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Property Details for Samoa-Redwood Marine Terminal I (Samoa Pacific Group Parcels)


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Redwood Marine Terminal I-Samoa Pacific Group
Private
253055
Vance Avenue SAMOA, CA 95564
40
401-031-083
40.81187540596971 / -124.19435619329693
2
Byous, Eric
Byous.Eric@epa.gov
415-972-3531


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CAs Associated with this Property

CA NameCA #StateTypeAnnouncement Year
R9 TBA - California (STAG Funded)n/aCATBA2004


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Assessment Activities at this Property

ActivityEPA FundingStart DateCompletion DateCAAccomplishment Counted?Counted When?
Phase I Environmental Assessment$7,584.0003/18/202206/16/2022R9 TBA - California (STAG Funded)YFY22


Is Cleanup Necessary? Unknown
EPA Assessment Funding: $7,584.00
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Total Funding: $7,584.00


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Cleanup Activities

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Total ACRES Cleaned Up: 40
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Additional Property Attributes

A Phase I Environmental Site Assessment (ESA) was performed for the Samoa - Redwood Marine Terminal 1 and was separated into four individual reports based on parcel ownership. The Samoa Pacific Group portion comprises one parcels and an approximately 40-acre portion of a 300-acre former lumber mill located on the Samoa Peninsula in Samoa, Humboldt County, California (Site). In 1889, the Samoa Land and Improvement Company purchased 270 acres of land on the peninsula opposite of Eureka, California. In 1892, the John Vance Mill and Lumber Company purchased land on the Samoa Peninsula for the construction of a new sawmill after their Eureka, California, mill burned in a fire. In 1893, the Eureka and Klamath River Railroad connected the Samoa Peninsula and Arcata, California, providing a more efficient means of logging imports to the sawmill operations. In 1900, the Hammond Lumber Company acquired the sawmill, adding a sash and door factory in 1909. In 1912, the sawmill was recognized as the "Hammond Lumber Company". Between 1917 and 1919, the Hammond Lumber Company built an emergency shipyard to help with the United States efforts in World War I and seven wooden steam ships were built at the Samoa facility. In 1956, Georgia Pacific acquired the mill, adding a plywood mill in 1958. In 1963, Georgia Pacific developed the bleached kraft pulp mill to the west of the Site and replaced the old sawmill with a modern sawmill in 1964. In 1972, the Louisiana Pacific Corporation acquired the former lumber mill and continued operations until the last old growth timber was milled in 1980. In 1994, the pulp mill to the west of the Site was converted to a chlorine-free pulp mill. The Simpson Timber Company acquired the former lumber mill in 1998 and listed the former lumber mill for sale in 2001. At the time of the Phase I ESA, the Site is currently owned by the Samoa Pacific Group, and is occupied by a recreational boat repair facility and is used to store stockpiled soil and steel to be recycled. Recommendations from the Phase I ESA are listed below.

Recognized Environmental Conditions (RECs):
*Further characterize the lead and dioxin/furan contamination in soil and metals and total petroleum hydrocarbons as diesel (TPH-d) in groundwater beyond the perimeter of the Samoa Roundhouse Site.
*Characterize the dioxin/furan and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon (PAH) contamination in soil around the former refuse burners on the Site.
*Collect subsurface soil and groundwater samples within the former sawmill, planing mill cogeneration power plant, powerhouse, fuel house, boiler house, and pipe house building foundation boundary for metals, total petroleum hydrocarbons (TPH), volatile organic compounds (VOCs), methyl tert-butyl ether (MTBE), and benzene, toluene, ethylbenzene, and xylenes (BTEX) analysis.
*Collect surface soil samples within former building foundation and drip line boundaries for lead and asbestos analysis.
*Collect dredge spoil pile samples for hazardous waste analysis including metals, TPH, and polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs).

Environmental Concerns:
*Collect sediment samples within each stormwater inlet drain for metals and TPH analysis.
*Confirm the recreational boat repair facility is in compliance with environmental requirements.


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