Jorgensen Forge Corp cleanup site, Seattle

Cleanup work is moving forward at the Jorgensen Forge Corp cleanup site, across the Duwamish River from the Duwamish People's Park near Seattle's Georgetown neighborhood. 

Ecology and the potentially liable party for the cleanup, the Earle M. Jorgensen Company, have prepared documents for public comment:

• Remedial investigation: Describes contaminants at the site and where they are.
• Feasibility study: A document showing different cleanup options, called alternatives. This document includes Ecology’s preferred alternative.

You can read the documents at the Jorgenson Forge cleanup webpage.

The site is on the Duwamish River in part of the LDW Superfund site called the Upper Reach. The site was first developed by Isaacson Iron Works for the U.S. Navy in 1942 during World War II to produce propeller shafts and other naval equipment. Steel and aluminum fabrication continued on the site after the war. The site is contaminated primarily due to leaks and spills from industrial activities that affected the soil and groundwater. Contaminats moved from soil and groundwater to other media.

Some cleanup was already completed, but more is needed.

Learn more by visiting the site webpage, reaching out to Site Manager Beau Johnson, or joining us at our monthly community office hours to talk with us in-person.