On January 14, 2011, I posted an article regarding the City’s notice of intent to construct a 65 foot long and 4 foot high temporary bulkhead at the R.G. Halely site, on the Cornwall Landfill, indicating that it believed that this proposal will likely have no significant environmental impact.
Recently, I learned that the City issued this SEPA notice prior to ensuring that it even had authority to undertake such a project. The City only recently entered into an Agreed Order with DOE to conduct an environmental study of the site (the remedial investigation) and analyze cleanup options (the feasibility study).
The Agreed Order provides in part that, except where necessary to abate an emergency situation, the City of Bellingham shall not perform any remedial actions at the R.G.Haley site not specified in the Agreed Order unless DOE concurs, in writing, with such additional remedial actions. The Department of Ecology has confirmed that it has not concurred in writing with this proposal and will need to discuss this matter in further detail with the City.
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