This paper describes a unique approach to integrate environmental cleanup and redevelopment that the Port of Everett (Port) pursued to expedite the revitalization of a waterfront brownfield site into productive maritime industrial use within three years of acquiring the property. The former Kimberly-Clark pulp and paper mill was closed in 2012, after which Kimberly-Clark entered into an agreed order with the Washington State Department of Ecology to clean up the site. The Port purchased the site in 2019 to redevelop it as a new 35-acre (14.2 hectare) maritime cargo handling yard to support their adjacent marine terminals, with the terminal pavement doubling as a site wide environmental cap under an amended agreed order. This integrated redevelopment and cleanup accelerated the permitting/regulatory approvals, as major portions of the redevelopment were considered elements of the state-regulated cleanup and therefore did not require formal permit approval by state and local jurisdictions.


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    Title :

    Fast-Track Integrated Environmental Cleanup and Maritime Terminal Redevelopment of Former Mill Site


    Contributors:
    Watson, N. (author) / Gerking, E. (author) / Frazer, D. (author)

    Conference:

    16th Triennial International Conference ; 2022 ; Honolulu, Hawaii


    Published in:

    Ports 2022 ; 130-141


    Publication date :

    2022-09-15




    Type of media :

    Conference paper


    Type of material :

    Electronic Resource


    Language :

    English