3-27-2019
ANACORTES, Wash. — The public is encouraged to give feedback on a plan to clean up a former plywood mill in Fidalgo Bay.
The Washington State Department of Ecology is preparing for the final phase of the cleanup project at the former site of the Custom Plywood mill.
According to the Skagit Valley Herald, the operation left behind wood waste, chemical contamination and 1,000 pilings coated in creosote after it shut down in 1992.
Hun Seak Park, site manager with Ecology, expects the final clean-up phase will begin in 2020.
The agency plans to dredge and dispose of about half an acre of sediment, which could disrupt aquatic life.
Find more information on commenting on the plan here.