What
is "Superfund?"
“Superfund” is the common name
for the federal Comprehensive Environmental
Response, Cleanup and Liability Act (CERCLA),
passed by Congress in 1980. The law requires
that the nation’s most toxic hazardous
waste sites be identified and cleaned up. The
lower Duwamish River was added to the national
Superfund list – also known as the National
Priority List – in 2001. The river has
also been listed for cleanup by Washington
State under the “state superfund” or
Model Toxics Control Act (MTCA).
More general information about Superfund and MTCA
can be found below:
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Fact
Sheets and DRCC Newsletters
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Superfund
Phases
The following documents are part of the Superfund
planning and decision-making process. To get
involved in helping to review Superfund documents,
send us an email
The Superfund cleanup is divided into two
phases:
- PHASE I (Early Action Phase) is in process.
Phase I has identified seven candidates for "Early
Action" cleanup; planning and implementation
is underway. Ongoing sources of pollution coming from historic and current industrial sites, as well as our homes, streets, parking lots, and other stormwater runoff are slowing the cleanup process.
- Planning for PHASE II, the complete river
cleanup, is continuing. EPA and the PRPs (those responsible for the pollution) will be deciding how and where the river's pollution will be removed by early 2010. DRCC and the public will be commenting on the plans in 2009 to make sure the cleanup plans are protective of human health and the environment, and ultimately benefit the communities most impacted by the pollution.
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Documents & Reports
DRCC reports:
TECHNICAL DOCUMENTS:
PHASE 1 (EARLY ACTION)
REMEDIAL INVESTIGATION
& RISK ASSESSMENTS
PHASE 2 (RIVERWIDE) CLEANUP
PLAN
A complete list of all technical
documents is available at http://www.ldwg.org/rifs_docs9.htm.
Key documents and DRCC's comments are listed
below:
FINAL EARLY ACTION CLEANUP
SITE LIST
EARLY ACTIONS: TERMINAL
117/MALARKEY ASPHALT (SITE 5)
EARLY ACTIONS: SLIP 4 (SITE
3)
EARLY ACTIONS: DUWAMISH/DIAGONAL
CSO (SITE 1)
Washington
State
Model Toxics Control Act (MTCA)
Recent Agreed Orders at Duwamish Sites:
DUWAMISH RIVER SOURCE CONTROL
STRATEGY
PUBLIC HEALTH ASSESSMENT
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