Harbor Island (Lead)


	Region 10 Superfund: Harbor Island

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Harbor Island (Lead)

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Site Summary

Harbor Island, a 400-acre industrial site, lies at the mouth of the Duwamish Waterway on the southern edge of Elliott Bay. EPA has found contamination in soil, groundwater, and sediments at the site. EPA has divided the Harbor Island site into areas called "operable units (OUs)." The agency has recorded decisions for the operable unit cleanups in documents called Records of Decision (RODs) and Explanations of Significant Differences (ESDs).

Aerial photo of Harbor Island.

News

$8.5 million from ex-smelter owner will aid cleanup - Seattle Post-Intelligencer - February 1, 2008
Superfund Investigation Target: Harbor Island East Waterway Sediments - October 24, 2006
ECOSS Newsletter (PDF) (8pp.) (See Todd Shipyards article on pages 1 and 6)
Piling by oily piling the cleanup proceeds - August 16, 2003 - Seattle Post Intelligencer
Puget Sound getting cleaner, one day at a time - August 13, 2003 - King 5 News

Fact Sheets

East Waterway Study Progresses (PDF) (4 pp. 106K) - July 2008
Major cleanup of shipyard sediment has begun - August 2003
Comments Requested on Harbor Island East Waterway Sediment Cleanup - August 2003
Comments Requested on Two Proposed Agreements for Harbor Island Cleanups: Todd and Lockheed Shipyard Sediments - June 2003
Comments Requested on the Harbor Island Lockheed Shipyard Sediments Cleanup Proposal - December 2001
Boundaries of sediments expanded (PDF) - December 1999 (4pp, 245K)
Proposed Plan for the West Waterway Operable Unit - November 1999
Public Comment Period on EPA's Proposed No Action Decision (PDF) - November 1999 (4pp, 155K)
Public Comment Period on Proposal to Dredge and Cover Sediments - October 31, 1995
Overview of Activities - June 1995

Documents

Second Five Year Review (PDF)

(57 pp, 803 K) - September 29, 2005

RODs and ESDs

Record of Decision (ROD)	ROD Date	OU#	OU Name
	09/11/2003	8	West Waterway Text (PDF) (45 pp, 235K) Figures (PDF) (11 pp, 3.1 MB) Timeline (PDF) (1 pp, 323K) Tables (PDF) (14 pp, 935K) Signature Pages (PDF) (2 pp, 306K)

	Site Information
	Cleanup Activity Milestones (CERCLIS) Documents Environmental Enforcement Action Report (FRS) Fact Sheets Site Summary (NPL PAD) Site Progress Profile EW Potential Human Access Areas (Photo Gallery) Contact Information General Information Cindy Schuster (schuster.cindy@epa.gov) EPA Community Involvement Coordinator 206-553-1815 or toll-free at 1-800-424-4372 Lockheed and Todd Shipyard Sediments Lynda Priddy (priddy.lynda@epa.gov) EPA Project Manager 206-553-1987 or toll-free at 1-800-424-4372 Soil and Groundwater East Waterway Ravi Sanga (sanga.ravi@epa.gov) EPA Project Manager 206-553-4092 or toll-free at 1-800-424-4372 Tank Farms Roger Nye (rnye461@ecy.wa.gov) Ecology Project Manager 425-649-7251

	National Superfund Information
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Explanation of Significant Differences (ESD) to the Harbor Island - Shipyard Sediment Operable Unit: Todd Shipyard Sediments (ESD FY03) Signed March 31, 2003 Text Figure
Explanation of Significant Differences (ESD) to the Harbor Island - Shipyard Sediment Operable Unit: Lockheed Shipyard Sediments (ESD FY03) Signed March 31, 2003 Text Figure
Lockheed Shipyard Sediment Operable Unit Explanation of Significant Differences (PDF) (ESD FY02) (61pp, 339K) Signed February 22, 2002

Shipyard Sediments Operable Unit Explanation of Significant Differences (ESD FY02) - December 2001

Soil and Groundwater Operable Unit Explanation of Significant Differences (ESD FY01) #2, signed September 26, 2001

National RODs Database

Administrative Record Indexes

Additional information about Harbor Island is available in EPA's administrative records for the site. Indexes to some of the administrative records are available below.