|
Ecology home >
Toxics Cleanup > Sites
> Bellingham Bay >
Harris Avenue Shipyard
Harris Avenue Shipyard
 SITE DESCRIPTION
The Harris Avenue Shipyard site is located at 201 Harris Avenue in Bellingham.
The Shipyard has been used by various parties for shipbuilding and ship
maintenance since the early 1900s. In 1966, the Port of Bellingham purchased the
property and has leased it to several different companies for use as a shipyard.
The site is currently being leased by Puglia Engineering, doing business as
Fairhaven Shipyards, and All American Marine (these companies are not
responsible for the contamination at the site). Sampling has been performed at
the site over the past several years, and the Port will update data in a more
thorough site investigation. To date, the main contaminants of concern include
copper, zinc, polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), and phenol.
Harris Avenue Shipyard 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.
Ecology and the Port of Bellingham entered into a legal agreement (called an
agreed order) to perform a
remedial investigation/feasibility study at the site. The documents were
available for public review and comment through July 9, 2003.
The agreed order was signed by both Ecology and the Port in August 2003.
The order outlines the work to be performed and ensures that the work is
conducted in a timely fashion in accordance with all applicable regulations.
For a brief overview of the project, click here
to read the fact sheet.
In preparation for the study, supplemental sediment bioassay samples were
collected in August 2003 and analyzed during the fall and winter of 2003/2004.
A draft remedial investigation/feasibility study document should be available
for public review and comment in fall 2004
Questions about the project can be directed to Mary O’Herron at the Department
of Ecology Bellingham Field Office, 1204 Railroad Ave, Suite 200, Bellingham,
98225 or mohe461@ecy.wa.gov.
Site Documents
The documents listed below were released for public review in June 2003 and
finalized in August 2003. (Please note: They are presented here in their
draft format. The only changes made in the final version were to
the title pages and the document date.)
Related Information
Additional Resources
|
|
SITE INFORMATION
Facility Site ID:
# 2922
Location:
Bellingham, Whatcom County
Contact:
Mary O'Herron Site Manager
360/738-6246
Status:
Independent Remedial Action
|
