| Action Date |
Action |
Description |
DEC Staff |
| 2/25/1992 |
Update or Other Action |
Letter to Scott Hansen regarding Draft IRP RI/FS Stage 1 Tech report addendum March 1991 and 2nd draft report June 1990, ROM-6 Waste Accumulation Area, ROM-7 Dump, ROM-9 Landfill& ROM-11 Former White Alice Site. The Department requests that the attached "ADEC No Further Action Criteria for DOD Military/FUD Sites" be used in drafting Technical Documents to Support No Further Action (TDSNFA) for these sites and any others that are being considered for this type of action. |
Louis Howard |
| 7/13/1992 |
Document, Report, or Work plan Review - other |
Letter from EPA, Region 10, who has reviewed the Preliminary Assessment submitted for the Cape Romanzof Long Range Radar site, Cape Romanzof, Alaska. The documents have been evaluated in accordance with 40 CFR, Part 300, Appendix A, which is EPA's Hazard Ranking System (HRS) used to evaluate federal facilities for inclusion on the National Priorities List (NPL).
The reviewed documents indicate that the site does not score high enough to be proposed for inclusion on the NPL. Therefore, a recommendation of no further remedial action planned (NFRAP) on the EPA's part will be included in the Federal Agency Hazardous Waste Compliance Docket tracking system. If new or additional information becomes available that suggests the facility may score high enough to be proposed for the NPL, EPA must reevaluate the facility accordingly.
EPA's NFRAP designation does not relieve the facility from complying with appropriate Alaska state regulations. The Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act (SARA) of 1986 120(a) (4)* requires federal facilities to comply with state cleanup requirements and standards when not listed on the NPL. This facility will not be removed from the Federal Agency Hazardous Waste Compliance Docket, but as noted earlier, will be listed for no further action by EPA.
**State laws. -- State laws concerning removal and remedial action, including State laws regarding enforcement, shall apply to removal and remedial action at facilities owned or operated by a department, agency, or instrumentality of the United States when such facilities are not included on the National Priorities List. The preceding sentence shall not apply to the extent a State law would apply any standard or requirement to such facilities which is more stringent than the standards and requirements applicable to facilities which are not owned or operated by any such department, agency, or instrumentality. |
Jennifer Roberts |
| 11/30/1992 |
Update or Other Action |
Preliminary Assessment for Cape Romanzof Long Range Radar Site prepared by 11th Environmental & Contract Planning Section. SOURCE 12, WHITE ALICE SITE (UC-Upper Camp): This facility is located near Upper Camp. At one time over 200 drums may have accumulated at the site; about half of which were unused product and the remaining, waste oils. A garage on the site also contained numerous leaking drums of oil. There may have been considerable drainage of oil from electrical equipment at the site.
The drainage may have been directed to a sump excavated into rock on the mountain side. In 1983-1984, clean-up efforts were conducted at the site. Also, in 1984, soil samples were collected from around the building areas and tested. It was noted in file data that all tests of soils were negative for PCB contaminants. |
Louis Howard |
| 12/31/1992 |
Update or Other Action |
RI/FS Technical Report received. ROM- 11 The White Alice facility was in operation from 1958 to 1979. The Former White Alice site has been demolished. All structures have been removed and debris buried in landfills. The "asbestos landfill is staked and, placarded as required" (letter communication with R Coullahan, 5099th CEOS, January 14, 1992). The area has been graded effectively, removing any evidence of past building locations and any visible signs of contamination.
With concurrence of the Air Force TPM, the two soil samples scheduled to be collected here were deleted from the RI/FS investigation. |
Louis Howard |
| 3/23/1993 |
Site Closure Approved |
Certified letter No. P521 088 842 to Scott Hansen - No Further Action Decision (NFAD) for
ROM-1D (LF12 the old 5099th Landfill),
ROM-4 (OT05 Road Oiling Sites),
ROM-6 (SS01 Waste Accumulation Area #2),
ROM-7 (Dump),
ROM-9 (LF02 Landfill No. 1),
ROM-11 (OT06 White Alice Site), and
conditional NFAD for ROM-2 Well no. 3 (SS10 Weather Station Wells & Spill Site #4).
The Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) received this document on February 26, 1992, reviewed it within the 30 day time period, and has the following comments:
DEC concurs with the NFAD request for Cape Romanzof sites ROM-1D, ROM-4, ROM-6, ROM-7, ROM-9, and ROM-11. If in the future, additional contamination is discovered at these sites, further investigation and/or remedial actions may be required by DEC. DEC concurs with the conditional NFAD for the Cape Romanzof site ROM-2 contingent on the closure of Well No. 3 in 1993. A workplan must be submitted and approved by DEC detailing closure procedures before closure of Well No. 3 commences. DEC will review the final closure documents for Well No. 3 before the final NFAD will be approved. Signed Jennifer Roberts DOD Project Manager.
NOTE to file from IRP RI/FS Stage 1 WCC June 1990 2nd Draft Report July 1989-May 1990 USAF Contract# F33615-850-4544 Deliver order# 5:
ROM-2. The well was inaccessible for sampling because the pumping system was inoperable, and the pump and piping were abandoned in place. This would have required disassembly, which was beyond the scope of work. Reconnaissance of the area around the well failed to produce evidence of contamination. Fuel storage tanks are located approximately 200 feet away and downgradient From the well. Thus it is improbable that these fuel storage tanks could have been the source of contamination at this well.
ROM-6. After reconnaissance, no evidence was found that this site was ever a drum storage area. No evidence of contamination and no odors were observed.
ROM-7 This site was previously identified as a landfill. It could not be located after the reconnaissance. A former Station Manager, Tom Hull, who worked at Cape Romanzof periodically since 1977, was not aware of a landfill existing here (T. Hull, personal communication,1989). No evidence of contamination(e.g., no odors or stains) was observed.
ROM-9. This site was previously identified as a landfill. It could not be located after the reconnaissance. Former Station Manager Hull was not aware of a landfill existing here (T. Hull, personal communication, 1989). No evidence of contamination (e.g. no odors or stains) was observed.
ROM-11. The Former White Alice site has been demolished. All structures have been removed and debris buried in unknown, unrecognizable landfills. The area has been graded effectively, removing any evidence of past building locations and any visible signs of contamination.
|
Jennifer Roberts |
| 5/23/2001 |
Document, Report, or Work plan Review - other |
Review comments on draft Proposed Plan for Remedial Action Cape Romanzof LRRS April 2001. ADEC requests the Air Force identify the preferred alternatives up front on the introduction page(s). For example, seven sites (list by name) are being designated no further remedial action and in fact have been approved as requiring no further action by ADEC in 1993. The PP is officially memorializing those decisions made ADEC. Three sites require some type of action and it should be briefly stated in the introduction identifying what the preferred alternative is for each site in the PP.
ADEC requests a global change throughout the document for the term “natural attenuation” to “monitored natural attenuation” which includes the required long-term monitoring for natural attenuation.
Please note that the nine criteria analysis comprises of two steps: an individual evaluation of each alternative with respect to each criterion; and a comparison of options to determine the relative performance of the alternatives and identify major trade-offs among them (i.e. relative advantages and disadvantages). There are not nine criteria listed in this table. Missing from the table is “State Acceptance”. ADEC requests the inclusion of these criteria to the table. Also revise the table as follows:
Identify the first two criteria: Protection of Human Health and the Environment & Compliance of ARARs as being “Threshold Criteria”: Must be met by all alternatives.
Identify the next five criteria (Short-term Effectiveness, Long-term Effectiveness and Permanence, Reduction of Toxicity, mobility, or volume reduction through treatment, implementability, and cost) as “Balancing Criteria” used to compare alternatives.
Finally, identify the last two criteria: State Acceptance and Community acceptance as “Modifying Criteria” evaluated as a result of public comments.
State acceptance will be described as: What are the state’s comments or concerns about the alternatives considered and about the preferred alternative? Does the state support or oppose the preferred alternative?
OT06-Please clarify where the asbestos came from in the asbestos landfill that was observed, staked, and placarded. |
Louis Howard |
| 5/10/2005 |
Site Added to Database |
Site AHRM Ranking duplicated from Cape Romanzof SS10/01,DP11,LF02,OT6, Reckey 199125X123801. |
Louis Howard |
| 5/11/2005 |
Update or Other Action |
File number updated. Issued 1/13/05. |
Aggie Blandford |
| 5/22/2006 |
CERCLA Proposed Plan |
This Proposed Plan describes the proposed site closure of six (6) Environmental Restoration
Program (ERP2) sites located at the Cape Romanzof Long Range Radar Site (Cape Romanzof). The six sites are listed below:
• Waste Accumulation Area No. 2 (SS001),
• Waste Accumulation Area No. 3 (SS008),
• Landfill No. 1 (LF002),
• Road Oiling (OT005),
• White Alice (OT006), and
• 611th Disposal Pit/Debris Landfill (LF012).
The six subject sites of this Proposed Plan do not pose an unacceptable risk to human health or
the environment; therefore, the United States Air Force (USAF) is recommending site closure
under its CERCLA authority.
Site Description: The White Alice (OT006) facility (formerly known as ROM-11) was in operation from 1958 to 1979. It was located on the high ridge southwest of Upper Camp.
Cleanup Actions To-Date: Debris cleanup was performed in the vicinity of the White Alice (OT006) site in 1984. Drums and debris were removed from the hillside northeast of the White Alice facilities, and floor tile from the electronics room of the White Alice building was removed. All transformers from the power plant were removed prior to 1984. A USAF field
log from the 1984 activities states that PCB sampling was performed, and sample results
were all negative, although no analytical results or other reports could be found to verify the
information in the log book.
The White Alice (OT06) facility structures were demolished as part of a cleanup of the site in
1988. Scrap metal and wood debris were reportedly buried in pits onsite. Asbestos containing
material was placed into a staked and placarded landfill southeast of Lower Camp6. Following burial, the entire site was graded to blend into surrounding contours. Approximately two to three feet of clean fill was placed over the entire area.
In 2004, soil, sediment, and surface water samples were collected from the hillside downgradient of OT006 as part of the 2004 RI/FS for DP11 (DP11 is located adjacent to OT006). The 2004 RI/FS samples were analyzed for DRO, GRO, RRO, PAHs, metals, PCBs, and VOCs; Table 4
summarizes the analytical results downgradient from OT006. No contamination was detected
above cleanup levels7 in any of the samples located downgradient of OT006; there is no evidence of downgradient migration of any historical contamination at OT006.
Proposed Remedy-There is no further action required to protect human health or the environment at White Alice (OT006). Site closure is recommended. |
Louis Howard |
| 11/30/2006 |
Document, Report, or Work plan Review - other |
The Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation (the department), Contaminated Sites Federal Facilities Restoration Program, received the draft Record of Decision (ROD) dated October 2006 on November 3, 2006.The ROD stipulates no further action under CERCLA for Waste Accumulation Area No. 2 (SS001), Waste Accumulation Area No. 3 (SS008), Landfill No. 1(LF002), Road Oiling (OT005), White Alice (OT006), 611th Disposal Pit/Debris Landfill (LF012). The department agrees with the overall selected remedy in the ROD and has the following comments described below.
1.5 Statutory Determinations Page 1-2: The text states "The decision may be reviewed and modified in the future if new information becomes available that indicates the presence of previously undiscovered contaminants or exposures that may cause unacceptable risk to human health or the environment." The department requests the Air Force revise the text to read:
"The decision may be reviewed and modified in the future if new information becomes available that indicates the presence of contamination, waste, or exposure that may cause an unacceptable risk to human health or the environment."
1.7 Authorizing Signatures Page 1-4: The department requests the Air Force revise the text to be revised to state: "This signature sheet documents the United States Air Force's and the Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation's approval of the remedy selected in this Record of Decision for sites: SS001, SS008, LF002, LF012, OT005, and OT006 at Cape Romanzof LRRS, Alaska. This decision may be reviewed and modified in the future if new information becomes available that indicates the presence of contamination, waste, or exposure that may cause an unacceptable risk to human health or the environment."
2.6.2 Nature and Extent of Contamination Page 2-13: The text states no contamination remains above ADEC Method Two soil cleanup levels or ADEC Table C groundwater cleanup levels at any of the six ERP sites. The department requests the Air Force change the text to read: "...no evidence of contamination remains above 18 AAC 75.341 Table B1, Method Two soil cleanup levels or 18 AAC 75.345 Table C groundwater cleanup levels at any of the six...."
2.9.1 Soil and Groundwater Page 2-24: The text states: "For the six sites discussed in this PLAN, USAF..."
The department requests the Air Force correct the text to state: "For the six sites discussed in this ROD, USAF..."
The text in this section does not mention whether or not sample results for groundwater at the six sites addressed in this ROD (not "Plan", the word "Plan" appears to be a holdover from the Proposed Plan-check document for word "Plan" and substitute "ROD" as appropriate, i.e. see also sections 2.9.2 and 2.9.3) exceeded ADEC 18 AAC 75.345 Table C groundwater cleanup levels. The department requests the Air Force provide text clarifying whether or not contaminant levels in groundwater samples exceed or do not exceed Table C values.
2.13 Statutory Determinations Page 2-26: The text does not state if the selected remedy (site closure) complies with state and federal environmental laws and regulations with regards to concentrations in groundwater exceeding or not exceeding levels allowed in 18 AAC 75 Table C for groundwater. The department requests clarification on whether or not groundwater contaminant levels are being exceeded by the six subject Cape Romanzof LRRS ERP sites.
4.0 References Page 4-1: The reference for Water Quality Standards "ADEC, 2006. 18 Alaska Administrative Code (AAC) 70 Water Quality Standards, as amended through June 13, 2006" is incorrect. The Water Quality Standards should be listed as being amended through September 1, 2006.
The department requests either including as a reference listing or as an appendix, the department's letter of March 23, 1993 to 611 CES/CEVR's predecessor 11 CEOS/DEVR (Mr. Scott Hansen) from Jennifer Roberts. Subject of the certified letter no. P 521 088 842 : No Further Action Decision (NFAD) for ROM-1D, ROM-4, ROM-6, ROM-7, ROM-9, ROM-11 and conditional NFAD at ROM-2 Well No. 3. The department concurred with the request for NFAD at ROM-1D, ROM-4, ROM-6, ROM-7, ROM-9, and ROM-11. |
Louis Howard |
| 5/7/2007 |
Record of Decision |
Final Record of Decision (ROD) for: Waste Accumulation Area No. 2 (SS001), Waste Accumulation Area No. 3 (SS008), Landfill No. 1 (LF002), 611th Disposal Pit/Debris Landfill (LF012), Road Oiling (OT005), and White Alice (OT006) are six of 15 ERP sites at Cape Romanzof LRRS signed by John Halverson, Environmental Program Manager Federal Facilities Section, Contaminated Sites Program. The ROD documents the United States Air Force and Alaska Department of
Environmental Conservation's approval of the remedy selected in this Record of Decision for sites SSOO1, SS008, LF002, LFOI2, OT005, and OT006 at Cape Romanzof LRRS, Alaska. The decision may be reviewed and modified in the future if new information becomes available that indicates the presence of undiscovered contaminants or exposures that may cause an unacceptable risk to human health or the environment.
The selected remedy (no action) is protective of human health and the environment, because there has been no contamination detected at the six subject Cape Romanzof LRRS ERP sites (SS001, SS008, LF002, LF012, OT005, and OT006) at levels that pose an unacceptable risk to human health or the environment.
The selected remedy (no action) complies with state and federal environmental laws and regulations. There has been no contamination detected at concentrations exceeding levels allowed by Alaska Oil and Hazardous Substances Pollution Control Regulations (18 AAC 75.341 Tables B1 and B2 for soil). Surface soil PCB concentrations are below the 1 mg/kg concentration allowed in TSCA for residential use. There has been no groundwater investigation at the subject sites, because the low levels of soil contamination suggested that groundwater investigation was not warranted.
The CERCLA requirements for cost-effectiveness and utilization of permanent solutions and alternative treatment technologies to the maximum extent practicable are not applicable for a no-action (site closure) final remedy.
Pursuant to CERCLA §121(c) and NCP §300.430(f)(5)(iii)(C), because the selected remedy will not result in hazardous substances, pollutants, or contaminants remaining onsite above levels that allow for unlimited use and unrestricted exposure, a statutory review will not be required within five years after initiation of the remedial action to verify that the remedy is, or will be, protective of human health and the environment.
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John Halverson |
| 11/6/2009 |
Update or Other Action |
Note: If you are looking for information about this site prior to 2004, check file number 2526.38.000, marked Cape Romanzof General Information/Correspondence. This file contains documents that may pertain to all Cape Romanof sites before they were established as individual sites. |
Natalie Loescher |
| 11/6/2009 |
Update or Other Action |
File has Cleanup Complete Status But Is To Remain In Anchorage CS Office. |
Natalie Loescher |
| 7/5/2011 |
Exposure Tracking Model Ranking |
Initial ranking with ETM completed for source area id: 72324 name: auto-generated pm edit Cape Romanzof OT06 White Alice Site |
Louis Howard |
