The Commencement Bay - South Tacoma Channel Superfund site covers 2½ square miles in Tacoma, Washington. The site includes three Project Areas being managed as distinct sites: Tacoma Municipal Landfill, South Tacoma Field, and Well 12A.

• Announcements
• Site History
• Decision Documents
• Technical Documents
• Fact Sheets
• Contacts

• On February 24, 2005, EPA and the Washington Department of Ecology granted a conditional extension to the closure deadline of the Tacoma Landfill. The closure deadline for the landfill is now December 31, 2009. Questions may be directed to Kris Flint at (206) 553-8155.

• Site Summary
• Site Map (PDF) (1pp, 182K) - Map of Tacoma-area cleanup sites.
• CERCLIS Report - Includes general site, alias, operable unit, action, financial, and enforcement information.
• Facility Detail Report

• Combined Five Year Reviews (2008) for South Tacoma Field, Tacoma Landfill and Well 12A (PDF) (168 pp. 7.3MB)
• Partial Deletion from National Priorities List (Superfund) for surface soils at South Tacoma Field:
  Federal Register Notice of Deletion for surface soils at South Tacoma Field - June 14, 2005
  Final Closeout Report for soils at South Tacoma Field (PDF) (16pp, 60K)
  Maps (PDF) (3pp, 87K) - February 24, 2005
  Federal Register Notice of Intent for Partial Deletion for surface soils at South Tacoma Field - April 11, 2005
  Letter to Interested Parties (PDF) (1pp, 39K) - April 11, 2005

• First Five Year Review - South Tacoma Field (PDF) (22pp, 600K) - June 2003
  Tables 2A, 2B, 3 (PDF) (4pp, 208K)
  Maps (PDF) (4pp, 2.2MB)

• Second Five Year Review - Well 12A (PDF) (27pp, 127K) - September 2003

• Second Five Year Review - Tacoma Landfill (PDF) (25pp, 6MB) - May 2003

• Records of Decision (ROD)

• South Tacoma Field Site Development and Institutional Control Document (PDF) (64pp, 1.2MB) - March 2000

• April 2005 (PDF) (2pp, 110K) - Public comment period for partial delisting from NPL
• December 2004 (PDF) (2pp, 84K) - Tacoma Landfill Operation Extension Requested
• July 2003 (PDF) (4pp, 268K) - Tacoma Landfill Second Five Year Checkup Complete
• June 2002 (PDF) (3pp, 137K) - Five Year Review of the Tacoma Landfill Will Check Cleanup So Far
• February 2000 (PDF) (2pp, 34K) - Construction Completed
• November 1997 (PDF) (5pp, 31K) - Open Public Comment Period on Tacoma Landfill Extended through 12/24/97
• October 1997 (PDF) (4pp, 29K) - The City of Tacoma requests exteneded operation of Tacoma Landfill

• Jeanne O'Dell (odell.jeanne@epa.gov), (800) 424-4372, extension 6919, or (206) 553-6919
• Charles Bert (bert.charles@epa.gov), (360) 753-8073 (Lacey Office)

• Tacoma Landfill - Kris Flint (flint.kris@epa.gov), (206) 553-8155
• Well 12A - Kira Lynch (lynch.kira@epa.gov), (206) 553-2144
• South Tacoma Field - Kris Flint (flint.kris@epa.gov), (206) 553-8155