Site Report: USFS Fire Cove Quarry
| Site Name: | USFS Fire Cove Quarry |
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| Address: | 0.6 Miles from LTF, Neets Bay, Revilla. Is., Ketchikan, AK 99901 |
| File Number: | 1540.38.005 |
| Hazard ID: | 3145 |
| Status: | Active |
| Staff: | Nick Waldo, 9074655270 nick.waldo@alaska.gov |
| Latitude: | 55.768472 |
| Longitude: | -131.556333 |
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Problems/Comments
Contractor on-site to excavate soild waste from the quarry disposal site. Lead and petroleum contamination discovered. Surface soil sample analysis detected lead at 2170 ppm, chromium at 29.4 ppm, and DRO at 260 ppm. Hazardous materials buried include: ½ cubic yard oily soil, 72 drums, 50 galonsl POL fluids, 10 gallons grease, 25 gallons POL sludge, 40 cubic yards refuse, 40 cubic yards scrap steel, 2 ½ batteries, and one 2 ton steel log shovel.
Action Information
| Action Date | Action | Description | DEC Staff |
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| 7/11/2002 | Site Added to Database | Heavy metals and petroleum release to soils. | Bruce Wanstall |
| 7/11/2002 | Site Ranked Using the AHRM | Preliminary ranking prior to removal action. | Bruce Wanstall |
| 8/13/2002 | Update or Other Action | Letter to FS regarding review of the Jacobs Engineering report from January 2001. Letter is at\\jnu-file\groups\SPAR\Spar-Contaminated Sites\SITES\FS Sites Status Letter.doc. Concur with alternative 3, additional lead contaminated soil excavation and monitoring for surface water compliance. | Bill Janes |
| 7/8/2003 | Site Characterization Workplan Approved | For additional drainage and seep water and sediment sampling. Kent and Sullivan on contract with the FS. | Bill Janes |
| 7/9/2003 | Update or Other Action | Kent and Sullivan consultants on site collecting sediment and surface water samples from the quarry drainages. | Bill Janes |
| 7/28/2003 | Update or Other Action | Non-time critical removal action workplan received this date for removing the rest of the debris (approximately 30 cubic yards). | Bill Janes |
| 8/29/2003 | Meeting or Teleconference Held | Regarding cleanup actions conducted by Jacobs over the summer. Kent and Sullivan work shows no contaminant migration per Ken Vaughan. | Bill Janes |
| 9/11/2003 | Update or Other Action | Sampling results received. Elevated DRO in the drainage ditches in a couple of locations. TOC high. PDF report is in Outlook site folder. | Bill Janes |
| 8/1/2005 | Update or Other Action | Email sent to USFS this date. Slightly elevated DRO found, but based on TOC and location, migration is not likely. DEC waiting for USFS administrative site control in order to close. | Anne Marie Palmieri |
| 2/26/2007 | Exposure Tracking Model Ranking | Anne Marie Palmieri | |
| 10/11/2017 | Meeting or Teleconference Held | DEC, EPA, and USFS met to discuss roles and responsibilities for each agency. Specific actions regarding this site were not discussed at this meeting. | Anne Marie Palmieri |
| 2/14/2018 | Meeting or Teleconference Held | DEC, EPA, and USFS met to discuss roles and responsibilities for each agency. USFS and DEC stated that each agency will review its files for this site to determine if closure is appropriate. | Anne Marie Palmieri |
| 5/8/2019 | Meeting or Teleconference Held | DEC and the USFS met on this date to discuss many sites and how to move the sites forward in the cleanup process. A next meeting was scheduled for August. | Anne Marie Palmieri |
| 8/12/2019 | Meeting or Teleconference Held | CS Staff met with the USFS to discuss site issues on this date. | Anne Marie Palmieri |
| 10/8/2019 | Meeting or Teleconference Held | CS Staff met with the USFS to discuss general coordination issues on this date. | Anne Marie Palmieri |
| 2/12/2020 | Meeting or Teleconference Held | CS Staff met with the USFS to discuss general coordination and site issues on this date. | Anne Marie Palmieri |
Contaminant Information
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There are no documents for this site report.
No associated sites were found.