Environmental Cleanup

Benefits

The Port of Bellingham owns many properties that have been degraded by historic industrial activities and abandoned by those directly responsible for the contamination. Bringing these environmentally compromised properties back into functioning and productive use is a priority for the port because restoration:

• Protects the environment
• Reduces blight
• Takes development pressure off open land

You can learn more about the status of the Port's efforts to clean-up sites in Bellingham Bay including the Central Waterfront, Cornwall Avenue Landfill, Georgia-Pacific West, Harris Avenue Shipyard, I&J Waterway, Weldcraft Steel and Marine, and the Whatcom Waterway on the Department of Ecology's Bellingham Bay Cleanup Sites webpage.

Compliance

Environmental investigations and cleanup actions are typically performed under legal agreements with the Washington State Department of Ecology to ensure regulatory compliance and access to state grant funding.

Cleanup Sites

• Map of Bellingham Bay Cleanup Sites
• Map of Whatcom County Cleanup Sites
  
• Cornwall Avenue Landfill
  
  • Cornwall Avenue Landfill Interim Action MDNS
  • Cornwall Avenue Landfill Interim Action SEPA Checklist
• GP West
  
  • GP West Interim Action MDNS
  • GP West Interim Action SEPA Checklist
• Whatcom Waterway
•  Marine Trades Area 
• Central Waterfront
  
  • Central Waterfront Interim Action MDNS
  • Central Waterfront Interim Action SEPA Checklist
• Harris Avenue Shipyard
• RG Haley
• I&J Waterway
• Mount Baker Plywood
• Northwest Fuel / Inactive Tank Farm
• Yorkston Oil
• Weldcraft Boatyard
• Marine Services Northwest