The Commencement Bay - South Tacoma Channel Superfund site covers 2½ square miles in Tacoma, Washington. The site includes three Project Areas being managed as distinct sites: Tacoma Municipal Landfill, South Tacoma Field, and Well 12A. The Tacoma Municipal Landfill currently has a public comment period open for an Operation Extension Request (PDF) (1pp., 983KB) from October 26, 2009 to November 25, 2009.

• Announcements
• Site History
• Decision Documents
• Technical Documents
• Fact Sheets
• Contacts

• Public Comment Period for an Operation Extension Request (PDF) (1pp., 983KB) — October 26, 2009 - November 25, 2009.
  Send Public Comments to:
  Kris Flint, Remedial Project Manager
  U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
  1200 6th Avenue, Suite 900
  Seattle, Washington 98101
  Phone: 206/553-8155
  FAX: 206/553-0124
  Email: flint.kris@epa.gov
• Documents associated with Operation Extension Request:
  • Operation Extension Request Amendment #1 with Appendices (PDF) (1384 pp. 33MB) - June 8, 2009 Note: This document is large and may take a long time to download.

• Site Summary
• Site Map (PDF) (1pp, 182K) - Map of Tacoma-area cleanup sites.
• CERCLIS Report - Includes general site, alias, operable unit, action, financial, and enforcement information.
• Facility Detail Report

• Amendment to the Record of Decision for Operable Unit 1 Well 12A (PDF) (56 pp. 721K) - October 28, 2009
• Combined Five Year Reviews (2008) for South Tacoma Field, Tacoma Landfill and Well 12A (PDF) (168 pp. 7.3MB)
• Partial Deletion from National Priorities List (Superfund) for surface soils at South Tacoma Field:
  Federal Register Notice of Deletion for surface soils at South Tacoma Field - June 14, 2005
  Final Closeout Report for soils at South Tacoma Field (PDF) (16pp, 60K)
  Maps (PDF) (3pp, 87K) - February 24, 2005
  Federal Register Notice of Intent for Partial Deletion for surface soils at South Tacoma Field - April 11, 2005
  Letter to Interested Parties (PDF) (1pp, 39K) - April 11, 2005

• First Five Year Review - South Tacoma Field (PDF) (22pp, 600K) - June 2003
  Tables 2A, 2B, 3 (PDF) (4pp, 208K)
  Maps (PDF) (4pp, 2.2MB)

• Second Five Year Review - Well 12A (PDF) (27pp, 127K) - September 2003

• Second Five Year Review - Tacoma Landfill (PDF) (25pp, 6MB) - May 2003

• Records of Decision (ROD)

• Well 12A Final Focused Feasibility Study (PDF) (218pp, 6.3MB) - April 2009
  NOTE: The download time for a 6 MB file on a 56K connection may exceed 10 minutes
• South Tacoma Field Site Development and Institutional Control Document (PDF) (64pp, 1.2MB) - March 2000

• Operation Extension Request (PDF) (1pp., 983KB)
• Well 12A Fact Sheet and Proposed Plan (PDF) (16pp, 857K) - April 2009
  • Public Meeting - May 19, 2009 Presentation (PDF) (35 pp. 2MB)
• EPA is Changing the Cleanup Remedy for Well 12A (PDF) (2 pp. 90K) - December 2008
• Public comment period for partial delisting from NPL (PDF) (2pp, 110K) - April 2005
• Tacoma Landfill Operation Extension Requested (PDF) (2pp, 84K) - December 2004
• Tacoma Landfill Second Five Year Checkup Complete (PDF) (4pp, 268K) - July 2003
• Five Year Review of the Tacoma Landfill Will Check Cleanup So Far (PDF) (3pp, 137K) - June 2002
• Construction Completed (PDF) (2pp, 34K) - February 2000
• Open Public Comment Period on Tacoma Landfill Extended through 12/24/97 (PDF) (5pp, 31K) - November 1997
• The City of Tacoma requests exteneded operation of Tacoma Landfill (PDF) (4pp, 29K) - October 1997

• Jeanne O'Dell (odell.jeanne@epa.gov), (800) 424-4372, extension 6919, or (206) 553-6919
• Caryn Klaff (klaff.caryn@epa.gov), (800) 424-4372, extension 6919, or (206) 553-1275

• Tacoma Landfill - Kris Flint (flint.kris@epa.gov), (206) 553-8155
• Well 12A - Kira Lynch (lynch.kira@epa.gov), (206) 553-2144
• South Tacoma Field - Kris Flint (flint.kris@epa.gov), (206) 553-8155