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Community Frameworks
Private
265368
14502, 14503, 14517, and 14526 E Rockwell Ave SPOKANE, WA 99216
3.2
Spokane County tax lots 45022.5301, 45022.5302, 45022.5401, and 45022.5402
47.696049989991 / -117.209609978464
999
Labaw, Joanne
Labaw.Joanne@epa.gov
206-553-2594


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Property Progress


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CAs Associated with this Property

CA NameCA #StateTypeAnnouncement Year
R10 TBA - Washington (STAG Funded)n/aWATBA2004


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Assessment Activities at this Property

ActivityEPA FundingStart DateCompletion DateCAAccomplishment Counted?Counted When?
Phase II Environmental Assessment$85,567.0009/27/202404/24/2025R10 TBA - Washington (STAG Funded)YFY25


Is Cleanup Necessary? Yes
EPA Assessment Funding: $85,567.00
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Total Funding: $85,567.00


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Climate Adaption and Mitigation - Planning or Assessment

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Contaminants and Media


Arsenic
Other Metals
NOT Cleaned up
NOT Cleaned up
Soil
NOT Cleaned up


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Cleanup Activities

There are no current cleanup activities.


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Total ACRES Cleaned Up: 3.2
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Climate Adaption and Mitigation - Demolition or Cleanup

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Institutional and Engineering Controls

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Redevelopment and Other Leveraged Accomplishments

There are no current redevelopment activities.


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Climate Adaption and Mitigation - Redevelopment

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Additional Property Attributes

The Rockwell Apartments Site, located within the City of Spokane Valley in eastern WA, totals 3.2 acres and is comprised of four parcels: Spokane County tax lots 45022.5301, 45022.5302, 45022.5401, and 45022.5402. The Site has been owned by Community Frameworks since 2009 and consists of five two-story apartment buildings. Historic aerial photographs and topographic maps show the Site was utilized as an orchard from at least 1938 until the late 1950s, and the apartment complex was constructed in the late 1960s.
A 2021 Phase I report prepared by ALLWEST identified the prior use of the site as an orchard as a recognized environmental condition (REC). Lead and arsenic are potential contaminants associated with historic use of lead arsenate pesticides in orchards. ALLWEST collected five soil samples from the grassy area located on the western portion of parcel 45022.5301 at depths ranging from 0.8 to 2.2 feet below ground surface (bgs) in 2021. Arsenic was detected in two soil samples at concentrations of 23 and 27 mg/kg, respectively, that exceeded the Washington Model Toxics Control Act (MTCA) Method A Soil Cleanup Level for Unrestricted Use of 20 mg/kg.
In November 2024, Ecology collected 22 soil samples from 3-inch diameter hand-augured borings throughout the Site at depths ranging from 12 to 18 inches bgs and analyzed the dried samples for lead and arsenic with an XRF detector. Their results identified exceedances of the MTCA Method A cleanup levels for both arsenic and lead, although XRF data is less reliable than lab data or without corresponding benchmarked lab analysis of a subset of samples.
A Targeted Brownfields Assessment (TBA) of the Site was approved in September 2024. A Phase II ESA report was issued in April 2025.
ERG collected 60 subsurface soil composite samples from discrete depth intervals in 20 boring locations in January 2025. Ecology also provided ten samples from the 22 XRF screening soil grab samples collected in November 2024 to undergo laboratory analysis. Arsenic was detected in subsurface soils at concentrations exceeding the MTCA Method A Cleanup Criteria of 20 mg/kg in certain portions of the Site. Average arsenic concentrations for surface soil samples collected from 0?0.5 feet bgs from the northwest and northeast portions of the Site (parcels 45022.5301 and 45022.5302) exceed the MTCA Method A Cleanup Level slightly, at 22.2 mg/kg and 22.9 mg/kg, respectively. One sample collected from 0.5-2 feet bgs on the northwest parcel (45022.5301) exceeded 40 mg/kg. Lead was not detected above MTCA cleanup levels.
An Analysis of Brownfields Cleanup Alternatives (ABCA) was developed in May 2025. To address arsenic contamination in soil at the property, the ABCA recommended the MTCA Model Remedy 1, which includes site-wide surface soil removal, targeted near-surface soil removal, and the development of an exposure mitigation and soil management plan. Alternatively, the ABCA suggests Model Remedy 3, which includes targeted surface soil removal, capping the remaining soil in place, and the development of an exposure mitigation and soil management plan.
In 2009, EnviroScience prepared a Phase I ESA of the Site for Community Frameworks and Spokane County. The assessment revealed no evidence of recognized environmental conditions (RECs), on the subject property (EnviroScience, 2009). However, a 2021 Phase I prepared by ALLWEST identified photographic evidence of a possible apple orchard present on the property from sometime before 1938 until sometime between the years 1953 and 1962. The Washington State Department of Ecology (Ecology) has identified the presence of lead and arsenic in orchard soils arising from the historic use of lead arsenate pesticides. Lead arsenate pesticides were widely used from the late 1800s to just before 1950 in central and eastern WA. ALLWEST performed a LESE and collected five soil samples from the grassy area located on the western portion of parcel 45022.5301 at depths rang
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