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Site Report: Main Bay Hatchery

Site Name: Main Bay Hatchery
Address: PO Box 769, Whittier, AK 99693
File Number: 2114.26.004
Hazard ID: 25085
Status: Cleanup Complete
Staff: No Longer Assigned, 9074655229 dec.icunit@alaska.gov
Latitude: 60.774930
Longitude: -148.685557
Horizontal Datum:NAD83

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Problems/Comments

A 10,000 gallon diesel UST was removed from a salmon hatchery located at Main Bay, Prince William Sound, Alaska in 1999. The assessment report identified an area of contaminted soil remaining in situ that exceeded ADEC sleanup levels. Approximately 65 cubic yards of contaminated soil was placed in a stockpile. No characterization of the groundwater has been done.

Action Information

Action Date Action Description DEC Staff
7/17/1999 Leaking Underground Storage Tank Release Confirmed - Petroleum LUST Site created in CSP for source area ID 77697 (Added by System) Former Staff
7/17/1999 Leaking Underground Storage Tank Cleanup Initiated - Petroleum Soil cleanup initiated during removal of 10,000 gallon diesel UST. Donald Seagren
7/17/1999 Site Added to Database Former Staff
9/22/1999 Underground Storage Tank Site Characterization or Assessment UST Closure Assessment report received. 10,000 gallon UST removed. GW was encountered at 6 feet bgs during excavation. The product and remote fill lines were not removed due to conflicts with buried utilities. 65 cubic yards of potentially contaminated soil was stockpiled on site. Donald Seagren
10/4/1999 Underground Storage Tank Site Characterization or Assessment Samples from excavation identifys one area of contamination remaining. Soil was not removed due to concerns for the integrity of a retaining wall that protects the main drive into the camp. DRO present up to 370 mg/kg, One sample collected from stockpiled soils shows DRO at 340 ppm. BTEX and PAH's were analyzed for all samples but were not detected above cleanup levels. Groundwater was not analyzed for petroleum impacts. Donald Seagren
8/26/2003 Update or Other Action Notice of Release/Cost Recovery Notification letter sent Donald Seagren
8/27/2003 Document, Report, or Work plan Review - other UST Closure Assessment report review comments sent to ADF&G. Donald Seagren
8/27/2003 Document, Report, or Work plan Review - other Seagren reviewed report and isued an NFA at the excavation site. Sampling to provide the current status of the stockpiled soils was requested. Shannon Oelkers
9/22/2004 Update or Other Action File number assigned and entered into the Fileroom DB and LUST DB. Alyce Hughey
7/28/2005 Update or Other Action Draft letter requiring current sampling of contaminated soil stockpile and in-situ contaminated area exceeding clenaup levels. When discussing any funding agreements with the Section Manger, it was decided to transfer the site to Dave Pikul as a single point of contact for state sites. Donald Seagren
11/21/2006 Update or Other Action File transferred from Anchorage to Fairbanks, staff changed from Pikul to Jaynes. Aggie Blandford
1/11/2007 Update or Other Action Updated database actions and problem statement to reflect administrative file. Original UST closure report from Shannon & Wilson (1999) is missing. Shannon Oelkers
3/7/2007 Update or Other Action Missing 1999 report found. Updated database to reflect data from report. Shannon Oelkers
3/7/2007 Exposure Tracking Model Ranking Intitial Ranking Complete for Source Area: 77697 (Autogenerated Action)
6/5/2007 Update or Other Action Staff reassigned from Oelkers to Seagren. Shannon Oelkers
7/17/2007 Site Closure Approved Sit eclosure letter issued Donald Seagren
6/17/2008 Update or Other Action Site transferred from Don Seagren to Paul Horwath per Linda Nuechterlein. Alyce Hughey

Contaminant Information

Name Level Description Media Comments
For more information about this site, contact DEC at (907) 465-5390.

Control Type

Type Details
No ICs Required

Requirements

Description Details
Advance approval required to transport soil or groundwater off-site.

There are no documents for this site report.

No associated sites were found.

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