Commencement Bay Near Shore Tide Flats

Commencement Bay Near Shore Tide Flats is a superfund site located at Adj To Ruston Way And Tideflats Ind. Area, Tacoma, WA 98421. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) identifies sites such as Commencement Bay Near Shore Tide Flats because they pose or had once posed a potential risk to human health and/or the environment due to contamination by one or more hazardous wastes. Commencement Bay Near Shore Tide Flats is currently registered as an Active NPL superfund site by the EPA. Because it is on the NPL (National Priorities List), Commencement Bay Near Shore Tide Flats is considered one of the worst hazardous waste sites identified by the EPA.