Newmans Chevron

The Newman’s Chevron site is a fuel station located within the City of Bremerton, Kitsap County at the intersection of 6th Street and Naval Avenue. The 0.39-acre site is located approximately 0.75 miles south of Dyes Inlet and 0.70 miles north of Sinclair Inlet in a mixed-use area. A fuel station and convenience store operated at the site from 1961 until 2008. Currently, the businesses on the property are closed, but the fuel pump stations, while inoperable, remain at the site.

The business at the site is closed. The fuel pumps, while inoperable, remain onsite. The property is level, with a slight grade (0-3%) to the southwest. Subsurface soil at the site consists of moist, sandy silt glacial till.

The depth to groundwater is unknown but estimated at 70-75 feet below ground surface (bgs), based on the nearest well logs to the site. The nearest active drinking water well is located approximately 2500 feet to the south and is used to fill the freshwater tanks of US Navy vessels.

1990

Six underground storage tanks and a small quantity of petroleum-contaminated soil (PCS) were removed from the site and replaced with new underground storage tanks in 1990. A large quantity of PCS was left onsite due to stability concerns with the removal of the PCS.

February 3, 2000

Ecology performed Site Hazard Assessment.  The Site was ranked a 5. where “1” represents the highest risk and “5” represents the lowest risk.

March 3, 2001

The liable party entered into the Ecology Voluntary Cleanup Program (VCP ) VCP ID No NW0620.
Ecology terminated the Voluntary Cleanup Program in October 23, 2003 due to non-response from applicant and inactivity.

February 6, 2018

Agreed Order was executed with the potential liable parties to require them to perform and complete the following items:

o   Conduct Remedial Investigation Field Activities

o   Submit a draft Remedial Investigation and Feasibility Study (RI/FS)

o   Develop and submit to Ecology a preliminary Draft Cleanup Action Plan

August 14, 2020

Remedial Investigation Field Activities began.

In soil:

·         Diesel and gasoline-range hydrocarbons

·         Benzene

·         Toluene

·         Ethylbenzene

·         Xylenes