| Action Date |
Action |
Description |
DEC Staff |
| 2/15/2006 |
GIS Position Updated |
Lattitude and Longitude determined using DEC ArcGIS map layers. Other locational information obtained from TopoZone and site maps in file. |
Mitzi Read |
| 2/15/2006 |
Site Ranked Using the AHRM |
Preliminary ranking based on information from DCED Community Profile and September 2005 Nome Joint Utility Systems Front Street Water and Sewer System Improvements Summary Report by Travis/Peterson Environmental Consulting, Inc. |
Mitzi Read |
| 2/15/2006 |
Site Added to Database |
Site added to the database. |
Mitzi Read |
| 8/22/2006 |
Update or Other Action |
Contamination confirmed between 6 and 10 feet bgs. Analytical samples show DRO levels between 66 mg/kg and 24,600 mg/kg; GRO was detected but not above ADEC Method 2 levels. Benzene detected in one sample at 0.05 mg/kg. 250 cubic yards of contaminated soil was removed and tested. ADEC Solid Waste staff approved stockpiled soil for use as cover material for the landfill. |
Shannon Oelkers |
| 8/22/2006 |
Potentially Responsible Party/State Interest Letter |
PRP letter sent to UAF, owner of Lots 12-17 on Block 14, directly north of the contamination found in the right of way. |
Shannon Oelkers |
| 12/1/2006 |
Update or Other Action |
On December 1, 2006, DEC issued a PRP letter to Crowley Marine Services noting that property records indicate that the East Front Street property was previously owned by Puget Sound Tug & Barge Company, which was subsequently acquired by Crowley Marine Services. |
Jamie McKellar |
| 1/4/2007 |
Meeting or Teleconference Held |
ADEC Staff Oelkers met with Rebekah Cadigan, UAF Risk Management and Bill Krause, UA Risk Management. Discussed both East Front Street Nome and Poker Flats Research Range sites. Clarified history at both sites, and UA staff provided further information on the sites. |
Shannon Oelkers |
| 6/1/2007 |
Update or Other Action |
DEC received a work plan for a road and drainage plan for the Front Street area of Nome. ADOTPF is proposing road and drainage upgrades in Nome and QAP was contracted to do the work. Restoration Science & Engineering were subcontracted to screen potentially contaminated soil for the project. Any contaminated soil will be excavated and transported to the landfill as possible cover material based on concentrations. |
Jim Frechione |
| 4/10/2008 |
Update or Other Action |
A site file review indicates that more than one contaminated area along the East Front St. might exist. A section of contaminated soil has been previously removed by Travis/ Peterson in 2005. However, a new workplan was submitted by Restoration, Science and Engineering in 2007 to address contamination that may be found during the Nome City Streets Rehabilitation project and Nome Front Street Storm Drain Improvements. |
Tamara Cardona-Marek |
| 4/10/2008 |
Exposure Tracking Model Ranking |
Initial ranking with ETM completed. |
Tamara Cardona-Marek |
| 4/21/2008 |
Update or Other Action |
Spoke with Tom Tremmel, contractor for DOT, he indicated that no contamination was found on the East Front St. area while excavating for the East Front St. storm drain improvements. |
Tamara Cardona-Marek |
| 8/5/2008 |
Update or Other Action |
Received from the University of Alaska the Human Health Conceptual Site Model Scoping Form. Direct contact with soil and inhalation of outdoor air are complete pathways. |
Tamara Cardona-Marek |
| 8/7/2008 |
Exposure Tracking Model Ranking |
A new updated ranking with ETM has been completed. |
Tamara Cardona-Marek |
| 10/20/2009 |
Update or Other Action |
On October 20, 2009, DEC sent a follow up letter to Crowley Marine Services. The 2009 letter included a copy of the 12/1/2006 letter and requested a response by 11/20/2009. |
Jamie McKellar |
| 10/21/2009 |
Update or Other Action |
ADEC requested an update from Crowley and a response to the PRP letter sent to them on Dec. 2006. |
Tamara Cardona-Marek |
| 10/22/2009 |
Update or Other Action |
DEC received from UAF a geotechnical study for the UAF Northwest Campus Deferred Renewal. This study includes information on geology at the UAF Nome campus and a limited number of soil samples analyzed for petroleum compounds. |
Tamara Cardona-Marek |
| 11/20/2009 |
Update or Other Action |
On 11/20/2009, Crowley responded to DEC's 2006/2009 letters. The response was specific to Lot 17 of Block 14. The letter indicates that Puget Sound Tug and Barge (PST&B) acquired this property from B&R Tug and Barge, Inc. through a quit claim deed dated October 20, 1975, and that Crowley does not have any records of how this property was used from the acquisition to its sale. The letter further indicates that Crowley had no information regarding potential or existing contamination at the property, nor does it have any information about when the property was transferred to UAF. |
Jamie McKellar |
| 1/11/2010 |
Update or Other Action |
Based on the information available on file it has been determined that three separate source areas exist within and adjacent to the UAF Northwest campus facility. This site will now refer only to the contamination found in the right of way of East Front St. Separate sites now exist for the UAF Northwest Campus heating Oil Tank and the UAF Northwest Campus Parking. |
Tamara Cardona-Marek |
| 12/14/2011 |
Update or Other Action |
On December 14, 2011, DEC sent a letter to NovaGold Resources requesting additional information about metal tanks observed in a 1973 photo, which were located at the southern boundary of Lots 15, 16, and 17. The letter requested a response from NovaGold by January 13, 2012. |
Jamie McKellar |
| 9/11/2013 |
Site Visit |
DEC project manager conducted a brief site visit. Contamination is beneath paved surfaces and few features are available to assist with locating the spill. |
Robert Burgess |
