Site Contamination

Some UW attributes have soil and / or groundwater contamination from past or present activity. These activities include the use of industrial operations, dry cleaning, leaky heating tanks, hydraulic lifts, underground storage tanks, fuel storage or distribution areas, erroneous storage and use of hazardous materials, and the use of lead-based paints I will.

EH & S oversees environmental assessment, issues reports, and complies with environmental improvement. We can keep records of all contaminated places and can help to identify known or suspected contaminated places

The contaminated places of the Montrec landfill and the University of Wisconsin Tacoma are worth mentioning

The Montrec landfill is located in the northeast of Seattle's campus. It includes the natural areas of Union Bay, coastline, wetlands and riverside corridors. The site (formerly known as Ravenna landfill) was operated by Seattle City as a municipal landfill site from 1926 to 1966 and was closed in 1971.

EH & S reviews all projects in Montreux landfill to ensure that workers know about methane gas, soil and groundwater contamination, landfill closure. To ensure proper use and protection of the site, Executive Vice President of the University of Wisconsin established the Montreal Landfill Surveillance Commission in 1999. The Montrec Committee has created an environmental guidance document covering all the operation and maintenance practices of the Montrec landfill. Please refer to the 2015 Montreux landfill project guide.

The Montrec committee also made more detailed guidance on the methane gas problem. For more information, please refer to the Montelake Landfill Methane Action Plan.

UW Tacoma occupies the former industrial area of ​​Tacoma's historic warehouse district. Soil and groundwater pollution during campus development is serious

Identified soil and groundwater contain volatile organic compounds, metals, petroleum hydrocarbons depending on the location.

The University of Wisconsin has concluded an agreement with the Washington State Ecology Department for the evaluation and purification of pollution. According to the contract, the University of Wisconsin is considered a potential responsible party in charge of investigation and relief. The university conducts further environmental assessment on the Tacoma campus's total footprint in Washington State

As a remedy best suited to past institutional practices and established institutional policies of PCB, mercury and dioxin-contaminated sites, cleanup of suggested sites of contaminated sediment within the boundaries of the site Strategy to tackle. A comprehensive strategy to eliminate major threats from waste and to include dispersed pollutants best conforms to past practices in similar places, including past national emergency response plans and similar pollutants It is a remedy measure. On March 26, 2010, on behalf of the US Department of the Interior, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Louisiana State Environmental Quality Bureau, Luigi Ana State Department of Wildlife Fisheries, US Fish and Wildlife Service. Evaluation and recovery of the final damage BOUOU VERDINE, CALCASIEU PARISH, Louisiana's plan and environmental assessment

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