EPA-560-F-08-299
September 2008
SEQUIM BAY ESTUARY
Jamestown S'Klallam Tribe, Sequim Bay, WA
Cleanup Grant
Former Industrial Property Cleaned Up and Restored
to Natural Estuarine Habitat
ADDRESS:
PROPERTY SIZE:
FORMER USES:
CURRENT USES:
56 Old Blyn Highway, Sequim, Washington 98382
82.3 I acres
Log storage and shipping for past 100 years
Natural Estuary
EPA GRANT RECIPIENT:
The Jamestown S'Klallam Tribe
received a $ 156,000 Brown-
fields Cleanup Grant for hazard-
ous substances contamination.
PROJECT PARTNERS:
More than 20 local, state, federal, and private
entities are involved in the project, including:
Clallam County, Washington Department
of Fish & Wildlife, Washington Department
of Natural Resources, U.S. Fish and Wildlife
Service, and private land owners.
For additional data and geographic information for this
and other Brownfields Grants, please visit EPA's:
Envirofacts - www.epa.gov/enviro/html/bms/bms_query.html
Enviromapper - www.epa.gov/enviro/bf
PROJECT BACKGROUND:
In Clallam County, Washington, the Jamestown S'Klallam Tribe is part of a much larger project to restore estuary function
to the south end of Sequim Bay, which had been degraded by 100 years of industrial and infrastructure development.
The area of the Brownfields project was used to store timber logs in the estuary. The logs were brought to the site,
rafted together into the water, and tied to creosote-treated pilings until they were towed off to area lumber mills. These
creosote-treated pilings caused sediment pollution and habitat degradation by eliminating intertidal and subtidal area that
formerly supported shellfish, eelgrass, and other natural estuarine habitat.
KEY ACCOMPLISHMENTS:
• Removal of 99 creosote pilings from the estuary
• Removal of 350 tons of contaminated soil and 600 tons of solid waste on
adjacent shoreline and riparian wetlands
• Restoration of 82-acre area to natural ecosystem functions
OUTCOME:
The restoration of the 82-acre area on tribal land was completed in August
2005 and provides clean sediment and habitat for shellfish, salmon, and
other natural species to repopulate the area. In the future, this increase in
natural species will provide increased economic benefits for the Jamestown
S'Klallam Tribe as finfish and shellfish are important food and revenue
sources. It will also increase community economic tourist-related benefits
through an expanded area for kayaking and bird watching. The tribe
leveraged an additional $64,000 in state and federal funding to fund
this cleanup.
Removal of pilings during restoration.
FOR MORE INFORMATION: Visit the EPA Brownfields Web site at httc
gov/brownfields/ or call EPA Region 10 at (206) 553-1200
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