Site Report: Cordova Heights Apartments
| Site Name: | Cordova Heights Apartments |
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| Address: | 3333 Nowell Avenue, Douglas, AK 99824 |
| File Number: | 1513.38.090 |
| Hazard ID: | 26062 |
| Status: | Active |
| Staff: | Alena Voigt, 9072697556 alena.voigt@alaska.gov |
| Latitude: | 58.295363 |
| Longitude: | -134.433838 |
| Horizontal Datum: | WGS84 |
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Problems/Comments
On July 31, 2012 DEC was notified of a strong fuel smell and sheen on an unnamed creek near Douglas Highway. Initial response investigation efforts traced the release to an underground heating oil tank at Cordova Heights Apartments at 3333 Nowell Avenue. Petroleum-contamination remains beneath the paved parking lot and city street between the source and the creek where the discharge was first discovered. 10/20/15: the underground storage tank was pumped free of oil, filled with sand, and left in place. Due to the position of the tank below the paved parking lot, a complete cleanup was not possible.
Action Information
| Action Date | Action | Description | DEC Staff |
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| 6/3/2013 | Site Added to Database | A new site has been added to the database | Mitzi Read |
| 6/3/2013 | Spill Transferred from Prevention Preparedness and Response Program | Spill transferred by PERP staff Crystal Smith. Spill no. 12119921301; spill date = 7/31/12; substance = diesel; quantity = unknown. | Mitzi Read |
| 6/4/2013 | Exposure Tracking Model Ranking | Initial ranking with ETM completed for source area id: 79472 name: Underground Heating Oil Tank | Mitzi Read |
| 9/11/2013 | Update or Other Action | Staff changed from Erik Norberg to Denise Elston. | Kristin Thompson |
| 12/17/2013 | Potentially Responsible Party/State Interest Letter | Bill Janes | |
| 2/28/2014 | Update or Other Action | Spoke with Jeff Grant (Grant rentals) and req. that he go and check the culverts as it's thawing and apply sorbents as needed. | Danielle Duncan |
| 4/8/2014 | Site Visit | Visited the site with PERP to familiarize myself with the culvert and creek where heating oil was discovered. | Danielle Duncan |
| 6/3/2014 | Update or Other Action | Rec'd a complaint of a strong odor and sheen in the creek after a dry spell followed by rains. Contacted and instructed the RP to check it out and deploy sorbent. Rec'd a voice mail that this had been done. PERP will likely check on this today. | Danielle Duncan |
| 7/14/2014 | Update or Other Action | Spoke to RP and validated that the leaking UST was left in place after drilling a hole and removing free product and water, then filling with sand. The UST was not removed because it is underneath the parking lot and in close proximity to a retaining wall. A new AST was installed and is now in use. When accessible, remaining contamination around and below the old UST will have to be addressed. | Danielle Duncan |
| 7/14/2014 | Exposure Tracking Model Ranking | A new updated ranking with ETM has been completed for source area 79472 Underground Heating Oil Tank. | Danielle Duncan |
| 8/11/2015 | Exposure Tracking Model Ranking | A new updated ranking with ETM has been completed for source area 79472 Underground Heating Oil Tank. | Danielle Duncan |
| 10/7/2015 | Update or Other Action | Mailed NEC to be signed certified: 7014 0150 0000 1161 6852. The letter was received by the RP on 10/8/15. RP requested that the language for the excavation restriction be edited to read "No excavation shall occur in the paved parking area or down-gradient of the paved parking area on the property without ADEC approval; characterization under an ADEC-approved work plan will have to be completed before excavation activities begin" due to "drainage issues in the area upgradient of the tank and parking lot and would like to be able to do some grading along the back side of the building as necessary. The grading is unrelated to the spill, since we have no evidence of contamination upgradient of the tank." I made this edit and remailed NEC certified on 11/10/15 #7014 0150 0000 1161 6906 | Danielle Duncan |
| 1/15/2016 | Update or Other Action | Resent NEC to be signed this date. # 7014 2120 0001 4209 6137 | Danielle Duncan |
| 1/21/2016 | Update or Other Action | Spoke to RP - he is hiring Cheeseman to remove the UST. I will wait to hear back on a work plan. NEC on hold at this time pending UST removal. | Danielle Duncan |
| 4/15/2016 | Update or Other Action | Sent certified letter requesting that the UST be excavated as the RP said they would back in January and again in February. # 7014 2120 0001 4209 8223 | Danielle Duncan |
| 5/16/2016 | Update or Other Action | Requested a work plan within 30 days to address contamination on site. Certified # 7014 2120 0001 4209 8445 | Danielle Duncan |
| 7/8/2016 | Update or Other Action | Requested a work plan within 30 days this date. #7014 2120 0001 4209 8346 | Danielle Duncan |
| 7/12/2016 | Update or Other Action | RP's contractor is out of town - but we will have the UST removed this year. | Danielle Duncan |
| 8/25/2017 | Update or Other Action | Responsible party is still planning on getting the tank excavated - should receive a work plan soon. | Danielle Duncan |
| 12/14/2017 | Update or Other Action | A consultant has been contacted and the underground storage tank is scheduled to be excavated in early April 2018. Will have a work plan soon. | Danielle Duncan |
| 1/16/2018 | Update or Other Action | Compliance letter sent today certified mail: 7016 2140 0000 7037 9731. Work plan due by March 1, 2018. | Danielle Duncan |
| 1/30/2018 | Update or Other Action | Spoke to the responsible party - Dahlberg design and Cheeseman have been hired. Work should occur the first week of April. | Danielle Duncan |
| 9/7/2018 | Site Characterization Workplan Approved | Approved a work plan to excavate the UST and contaminated soil presumably below it. The excavation did not reach groundwater. It was bounded by the sewer line on one side and the foundation on the other sides, so it was pretty constrained. The pit was deep - hit hardpan at around 20' belowground. Samples are at the lab awaiting processing. | Danielle Duncan |
| 5/3/2023 | Update or Other Action | Received a phone call from RP to say that they were unaware that report was overdue from 2018 site work. RP will reach out to consultant and inquire about submittal in the next week to two weeks. | Flannery Ballard |
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