Juanita Village LLC

Ecology has reviewed and approved the Juanita Village Site Closure Report and closed the legal agreement called the Prospective Purchase Consent Decree. The cleanup is completed and the legal document has been dismissed. The Site soil and groundwater have achieved state cleanup requirements. This Site no longer poses a threat to human health or the environment.   

The Juanita Village property consists of 9 tax parcels located in the Juanita Business District of Kirkland, Washington.  The property was developed as a strip mall in the 1960s and included two gasoline stations and dry cleaning facilities, the estimated sources of site contamination.  The former Texaco station was located on the east side at 98th Avenue NE and left petroleum soil and groundwater contamination.  The former Chevron station was located at the south side at Juanita Drive NE.  The Chevron station left trace amounts of petroleum contamination. 

The former dry cleaning operation had two locations and caused groundwater contamination at both locations.  The primary location was in the north center of the site and the second location was northeast across 98th Avenue NE.  Both operations left a common dry cleaning solvent called tetrachloroethene, also called perchloroethene (PCE) in the underlying groundwater.  This caused two large zones within the groundwater called PCE plumes and they were migrating southwest.  The larger plume was located below the north center of the site at the original location and migrating southwest towards 97th Avenue NE.  The second and smaller PCE plume was located across 98th Avenue NE at the second location and migrating southwest across 98th Avenue NE. 

The contaminants of concern at the Juanita Village site were minor amounts of petroleum in soil and groundwater associated with the two former gas stations, and significant groundwater contamination from the former dry cleaning operation at two locations.  The dry cleaning operation used a common solvent called tetrachloroethene, also called perchloroethene (PCE).  These substances have been cleaned up and removed.  Now soil and groundwater compliance testing show no detection of chemicals of concern (substances). This site has achieved state cleanup requirements. No further action is requested. The site is clean.