Everett Shipyard, Inc.
The Port of Everett

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Background: This Site is located along Everett’s waterfront adjacent to Port Gardner Bay and is part of the Port of Everett’s (Port) North Marina Redevelopment Project called Port Gardner Wharf. Information about the redevelopment can be found at the following Port web site. Since its founding as Fishermen’s Boat Shop in 1947, the Everett Shipyard Site has been used for cleaning, sandblasting, welding, and repairing marine vessels. Currently, the facility conducts repair work on marine vessels up to 110 feet long. The repair work involves tank evacuations, equipment disassembly, sandblasting, woodwork and metalwork, painting, and mechanical repairs. Metals, wood preservatives, anti-biofouling agents, and heavy oil contamination have been found in soil samples collected around the Site. In addition, metals, organotins, polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs), and phthalates were found in marine sediments next to the Site. The amounts of contamination in the soil and sediment samples were above Washington State cleanup levels specified in MTCA and Sediment Management Standards. Further investigation will be done to fully characterize the contamination at the Everett Shipyard Site and determine what type of cleanup will be needed.

Status: Ecology and the Potential Liable Persons (PLPs; the Port and Everett Shipyard) entered into an Agreed Order for Site cleanup on 4/2/08. The Agreed Order requires the PLPs develop a Remedial Investigation and Feasibility Study (RI/FS) work plan to evaluate the nature and extent of Site contamination, an RI/FS Report, and a draft cleanup action plan. The RI/FS work plan was finalized and approved on 11/3/08 and the initial RI data (soil, groundwater, and sediment samples) was gathered between 12/08 and 4/09. A draft RI Data Report was submitted on 5/27/09. Ecology and the PLPs will use the information presented in the RI Data Report to determine whether additional investigation is required to define the full nature and extent of contamination at the Site.