United States
Environmental Protection
Agency
Region 10
Jorgensen Forge
Comment on Proposed Cleanup
Seattle, WA
What is Jorgensen Forge?
The Jorgensen Forge facility is scheduled for
cleanup as part of the Lower Duwamish
Waterway Superfund cleanup. The site
is located at 8531 East Marginal Way South in
Tukwila, Washington.
When the Lower Duwamish Waterway (LDW)
became a Superfund site, several "hot spot" areas of
sediment contamination were found that could be
cleaned up before the larger Superfund cleanup to
address risks to human health and the environment.
Jorgensen Forge is one of five hot spots identified.
Three other hot spot cleanups are located nearby:
Slip 4 and Boeing Plant 2 to the North of Jorgensen,
and Terminal 117 across the Waterway. For more
information on hot spot cleanups, please visit
http://yosemite.epa.gov/rlO/cleanup.nsf/sites/lduwamish
Originally developed in 1942 by the Navy to produce
naval equipment, the property has had a variety of
owners over the last seven decades.
June 2011
Currently the facility is owned and operated by the
Jorgensen Forge Corporation and is used as a steel
and aluminum forge that produces custom steel and
aluminum parts for various industrial clients. Jorgensen
Forge Corporation will conduct the cleanup with EPA
oversight.
Legacy contaminates of concern at the facility
include polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), metals,
and semi-volatile organic compounds (contained in
the footprint of the PCBs) found in sediments and
on the shoreline adjacent to the Facility.
What are the cleanup options?
EPA's Draft Final Engineering Evaluation/Cost Analysis
(EE/CA) describes the cleanup options evaluated
for the sediments and shoreline soils along 1.6 acres
adjacent to Jorgensen Forge. EPA looked at four
cleanup options in the EE/CA, including a "no action"
alternative (Alternative 1). With the exception of
the "no action" alternative, all of the cleanup options
will reduce contamination and make the Duwamish
Waterway safer for people and animals.
--\ Boeing Plant 2
Boeing Isaacson
East
Marginal
Way
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What Are the Cleanup Options?
Cleanup Alternative 2 and Alternative 3 propose
varying degrees of sediment dredging and capping,
while Alternative 4 proposes complete removal of
all contaminated sediments from the site followed
by backfill of clean material.
Of the four cleanup alternatives evaluated, EPA
proposes complete removal of all contaminated
sediments from the site followed by backfill of clean
material (Alternative 4). The results of dredging are
most certain because you know the contamination is
gone.
Continued
Long term monitoring and reporting of the site will
also be required to measure short and long term
effectiveness of the cleanup. Possible recontamina-
tion of the site will be addressed under the Lower
Duwamish - wide Superfund cleanup. Efforts are
underway to reduce contamination from entering
the waterway.
Public comments will be accepted on the Draft
Final EE/CA. EPA will then respond to comments
and this document will become the Final
Engineering Evaluation/Cost Analysis.
Cleanup Alternative 4: Dredge and Backfill
EPA prefers Alternative 4 which will:
• Remove all sediment that does not meet the state standard
• Replace contaminated sediment with 16,200 cubic yards o f clean backfill material
• Dispose dredged material in an off-site landfill
• Support the installation or construction of facilities, staging areas,drainage and erosion controls,
and effective decontamination facilities prior to cleanup
• Ensure stormwater,groundwater,and construction monitoring during and after removal
The biggest health risk from Lower
Duwamish Waterway sediments is for
people, such as Tribal fishers, who eat the
fish, shellfish, and crabs that live in the Duwamish
all year. The fish, shellfish, and crabs are not safe
to eat because they collect contaminants from the
sediment in their bodies. Tribal fishers are also
likely to come into contact with the contaminated
sediments while fishing.
Salmon do not spend much time in the Duwamish,
and are safer to eat. The Washington State De-
partment of Health has issued a fish consumption
advisory for the Lower Duwamish Waterway.
Further fish consumption advisories, public educa-
tion programs, and/or limitations with respect to
the Jorgensen Forge site will be re-evaluated in the
Duwamish-wide remedial decision making process
(Learn more at www.doh.wa.gov).
The proposed cleanup alternatives will reduce
human health risks associated with the consumption
of resident Lower Duwamish fish and shellfish and
from direct contact with the sediments and soils
around the Jorgensen Forge facility. The proposed
actions would also reduce risk to crabs, fish, birds,
and mammals that come into contact with sediments
and soils around the facility.
Note: The Boeing Plant 2 facility, located to the North of Jorgensen Forge, is under an EPA Resource Conservation
and Recovery Act (RCRA) order to investigate and study the cleanup options for the sediments and shorelines of Plant
2. Because the sediment contamination at Jorgensen Forge and Plant 2 are mixed in some areas, the Jorgensen and
Boeing Orders require coordination to dean up the sediments in the Transition Zone between them. EPA has already
received public comments for the proposed Boeing Plant 2 cleanup plan.
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Comparing the Cleanup Options
Protects the health of people
and the environment
Achieves the cleanup levels
Complies with federal and
state standards
Reduces the toxicity,
movement, or amount of
contamination
Effective in the long-term
and permanent
Sediment removed
(cubic yards)
Cost (Millions)
Alternative 4:
Dredge and Backfill
0
0
0
Alt 4 is more effective at reducing
toxicity, movement, and amount
of contamination than Alt 2
and Alt3
Alt 4 is more permanent, reliable,
and certain than Alt 2 and Alt 3
21,000
7.090
Alternatives 2 and 3:
Dredge and Cap
0
0
0
Alt 2 and Alt 3 are less effective
at reducing toxicity, movement,
and amount of contamination
than Alt 4
Alt 2 and Alt 3 are less
permanent, reliable, or certain
than Alt 4 because caps will
require long-term monitoring
and maintenance
Alt 2: 15,900
Alt 3: 16,800
Alt 2: 6.45
Alt 3 6.590
Comment on the Jorgensen
Forge Sediment Cleanup by
Thursday, June 30, 2011
Read the cleanup plan at:
http://yosemite.epa.gov/rlO/cleanup.nsf/sites/Jorgensen
South Park Library (8604 8th Avenue South)
EPA Region 10 Library (1200 6th Avenue)
Come to the public meeting:
Thursday, June 16,2011
South Seattle Community College
6737 Corson Avenue S
Seattle, WA 98108
© Open House: 6:00 p.m.
© Presentation: 7:00 p.m.
© Public Comments: 8:00 p.m.
Interpretation espanol estara disponible
Send your comment to EPA by June 30
^S Email: blocker.shawn@epa.gov
0D Mail: Shawn Blocker
U.S. EPA, Region 10
1200 6th Avenue, Suite 900, AWT-121
Seattle, Washington 98101
Questions?
Contact Kendra Tyler, EPA community
involvement coordinator at
8 (206) 553-0041 or by e-mail at
^S tyler.kendra@epa.gov
TTY users please call 800-877-8339
Si desea hablar con alguien que habla espanol,
llame a Michael Ortiz, EPA, (206) 553-6234
for More Information
Visit the Lower Duwamish Waterway
Superfund site at
http://yosemite.epa.gov/rlO/cleanup.nsl7sites/
Iduwamish
Contact the Duwamish River Cleanup
Coalition, the Superfund community advisory
group, to find out how you can help
8 (206) 954-0218 or
^S visit www.duwamishcleanup.org
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Seattle, Washington 98101-3140
June 2011
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