Editing Puget Sound Naval Shipyard (section)

==Environmental issues==
Gorst Creek Ravine near [[Port Orchard, Washington]] was a hazardous waste dump for the Navy's shipyard waste between 1969 and 1970, when the site was not permitted by local authorities to take waste.<ref name="col">{{cite news|title=EPA to Navy: Fix issues at former dump |url=http://www.columbian.com/news/2014/oct/16/epa-to-navy-fix-issues-at-former-dump/ |access-date=19 November 2014 |work=Columbian (WA) |publisher=Associated Press |date=16 October 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141201094013/http://www.columbian.com/news/2014/oct/16/epa-to-navy-fix-issues-at-former-dump/ |archive-date=1 December 2014 }}</ref> After several collapses since 1997 the landfill could blow out [[Washington State Route 3|Highway 3]]. The landfill is an "ongoing source of pesticides, [[polychlorinated biphenyls]] and metals flowing downstream with the potential to affect groundwater wells, sport fisheries and the [[Suquamish Tribe]]'s fish hatchery.<ref name=col/> In October 2014, the US EPA ordered the Navy to fix the problems.<ref>{{Cite web|title = EPA wants Navy to help fix former dump|url = http://www.kitsapsun.com/news/local-news/epa-wants-navy-to-help-fix-former-dump_56449893|access-date = 2015-09-10|first = Christopher|last = Dunagan}}</ref>
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