Whatcom County MRC Projects - Marine Restoration and Protection

Marine Creosote Log Remediation Project

Marine Creosote Log Remediation Project
Project Partner with the City of Bellingham

Lummi Bay

The Lummi Bay area consists of the shoreline between the Phillips Conoco/Tosco Refinery pier and the west side of the Lummi Reservation Peninsula.

The Sandy Point area had a considerable amount of rogue creosote-treated wood at the time of the inventory that was completed from March through May of 2002. There was roughly 357 cubic feet from the marina north to the Gregorian Road beach access, and 429 cubic feet from the marina to the northeast border of the Sandy Point Community. The materials consisted of timbers, pilings, and piling stubs, most of which appeared to be dock structures. No removals were done in the Lummi Bay area.

A large portion of the rogue creosote-treated materials were gathered around the entrance to the marina.

Inventory was not completed on the Lummi Reservation.