TERMINAL 115 ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS REPORT Property: Prepared for: Port of Seattle Terminal 115 Port of Seattle 6000 to 6700 West Marginal Way Southwest 2711 Alaskan Way Seattle, Washington Seattle, Washington Date: April 6, 2011 TABLE OF CONTENTS EXECUTIVE SUMMARY .......................................................................................................... v ACRONYMS AND ABBREVIATIONS ...................................................................................... vi 1.0 INTRODUCTION ................................................................................................................. 1 1.1 PURPOSE OF STUDY ..................................................................................................... 1 1.2 METHODOLOGY/SCOPE OF WORK ............................................................................... 2 2.0 SITE DESCRIPTION .............................................................................................................. 2 2.1 LOCATION AND LEGAL DESCRIPTION ........................................................................... 3 2.2 TOPOGRAPHY AND SHORELINE CHARACTERISTICS ..................................................... 3 2.3 GEOLOGY AND HYDROGEOLOGY ................................................................................. 4 2.3.1 Geology ..................................................................................................................... 4 2.3.2 Hydrogeology ............................................................................................................ 5 2.4 CURRENT PROPERTY USE ............................................................................................. 6 2.4.1 Surface Structures and Improvements ...................................................................... 6 2.4.2 Subsurface Infrastructure .......................................................................................... 7 2.4.3 Current Tenant Operations ....................................................................................... 8 3.0 HISTORIC PROPERTY OWNERSHIP AND OPERATIONS ....................................................... 11 3.1 PRE‐INDUSTRIAL HISTORY .......................................................................................... 11 3.2 PRE‐BOEING INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT ................................................................. 11 3.3 SOUTHERN WATERFRONT BLOCKS—PETROLEUM SITES ........................................... 12 3.4 BOEING PLANT 1 (1917–1970) ................................................................................... 13 3.4.1 World War I‐Era Boeing Plant 1 (1917–1970) ......................................................... 14 3.4.2 Machine Shop/Main Factory Facility—Building 1‐02 (1925–1974) ......................... 15 3.4.3 Eastern Test Facilities (1920s–1973) ....................................................................... 16 3.4.4 Western Test Facilities/Hazardous Materials Storage (1950s–1974) ..................... 17 3.4.5 Seafreeze Building (1978 to present) ...................................................................... 18 3.5 SOUTHWEST TANK FARM AREAS ............................................................................... 18 3.6 KLINKER SAND & GRAVEL COMPANY/READY‐MIX GRAYSTONE DIVISION (1922–1970) ............................................................................................................... 19 3.7 CENTRAL TERMINAL 115 FACILITIES (IEC 10, 12 AND 13) .......................................... 20 3.8 TERMINAL 115 NORTH ............................................................................................... 23 3.9 FILL ACTIVITIES (IEC NO. 11) ....................................................................................... 23 4.0 OFF‐PROPERTY OPERATIONAL HISTORY ........................................................................... 25 4.1 SOUTH‐ADJOINING PROPERTIES ................................................................................ 25 4.1.1 Boeing Building 1‐01 ................................................................................................ 25 4.1.2 Duwamish Shingle ................................................................................................... 26 SoundEarth Strategies, Inc. i April 6, 2011 4.2 WEST‐ADJOINING PROPERTIES .................................................................................. 26 4.2.1 Klinker Sand & Gravel Company/Al Bolser Tire Store (IEC No. 9 and 15.02) ........... 26 4.2.2 Aluminum and Bronze Fabrication (IEC No. 15.03) ................................................. 26 4.3 EAST‐ADJOINING PROPERTIES ................................................................................... 27 4.4 NORTH‐ADJOINING PROPERTIES ................................................................................ 27 4.4.1 Reichhold, Inc. (IEC No. 15.04) ................................................................................ 27 4.4.2 Glacier NW (IEC No. 15.05) ...................................................................................... 29 5.0 ENVIRONMENTAL INVESTIGATION SUMMARIES .............................................................. 29 5.1 ON‐PROPERTY INVESTIGATIONS ................................................................................ 30 5.1.1 Seafreeze/Boeing USTs (IEC No. 5) .......................................................................... 30 5.1.2 Southwest Tank Yard/Cardlock Facility (IEC No. 8) ................................................. 31 5.1.3 The Car Wash and Body Shop Buildings (Buildings C‐1 and C‐2, IEC No. 10) .......... 33 5.1.4 Maintenance Shop UST (Building W‐2, IEC 12) ....................................................... 34 5.1.5 Terminal 115 North (IEC No. 14) ............................................................................. 34 5.1.6 Terminal 115 Berth 1 Sediment Sampling ............................................................... 36 5.2 OFF‐PROPERTY INVESTIGATIONS ............................................................................... 37 5.2.1 First Avenue Bridge Landfill ..................................................................................... 37 5.2.2 Boeing Building 1‐01 (IEC No. 15.01) ....................................................................... 37 5.2.3 Al Bolser Tire Store (IEC No. 15.02) ......................................................................... 38 5.2.4 Reichhold/Glacier NW Agreed Order Site (IEC Nos. 15.04 and 15.05) .................... 38 5.2.4.1 Subsurface Investigations at Reichhold/Glacier NW 38 5.2.4.2 Remedial Activities at Reichhold/Glacier NW 39 5.2.5 Glacier Bay Sediment Sampling ............................................................................... 39 5.2.6 Duwamish Waterway Sediment Sampling .............................................................. 40 6.0 ISSUES OF ENVIRONMENTAL CONCERN ........................................................................... 40 6.1 SOUTHERN WATERFRONT BLOCKS PETROLEUM SITES ............................................. 40 6.2 BOEING PLANT 1 ........................................................................................................ 41 6.2.1 World War I‐Era Boeing Plant 1 Site ........................................................................ 41 6.2.2 Machine Shop (Building 1‐02) ................................................................................. 41 6.2.3 Eastern Test Facilities .............................................................................................. 42 6.2.4 Western Test Facilities/Hazardous Materials Storage Area .................................... 43 6.3 SOUTHWEST TANK FARM AREAS AND FORMER KLINKER GRAVEL ............................ 44 6.4 CENTRALTERMINAL 115 FACILITIES ........................................................................... 45 6.5 FILL MATERIAL (IEC NO.11) ........................................................................................ 46 6.6 TERMINAL 115 NORTH (IEC NO. 14)........................................................................... 47 6.7 OFF‐PROPERTY ISSUES OF ENVIRONMENTAL CONCERN ........................................... 47 7.0 POTENTIAL PATHWAYS OF CONTAMINATION .................................................................. 49 7.1 SOURCE CONTROL STRATEGY PATHWAYS ................................................................. 49 7.1.1 Direct Discharges ..................................................................................................... 49 SoundEarth Strategies, Inc. April 6, 2011 ii 7.1.2 Stormwater Pathway ............................................................................................... 49 7.1.3 Combined Sewer Overflows .................................................................................... 50 7.1.4 Groundwater ........................................................................................................... 50 7.1.5 Erosion/Leaching ..................................................................................................... 51 7.1.6 Spills, Dumping, Leaks, and Inappropriate Housekeeping/Management Practices 51 7.1.7 Waterway Operations and Traffic ........................................................................... 51 7.1.8 Atmospheric Deposition .......................................................................................... 52 7.2 PATHWAYS EVALUATION ........................................................................................... 52