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R. G. Haley International Corp.
 SITE DESCRIPTION
July 21, 2004
The R.G. Haley International Corporation, Inc. site (R.G. Haley), located at 500
Cornwall Avenue, consists of approximately six acres and is adjacent to
Bellingham Bay. Previous owners of the upland area, including R.G. Haley
International Corporation Inc., performed activities related to wood treatment,
including drying, treating with pentachlorophenol (PCP) in carrier oil, and
storage. All wood treatment processes ceased in 1985, and Douglas
Management Company purchased the upland portion of the site in 1990.
Douglas Management Company has never conducted any activities at the site.
In 2001, an oil seep was observed discharging into Bellingham Bay from the
shoreline along the northern boundary of the R.G. Haley site. An
investigation revealed that portions of the site were contaminated with
chemicals consistent with the site’s former use as a wood treatment facility.
The contaminants were found at levels exceeding state regulatory cleanup levels
in surface water, shallow ground water, sediment and soil.
The visible release of contamination from the site into Bellingham Bay was
controlled through the installation of a barrier wall and a product recovery
system. The temporary contaminant recovery system continues to operate and
routine monitoring has confirmed that the contaminants have been effectively
contained on-site.
R.G. Haley is one of several cleanup sites identified in the Bellingham Bay
Comprehensive Strategy, a bay-wide guidance document issued in 2000. The
Comprehensive Strategy integrates sediment cleanup, control of pollution
sources, habitat restoration and aquatic/shoreline land use on a bay-wide scale.
The Washington Department of Ecology (Ecology) and Douglas Management Company
have negotiated a draft legal agreement (called an
agreed order) to perform an environmental study (called a
remedial investigation/feasibility study) at the former R.G. Haley site.
The agreed order outlines the work to be performed and ensures that the site
investigation and cleanup activities are conducted in a timely fashion in
accordance with all applicable laws and regulations. In addition to
negotiating a draft agreed order with Douglas Management Company, Ecology has
developed a
draft public participation plan outlining opportunities throughout the
process for the public to provide input.
Ecology has prepared a Responsiveness Summary responding to comments received
during a July 20, 2004 to August 20, 2004 public comment period on the draft
Agreed Order documents. The comments received resulted in a minor revision
to the documents clarifying that the State Owned Aquatic Lands are included in
the Port of Bellingham’s Port Management Agreement. No other revisions
were needed and the documents are considered final. For more information
on this Site please contact please contact Glynis Carrosino, Site Manager, at
Ecology’s WA State NW Regional Office, 3190 160th Avenue SE, Bellevue, WA,
98008-5452 or by email at mailto:gcar461@ecy.wa.gov.
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SITE INFORMATION
Facility Site ID:
# 2870
Location:
Bellingham, Whatcom County
Contact:
Glynis Carrosino Site Manager
425/649-4422
Status: Remedial Action in Progress
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