Golden dale Regional Information

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Goldendale is a rural agricultural city and county seat of Klickitat County, Washington, United States, near the Columbia River Gorge. The population within city limits was 3,760 at the 2000 census and 3,407, a 9.4% decrease at the 2010. It is the largest town. - 120 miles to the next larger town, Vancouver, WA/Portland Oregon area.
Goldendale plant site is 18.6 miles from Gpldendale, The Plant employed the majority of the town until 14 years ago. There is a large Turnbin/windfarm on the hill range between the Town and the plant.
Goldendale aluminum facility had 3 shifts of employment at its peak in the '70s and '80s was employing about 1,400–1,800 people and about 800 in the years from 1990 to 2003. Both plants were occupied by Unions.
  • The facility had been awarded a large allotment of low cost power from the hydro electric dam system that was nearby, with the assumption this would encourage industrial development and create jobs and resulting economic development. 
  • In 2003, the aluminum smelter closed operations. Reasons cited were high electricity costs and low world prices for aluminum. Many of the workers moved while others remained while they went back to school and retrained for other occupations. The closing of the aluminum plant caused serious economic stress in the area.

At this time Rabanco Regional Disposal is the largest single employer of residents in the Goldendale area.
GoldenDale PLant was an Allum reduction Plant owned by Lockheed Martin until 1985. It has 4 water rention ponds that are part of an EPA Mandaded clean up. Lockeed Martin is still responsible for the clean up and haul away of all contaminated sediment and soil stated in 2010. Coordination with the Yakima tribe is required.
Here is the Agreed Order No. 10483 .

 Under a National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) wastewater permit, the site currently discharges stormwater and a small amount of sanitary wastewater to the Columbia River. Demolition contractors use best management practices to minimize pollutants in the stormwater. Sanitary wastewater is treated using a small actived sludge system prior to combining with stormwater. For more information, read the NPDES permit, fact sheet, and permit modification fact sheet.
Site Summary Report 

Facility Site ID: # 95415874

Cleanup Site ID: 11797 

Location: 
Goldendale, Klickitat County 

Status: Cleanup Started   Get definitions of Status terminology

Contacts:
Guy Barrett
Site Manager
(360) 407-6999

Angela Fritz
Public Involvement Coordinator
(360) 407-7393

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