Former Pope & Talbot Brownfield Cleanup

Pope & Talbot operated a wood treatment site in St. Helens from 1912 to 1960. The Port purchased the property in 1963 and has been working with the Oregon Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) to assess site contamination and determine a cleanup plan. In 2023, the DEQ issued a Record of Decision approving the recommended cleanup actions to address both upland and in-water creosote contamination.

The Port has applied for a 2025 Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Brownfield Cleanup Grant to help fund the cleanup of the first priority action area. 

For more information, please visit the DEQ's Scappoose Bay Cleanup Work and the DEQ's Environmental Cleanup Site Information database page​.