Fairview Areawide Brownfield Assessment
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- Database Name: Fairview Areawide Brownfield Assessment
- Status: Informational
- Location: Anchorage
- Latitude: 61.210662
- Longitude: -149.871037
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Key DBAC Services:
- Areawide Assessment
- DBACs Awarded: 2015, 2016
- DEC File Number: 2100.57.020
DEC Contaminated Sites contact: Bill O'Connell, Project Manager, 907-269-3057 (Anchorage)
Site Narrative
- Requested by Cook Inlet Housing Authority
Aerial view of the study area outlined in red, with former or suspected dry cleaners marked in green in Anchorage, Alaska. Figure courtesy of 2016 Areawide Soil Gas Survey.
In SFY 2015 Cook Inlet Housing Authority was awarded DBAC services to conduct an areawide assessment to evaluate potential redevelopment. The area of concern was a T-shaped area along the Seward and Glenn Highways in the Downtown and Fairview neighborhoods. The report found 46 contaminated sites were listed in the study area, 28 of which were listed as cleanup complete, 10 as cleanup complete with institutional controls and 8 sites listed as active. Many of the sites had petroleum hydrocarbon contamination soil or groundwater. Other contaminants included chlorinated solvents, polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), and metals (chromium, copper, cyanide, lead, and nickel). Some sites also had possible complete vapor intrusion pathways.
In SFY 2016 Cook Inlet Housing Authority was awarded DBAC services to conduct an areawide assessment to evaluate chlorinated solvent contamination within the study area. Passive soil gas samplers were deployed at 25 locations, and two groundwater wells were sampled. The report indicates that one location did have a carbon tetrachloride detection above DEC screening levels, but was greater than 50 feet from a building, and was not likely to pose a risk, while groundwater samples did not have contaminants above DEC cleanup levels.