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Hicks Road Pit

SITE DESCRIPTION

The Hicks Road Pit Site covers approximately 20 acres. It was used as a source of gravel in the 1940s and 1950s. Illegal dumping at the site reportedly occurred in the 1950s and 1960s, and may have occurred as recently as 1983.  Under an Agreed Order, a Remedial Investigation (RI) was conducted. The RI included the digging of test pits and the installation and sampling of groundwater monitoring wells at the site.  In response to arsenic-contaminated groundwater found, an environmental covenant has been placed on the property.  The environmental covenant requires Ecology approval prior to installing a well on the property.  It also prohibits surface soil excavations greater than one foot deep in certain areas of the property without prior approval by Ecology.  These measures are proposed to prevent the release of contamination. Ecology has concluded the site currently is not the cause of a threat to human health and the environment and is recommending removal of the site from the Hazardous Sites List.

SITE DOCUMENTS

September 2008

• Fact Sheet
• English
• Español
• Remedial Investigation (report body only)
• Environmental Covenant
  

May 2006

• Fact Sheet

Related Information

• Watershed Information for WRIA 15

Additional Resources

• Acronyms used by the Toxic Cleanup Program
• Cleanup Process: Major Steps & Definitions
• Data Submittal Requirements for All Cleanup Sites
• Facility/Site Atlas
• Toxics Cleanup publications