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Thursday, Sept. 14, 2017 - She~ton-Mason County Journal - Page A-3
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Rayonier Corp. pumped toxins from its Oakland Bay mill to Goose Lake
from 1931 to 1934. Those toxins overflowed the lake, sending the pollutants
into a nearby ravine. For the next nine years, the company pumped its waste
into settling ponds at the site: A proposed plan calls for removing 165 tons
of contaminated soil from a ravine that flows into the lake.
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By GORDON WEEKS
gordon@masoncounty com
toxins overflowed the lake, sending the
pollutants into a nearby ravine. For the
next nine years, the company pumped
its waste into settling ponds at the site.
In 1943, Rayonier shut down the
mill during World War II and stopped
disposing liquid waste at Goose Lake.
But Rayonier also has a landfill
on the Goose Lake property, which
The developers of Shelton Hills was used to deposit solid waste from
northwest of downtown Shelton pro- ~the:mills and toxins from its research
pose to remove an estimated 165 tons
of contaminated soil in a ravine that
flows into Goose Lake, and dispose of it
in an approved landfill.
Everyone is invited to share their
opinion of that plan, called an agreed
order, at an open house and public
hearing hosted by the state Depart-
ment of Ecology (DOE) at Sept. 21 at
the Mason County PUD 3 building on
Johns Prairie Road. The open house be-
gins at 6:30 p.m., and the public hear-
ing and presentation begin at 7 p.m.
If you can't attend the meeting, you
can still send your comments until Oct.
2 to Connie Groven, cleanup project
manager, WA Department of Ecology,
P.O. Box 47775, Olympia, WA 98504-
7775; call Groven at 360-407-6254; or
email connie.groven@ecy.wa.gov.
The DOE has drained a legal agree-
ment with Shelton Hills Investors --
part of Hall Equities -- committing
them to clean up a small area in a
ravine southwest of Goose Lake. Ac-
cording to DOE, soil tests show a small
amount of contamination from dioxins
and polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs)
in the drainage ravine that drains wa-
ter from the area into Goldsborough
Creek.
The interim plan includes removing
contaminated soil in the drainage ra-
vine, disposing of the excavated soil off-
site, testing to make sure the remain-
ing soil is clean, filling the area with
clean soil and restoring native vegeta-
tion.
The lake, which is just north of the
proposed Shelton Hills development,
has a toxic history.
Rayonier Advanced Materials
opened its mill on the Shelton shore- for paying for a new substation.
line in,:192~ ~e company cookedw60d~"We're looking to see if they want
chips Sb relea~ the fibersi: and':the by-::: to move forward on some of these op-
products wefe~eieased into the harbor • tions," Myer said.
for a couple years ~til :Worries ar~e Steve Goins, vice president of for-
about contaminating shellfish, ward planning for Hall Equities Group,
Rayonier then pumped the toxins to did not return phone calls and emails
Goose Lake from 1931 to 1934. Those from the Journal.
mills. The waste included wood debris,
pulp by-l~roducts, building materials,
ash from the incinerator and demoli-
tion debris when the mill closed. The
landfill received solid waste from 1936
to 1974.
Rayonier Corp. and the state Depart-
ment of Ecology in August 2014 agreed
on a schedule to finalize cleanup plans
for Goose Lake. Rayonier owns the lake
and landfill area and is exploring op-
tions for future site use, according to
the DOE.
Shelton Hills developers are still in
discussion with PUD 3 about supplying
power to the Shelton Hills development,
and the state Department of Trans-
portation about making changes to the
Wallace Kneeland overpass on U.S.
Highway 101 that would provide one of
the entrances into the development.
The proposed 604-acre Shelton
Hills development calls for a 50-acre
business park, 68 acres of commercial
property, as many as 1,600 primarily
single-family dwellings, a new school
and 10 parks. ~, ~
Mason PUD 3 has been meeting
with Shelton Hills Investors rep~esen-:~
tatives to talk about energy nee~sincd~:~:
late last year, said Joel Myer, tl~e pt~
lic information and government re~-
tions manager for PUD 3. Their most
recent meeting was in April, when they
talked about possible sites for a new
substation, he said.
PUD 3 has offered to bore under
U.S. Highway 101 to transmit enough ~i
electricity to cover the first phase of
development, without the initial need
for the substation, Myer said. Shelton
Hills Investors has balked at the idea
MGH Oakland Bay Pediatrics
and Shelton School District present a
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Saturday, October 7, 2017
from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Oakland Bay
Pediatrics, 247 Professional Way
in Shelton.
Pre-registration is required between
Thursday, Sept. 12 thru Friday, Sept. 22
by calling Oakland Bay Pediatrics at
(360) 426-3102. Free translation
services will be provided.
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