Calhouns Service Station

Tacoma, Pierce County
Facility Site ID: 1324 Cleanup Site ID: 5011

  • Site Status

  • No Further Action

More about cleanup

Site Background And Cleanup

Map of site location
Map of site location
The Calhoun’s Service Station site is at 4540 Pacific Avenue South in Tacoma, currently the location of Sinaloa Tires. For several decades, automotive service stations have operated on this property. During that time, gasoline and waste oil leaked into soil and groundwater on the site. These fuels and their breakdown products, such as benzene and toluene, can be carcinogenic and harm human health and the environment.

Contaminated soil was removed in 1991, but tests in 2011 showed that some contamination was still on site.

To clean up the site, we:

  • Studied the site thoroughly to find all contamination.
  • Ensured that people would not be exposed to contamination through groundwater or soil vapors.
  • Removed 244 tons of petroleum-contaminated soil.
  • Tested the soil and groundwater until results showed safe levels for four quarters in a row.
Ecology now considers the cleanup complete. In 2016, the site was removed from the Hazardous Sites List.  

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
Limited Phase III 2/27/2012 LUST - Site Assessment Report
Limited Phase II 12/15/2011 LUST - Site Assessment Report
Public Information 1
Document Title Document Date Document Type
Calhoun's Service Station delisting fact sheet 11/14/2016 Fact Sheet\Public Notices
Technical Reports 5
Document Title Document Date Document Type
TEE 10/19/2016 Terrestrial Ecological Evaluation
No Further Action Determination Request 7/15/2016 Site Specific Technical Document - other
Cleanup Action Report 7/1/2016 Remedial Action Report
Request for No Further Action Likely Letter 7/30/2015 Site Specific Technical Document - other
Calhouns Service Station 4/1/1991 Site Specific Technical Document - other
Voluntary Cleanup Program 3
Document Title Document Date Document Type
Calhouns Service Station NFA Letter & Diagrams 11/15/2016 VCP Opinion on Site Cleanup – NFA
Calhouns Service Station SW1180 - VCP Opinion - Likely FA 9/2/2015 Voluntary Cleanup Program Opinion – Other
Calhouns Service Station VCP Further Action Opinion SW1180 11082011 11/8/2011 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
Non-Halogenated Organics - Petroleum Products-Unspecified RB
Non-Halogenated Organics - Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons RB
Reactive Wastes - Corrosive Wastes RB
Non-Halogenated Organics - Methyl tertiary-butyl ether RB
Non-Halogenated Organics - Petroleum-Other 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.