| Action Date |
Action |
Description |
DEC Staff |
| 1/22/1992 |
Site Added to Database |
Diesel fuel, kerosene, volatile organics and probable PCB contamination. |
Former Staff |
| 9/8/1992 |
Update or Other Action |
(Old R:Base Action Code = RPL2 - Site Information Request Letter). ADEC sent PRP-CS Database Notification letter to RP requesting update and more environmental information concerning contaminated site. Jim Levine\COE called 10-5-92 and responded by returning updated DECRPTs. |
Jeff Peterson |
| 3/16/1993 |
Meeting or Teleconference Held |
Pre-construction conference at Corps of Engineers Fairbanks Resident Engineer Office. |
Bob Couch |
| 10/25/1993 |
Update or Other Action |
Scope of work received. |
Bob Couch |
| 1/24/1994 |
Site Ranked Using the AHRM |
Initial ranking. |
Former Staff |
| 3/1/1994 |
Update or Other Action |
(Old R:Base Action Code = RAPR - Remedial Action Plan Review (CS)). Work Plan and Quality Control Plan were submitted 3/1/94, and on 3/7/94 learned that the Corps had returned both plans to the Contractor for revision. |
Bob Couch |
| 4/1/1994 |
Update or Other Action |
(Old R:Base Action Code = RAPR - Remedial Action Plan Review (CS)). Received Contractor's revised Work Plan and Quality Control Plan. |
Bob Couch |
| 12/14/1994 |
Update or Other Action |
(Old R:Base Action Code = RAPR - Remedial Action Plan Review (CS)). Received Cape Prince of Wales Site Remedial Action Workplan. |
Bob Couch |
| 5/11/1995 |
Update or Other Action |
(Old R:Base Action Code = RD - Remedial Design). Final Remedial Action Report and supporting documentation received. |
Tamar Stephens |
| 9/11/1995 |
Meeting or Teleconference Held |
Attended a public meeting in Nome at which USACE presented information on work performed at this site and other Nome area sites. |
Clint Adler |
| 1/18/1996 |
Meeting or Teleconference Held |
ADEC staff, Tamar Stephens and Clint Adler, met with USACE representatives, James Baker, Robert Haviland, Gus Olson, John Jacobson, Curtis King, Ron Pflum, and IT representative Keith Walker, for update on status of Nome sites. Soil with questionable PCB results was excavated and removed during 1995 construction season. |
Tamar Stephens |
| 3/11/1996 |
Update or Other Action |
(Old R:Base Action Code = RA - Remedial Action). Received "Draft Remedial Action Report", Addendum 1, 1995 Work Season. |
Tamar Stephens |
| 3/18/1996 |
Cleanup Plan Approved |
(Old R:Base Action Code = RARR - Remedial Action Report Review (CS)). Completed review of Draft Remedial Action Report Addendum 1 - 1995 Work Season. Report is satisfactory; no additional information requested by ADEC. Upon receipt of finalized addendum, this site should be evaluated for probable closure. |
Tamar Stephens |
| 8/26/1996 |
Meeting or Teleconference Held |
ADEC staff Stephens and Himmelbauer met with James Baker of COE to scope out closure procedures and risk assessment needs for Nome area FUDS project sites. |
Tamar Stephens |
| 11/22/1999 |
Update or Other Action |
Current status: Have received and commented on draft closeout report. Briefed section manager. Site can be closed as meeting Method 2 cleanup levels. Corp of Engineers needs to finalize Closeout report and hold public review period. ADEC needs to prepare a short fact sheet that shows basis for ADEC decision to close site. Need to also record location of landfill and buried drums in property records. |
Tamar Stephens |
| 9/20/2001 |
Proposed Plan |
ADEC has determined that this site meets the requirements for closure under Method 2. ADEC and the Corps of Engineers are jointly public noticing this site for proposed closure and will accept comments from September 20 - October 22, 2001. Site Closeout Report prepared by the Corps of Engineers, accompanied by a Public Notice Fact Sheet prepared by DEC, comprise the equivalent of a proposed plan. |
Tamar Stephens |
| 2/20/2002 |
Record of Decision |
ADEC Section Manager, Jennifer Roberts, and Corps of Engineers Commander, Colonel Steven Perrenot, jointly signed a record of decision to close this site. Signing ceremony was held at 3:00 PM, February 20, 2002, at Elmendorf Air Force Base. |
Tamar Stephens |
| 2/20/2002 |
Site Closure Approved |
Closure of this site was approved when ADEC signed the record of decision on February 20, 2002. This site was closed under Method 2, Arctic Zone. The pathways of exposure were soil inhalation and soil ingestion. Cleanup consisted of removal of about 35,000 drums, 26 of which contained product, and removal of 146 tons of unsafe debris, including Quonset huts, a radio tower, vehicles, storage tanks, compressed gas cylinders and eight transformers. One drum pile was buried in the sand at an old landfill area adjacent to the north side of the cemetery; five layers of drums were removed, and two layers left in place, because they were filled with silt, frozen into the permafrost, and no contamination was found. A permitted landfill was constructed for disposal of drums and debris - ADEC Solid Waste Permit #9332-BA004. All debris except transformers went into landfill; transformers were shipped off-site for disposal. Contaminants of concern at this site were diesel range organics and PCBs. Diesel range organics were found at levels below Method 2 cleanup levels; the maximum concentration was 970 mg/kg, which is below Method 2 cleanup level of 12,500 mg/kg. PCB-contaminated soil (1.8 cubic yards) was excavated and shipped off-site for disposal; maximum concentration remaining on site was 0.13 mg/kg. Surface water in Village Creek was sampled and no contamination was found. |
Tamar Stephens |
| 12/26/2002 |
Update or Other Action |
ADEC received a trip report documenting a site visit by START on 20 June 2002. Report forwarded to Stephens in Fairbanks for inclusion in file. |
Debra Caillouet |
