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Everett Smelter (Asarco)
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BACKGROUND
The Everett Smelter Site is located in northeast Everett, Snohomish County,
Washington. This site is contaminated with lead, arsenic and other metals. The
smelter operated from 1894 to 1912. The smelter was built by the Puget Sound
Reduction company and sold to ASARCO Incorporated (Asarco) in 1903. Asarco
operated the smelter until 1912, and demolished it between 1912 and 1915.
The property was sold in various parcels, with the last parcel owned by
Asarco being sold in 1936. Homes were built on many of the parcels. The highway
interchange between East Marine View Drive and State Route 529 was built across
the old smelter site in the 1950s.
Ecology discovered the contamination problem in October 1990. A local company
notified Ecology that they had found elevated concentrations of arsenic and lead
in the soil and groundwater during an environmental assessment of their
property. Ecology conducted additional investigations of the surrounding area.
The soil at the Everett Smelter Site has higher than normal levels of
arsenic, lead, cadmium and other metals. The area includes both the former
smelter plant property, which contained the smelter debris, and the surrounding
area which was affected by air emissions from the smelter stacks. Areas next to
the former smelter property also may have been contaminated by smelter
operations, including spilled products and smelter waste.
Site Documents
 10-Home Cleanup on East Side of Bridgeway
34-Home Cleanup Mapping and Sampling
Related Information
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SITE INFORMATION
Weekly Newsletter
10-Home Cleanup
Facility Site ID:
# 2744
Location:
Everett, Snohomish County
Contacts:
Dave South, Site Manager
(425) 649-7200
Jerome Cruz, Site Manager
425/649-7094
Nancy Lui,
Public Involvement Coordinator
425/649-7117
Status:
Ranked, Remedial Action in Progress
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