| Action Date |
Action |
Description |
DEC Staff |
| 6/1/1990 |
Interim Removal Action Approved |
(Old R:Base Action Code = SC - Site Control (Emergency Response)). Dates are estimated from summer cleanup at site by Woodward-Clyde Consultants for BPX which consisted of removing all the debris at the site and shipping hazardous materials to the lower 48. Report entitled "Waste Disposal Plan" Volumes 1-4 dated 10/90. |
Former Staff |
| 9/8/1990 |
Preliminary Assessment Approved |
Woodward-Clyde Consultants conducted an assessment for BP Exploration which resulted in a July, 1990 report entitled "Characterization and Preliminary Consolidation of Hazardous Wastes, Service City, Alaska". |
Former Staff |
| 11/28/1990 |
Site Added to Database |
Reckey number based on Approval to Open Burn issued to BP Exploration by DEC. |
Former Staff |
| 12/12/1990 |
Site Ranked Using the AHRM |
Attempted - no sampling data yet. Sampling to begin in 1991. |
Former Staff |
| 8/1/1991 |
Update or Other Action |
(Old R:Base Action Code = SI - Site Investigation). Exact date unknown. Nadem assisted BPX with site sampling at site. ADEC Douglas laboratory to perform analysis. |
Mehrdad Nadem |
| 11/20/1992 |
Site Number Identifier Changed |
Old Reckey 1990360922601. Reckey changed to reflect new region. |
Former Staff |
| 1/6/1995 |
Site Number Identifier Changed |
Old region = 40. |
Scott Rose |
| 12/1/1999 |
Update or Other Action |
This site was identified as an Orphan on the Charter for the Development of the Alaska North Slope (Charter). Funding under this agreement will be used to cleanup the site. |
Linda Nuechterlein |
| 8/21/2001 |
Site Characterization Workplan Approved |
Site characterization workplan approved. |
Jim Frechione |
| 8/29/2001 |
Update or Other Action |
Fax to Mike Bennett - Hoefler Consulting Group - regarding information on type of equipment needed to request in stream crossing permit. |
Jim Frechione |
| 3/6/2002 |
Update or Other Action |
Final Phase II Site Assessment Report received. Assessment of gravel pad in 2001 identified source areas with significant volumes of petroleum contaminated soil in excess of DEC’s Method One cleanup level for the Arctic Zone, and areas of petroleum-stained soil conducted by BNCI/SLR as follows:
•The former bulk fuel storage area adjacent to the ponded area on the east side of the pad.
•The area below the former maintenance shop on the southeast portion of the pad.
•The former location of the aboveground storage tanks (ASTs) on the southeast corner of the pad.
•Two locations on the pad where visible surface staining was evident (west excavation areas.) |
Linda Nuechterlein |
| 6/21/2002 |
Interim Removal Action Approved |
Approval for final corrective action plan given by Renee Evans via email. Approximately 16,300 cubic yards (cy) of contaminated soil was excavated from the source areas at the Service City Pad during 2002. |
Linda Nuechterlein |
| 3/19/2003 |
Update or Other Action |
DEC received Final Service City Completion/Corrective Action report which was dated March 2003. |
Linda Nuechterlein |
| 1/23/2004 |
Update or Other Action |
Results from a final round of sampling were faxed to DEC on this date. This sampling was conducted 420 days after initial inoculation during September 2003. Sampling results for GRO and RRO did not exceed Method One levels, and the DRO concentrations had also decreased, and ranged from 200 to 1110 mg/kg. |
Linda Nuechterlein |
| 2/11/2004 |
Update or Other Action |
File number changed from 300.38.170 to 300.38.002. |
Sarah Cunningham |
| 9/2/2004 |
Conditional Closure Approved |
Letter recording ROD and NFRAP status was sent September 2, 2004. Institutional controls established. This site will be removed from the Charter "Orphan" list. |
Linda Nuechterlein |
| 9/2/2004 |
Institutional Control Record Established |
An institutional control is established to identify areas on the pad where hazardous substance contamination may remain above 18 AAC 75.341 Method One Table A2 cleanup levels for the following areas:
-Soil sample EX-707-07, collected from the west side of the former bulk fuel area/maintenance shop excavation with a GRO concentration of 883 mg/kg, a benzene concentration of 4.4 mg/kg, and a BTEX concentration of 18.83.
-Soil sample ex-708-02, collected from the south side of the small AST area located on the south edge of the pad with a DRO concentration of 2,470 mg/kg and an RRO concentration of 5,960 mg/kg.
-Soil sample EX-703-05, collected from the east side of the former maintenance shop which contained RRO at a concentration of 3,050 mg/kg.
-Any proposal to transport soil off site requires DEC approval in accordance with 18 AAC 75.325(i). |
Linda Nuechterlein |
| 9/2/2004 |
Institutional Control Record Established |
A surface water monitoring plan will be required to periodically sample surface water to ensure any areas of contamination do not pose a risk in the future. Sampling for TAH and TAqH of the surface water at station SC-SW-05 will be required on an annual basis since the most recent sample collected in 2002 exceeded Alaska Water Quality Standards (18 AAC 70) for both TAH and TAqH. Annual sampling will be required until results of surface water samples at this location do not exceed the Alaska Water Quality Standards for TAH and TAqH. |
Linda Nuechterlein |
| 3/3/2006 |
Update or Other Action |
Long term monitoring for "Service City Surface Water Sample Results" prepared by Oasis for BP was received. Results for 2005 show DRO at 8.11 mg/L and BTEX at 0.0578 mg/L. See full report in 300.38.229. Information entered in database 2-21-08 by Pam Clemens. |
Linda Nuechterlein |
| 2/16/2011 |
Document, Report, or Work plan Review - other |
Reviewed 2009 Monitoring Report for Service City. Annual sampling of one surface water location, SC-SW-5 was required under the 2004 Closure Decision, however due to an oversight, sampling was not conducted in 2010. The 2009 sample contained TAH at 0.286 mg/l and TAqH at 0.373 mg/l, above the AWQS of 0.01 mg/l and 0.015 mg/l, respectively. DRO was detected at 5.32 mg/l. Sampling will be conducted again in 2011. |
Bill O'Connell |
| 7/20/2011 |
Document, Report, or Work plan Review - other |
Reviewed 2011 work plan for Service City. One surface water sample will be collected and analyzed for DRO, BTEX, and PAHs. |
Bill O'Connell |
| 7/31/2012 |
Document, Report, or Work plan Review - other |
Reviewed 2012 work plan for water quality monitoring at Service City. One surface water sample will be collected at location SC-SW-05 and field observations will be recorded.
|
Bill O'Connell |
| 8/17/2012 |
Document, Report, or Work plan Review - other |
Reviewed 2011 monitoring report for Service City. One surface water sample was collected at location SW-5 and analyzed for DRO, GRO, BTEX and PAHs. AWQS were exceeded for both TAH (BTEX) and TAqH (BTEX +PAHs) with total TAH detected at 0.777 mg/l and TAqH detected at 0.9405 mg/l. Hydrocarbon sheen was not noted during sampling however abundant plant growth and biogenic sheen were observed. |
Bill O'Connell |
| 6/19/2013 |
Document, Report, or Work plan Review - other |
Date of receipt of 2012 Monitoring Report reviewed 9/25/13. A single surface water location was sampled in duplicate and analyzed for BTEX and PAHs. No visible petrogenic sheen was observed, but iron and a biosheen was. TAH and TAqH were both exceeded primarily due to xylenes. |
Keather McLoone |
| 8/8/2013 |
Document, Report, or Work plan Review - other |
Reviewed Service City water quality monitoring work plan. A surface water sample will be collected from one established monitoring location and field observations will be recorded. |
Bill O'Connell |
| 4/14/2014 |
Document, Report, or Work plan Review - other |
Date of receipt of 2013 Monitoring report. One surface water location was sampled and a duplicate collected. TAH and TAqH as well as benzene exceeded Alaska Water Quality Standards. Location is heavily vegetated, has shown a biogenic sheen, and not much water was observed. |
Keather McLoone |
| 7/30/2014 |
Document, Report, or Work plan Review - other |
Date of receipt of hardcopy (email copy on 7/25/14) of Water Quality Monitoring Work Plan. One surface water location will be sampled in duplicate for GRO/DRO, BTEX, and PAH. |
Keather McLoone |
| 10/6/2014 |
Institutional Control Update |
Current project manager chooses to retain management of the site at this time. |
Kristin Thompson |
| 5/18/2015 |
Document, Report, or Work plan Review - other |
Date of letter reporting entitled Service City 2014 Contaminated Sites Monitoring Report. A sample and duplicate was collected at location SC-SW-05 and analyzed for DRO, GRO, BTEX, and PAH. No sheen was produced when disturbing sediments but benzene, TAH and TAqH exceeded water quality criteria and DRO was above Table C. |
Keather McLoone |
| 7/29/2015 |
Document, Report, or Work plan Review - other |
Date of receipt of 2015 Contaminated Sites Water Quality Monitoring Work Plan. Activities planned include sampling 1 surface water locations for GRO, DRO, BTEX and PAHs. |
Keather McLoone |
| 7/29/2015 |
Document, Report, or Work plan Review - other |
Date on Transmittal of the 2015 Contaminated Sites Water Quality Monitoring Workplan for D Pad, Service City, COTU North, COTU South, BOC Bulk Fuel Facility Utilidor, DSM Shop, PBOC Generator, MCC Fuel Island. As of 10/15/15 an approval letter hadn't been sent because ERM/BP had not yet provided the 2014 COTU South report although it has been reportedly just about ready for 2 months. |
Keather McLoone |
| 7/25/2016 |
Document, Report, or Work plan Review - other |
Reviewed the Service City 2015 Contaminated Sites Monitoring Report, dated May 27, 2016, for the Service City Pad site. Activities described in the report mainly consisted of annual surface water sampling at one location (SC-SW-05). Results revealed that TAH and TAqH exceeded the Alaska Water Quality Standards (AWQS) at this location. Sampling will occur again in 2016.
|
Joshua Barsis |
| 8/9/2016 |
Document, Report, or Work plan Review - other |
Reviewed the 2016 Contaminated Sites Soil & Water Quality Monitoring Work Plan, dated August 2016. Proposed activities mainly consist of monitoring well sampling, surface water sampling, and surface soil sampling. |
Joshua Barsis |
| 9/28/2016 |
Update or Other Action |
At this time, the project manager chooses to retain management of this site which has institutional controls. |
IC Unit |
| 2/7/2017 |
Document, Report, or Work plan Review - other |
Reviewed the 2016 Contaminated Sites Monitoring Report, dated February 2017, for the Service City Pad site. The monitoring report describes the surface water inspection and sampling activities completed in 2016, and also includes a work plan for the 2017 activities.
Visual inspection and surface water sampling activities were completed at one location, SC-SW-05 on August 17, 2016. A sheen was observed and a fuel odor was noted at the sample location, however, based on the sheen characteristics, it was marked as biogenic in nature on the field notes. Sample results for total aromatic hydrocarbons (TAH) and total aqueous hydrocarbons (TAqH) were 4.2 µg/l and 4.5 µg/l, respectively, both of which are well below the Alaska Water Quality Standards (AWQS) criteria.
It should be noted that Sample SC-SW-05 was collected from what appears to be at least 100 feet east of the proposed sample location, as shown in the 2016 Contaminated Sites Soil & Water Quality Monitoring Work Plan, dated August 2016. This may have contributed to the decreased TAH and TAqH concentrations during this event, as the 2015 sample location was much closer to the pad and exhibited levels of TAH and TAqH above AWQS.
Proposed 2017 activities include visual inspection (with and without sediment disturbance) and surface water sampling at location SC-SW-05. Additionally proposed were the decommissioning of up to 21 monitoring wells that are no longer in use. Sample analysis in 2017 will include benzene, toluene, ethylbenzene, and xylenes (BTEX), and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs). Diesel range organics and gasoline range organics will be removed from the analytical suite because they are not required to meet AWQS under 18 AAC 70.
|
Joshua Barsis |
| 4/18/2018 |
Document, Report, or Work plan Review - other |
Reviewed the Service City 2017 Contaminated Sites Monitoring Well Decommissioning and Surface Water Monitoring Report, dated April 2018. The monitoring report describes the 2017 surface water inspection and sampling activities, monitoring well decommissioning activities, and also includes a work plan for the 2018 effort.
Visual inspection and surface water sampling activities were completed at one location, SC-SW-05 on August 5, 2017. A sheen was observed at the sample location, however, based on the sheen characteristics, it was determined to be biogenic in nature. Regardless of the sheen, sample results for total aromatic hydrocarbons (TAH) and total aqueous hydrocarbons (TAqH) were 280 µg/l and 313 µg/l, respectively, both of which exceed the Alaska Water Quality Standards (AWQS) criteria.
A total of 16 monitoring wells were decommissioned during the 2017 effort. During abandonment activities, numerous crushed drums and other metal debris were observed eroding from the wall of the pad near the Kuparuk River.
Report recommendations include continued surface water monitoring and testing in 2018 at sample location SC-SW-05; and removal of the drums and metal debris observed in 2017. In the event contamination is suspected during the removal, work will be halted and ADEC will be contacted to discuss the appropriate characterization and/or removal plan.
|
Joshua Barsis |
| 4/9/2019 |
Document, Report, or Work plan Review - other |
Reviewed the Service City 2018 Contaminated Sites Report and 2019 Work Plan, dated April 5, 2019. The monitoring report describes the 2018 surface water inspection and sampling activities, and also includes a work plan for the 2019 effort.
Visual inspection and surface water sampling activities were completed at one location, SC-SW-05 on August 10, 2018. Sample results for total aromatic hydrocarbons (TAH) and total aqueous hydrocarbons (TAqH) were 1,340 µg/l and 1,460 µg/l, respectively, both of which exceed the Alaska Water Quality Standards (AWQS) criteria.
Report recommendations include continued surface water monitoring and testing in 2019 at sample location SC-SW-05.
|
Joshua Barsis |
| 1/28/2020 |
Potentially Responsible Party/State Interest Letter |
PRP letter sent to NSB requesting ownership and operations information at the property for potential new source area- buried drums and debris filled east bank of Kuparuk. |
Lisa Krebs-Barsis |
| 5/20/2020 |
Document, Report, or Work plan Review - other |
Received 2019 Contaminated Sites Monitoring Report and Work Plan Considerations. |
Andrea Carlson |
| 1/12/2022 |
Document, Report, or Work plan Review - other |
Received 2021 Contaminated Site Monitoring Report and Proposed Work Plan detailing surface water sampling. |
Andrea Carlson |
| 3/7/2023 |
Document, Report, or Work plan Review - other |
Reviewed the 2022 Contaminated Site Monitoring Report and Proposed Work Plan dated March 7, 2023. Water quality monitoring activities were completed in 2022 and included collecting samples from two surface water locations. TAH and TAqH still exceed water quality standards. Work plan includes sampling again in 2025. |
Andrea Carlson |
