Summary Date: January 2003	View detailed information from database on this site.
	Status: Active	Database Name: Wrangell Junkyard
	Location: 4-Mile Zimovia Highway, Wrangell, AK	Latitude/Longitude: See database entry
DEC Contaminated Sites Contact: William Janes, Project Manager – 907-465-5208

Description
The Wrangell Junkyard site was operated as Byford Salvage from the early 1960s to the mid-1990s. The facility accepted drums and other containers, tires, batteries, boats, and various scrap metal. In addition, the owner operated a foundry in one of the two main shop buildings and disposed of approximately 1,500 automobiles at the site.

Public Health and Environmental Concerns
The site contains significant numbers of broken and burned batteries and high concentrations of lead in the soil. Lead has migrated off-site to nearby intertidal sediments. Other contaminants are present above state cleanup levels.

Current Status
A preliminary assessment and screening-level sampling were conducted August 2000. Additional sampling was conducted in 2001.

Cleanup will begin in 2003 depending on the availability of state funding. Intact and broken/burned batteries will be removed. Lead-contaminated soil will be excavated and barged to an out-of-state disposal facility.

More Information
For more information on the chronology of cleanup at this site, please see the database entry - link at the top of the page.