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Site Report: Cape Newenham LRRS LF02

Site Name: Cape Newenham LRRS LF02
Address: LF02 Landfill No.1, 30 Mi. South of Platinum, Platinum, AK 99651
File Number: 2525.38.001
Hazard ID: 522
Status: Cleanup Complete
Staff: No Longer Assigned, 9074655229 dec.icunit@alaska.gov
Latitude: 58.650000
Longitude: -162.172500
Horizontal Datum:

We make every effort to ensure the data presented here is accurate based on the best available information currently on file with DEC. It is therefore subject to change as new information becomes available. We recommend contacting the assigned project staff prior to making decisions based on this information.

Problems/Comments

Landfill Number 1 (LF02) potential contaminants and materials involved include: waste oil, unknown shop residues, and possibly solvents. Dates of operations 1950s. NFRAP status approved by EPA, State, and USAF in 1988. Point of contact: Douglas Wootten, Project Manager, 611th CES/CEV 10471 20th Street, Elmendorf AFB, AK 99506-2270; Telephone (907) 552-7439. Last staff assigned was Vickaryous, Halverson, Burger.

Action Information

Action Date Action Description DEC Staff
1/1/1985 Preliminary Assessment Approved Site assessment by Engineering Science entitled "IRP Phase I Report, Southern Region LRRS", prepared for the USAF Engineering Service Center. The site assessment identified six potentially contaminated areas at the site. The report recommended follow-up action for the site. Former Staff
8/26/1987 Update or Other Action Site visit made by Woodward Clyde and U.S. Air Force personnel to the site in August 1987. The purpose was to gather further assessment information at the site to support a no further action document (NFAD). Former Staff
1/1/1988 Update or Other Action (Old R:Base Action Code = SI - Site Investigation). Site visit and sampling conducted by Ecological Services, Anchorage. PCBs up to 3096 ppm discovered in the soil. Former Staff
2/9/1988 Record of Decision Record of Decision signed by 11th Tactical Control Group, ADEC, and EPA Region 10 in February 1988 for No Further Action at 6 sites. These sites include: Waste Accumulation Area 1&2 (portion of LF03); Upper Camp Dump (WP06); Road Oiling (OT04); Waste Accumulation Area 3 (SS01); White Alice Site (OT05); and Lower Camp Landfill (LF02). Two report copies with 2 different cover pages but signed by agencies in February 1988: U.S. Air Force Installation Restoration Program Decision Paper for No Further Action (dated February 5, 1988); and Installation Restoration Program Technical Support Document for Record of Decision (undated). Former Staff
2/9/1988 Site Closure Approved No Further Action status approved by EPA, State, and USAF in 1988. Former Staff
1/18/1989 Update or Other Action (Old R:Base Action Code = NFA - No Further Action Required (CERCLA)). A No Further Action Document supported by Woodward Clyde's recommendations, is signed off by EPA, ADEC and the USAF. Former Staff
1/7/1991 Site Number Identifier Changed Old Reckey 1981210912709 changed to reflect correct region. Former Staff
7/15/1993 Update or Other Action Final Site Investigation Report (dated July 1993) prepared by Woodward-Clyde. Former Staff
9/19/1994 Update or Other Action ADEC sent a Compliance Advisory / Request for Corrective Action regarding the UST closure by GE Services in 1991, UST Facility ID# 569. The ADEC letter was generated by John Halverson, DoD Oversight Program and sent to Colonel Hunt. Both sites within Lower Camp. John Halverson
8/22/1995 Update or Other Action (Old R:Base Action Code = RI - Remedial Investigation). RI action added by Shannon and Wilson on 3/13/97, based on Relative Risk Evaluation Worksheet dated 8/22/95. Pathways: surface soils have been impacted by PCBs. Receptors: site workers, visitors, several endangered and/or threatened species. This site is located in Togiak National Wildlife Refuge. S&W-Miner
9/25/1995 Update or Other Action ADEC sent a Closure of Compliance Advisory letter dated September 19, 1994, UST Facility # 569. Both sites within Lower Camp. Ray Burger
7/1/1996 Update or Other Action Revised Final Management Action Plan (dated June 1996) received on July 1, 1996. Ray Burger
12/15/1997 Update or Other Action Environmental Cleanup Plan and Quality Program Plan, Pipeline Removal (draft dated March 1997, received on May 7, 1997, final dated June 1997 and received on December 15, 1997); teleconference on June 6, 1997; ADEC comment letter dated June 25, 1997. Gretchen Pikul
1/9/1998 Update or Other Action Management Action Plan (draft dated July 25, 1997, final dated January 9, 1998); ADEC comment letter dated December 4, 1997. Gretchen Pikul
10/15/1998 Update or Other Action Technical Report - Study/Services, Pipeline Removal (draft dated October 1997, final dated October 1998); ADEC comment letter dated December 24, 1997; December 17, 1998 telephone call with Air Force on future cleanup actions necessary to close site; note - interim removal action under 611th compliance section. Gretchen Pikul
10/13/1999 Site Added to Database Waste oil, unknown shop residues, and possibly solvents. Gretchen Pikul
10/14/1999 Site Ranked Using the AHRM Initial ranking. Gretchen Pikul
9/6/2000 Update or Other Action Environmental Work and Quality Plans, Follow-on Environmental Compliance (UST Removal) - draft dated August 2000; ADEC comment letter dated September 2000. Both sites within Lower Camp. Gretchen Pikul
4/20/2001 Update or Other Action Technical Report - Follow-on Environmental Compliance (UST Removal) draft dated December 2000, received on January 2, 2001, ADEC comment letter dated April 20, 2001. Both sites within Lower Camp. Gretchen Pikul
7/13/2001 Site Number Identifier Changed Cape Newenham LRRS site, Reckey 198125X912709, was disseminated into nine component sites and this is one of them. Former Staff

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.

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