Eddon Boat Park

3805 Harborview Dr Gig Harbor, Pierce County
Facility Site ID: 1301959 Cleanup Site ID: 3419

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Site Description

Eddon Boat Park is located at 3711 and 3805 Harborview Drive in Gig Harbor. The three-acre site was a residence, boatyard, and boathouse from the 1940s until 2003.

In 2004, Gig Harbor voters approved a $3.5 million bond for the city to buy the property. Since 2005, Ecology and the City of Gig Harbor (the city) have worked together to clean up the site.

 

From 2005-2007, the city studied the site’s soils, groundwater, and sediments. A U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Brownfields grant supported this work. Technical support also came from Ecology’s Voluntary Cleanup Program. The city also received a remedial action grant of $230,902 from Ecology. In 2008, the city entered Ecology’s formal cleanup program to complete cleanup.

Site Cleanup

Decades of boat repair and maintenance polluted the site’s land and water. Contaminants above state cleanup levels included:

Heavy metals.

  • Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs).
  • Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs).
  • Tributyltin.

The city removed contaminated soils, sediments, and treated timber bulkhead from the site. It covered less contaminated sediments with sand and gravel. A restrictive covenant is in place to prevent the release of contaminants that are safely capped.

After the city completed the cleanup, it monitored the site for five years to ensure the cap stayed in place. Ecology now regards cleanup of the site complete.

The cleanup allowed the city to restore the site to public use. It is now a park.

Ecology will do a periodic site review to make sure that cleanup still protects human health and the environment.

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.

Amended Environmental Covenant

County Recording #: 201106100024
County Recording Date: 4/26/2011

Restrictions/Requirements

  • Ongoing Maintenance of Remedy
  • Prohibit Soil Disturbance
  • Restrict Access
  • Restrict Land Use
  • Restrictive Signage

Restricted Media

  • Soil
Places to see print documents
Legal 4
Document Title Document Date Document Type
Eddon Boat Park Satisfaction Letter 8/6/2013 Order Notice of Satisfaction/Status
Amendment to Environmental Covenant - Eddon Boat Park 6/10/2011 Environmental Covenant; Alternative Mechanism
Eddon Boat Park Environmental Covenant Eddon Boat Park Sediments and Uplands 6/11/2009 Environmental Covenant; Alternative Mechanism
Eddon Boat Park Agreed Order and Cleanup Action Plan 8/8/2008 Agreed Order
Public Information 2
Document Title Document Date Document Type
Eddon Boat Park Proposed Removal from Hazardous Sites List fact sheet 1/9/2014 Fact Sheet\Public Notices
Eddon Boat Park Fact Sheet Draft Cleanup Action Plan and Agreed Order Available 6/30/2008 Fact Sheet\Public Notices
Technical Reports 8
Document Title Document Date Document Type
Eddon Boat Park Year 5 Monitoring Report 7/1/2013 Performance/Confirmational Monitoring Plan or Report
Eddon Boat Park Year 4 Monitoring Report 7/18/2012 Performance/Confirmational Monitoring Plan or Report
Project Completion Report Eddon Boat Park Remedial Action 10/1/2011 Remedial Action Report
Eddon Boat Park Year 3 Monitoring Report 7/22/2011 Performance/Confirmational Monitoring Plan or Report
Eddon Boat Park Year 2 Monitoring Memo 7/28/2010 Performance/Confirmational Monitoring Plan or Report
Eddon Boat Park Year 1 Monitoring Report 9/2/2009 Performance/Confirmational Monitoring Plan or Report
Eddon Boat Park - Site Hazard Assessment 7/11/2008 Site Hazard Assessment Report
EDDON BOAT PARK SW0688 PRA PLAN.pdf 6/29/2006 Remedial Action Report
Voluntary Cleanup Program 1
Document Title Document Date Document Type
SW0688 EDDON BOAT PARK PSFA LETTER 6/29/2006 Voluntary Cleanup Program Opinion – 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

  • 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 - Metals Priority Pollutants R B
Metals - Metals - Other R B B
Non-Halogenated Organics - Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons R B RB
Non-Halogenated Organics - Organotins B
Metals - Mercury 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.