What has the Department of Ecology done?
Between 2002 and 2004 the Department of Ecology entered into two agreements with Rayonier, called agreed orders, that required Rayonier to investigate the site for contamination. Between 2000 and 2006 a number of interim actions were completed that cleaned up several areas in the uplands of the mill site. In about 2006, Ecology transferred responsibility for the Rayonier cleanup between two different sections, from Solid Waste to Toxic Cleanups. Between 2006 and 2009, Ecology funded two major investigations to determine the extent of contamination that may have emanated from the site, one in-water and one for possible deposits of contamination from airborne contamination. Data from the airborne study has been released but not the analysis. No data has yet been released for the harbor in-water study.
