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Resident urges PFAS testing at former Allwood Recycling site near Evans Creek project
Summary
Dr. David Morton told the Redmond City Council the city should budget soil and groundwater testing for PFAS at 85041 92nd Avenue NE — a 4.7-acre parcel with a history of a large 2013 fire — arguing the site has never been tested and could affect nearby aquifer and water wells.
Dr. David Morton urged the Redmond City Council to include funding for soil and groundwater PFAS testing at 85041 92nd Avenue Northeast, a 4.7-acre parcel he said was previously Allwood Recycling and later DTG Recycle and is now owned by United Ventures Inc. "I'm asking council to budget for soil and groundwater PFAS testing at this specific parcel," Morton said, citing a three-day fire in August 2013 that required six fire jurisdictions to extinguish and the property's location within a critical aquifer recharge area.
Morton told the council the Department of Ecology currently tracks the property as an active Model Toxics Control Act cleanup site with a dozen confirmed or suspected contaminant categories (metals, solvents and petroleum among them) but that PFAS has not been tested there "not because it's been ruled out, but because the site has never been tested for PFAS." He urged the city to fund testing before the nearby Evans Creek relocation project proceeds so the testing could close a documented gap rather than occur after construction began. No formal council action or staff commitment to fund the testing was recorded during the meeting.
