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Private
11416
2203 East Union Street Seattle, WA 98144
.37
7228500255
47.613 / -122.303
7
Caparroso, Laura
Caparroso.Laura@epa.gov
206-553-6378


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Property Progress


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CAs Associated with this Property

CA NameCA #StateTypeAnnouncement Year
King County Department of Natural Resources and ParksBF97066701WAAssessment2003
R10 TBA - Washington (STAG Funded)n/aWATBA2004


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Assessment Activities at this Property

ActivityEPA FundingStart DateCompletion DateCAAccomplishment Counted?Counted When?
Phase I Environmental Assessment$35,000.0006/16/200306/16/2003King County Department of Natural Resources and ParksNFY06
Phase I Environmental Assessment$450.0006/16/200306/16/2003King County Department of Natural Resources and ParksNFY06
Phase II Environmental Assessment07/17/200307/17/2003King County Department of Natural Resources and ParksN
Phase II Environmental Assessment$34,941.0001/01/200403/30/2005R10 TBA - Washington (STAG Funded)N


Is Cleanup Necessary? Yes
EPA Assessment Funding: $70,391.00
Leveraged Funding:
Total Funding: $70,391.00


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Climate Adaption and Mitigation - Planning or Assessment

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Contaminants and Media


VOCs
Cleaned Up
Ground Water
Soil
NOT Cleaned up
NOT Cleaned up


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Cleanup Activities

There are no current cleanup activities.


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Total ACRES Cleaned Up: .37
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Climate Adaption and Mitigation - Demolition or Cleanup

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Institutional and Engineering Controls

Yes
Proprietary Controls
Groundwater in the area is not used for drinking. Old building was removed. New building is on Seattle water.
Brownfields fact sheet Central Area Development Assoc and J C Muller, current projects
Yes
No


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Redevelopment and Other Leveraged Accomplishments

There are no current redevelopment activities.


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Climate Adaption and Mitigation - Redevelopment

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Additional Property Attributes

(Note: Although this information was not captured from the Property Highlights section of the PPF, it was found in section 5a, Property History Information.) The Colman Building occupies the north portion of the 2200 block of East Union Street (from 22nd to 23rd Avenues) in the Capitol Hill area of Seattle. The building address is 2203 East Union Street, located in the northwest quarter of Section 33, Township 25 North, Range 4 East. The building suffered significant structural damage during the 2001 Nisqually earthquake. The vacant building was demolished in September 2004. The 24,141 sq. ft. building was constructed in 1923 on a 16,185 sq. ft. lot that covers the entire northern front of East Union Street between 22nd and 23rd streets. The property is located at an elevation of 320 feet above sea level. The northern portion of the building contained a second story. Building occupants over the years included a variety of business and retail operations. The building was heated by a fuel-oil burning furnace until 181, when the building was converted to natural gas. In 1989, the furnace underground storage tank (UST) was removed (Dames & Moore 1989). A follow-up soil removal project was performed in 1990 where additional petroleum contaminated soils were removed from the former UST excavation (MedTox 1990). The results of the confirmatory soil samples collected from the over excavated area reported concentrations of petroleum compounds below the State of Washington cleanup levels. Groundwater (gw) was encountered in the excavation at a depth of 14 feet below ground surface (bgs). The gw was not sampled or tested for petroleum. Based on the available data, additional investigation of this area was not recommended. The area of concern at the Colman Building is the former operations of Albert's Dry Cleaners from 1963-1973 (Clayton 2003a). Most likely, wastes discharged from this operation were contaminated with PCE. These wastes include both liquid and solid wastes. Liquid wastes were likely discharged to the city sanitary sewer system. Other potential liquid discharge destinations could have included the ground, storm sewers, and blind drains (where wastewater is discharged to a gravel filled pit to drain into the ground) (Linn et al. 2003). There was no evidence of blind drains at the Coleman building. Contaminated solid wastes (e.g., still bottoms, powder residues, spent filters, and lint) were likely included in the regular municipal wastes from the building. Before the existing building was removed, the plumbing at the most recent business (Ms. Helen's Soul Food) was sketched. The actual locations of the dry cleaning equipment and storage containers are not known. Photographs of the property prior to and during demolition and during the field sampling effort are available. An investigation of this property in 2003 revealed that soils beneath the former Albert's Dry Cleaners were contaminated with dry cleaning related chemicals (trichloroethene [TCE], PCE, and cis-1,2-dichloroethene [DCE])(Clayton 2003b). Subsurface soils consisted of silty sand with gravel or silty clay with s of organic debris and asphalt materials. Groundwater was encountered at 7 feet bgs. Groundwater flow is inferred to be northeasterly, consistent with the topographic gradient. Samples collected from six subsurface soil borings reported elevated concentrations of TCE, PCE, and DCE in soil and gw in selected locations. The elevated concentrations were reported in soils collected from depths of 3 to 6 feet bgs and in gw collected from a depth of 7 feet bgs. Samples were not collected from deeper soils. The brownfields assessment collected additional soil and gw samples in the area where the former drycleaner operation was located. The brownfields investigation results reported elevated concentrations of TCE, PCE, and DCE in soil and gw at selected locations. Cleanup will be required for a limited area of soil and gw. (PPF - Coleman Building) Redevelopment p
Hazardous


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