Holly Street Landfill, Bellingham

Environmental Cleanup Information

The Holly Street Landfill site is a 13-acre historic solid waste landfill located in the Old Town district of Bellingham. The City of Bellingham currently owns 8.3 acres of the 13-acre landfill site, including all landfill properties along the Whatcom Creek shoreline.

Ecology has prepared a Responsiveness Summary responding to comments received during a March 1, 2004 to March 30, 2004 public comment period on the Draft Final 100 Percent Remedial Design documents; construction is slated to begin in September 2004.  For a brief overview of this project, please click here to read the fact sheet.

For more information on this site, please contact Lucy McInerney, lpeb461@ecy.wa.gov.

• Responsiveness Summary
• Comments received

February 2004

Draft Final 100 Percent Remedial Design Documents*

Design Analysis Report

    Cover (187 kb)
    Table of Contents (164 kb)
1.  Introduction ((124 kb)
2.  Existing Conditions (151 kb)
3.  Selected Remedy (236 kb)
4.  Remediation Design (693 kb)
5.  Habititat Restoration (443 kb))
6.  Monitoring (186 kb)
7.  Institutional Controls (126 kb)
8.  Opinion of Probable Cost (267 kb)
9.  References (154 kb)
     List of Tables
           Table 4-1 Design Velocity in Whatcom Creek
           Table 4-2 Stable Sediment Size and Type in Whatcom Creek
           Table 8-1 (142 kb) Opinion of Probable Cost of
                             Construction
     List of Figures
            Figure 2-1 (388 kb) Holly Street Landfill Project Area
            Figure 2-2 (1,859 kb) Existing Conditions
            Figure 3-1 (2,303 kb) Proposed Final Layout and Grading
                                              Plan
            Figure 4-1 (205 kb) Illustration of Cap Design Thickness
     List of Photos
             Photo 5-1  View of the existing shoreline slope and
                              riparian vegetation along the north side of
                              the Whatcom Creek Estuary
             Photo 5-2  View of the south shoreline containing a falling
                              wood bulkhead
     List of Appendices
             Appendix A (1,509 kb) Subsurface Soils Data
             Appendix B (148 kb)  Results of Supplementary
                               Pre-Remedial Design
                               Monitoring and Analysis
             Appendix C (1,341 kb) Design Level Groundwater Flow
                               and Oxygen Intrusion Modeling
             Appendix D (686 kb) Static and Seismic Slope Stability
             Appendix E (537 kb) Armoring Size Calculations for Erosion
                              Protection

Construction Quality Assurance Plan (CQAP)

    Cover (200 kb)
    Table of Contents (114 kb)
1  Introduction (103 kb)
2  Purpose and Scope of CQAP (136 kb)
3  Project Organization and Responsibilities (108 kb)
4  Construction Contractor/Subcontractor Qualifications (103 kb)
5  Inspection Activities (118 kb)
6  Documentation and Reporting (108 kb)
7  Remedial Action Construction Elements (221 kb)

Cover (576 kb)
Legend and Note Sheet (408 kb)
Existing Conditions (1,364 kb)
Demolition Plan (862 kb)
Grading Plan (570 kb)
Grading Cross Section (559 kb)
Grading Cross Sections (563 kb)
Grading Cross Sections (439 kb)
Grading Details (762 kb)
Layout and Construction Materials Plan (688 kb)
Construction Details (685 kb)
Site Access and Stockpiling Plan (566 kb)
New Boardwalk Overall Plan (152 kb)
Boardwalk and Observation Deck Details (246 kb)
Structural Notes/Guardrail Details (280 kb)
Planting Plan (654 kb)
Planting Details (790 kb)
Irrigation Details (417 kb)

Technical Specifications

Cover Pages (175 kb)
Table of Contents (98 kb)
Bid Form / Schedule Of Unit Prices (121 kb)
Division 0: Bid And Contract Requirements (166 kb)
Section 01010: Summary Of Work (147 kb)
Section 01063: Health And Safety (147 kb)
Section 01310: Coordination And Meetings (132 kb)
Section 01450: Quality Control (161 kb)
Section 01505: Construction Facilities (149 kb)
Section 01533: Tree And Plant Protection (134 kb)
Section 02100: Mobilization / Demobilization (129 kb)
Section 02200: Site Clearing And Demolition (132 kb)
Section 02300: Earthwork (184 kb)
Section 02325: Soil Management And Disposal (136 kb)
Section 02370: Environmental Protection (138 kb)
Section 02810: Irrigation System (162 kb)
Section 02950: Planting (154 kb)
Section 03100: Concrete Formwork (133 kb)
Section 03200: Concrete Reinforcement (131 kb)
Section 03300: Cast-In-Place Concrete (166 kb)
Section 03345: Concrete Finishing (134 kb)
Section 05120: Structural Steel (148 kb)
Section 06100: Rough Carpentry (131 kb)
Section 06170: Parallel Strand Structural Timber (133 kb)
Section 06600: Fiberglass Reinforced Plastic (FRP) Products (153 kb)
Section 08100: Large Woody Debris Installation (134 kb)