| Action Date |
Action |
Description |
DEC Staff |
| 9/30/1994 |
Update or Other Action |
Woodward-Clyde performed a limited field assessment on the property in September 1994. Field samples were taken, field head-space samples were analyzed. One sample had a result of 1580 ppm. Diesel fuel contamination remains in the soil in the vegetated areas. Petroleum sheen was noted. |
Shah Alam |
| 9/23/1995 |
Update or Other Action |
Date of end of field work by ASCG at the site. Field screening and laboratory sample collection.
(Additions by K. McLoone in 2013 and 2015 - Document dated November 7, 1995 entitled simply Environmental Site Characterization Report - cover letter mentions effort is being done to assess this area NW side of the Water Treatment Plant for a potential future washeteria location. Mentions a September 1994 Limited Assessment effort by Woodward Clyde in which a surface water sheen was noted and one lab sample was analyzed for DRO with a result of 1580 ppm. This effort's results above Method Two arctic zone include 6,300 mg/kg GRPH. Other lab results up to 11,000 mg/kg DRPH and 3.4 mg/kg benzene. |
Shah Alam |
| 6/18/1996 |
Document, Report, or Work plan Review - other |
Date of 1995 Environmental Services Field report prepared by Woodward-Clyde for the Water Treatment Plant Expansion project. Two excavations were advanced on the southeast side of the Water and Sewer Treatment Plant and confirmation samples collected with results up to 7,000 ppm DRO on the excavation bottom. These excavations were nearly adjacent to one another and the depth of excavation was between 2 and 4 ft bgs. This excavated material is what was taken to the contaminated soil storage cell. |
Keather McLoone |
| 7/23/1996 |
Site Added to Database |
Diesel fuel contamination. |
Former Staff |
| 9/30/1997 |
Update or Other Action |
Olgoonik Corporation (Lucille Mayer) contended in a letter that biocell operation is working fine. She sent photographs to prove that. One of the photographs show water in the biocell. |
Shah Alam |
| 1/6/1998 |
Update or Other Action |
NSB informed that it is preparing to place 2400 cubic yards of DRO contaminated soil in the biocell. |
Shah Alam |
| 7/10/1998 |
Update or Other Action |
ADEC project manager provided comments on bioremediation cell sampling, cleanup levels and scope of generic biocell approval. |
Shah Alam |
| 8/6/1998 |
Meeting or Teleconference Held |
ADEC project managers met Olgoonik Corporation's project managers to discuss soil remediation and disposal at an existing biocell, and, the construction of a new biocell. Olgoonik submitted additional laboratory report responding to ADEC request. |
Shah Alam |
| 9/1/1998 |
Cleanup Plan Approved |
ADEC approves of the site-specific request to re-use the diesel-contaminated soils as base materials for construction of additional bioremediation cells based on the following conditions: The contaminated soils used as base material shall contain 500 mg/kg or less of diesel range organic (DRO) contamination based on discrete sample data. The base material shall be placed on impermeable liners with adequate berms (or containment structures) to contain any precipitation that may accumulate in the containment area. |
Shah Alam |
| 2/8/1999 |
Meeting or Teleconference Held |
Meeting held at ADEC Anchorage office to discuss cost recovery issues. The participants were Don Thornburgh (NSB), Kay Rawlings (DOL), Jim Frechione and Shah Alam. Don mentioned that biocell operation, permitting and maintenance are responsibilities of the Olgoonik Corporation. Site investigations at the Washeteria site including analytical are NSB’s responsibility. |
Shah Alam |
| 9/10/1999 |
Update or Other Action |
ADEC staff spoke with Lucille Mayer and John Lancasr to discuss the status of the biocell. |
Shah Alam |
| 11/13/1999 |
Update or Other Action |
Joe Singleton (Olgoonik Corp) wrote Jim Frechione (ADEC) requesting to transfer five hundred and fifty cubic yards of contaminated soils excavated from the Water Treatment Plant site to the Wainwright Biocell. |
Shah Alam |
| 11/19/1999 |
Update or Other Action |
ADEC (Shah Alam) has written to the Olgoonik Corporation (Lucille Mayer) not approving transfer of contaminated soils excavated from the Water Treatment Plant to the biocell at this time and also has asked not to add any more contaminated soils to the biocell until further approval from ADEC. Based on the information submitted to date for the Wainwright bioremediation cell, the Department is unable to evaluate the effectiveness of treatment. The treatment cell was approved conditional on annual sampling events. The cell was only sampled once on October 9, 1997 with no sample data from subsequent years and this is not considered adequate for purposes of establishing a trend in contaminant levels. Unfortunately, the sample procedures did not conform to the Department’s QA/QC standards for sample collection, transport and analysis and the results are therefore questionable. |
Shah Alam |
| 11/19/1999 |
Update or Other Action |
The Department received an Annual Biocell Soil Sampling Report dated November 12, 1999. Samples were collected on October 12, 1999. DRO levels ranged from 648 to 11,300 mg/kg in stockpiled soils. |
Shah Alam |
| 1/10/2000 |
Meeting or Teleconference Held |
The Department's staff Jim Frechione and Shah Alam met Charlton Griffin (Olgoonik Env) and Joe Singleton (Phukan Consulting) to discuss soil remediation issues at the Wainwright Biocell. The Department needs additional information on the Biocell. |
Shah Alam |
| 1/12/2000 |
Update or Other Action |
ADEC requested additional information on the operation of the Biocell in a letter dated January 12, 2000. Also discussed in the letter was Cleanup levels, Closure, and, Soil Disposal issues. |
Shah Alam |
| 11/12/2001 |
Document, Report, or Work plan Review - other |
Date of document by Shannon & Wilson entitled Oversight Observations of Wainwright Water Plant Diesel Spill, Soil Remediation Project Containment Cell. Confirmation sampling was not performed. |
Keather McLoone |
| 11/12/2001 |
Document, Report, or Work plan Review - other |
Date of document by Shannon and Wilson entitled Observations at Tank Removal Project. Ten total ASTs - eight former fuel tanks were decommissioned, one AST emptied by not cut open at time of report and a consolidation tank were recommended for sampling. These ASTs (the fuel ones anyhow) were located south of Tununio Road from Water Treatment Plant some distance from the source areas that make up this site |
Keather McLoone |
| 11/13/2001 |
Document, Report, or Work plan Review - other |
Date of document by Shannon and Wilson entitled Limited Site Assessment, Wainwright Water and Sewage Treatment Plant Diesel Spill. The containment area discussed in this document was located in the area of the AST described in other Shannon & Wilson documents dated this year and month which has also been described as by the former village runway and in the database problem statement for this site as near intersection of Nashoalook and Airport Rd. |
Keather McLoone |
| 11/23/2001 |
Update or Other Action |
NSB submitted annual monitoring report on the biocell. |
Larry Johnson |
| 12/11/2001 |
Spill Transferred from Prevention Preparedness and Response Program |
Spill transferred by PERP staff Tom DeRuyter. Spill no. 97399932902; spill date = 11/25/97; substance = #1 diesel; quantity = 5,200 gallons; PERP file no. 360.02.001A. |
Mitzi Read |
| 7/3/2002 |
Update or Other Action |
Sampling plan approved with amendments requesting additional sampling for PAHs. |
Larry Johnson |
| 11/6/2002 |
Update or Other Action |
Received Biocell Sampling Report. |
Larry Johnson |
| 9/18/2006 |
Update or Other Action |
Letter sent to NSB requesting current site information, further site characterization and plans for remediation. |
Shannon Oelkers |
| 7/26/2007 |
Meeting or Teleconference Held |
ADEC staff met with NSB and their consultant to review open status village files and to propose responses to the ADEC's request for further information and characterization at this site. |
Shannon Oelkers |
| 8/28/2007 |
Update or Other Action |
Two surface water samples collected this date from standing water southwest of the former washeteria. DRO detected up to 1.37 mg/L. BTEX not detected. |
Bill O'Connell |
| 8/29/2007 |
Exposure Tracking Model Ranking |
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Bill O'Connell |
| 10/24/2007 |
Meeting or Teleconference Held |
Meeting today with NSB and their consultant to discuss current site status. |
Bill O'Connell |
| 6/25/2008 |
Update or Other Action |
Site visit today. Heavy sheen produced when sediment disturbed at southeast pond. |
Bill O'Connell |
| 12/8/2011 |
Meeting or Teleconference Held |
Meeting today with NSB to discuss site status and potential future activities at the site. 2012 encapsulate with recent soil stockpiles created summer 2011. |
Bill O'Connell |
| 11/14/2012 |
Meeting or Teleconference Held |
O'Connell met with NSB to discuss site status and potential future activities at the site. This site was discussed as a potential 2013 project. |
Keather McLoone |
| 3/31/2015 |
Document, Report, or Work plan Review - other |
Date of receipt of document entitled Wainwright Washeteria, Draft Site Characterization Work Plan. Work is scheduled to begin end of April. This effort will include 5 borings to be completed as monitoring wells with two soil samples will be collected from each boring. The soil samples will be analyzed for GRO/DRO/RRO and VOCs as well as 10 percent PAHs. Wells will be sampled later in the season around September with the analytical suite to GRO/DRO/RRO/VOCs/PAHs. Up to five collocated surface water and sediment samples will also be collected in September. Sediment samples will be analyzed for the same analytical suite as the soil samples and the surface water samples will be analyzed for VOCs and PAHs. |
Keather McLoone |
| 4/16/2015 |
Site Characterization Workplan Approved |
Date of receipt of Wainwright Washeteria, Site Characterization Work Plan - Final. ADEC approved the March 31, 2015 version in a letter dated April 3, 2015. The workplan approval letter incorrectly requested lead in soil for this site, which is not necessary. A revised/corrected approval letter was sent out on April 22. |
Keather McLoone |
| 4/13/2016 |
Document, Report, or Work plan Review - other |
Reviewed the Site Characterization Report, dated March 24, 2016. Five soil borings were advanced at the site, all of which were completed as monitoring wells. Samples were collected from the soil borings and monitoring wells as appropriate, and also from four co-located sediment and surface water sample locations. Five analytical soil samples were collected from the surface pad material (0 to 2 feet bgs); four samples were collected from the subsurface porous pad material; one soil sample was collected from the subsurface non-porous native material (SB-03); five water samples were collected from the monitoring wells; and four co-located soil sediment and surface water samples were also collected. All soil and water samples were submitted for one or more of the following: diesel range organics (DRO), gasoline range organics (GRO), residual range organics (RRO), volatile organic compounds (VOCs), and/or polynuclear aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs).
Analytical results revealed that contamination is present above the applicable cleanup criteria in the non-porous native material, sediment soil, and suprapermafrost groundwater. Levels of DRO, naphthalene, xylenes, and 1,2,4-trimethylbenzene were identified in the non-porous native material (Sample SB-03) at 17,200 mg/kg, 80.5 mg/kg, 94.7 mg/kg, and 83.3 mg/kg, respectively, all of which exceed the Method Two soil cleanup levels. Benzene and DRO were present in the suprapermafrost groundwater up to 0.066 mg/l and 1.82 mg/l, both of which exceed the Table C groundwater cleanup levels. None of the surface water samples exceeded the Alaska Water Quality Standards (AWQS) for total aromatic hydrocarbons (TAH) or total aqueous hydrocarbons (TAqH). Two of the four co-located sediment samples exceeded NOAA Screening Quick Reference tables (SQuiRTs) for several PAHs.
Results generally indicated that the pad material and suprapermafrost groundwater are impacted, and that contamination is migrating into the sediment soils. It does not appear that the extent of suprapermafrost groundwater has been delineated.
Recommendations in the report include: re-routing the ponded surface water to a culvert and then filling in those areas with gravel to grade to mitigate the sediment and potential surface water exposure pathways; installation of a reactive barrier between MW-04 and MW-03 to remove contamination from groundwater; and groundwater monitoring of MW-05 in 2017.
In a letter dated April 13, 2016 ADEC requested a work plan for further delineation and mitigation of surface water/sediment exposure pathways. |
Joshua Barsis |
| 6/9/2016 |
Document, Report, or Work plan Review - other |
Reviewed the work plan titled Site Characterization Work Plan Addendum 2016 – Further Characterization and Groundwater Monitoring, dated May 6, 2016 for the NSB Wainwright Washeteria site. Proposed activities consist of collecting analytical soil and water samples from up to eight soil borings that will be completed as monitoring wells and five existing monitoring wells, as appropriate; backfilling of two surface water ponds; and conducting a feasibility study of a permeable reactive barrier to remove groundwater contamination. |
Joshua Barsis |
| 1/17/2017 |
Update or Other Action |
Letter sent to NSB on this day detailing the current status/progress of 22 active contaminated sites, including this site. |
Joshua Barsis |
| 11/20/2017 |
Update or Other Action |
Letter sent on this day as a follow up to the last version of this letter, dated January 17, 2017, and as a follow up to a meeting with NSB on November 17, 2017. This letter details the current status/progress of 23 active contaminated sites, including this site. |
Joshua Barsis |
| 1/29/2018 |
Document, Report, or Work plan Review - other |
Reviewed NSB Wainwright Washeteria Site Characterization Report, dated November 2017. This report details the activities completed during the 2016 field effort at the NSB Wainwright Washeteria site. Completed activities generally included advancing seven soil borings, all of which were completed as monitoring wells; backfilling two low-lying depressions with gravel to eliminate the surface water exposure pathway; and surveying four wells to determine porewater flow direction and gradient. Two soil samples were collected from each soil boring. Water samples were collected from the 7 new wells and the 5 existing wells. Porewater flow direction was determined to be northwest at a gradient of 0.019 feet per foot. All soil and water samples were submitted for analysis of diesel range organics (DRO), gasoline range organics (GRO), residual range organics (RRO), and volatile organic compounds (VOCS). All water samples and two soil samples were also analyzed for polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs).
Results of the investigation are consistent with historical data, as contamination appears to be sporadic and from multiple source areas. Except for the samples collected from Borings SB-09 and SB-12, all soil results were below human health and maximum allowable concentrations (MACs) as defined in ADEC Method Two Tables B1 and B2. The soil sample collected from SB-12 at 3 feet below ground surface (bgs) exhibited a concentration of DRO at 15,600 mg/kg, which exceeds the MAC for DRO. The sample collected from SB-09 at 5.5 feet bgs had several VOC and PAH fractions above human health levels. It should be noted that Boring SB-12 was collected in the vicinity of a former bulk fuel tank storage area, which may be the source of DRO. Boring SB-09 is located in the vicinity of a 1997 spill, although could be a more recent release as well.
Ten (10) of the 12 porewater monitoring wells had at least one constituent exceeding the ADEC Table C groundwater cleanup levels. Well MW-01 is located across Main Street and appears to have a higher level of benzene than other wells located closer to the site, which may indicate yet another source area. However, it should also be noted that there used to be (and maybe still) a culvert that ran through Main street in the vicinity of MW-01.
Report recommendations include continued porewater monitoring and disposal of soil cuttings from the 2016 activities. ADEC concurred with these recommendations but also requested removal of soil exceeding Method Two MACs or human health cleanup levels. |
Joshua Barsis |
| 11/16/2018 |
Update or Other Action |
Letter sent on this day as a follow up to the last version of this letter, dated November 20, 2017, and at the request of the North Slope Borough (NSB). This letter details the current progress of 24 active contaminated sites, including this site. |
Joshua Barsis |
| 2/19/2020 |
Enforcement Action |
Notice of Violation issued to NSB on February 18, 2020. See file for more information. |
Joshua Barsis |
| 10/14/2020 |
Document, Report, or Work plan Review - other |
Comments on a workplan, submitted on September 13, 2020, were provided to the NSB Department of CIPM. The workplan described assessment activities in support of a construction and demolition project scheduled for 2021. The construction and demolition project will expand to the southeast of the water treatment plan and demolish to the northwest of the water treatment plan. The expansion area footprint includes the location of a former fuel storage area where previous investigation indicates that contaminated soil is still present. One location of the expansion area had DRO exceeding maximum allowable contamination at 3 feet deep.
Comments requested more detail of the 2021 project and a separate contaminated soil management plan prior to the proposed project.
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Lisa Krebs-Barsis |
| 5/11/2021 |
Site Characterization Workplan Approved |
Work plan submitted November 9, 2020 was approved December 31, 2020. On February 3, 2021 NSB requested that nearby water line work be incorporated into the scope of work. A revision of the plan submitted November 9, 2020 to include additional project location was submitted on April 21, 2021. The revised final work plan is approved for soil and groundwater characterization to plan for construction activities in 2021. The structure northwest of the water plan will be demolished and southeast of the waterplant a new structure will be installed on the existing pilings from the old East Addition. A water line adjacent to the washeteria is included for characterization. |
Lisa Krebs-Barsis |
| 7/15/2021 |
Site Characterization Workplan Approved |
Soil management plan in support of construction approved. Upper two feet on the east side has been characterized and can be used as clean backfill if screened below 10 ppm. Two areas on the east side with contamination will be marked off and potentially dirty and stockpiled and sampled separately. All material below two feet will be segregated according to PID reading, stockpiled, and sampled. All material on the west side will be segregated according to PID reading, stockpiled, and sampled. Clean material will be reused. Dirty material will be shipped to Oxbow landfill in 2021 or 2022. Stockpiles will be stored at the "old airport site" owned by NSB.
During approval, strongly recommended vertical characterization in areas where permanent infrastructure will be placed. |
Lisa Krebs-Barsis |
| 6/29/2022 |
Enforcement Agreement or Order |
A compliance order by consent (COBC) was signed by the North Slope Borough and ADEC Division of SPAR. The COBC identifies corrective actions that the NSB will take to manage cleanup waste and characterize and remediate contaminated sites and spills. |
Lisa Krebs-Barsis |
| 9/12/2023 |
Site Visit |
DEC SPAR personnel (L. Krebs-Barsis, S. Joyce) conducted a site visit with North Slope Borough (C. Trapp) for the Compliance Order by Consent. |
Lisa Krebs-Barsis |
