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Site Report: Nome Prison Site "A" / DERP/ Site 4

Site Name: Nome Prison Site "A" / DERP/ Site 4
Address: Adjacent to Nome Prison, Nome, AK 99762
File Number: 400.38.001J
Hazard ID: 1147
Status: Cleanup Complete
Staff: No Longer Assigned, 9074655229 dec.icunit@alaska.gov
Latitude: 64.538521
Longitude: -165.416414
Horizontal Datum:WGS84

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

300 empty drums, 38 drums containing 1,400 gallons oil/grease, 880 gallons of coal tar and heavy fuel oil, 16 drums of tar-like solids, 20-30 batteries scattered on ground, 4,780 cubic yards of contaminated soil and 1,000 cubic yards of debris. Cross reference file 400.38.001. On active Alascom antenna field/building. Phase II Review, ADEC- Beelman comments 01/16/91. ACOE# F10AK005202. DERP-FUD (rpltr3.1)

Action Information

Action Date Action Description DEC Staff
1/23/1992 Site Added to Database Former Staff
9/8/1992 Update or Other Action (Old R:Base Action Code = RPL2 - Site Information Request Letter). Sent PRP-CS Database Notification letter to RP requesting update and more environmental information concerning contaminated site. Jim Levine\COE called 10-5-92 and responded by returning updated DECRPTs. Jeff Peterson
3/16/1993 Meeting or Teleconference Held Pre-construction conference at Corps of Engineers Fairbanks Resident Engineer Office. Bob Couch
9/10/1993 Update or Other Action (Old R:Base Action Code = CORR - Correspondence (General)). 9/10/93 letter sent responding to 9/1/93 letter that proposed remediation levels. Bob Couch
10/25/1993 Update or Other Action Scope of work received. Bob Couch
11/19/1993 Update or Other Action (Old R:Base Action Code = CORR - Correspondence (General)). Letter commented on public notice dated October 22, 1993, and stated that ADEC had not agreed on alternate clean-up levels that had been discussed, and that are included in the Corps project documents. Bob Couch
3/1/1994 Update or Other Action (Old R:Base Action Code = RAPR - Remedial Action Plan Review (CS)). Work Plan and Quality Control Plan were submitted 3/1/94, and on 3/7/94 learned that the Corps had returned both plans to the Contractor for revision. Bob Couch
4/1/1994 Update or Other Action (Old R:Base Action Code = RAPR - Remedial Action Plan Review (CS)). Received Contractor's revised Work Plan and Quality Control Plan. Bob Couch
8/16/1994 Site Ranked Using the AHRM Initial ranking. Former Staff
9/27/1994 Update or Other Action (Old R:Base Action Code = F - Site Treatment, Soil/H2O). Approval letter for the use of General Permit 9440-DB006 for the treatment and discharge of wastewater at the site. Bill Smyth
3/14/1996 Update or Other Action (Old R:Base Action Code = RA - Remedial Action). Received "DRAFT Remedial Action Report", Addendum, 1995 Work Season. Tamar Stephens
8/26/1996 Update or Other Action ADEC staff Stephens and Himmelbauer met with James Baker of COE to scope out closure procedures and risk assessment needs for Nome area FUDS project sites. Tamar Stephens
8/27/1996 Update or Other Action Supporting Documentation, Prison Site A, Part I, Analytical Data, and Part II, Supplemental Documentation, Nome Area Sites Project, Seward Peninsula, AK, Contract Number DACW41-89-D0133, Delivery Order Number 15, received August 27, 1996. Tamar Stephens
8/27/1996 Update or Other Action (Old R:Base Action Code = RA - Remedial Action). Remedial Action Report, Prison Site A, Nome Area Sites Project, Seward Peninsula, Alaska, Contract Number DACW41-89-D0133, Delivery Order Number 15, received 8/27/1996. Tamar Stephens
11/19/1999 Update or Other Action Received draft report on remediation of stockpiled soils. Tamar Stephens
11/22/1999 Update or Other Action Current status: Have received and commented on draft closeout report. Briefed section manager. Site can be closed as meeting Method 2 cleanup levels. Corp of Engineers needs to finalize Closeout report and hold public review period. ADEC needs to prepare a short fact sheet that shows basis for ADEC decision to close site. Also need to show closure of on-site landfill, and adequate treatment of stockpiled soils. Tamar Stephens
3/6/2001 Update or Other Action File number updated from 400.38.001 to 400.38.001J. Mitzi Read
12/8/2003 GIS Position Updated Corrected location from site map. It is likely that actual location is east of current position. Torsten Ernst
11/1/2004 Update or Other Action DEC received updated Closeout Report Tamar Stephens
3/14/2008 Exposure Tracking Model Ranking Initial ranking with ETM completed. Tamar Stephens
1/6/2014 Update or Other Action Site transferred from Shepard to Savage. Rebecca Bryan
10/1/2015 Cleanup Complete Determination Issued The selected remedy was to remediate soil contamination to risk-based levels. This work was completed in 1994, 1995, and 1996. Contaminated soil was treated on-site or removed and treated at the Tank Site soil remediation facility. Cumulative risk calculations indicate that risk from all remaining contaminants does not exceed 1 x 10-5 for carcinogens and does not exceed a hazard index of 1 for the non-carcinogenic compounds. The Final Prison Site A, FUDS Closeout Report was approved by ADEC on February 6, 2008. The Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation (ADEC) has evaluated the Prison Site "A" for closure. ADEC determined that this site meets the requirements for closure under Method 2 (18 AAC 75.341 Tables Bl and B2, under 40-inch zone), and that no additional cleanup actions are required at this site under the Site Cleanup Rules in 18 AAC 75.38.325-390. A DECLARATION OF PROJECT CLOSURE DECISION was signed by the Department on 6/06/2008. Dennis Shepard

Contaminant Information

Name Level Description Media Comments
DRO Between Method 2 Migration to Groundwater and Human Health/Ingestion/Inhalation Soil

Control Type

Type Details
No ICs Required

Requirements

Description Details
Advance approval required to transport soil or groundwater off-site.
Movement or use of contaminated material (including on site) in a manner that results in a violation of the water quality standards is prohibited (18 AAC 70)
Hazard ID Site Name File Number
25952 ADOC Anvil Mountain Correctional Center 400.38.049

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