West of 4th public comment period

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Documents for review

This environmental cleanup is for co-mingled groundwater contamination from four businesses that make up the site known as "West of 4th." Please review and comment on:

• Draft cleanup action plan (dCAP): The dCAP describes the planned cleanup actions and sets the standards that the cleanup must meet.
• Draft consent decree (CD): This is the legal agreement Ecology has with the site to complete the cleanup according to state law.
• Draft public participation plan: This plan encourages community involvement in cleanup decisions.

Submit comments

Submit your comments between Sept. 22 at 12 a.m. and Oct. 24 at 11:59 p.m. in the following ways:

• Online public comment form.
• By email to erin.hobbs@ecy.wa.gov.
• By mail (see address information below).

When the public comment period ends, we will consider all comments and may change the documents based on them. Once the documents are finalized, the four companies will design and implement the selected cleanup actions.

Will there be a public meeting?

At this time, there are no public meetings scheduled for this comment period. We will hold a public meeting if 10 or more people request one. To request a meeting, please contact Janelle Anderson at 425-301-6454 or janelle.anderson@ecy.wa.gov.

Site background

West of 4th is the cleanup site created by the co-mingled contamination from these four businesses:

• Art Brass Plating, Inc.: 5516 3rd Ave. S., Seattle, Washington, 98108.
• Blaser Die Casting, Co.: 5700 3rd Ave. S., Seattle, Washington, 98108.
• Capital Industries, Inc.: 5800 3rd Ave. S., Seattle, Washington, 98108.
• Clean Earth/ Burlington: 734 South Lucile Street, Seattle, Washington, 98108. 

Timeline

• 2014 — We issued an agreed order that requires all four of these businesses (the potentially liable parties) to clean up the contaminated groundwater.
• 2014 to 2016 — Feasibility studies were conducted to identify possible remedial cleanup technologies.
• 2016 — Ecology approved the submitted feasibility studies. Interim actions were then implemented, including two pilot studies to determine if the cleanup technologies identified in the feasibility studies were effective. After the pilot studies, the potential remedies were re-evaluated in two new feasibility studies.
• 2023 — These new feasibility studies went out for public comment. A preferred cleanup action for the site was then selected.

After this public comment period ends and the documents are finalized, the four companies will design and implement the selected cleanup actions.

More information

• Read our West of 4th focus sheet (publication 25-04-018).
• Go to the Burlington Environmental LLC Georgetown cleanup site webpage.