Dangerous waste facility cleanup

We oversee the cleanup of many facilities that manage or have managed dangerous waste. While many facilities are no longer in operation, their owners must still investigate and clean up any waste released into the environment.

We use the following to guide cleanup at these sites:

Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (federal).
Model Toxics Control Act (state).

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Dangerous waste treatment, storage, and disposal facilities must have a dangerous waste permit to operate in Washington. Most of these sites are large and complex, with multiple sources of contamination. Because of the complexity of contamination, often from multiple sources, it may take decades to complete a cleanup.

Learn more about cleanups happening at these sites in Washington.

Regions: Northwest (NW), Southwest (SW), Central (CRO), Eastern (ERO)
County	Facility name	City	Region
King	Boeing Development Center	Tukwila	NW
Snohomish	Boeing Everett	Everett	NW
King	Boeing Fabrication Auburn Site	Auburn	NW
King	Boeing Kent Space Center	Kent	NW
King	Boeing Renton	Renton	NW
Whatcom	BP Cherry Point Refinery	Blaine	NW
King	BSB Diversified Co. Inc.	Kent	NW
King	Burlington Environmental LLC, Georgetown	Seattle	NW
King	Burlington Environmental LLC, Kent (Stericycle)	Kent	NW
Pierce	Burlington Environmental LLC, Tacoma (Stericycle)	Tacoma	SW
Clark	Burlington Environmental LLC, Washougal	Washougal	SW
Yakima	Cameron Yakima	Yakima	CRO
Pierce	Clean Care Corporation	Tacoma	SW
Klickitat	Columbia Gorge Aluminum	Goldendale	CRO
Whatcom	Conoco-Phillips 66 (Tosco) Refinery	Ferndale	NW
Cowlitz	Emerald Kalama Chemical LLC	Kalama	SW
Cowlitz	Fuel Processors, Inc.	Woodland	SW
King	General Electric	Seattle	NW
Cowlitz	International Paper	Longview	SW
Pierce	Lilyblad	Tacoma	SW
Pierce	McFarland Cascade Pole and Lumber Co.	Tacoma	SW
Pierce	Occidental Chemical Corporation	Tacoma	SW
Pierce	Petroleum Reclaiming Services, Inc.	Tacoma	SW
King	Port of Seattle Terminal 91	Seattle	NW
Pierce	Reichhold/SSA Containers	Tacoma	SW
Walla Walla	Schwerin Concaves	Walla Walla	ERO
Skagit	Shell OPUS Puget Sound Refinery	Anacortes	NW
Whatcom	Tesoro Refining and Marketing Company	Blaine	NW
Yakima	Ultra Yield Micronutrients (formerly Bay Zinc Co Inc.)	Moxee	CRO
King	Univar USA Inc.	Kent	NW
Pierce	US Army Fort Lewis I-5 Corridor	Ft. Lewis	SW
Yakima	US Army Yakima Training Center	Yakima	CRO
Clark	US DOE BPA Ross Complex	Vancouver	SW
Pierce	WA UW Tacoma Branch	Tacoma	SW

Contact information

Janelle Anderson
Public Involvement Coordinator
janelle.anderson@ecy.wa.gov
425-301-6454

Christa Colouzis, PE
Corrective Action Unit Supervisor
christa.colouzis@ecy.wa.gov
425-324-1850