| Action Date |
Action |
Description |
DEC Staff |
| 4/25/1988 |
Interim Removal Action Approved |
Containment of fuel with snow barriers following 10,000 gallon diesel spill. Contaminated snow removed and attempt made to burn off fuel. Moved contaminated material to honey bucket lagoon. (Old R:Base Action Code = SC - Site Control (Emergency Response)). |
Former Staff |
| 5/6/1988 |
Update or Other Action |
J. Basler of Department of Health and Social Services obtained water samples from Imagruaq (Ikmakrak) Lake and Niaktuvik Lake. Also observed cleanup area. 2 to 3 dump truck loads of snow removed. Fuel smell in spill area. Samples not obtained from lakes for organics analyses due to ice cover. (Old R:Base Action Code = FI - Field Inspection (General)). |
Former Staff |
| 7/12/1988 |
Update or Other Action |
L. Nelson of Department of Health and Social Services obtained samples from Imagruaq (Ikmakrak) Lake. No purgeable aromatics detected. (Old R:Base Action Code = FI - Field Inspection (General)). |
Former Staff |
| 6/10/1992 |
Update or Other Action |
Updated database with information from former Reckey 1991360117002 which was combined with this one. Possible operator may also be Atqasuk Corp., P.O. Box 1921, (907) 633-6414. See also file# 390.02.003. |
Former Staff |
| 6/24/1992 |
Update or Other Action |
ADEC staff sent PRP-CS Database Notification Letter to PRP requesting update and additional environmental information concerning the contaminated site. RP responded 7-24-92 with update and completed information form. (Old R:Base Action Code = RPL2 - Site Information Request Letter). |
Jeff Peterson |
| 1/25/1994 |
Site Added to Database |
Diesel. |
Former Staff |
| 9/22/2006 |
Cleanup Level(s) Approved |
8/9/05 - Larry Johnson met with representatives from NSB, ADEC Solid Waste, PERP, and ASCG. On a per site basis, ADEC agreed to allow characterized soil stockpiled in village to be used as landfill cover. Soil cannot exceed 12,500 mg/kg DRO. In areas that soils exceed ADEC levels, the borough will continue remediation. |
Shannon Oelkers |
| 11/30/2006 |
Cleanup Assumed by ADEC |
ADEC letter sent to Marvin Olsen, NSB, concerning the Old Tank Farm and its "strong fuel odor near the transfer station where the liner was exposed and tattered." It also mentioned the sheen in the northwest corner of the tank farm and stated that analytical samples showed the presence of petroleum contamination above cleanup levels. Mr. Olsen/NSB was requested to provide an update of the contamination remaining at the site as well as a remediation plan by January 31, 2007. |
Shannon Oelkers |
| 7/26/2007 |
Meeting or Teleconference Held |
ADEC staff Oelkers and O'Connell met with the 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. |
Bill O'Connell |
| 9/24/2007 |
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. The ASTs are still in place at this facility, though no longer in use. Removal of the ASTs will be required before additional characterization is conducted. |
Bill O'Connell |
| 5/6/2008 |
Update or Other Action |
Meeting with NSB and their consultant and submittal of Contaminated Site Review, Data QA/QC conducted. Atqasuk Old Tank Farm. DRO was detected up to 10,900 mg/kg in soil and up to 5.89 mg/L in surface water. Benzene also found in surface water at 0.00135 mg/L. Additional action at this site will occur when the tanks have been removed. |
Bill O'Connell |
| 7/12/2010 |
Site Characterization Workplan Approved |
The ASTs were removed from this site late in 2008 allowing for further investigation to be conducted. The 2010 investigation will consist of surface water sampling from ponds near the former tank farm and excavating and sampling up to 13 test pits inside and outside of the tank farm. Soil samples will be analyzed for DRO, GRO, RRO, BTEX, and up to two samples will be analyzed for PAHs. Water samples will be analyzed for DRO, RRO, BTEX, and PAHs. |
Bill O'Connell |
| 12/22/2010 |
Document, Report, or Work plan Review - other |
Reviewed Soil and Water Sampling Report for Old Atqasuk Tank Farm. 2010 sampling included the collection of 6 surface water samples from tundra ponds around the former tank farm and the excavation and collection of 22 soil samples from 13 test pits at the site. Of the 6 surface water samples, the sample and duplicate from location SW-2 contained benzene concentrations that exceed AWQS for TAH. DRO was detected in 3 of the 6 sample locations ranging from 1.26 mg/L at SW4 to 4.07 mg/L at SW3. Soil samples collected from test pits contained contaminants above ADEC cleanup levels in all but two of the test pits, TP6 and TP13. GRO concentrations ranged from 142 mg/kg to 313 mg/kg, DRO from 239 mg/kg to 5,960 mg/kg, and benzene from 0.0395 mg/kg to 3.56 mg/kg. The PAHs 1- and 2-methylnaphthalene were also detected in the one sample analyzed for PAHs. GRO and BTEX data is considered screening level data only as samples were not field preserved with methanol. |
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. CAP/2012 disposal of polluted solids at landfill, landfarm remaining soils as required. |
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 project is pending funding and Landowner agreements. |
Keather McLoone |
| 11/3/2014 |
Exposure Tracking Model Ranking |
A new updated ranking with ETM has been completed for source area 71515 Bulk Fuel Tanks. |
Keather McLoone |
| 1/6/2016 |
Update or Other Action |
No new information on this site. NSB is working thru their inventory of contaminated sites and thus far has focused on other communities with the stated intention of getting to Atqasuk eventually. |
Keather McLoone |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 3/20/2024 |
Document, Report, or Work plan Review - other |
Reviewed and approved site workplan to characterize an onsite contaminated soil stockpile and determine disposal options. |
Andrea Carlson |
