps Report – identified primary contaminant sources in the upland portion of the site and summarized data gaps.
Site Documents
Public Comment Documents
Public Involvement Materials
Fact Sheet describing the Agreed Order and Public Participation Plan comment period held in December, 2019.
Fact Sheet describing the Agreed Order and Public Participation Plan comment period held in December, 2019.
Documents 13
Legal 3
| Document Title | Document Date | Document Type |
| Albert Jensen Agreed Order | 3/6/2020 | Agreed Order |
| Albert Jensen Shipyard Agreed Order December 2019 | 12/30/2019 | Agreed Order |
| Albert Jensen & Sons - Combined ENL / Preliminary PLP Letter | 10/8/2018 | Early Notice Letter |
Public Information 2
| Document Title | Document Date | Document Type |
| Albert Jensen Shipyard Fact Sheet December 2019 | 12/27/2019 | Fact Sheet\Public Notices |
| Albert Jensen Shipyard Public Participation Plan December 2019 | 12/3/2019 | Public Participation Plan |
Technical Reports 8
| Document Title | Document Date | Document Type |
| Albert Jensen and Sons Conceptual Site Model and Data Gaps Report | 9/15/2019 | Site Specific Technical Document - other |
| Albert Jensen & Sons - SHA Rank Letter (2nd attempt) | 9/11/2019 | Site Specific Administrative Document - other (Administrative correspondence) |
| Albert Jensen & Sons - Site Hazard Assessment | 8/7/2019 | Site Hazard Assessment Report |
| Albert Jensen & Sons - SHA Notification Letter | 2/15/2019 | Site Specific Administrative Document - other (Administrative correspondence) |
| Albert Jensen and Sons Sediment Data Report | 8/18/2018 | Site Specific Technical Document - other |
| Albert Jensen & Sons - Initial Investigation Field Report | 7/9/2018 | Initial Investigation Report |
| Albert Jensen & Sons - Whatcom Environmental Investigation Report | 4/2/2018 | Site Specific Technical Document - other |
| Albert Jensen & Sons - Whatcom Environmental Phase I ESA | 11/21/2017 | 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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Headquarters300 Desmond Dr SELacey, 98503Please schedule an appointment to view print documents at this location.
Contaminants 12
| Contaminant Type | Soil |
Groundwater |
Surface Water |
Air |
Sediment |
Bedrock |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Metals - Metals - Other | C | C | ||||
| Halogenated Organics - Polychlorinated biPhenyls (PCB) | S | S | C | |||
| Pesticides - Halogenated Pesticides | C | |||||
| Non-Halogenated Organics - Non-Halogenated Solvents | C | |||||
| Halogenated Organics - Dioxins/Furans | S | S | S | |||
| Non-Halogenated Organics - Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons | C | S | C | |||
| Metals - Arsenic | C | S | ||||
| Non-Halogenated Organics - Organotins | S | C | ||||
| Metals - Lead | C | S | ||||
| Metals - Mercury | C | C | ||||
| Non-Halogenated Organics - Petroleum-Diesel | C | |||||
| Non-Halogenated Organics - Petroleum-Gasoline | S |
- 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.