| Abstract |
The Toftdahl Drum site, approximately 15 acres in area is located four miles east-southeast of Battleground, Washington, and contains three main areas where hazardous substance hauling activities may have occurred: a drum cleaning area; an initial burial trench; a final drum burial area. In the early 1970s, 100 to 200 drums containing unknown amounts of industrial waste, possibly from a plywood manufacturer, were delivered to the property. In 1982 the Washington Department of Ecology, notified of the possible presence of buried drums at the site, conducted an investigation. The Washington Department of Social and Health Services (DSHS) determined, based on the available sampling data from nearby residential wells, there was no immediate public health hazard in the drinking water. However, DSHS was concerned about the potential for future contamination from the high levels of heavy metals and synthetic organic compounds detected in the soil and drum samples. The remedial action selected for this site includes a no further action response and semi-annual ground water monitoring for five years, followed by ten years of annual monitoring pending continued funding by the Washington State Legislature. |
