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Site Report: Holy Cross Oil Co.

Site Name: Holy Cross Oil Co.
Address: 1400 Airport Road, Holy Cross, AK 99602
File Number: 2417.38.002
Hazard ID: 1315
Status: Active
Staff: Stacee Henderson, 9072628202 stacee.henderson@alaska.gov
Latitude: 62.195776
Longitude: -159.769198
Horizontal Datum:NAD83

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Problems/Comments

Alaska State Troopers reported 18,833 gallons of unleaded gasoline leaked from a buried fuel line at Holy Cross reported on 1/10/1991. Approximately 4,004 gallons of this gasoline has been reportedly cleaned up. The site is located on the west bank of Ghost Creek Slough off the Yukon River. Flooding and surface water is a high risk for contaminant migration. No groundwater or soil samples were taken. Extent of contamination remains unknown. Based on discussions with the fuel Co. rep., it was the district's opinion that appropriate cleanup actions were taken. This consisted, in part, of placement of a boom down gradient to capture any migrating gasoline to 55-gallon drums and disposal of contaminated snow to lined containment areas. Coast Guard inspected the spill site and agreed with the assessment of District staff.

Action Information

Action Date Action Description DEC Staff
1/11/1991 Site Added to Database Petroleum contaminant. Former Staff
8/9/1991 Site Number Identifier Changed Old# 91220101101 New# 91250101101 Western district now. Former Staff
1/3/1995 Update or Other Action New information indicates that loss was never recovered. Cited responsible party on 12/28/94 and requested additional information from responsible party that indicated contractor was hired but didn't show up. Consequently, no recovery was ever made. Ray Dronenburg
11/5/1996 Site Ranked Using the AHRM Site ranked by Shannon and Wilson personnel. S&W
11/16/2004 Update or Other Action Quick review indicates that owners of the facility are (were?) Deloycheet, Inc. (Village Corporation) with the operator and president of Holy Cross Oil Company being Frank Turner. (source: DEC interoffice memo January 29, 1991). File to be transferred today from Anchorage to Fairbanks. David Pikul
11/16/2004 Update or Other Action File transferred to the Fairbanks office. Sarah Cunningham
11/22/2004 Update or Other Action File received reviewed, and summarized, included area map of spil site (hard copy). 4000 gals was retrieved in the week following the spill. Appears that clean up was abandoned. Probable scenario - gasoline ladden snow and ice washed from the slough into the Tanana during spring break up. Site characterization needs to be done to evaluated the presence of any remaining contammination. Kim DeRuyter
1/6/2005 GIS Position Updated TopoZone Pro Kim DeRuyter
1/6/2005 Update or Other Action Correspondence with Jeff Dementiff, Holy Cross Oil Co. Manager at the time of the spill Jeff said an environmental firm did a site characterization the summer following the spill. ADEC does not have the results of this work on file. Jeff could not remember the name of the environmental firm that did the work. Kim DeRuyter
1/6/2006 Update or Other Action Received call from consultant. Holy Cross Oil is trying to track down any information they can regarding the 1991 spill response and site cleanup. Sent file information. Discussed this site with the Brownfield Coordinator, he felt the site would be a good candidate for an EPA Targeted Brownfield Assessment Grant. Gathered information and sent the information and EPA Application to the consultant. Kim DeRuyter
1/31/2006 Update or Other Action Received fax and phone calls from Larry Lau of Holy Cross Oil Co. Still looking for any information about the January 1991 spill. Made calls to the Emergency Response offices in Anchorage and Wasilla. Bob Carlson (PERP) lived across the river from Holy Cross in 1991-92. He remembers a big flood during breakup of that year which flooded the Shagaluk airport for over a week. He was very familiar with the area and felt certain that the slough where the spilled product pooled was likely flooded during breakup. Kim DeRuyter
4/16/2008 Exposure Tracking Model Ranking Initial ranking with ETM completed. Grant Lidren
6/16/2010 Potentially Responsible Party/State Interest Letter Sent information request letter to Holy Cross Oil President, Jeff Demientieff and the Deloycheet Inc. President, Rudy Walker. See addresses in the affiliates tab. Also sent a copy of the ADEC Cleanup Fact Sheet and the January 5, 2005 Potentially Responsible Party Notification from ADEC to Frank Turner the President of Holy Cross Oil at that time. Pam Clemens
2/10/2011 Update or Other Action Submitted most recent correspondence to the new Anchorage address. Updated Affiliates tab. Asked for response by 2-18-11. Pam Clemens
12/2/2013 Update or Other Action Spoke with the General Manager of Deloycheet, Inc, the RP, on this day. Informed the RP of their responsibility to address contamination at this site. Updated database to reflect new RP contact information Joshua Barsis
12/9/2013 Potentially Responsible Party/State Interest Letter Sent PRP letter on this date referencing our conversation on December 2nd, 2013. Joshua Barsis
7/30/2014 Update or Other Action CSP sent letter on this day requesting a site characterization work plan to delineate the vertical and horizontal extent of contamination. A letter was received on September 8, 2014 indicating that the RP will discuss site options with shareholders/members at the next board meeting. Joshua Barsis
10/8/2015 Update or Other Action Follow up letter sent on this day. Requested work plan by January 1, 2016. Joshua Barsis
9/15/2016 Update or Other Action Sent workplan request letter to Deloycheet Inc. I have extended their due date to 12/1/2016. They are currently working with Shannon and Wilson in Anchorage to create a work plan. The goal is for work in summer 2017. Erin Gleason
1/3/2017 Update or Other Action Overdue work plan letter sent to Deloycheet Inc. Erin Gleason
1/18/2017 Document, Report, or Work plan Review - other Received characterization work plan 1/18/2017. Erin Gleason
1/31/2017 Meeting or Teleconference Held Phone conference with ADEC and Shannon and Wilson to discuss work plan revisions. S&W will submit revisions to work plan via email by 2/3/2017. Erin Gleason
2/2/2017 Site Characterization Workplan Approved Received revisions from S&W via email. Work plan is now approved for summer 2017 field work. Erin Gleason
1/23/2018 Document, Report, or Work plan Review - other ADEC sent letter to Charles Akers requesting information about suspected additional releases at the site and chromatograms from the 12/6/2017 report. Erin Gleason
1/24/2018 Update or Other Action According to the 2017 Shannon and Wilson Characterization report, all five AST on site are empty. Erin Gleason
1/24/2018 Site Characterization Report Approved ADEC received the characterization report from Shannon and Wilson on 12/6/2017. The report is now approved. Erin Gleason
1/24/2018 Exposure Tracking Model Ranking A new updated ranking with ETM has been completed for source area 72293 broken UST pipe historic spill. Erin Gleason
1/25/2018 Update or Other Action Sent work plan request letter to Deloycheet Inc. Due date 4/15/2018. Erin Gleason
4/17/2018 Update or Other Action Holy Cross Oil company has requested an extension for their work plan. Work plan is now due 5/25/2018. Erin Gleason
7/23/2018 Update or Other Action ADEC sent email to Marie Katcheak, Kathy Chase, and Beverly Turner at the Deloycheet board asking when they would submit their work plan. Erin Gleason
5/17/2021 Document, Report, or Work plan Review - other Work plan for additional site characterization received on 4/22/21. ADEC has reviewed the work plan and request revisions letter sent on 5/17/21 requesting revisions. Erin Gleason
5/18/2021 Meeting or Teleconference Held Meeting with S&W and ADEC on 5/18 to discuss revisions requested. Erin Gleason
5/26/2021 Site Characterization Workplan Approved Received revised work plan 5/19. ADEC has reviewed the work plan and it is now approved. Letter sent on this data. The work plan is designed to determine if contamination is still present. It does not intend to delineate extent of contamination. Erin Gleason
4/1/2022 Site Characterization Report Approved Characterization report received on 2/24/2022. ADEC has reviewed the characterization report and it is now approved. Letter sent on this date. In August 2021, Shannon & Wilson advanced six test pits, installed one temporary groundwater monitoring well, and collected field screening and soil and groundwater samples for laboratory analysis. According to soil analytical results, gasoline range organics (GRO), benzene, toluene, ethylbenzene, xylenes, 1,2,4-trimethylbenzene, 1,2-dibromoethane, 1,3,5-trimethylbenzene, chloroform, and/or naphthalene were present above ADEC Method Two cleanup levels. Soil sample TP4-S5 contained 15,500 mg/kg of diesel range organics (DRO), which exceeds the ADEC Maximum Allowable Concentrations. Samples containing detectable concentrations of contaminants ranged from 2 to 14 feet below grade surface (bgs). Groundwater was encountered at approximately 1.86 feet bgs. The groundwater sample contained concentrations of benzene up to 178 µg/L, ethylbenzene up to 22.3 µg/L, and 1,2,4-trimethylbenzene up to 62.7 µg/L, all in exceedance of ADEC groundwater cleanup levels. Additionally, miscellaneous household items, wire, and automotive parts were discovered in one of the test pits at approximately 2 to 3 feet bgs. The horizontal and vertical extent of contamination has not yet been determined, nor have the potential impacts to the sediment and surface water of the Ghost Bank River Slough. Naomi Mason
4/11/2022 Meeting or Teleconference Held Teleconference held on this date with Holy Cross Oil Company/Deloycheet and Shannon & Wilson to discuss the recent characterization and future plans for the site. Holy Cross Oil Co./Deloycheet informed ADEC that the five aboveground storage tanks were removed from the site around 2019 and transported to the landfill. Alaska Village Electric Cooperative constructed a new tank farm directly west of the old tank farm that the community of Holy Cross now uses. Shannon & Wilson and Holy Cross Oil Co. and Deloycheet will discuss the scope and submit a work plan for Summer 2022. Naomi Mason
9/7/2023 Update or Other Action ADEC received the Work Plan for Additional Site Characterization Activities on 9/1/2023. ADEC reviewed the work plan and provided comments on this date. Naomi Mason
3/5/2024 Site Characterization Workplan Approved The “Revised Work Plan for Additional Site Characterization Activities” dated Feb. 6, 2024, has been reviewed and approved on this date. The work plan is designed to determine if contamination is still present. It does not intend to delineate extent of contamination. Stacee Henderson

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