BN Whitefish Facility
Link to Supporting Documents & Reports
Background
Burlington Northern (BN) Facility - Whitefish, State Superfund facility, near Railway Street and Spokane Avenue, is an active, approximately 90-acre locomotive fueling and repair facility, which has operated since the 1890s. The facility had three separate fueling areas: a freight fueling area west of the highway overpass and two Amtrak fueling areas east of the overpass on either side of the Amtrak depot, known as the east and west passenger fueling areas. Three wastewater lagoons are located in the freight fueling area. Spills and leaks at the fueling facilities and oily discharges to the wastewater lagoons caused soil and shallow groundwater contamination with petroleum products (primarily diesel), polynuclear aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs), polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), volatile organic compounds (VOCs), and heavy metals.
The unfenced facility is located on the north edge of downtown Whitefish. Commercial and residential areas abut the facility's southeastern boundary and the Whitefish River forms its southwest boundary. Neither the river nor the shallow groundwater is used for drinking water. The river is used for irrigation and recreation. The City of Whitefish receives water from reservoirs located in the mountain drainages above the city.
Documents relating to this project will be available for download and/or viewing on this page as they are finalized. Documents that are available in the Information Repository for the facility at the Whitefish Library, 9 Spokane Ave., Whitefish, MT 59937, are indicated on the File Guide available for download below.
| Download Name | Link |
|---|---|
 Remedial Investigation Report Final |
 64,265 KB |
| 2011 Supplemental Work Plan Revision No. 1 |
5,327 KB |
| Groundwater Sampling Results through September 2009 | |
| BN Whitefish Facility Fact Sheet | |
| BN Whitefish Facility Map - 2009 | |
| BN Whitefish Facility Site Summary | |
| Letter from DEQ Director to City of Whitefish Councilman John M. Muhlfeld | |
| Facility Groundwater Well Map | |
| BN's response to DEQ's request for information regarding offers to purchase property in and near the facility | |
| DEQ's Request for information regarding BN's offers to purchase property in and near the facility | |
| BN Whitefish Facility File Guide |
