This 10.43-acre property has been used since 1987 for dismantling military and commercial ships and storing dismantled steel structures, salvageable ship materials, and abandoned heavy equipment.
Public utilities are available on the property.
The property has a long history of being used for shipbuilding, ship maintenance, and ship dismantling activities. In addition, asbestos containing materials, furnace slag, sandblasting grit, various storage tanks, drums, and containers, abandoned heavy equipment and vehicles, appliances, storage trailers, and wood and metal debris occupy portions of the property. Sampling of the soil, groundwater, sediment, and debris piles at the property indicated the presence of polynuclear aromatic hydrocarbons, asbestos, petroleum hydrocarbons, and metals. After reviewing the application and supplemental information that was requested from MPA, the Department accepted the site into the VCP in February 1999. If MPA acquires the property, it plans to raise the grade of the site until its elevation is equal to that of the adjoining properties.