SITE HISTORY

This site was identified as having contamination that could harm people and the environment. This site was cleaned up under the Voluntary Cleanup Program. This program enables owners to meet state cleanup standards independently and to receive technical guidance from Ecology during the process.  

PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD JANUARY 04, 2021-FEBRUARY 03, 2021

Ecology invites you to review and comment on the proposal to remove this site from the Hazardous Sites list through February 3, 2021.  Please use the online comment form or send comments via mail to:

Frank Winslow, Site Manager
1250 W Alder Street
Union Gap, WA 98903-0009

CLEANUP ACTIVITIES

Cleanup is complete at the Boulevard Nursery.

The property is currently a vacant lot that was formerly a landscape nursery business. An investigation in 2009, found the pesticide compounds Dieldrin, and DDT in soil samples that were collected on the property. Although the detected concentrations were less than Ecology’s cleanup levels under the Model Toxics Control Act (MTCA), Ecology concluded that additional sampling and analysis was needed to determine if there were risks from the pesticides in soil.

In 2020, additional soil sampling was conducted at the Site. Pesticides were detected in these additional soil samples, but at concentrations less than MTCA cleanup levels. Based on these results, Ecology has concluded that no further action is needed at the Site.

ADDITIONAL RESOURCES

• Acronyms used by the Toxics Cleanup Program
• Cleanup Process: Major Steps & Definitions
• Data Submittal Requirements for All Cleanup Sites
• Toxics Cleanup publications