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Site Report: Lakeview Road Drum Site

Site Name: Lakeview Road Drum Site
Address: 3671 and 4102 Lakeview Drive; E. Side of Lakeview Road (aka Lakeview Drive), 1 Mi. S. of Old Rich Hwy., Fairbanks, AK 99701
File Number: 100.38.020
Hazard ID: 1405
Status: Active
Staff: * Currently Not Assigned, 9072693057 bill.oconnell@alaska.gov
Latitude: 64.806065
Longitude: -147.676767
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

Approximately 500 drums of suspected tar and asphalt, many old and leaking drums of asphalt emulsifier, and one drum of Tedimon 31 reported to ADEC 5/1991. Surface water is located within 30 feet of the site and strong fumes were noted. Extent of contamination and threat to health unknown. Tedimon 31 drum removed by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) and taken to Hazardous Waste Cleanup Day 5/1991. Drum appeared to be empty and in good condition. Mailed notification letter to Fairbanks Outboard Association, c/o Kathy Rich (work phone number 474-7015), 932 Carol Lane, Fairbanks, 99712. BLM may have subsurface rights at the site: Rod Everet BLM contact at 474-2365. Waterfowl are using nearby gravel pits and homes located within 250-300 yards from site. Estimated location is TL-2407.

Action Information

Action Date Action Description DEC Staff
5/23/1991 Update or Other Action (Old R:Base Action Code = FI - Field Inspection (General)). Zimmerman and Dubois inspected the site and found approximately 400 drums with asphalt and tar, 2 asphalt emulsifier drums, and 1 drum of Tedimon 31 which appeared to be empty and in good condition. Waterfowl were noted in the gravel pits and a slough is within 30 feet. Former Staff
5/25/1991 Interim Removal Action Approved (Old R:Base Action Code = SC - Site Control (Emergency Response)). NW EnviroService overpacked and disposed of Tedimon 31 drum for BLM. Drum was taken to Hazardous Waste Cleanup Day at the landfill. Former Staff
6/12/1991 Site Added to Database Abandoned and leaking drums. Former Staff
6/24/1992 Update or Other Action (Old R:Base Action Code = RPL2 - Site Information Request Letter). ADEC sent PRP-CS Database Notification Letter to PRP requesting update and additional environmental information concerning the contaminated site. As of this "complete date" no response has been received. Jeff Peterson
7/28/1992 Update or Other Action (Old R:Base Action Code = FI - Field Inspection (General)). ADEC visited site on 7-28-92 and observed several hundred unsightly drums on their side and leaking what looked like tar onto the ground. There appears to be lake of tar under the groundcover. Ed Armstrong
7/29/1992 Update or Other Action (Old R:Base Action Code = CORR - Correspondence (General)). ADEC phone conversation with Kathy Rich, representative for Fairbanks Outboard Association. Rich related interest and prospective plans for drum removal and site clean-up to occur in next year. Urban Rahoi, depositor of drums at site, Outboard Association, and Kiwanas is possible group to do clean-up work. Jeff Peterson
12/1/1992 Update or Other Action (Old R:Base Action Code = CORR - Correspondence (General)). Kathy Rich of Outboard Association called ADEC/J. Peterson to relate that David Coleman/Kiwanas has found someone with equipment to come out to site before breakup next spring and take tar to landfill. Former Staff
3/10/1994 Site Ranked Using the AHRM Initial ranking. Former Staff
1/4/1995 Site Ranked Using the AHRM Site reranked. Jeff Peterson
1/4/2000 Update or Other Action Anonymous complainant (7/25/99) reported barrels leaking a black fluid that was running towards the gravel pit. There were several hundred barrels of asphalt oil - some had leaked - gravel pit is popular boating, swimming, fishing recreation area. Groundwater might be contaminated. Meilani Clark
7/10/2002 GIS Position Updated Plotted latitude and longitude coordinates and found them to be acceptable for associated property or address. Heather Goldman
5/5/2005 Update or Other Action PERP received a report of an ongoing discharge at the site from asphalt processing equipment. They will respond to the complaint. Larry Johnson
8/30/2008 Site Visit Drums and site are in the same condition as file indicates. A PRP letter was sent to Urban Rahoi in 2005 by PERP. At the time he notified Jon Dixon he would use the asphalt as road resurfacing at Lakeview mobile home park. Neal Everson
9/4/2008 Exposure Tracking Model Ranking Initial ranking with ETM completed for source area id: 72383 name: auto-generated pm edit Lakeview Road Drum Site Neal Everson
9/20/2008 Potentially Responsible Party/State Interest Letter Sent PRP letter and questionaire. Respond within 30 days. Neal Everson
12/7/2009 Update or Other Action Received historical landownership information from Paula Wright (Dept. of Law) Jim Fish
1/22/2010 Potentially Responsible Party/State Interest Letter PRP letters resent to landowners Jim Fish
1/27/2010 Update or Other Action Urban Rahoi (owner of Lakeview Enterprises) called CS Staff and identified himself as the RP. He he admitted drums were his; said he used some tar to pave the Lakeview Trailer Court; planned to use the remaining material to continue paving more. RP said he also tried to give tar/asphalt to the Borough for landfill capping (they didn’t accept it). He may have a few drums of waste oil on site, but they aren’t leaking (somebody else put them there). He plans to have the boiler fired up again during summer – use the waste oil as fuel, and get rid for tar for asphalt paving. He is going out of town until 5 or 8 March, and will respond to our letter when he returns. He mentioned he was unwilling to pay for a consultant to come and do site assessment work – he was trying to do good by recycling the material. Originally drums came from Phillips Field and the Army during the 1950s. CS staff is exploring potential methods of disposal of the approximately 500 drums from the site (e.g. asphalt recycling plants and Borough landfill), as well as soils containing hardened tar/asphalt. Jim Fish
9/28/2010 Update or Other Action RP (Urban Rahoi) called to give update on status of drum removal. He plans to pave nearby roads & has moved steam kettle for use next spring. Indicated borough dump will not accept drums of tar or tar spilled onto ground. Will contact again in spring. Jim Fish
3/7/2011 Spill Transferred from Prevention Preparedness and Response Program Spill transferred by PERP staff Tom DeRuyter. Spill number = 05309912401; spill date = 5/4/05; PERP file no. = 100.02.015; substance = asphalt; quantity = 500 gallons. Description: Approximately 500 drums stored on their side for 30 years while full of asphalt. Many of the drums have corroded and are leaking. Mitzi Read
6/30/2011 Update or Other Action Letter sent to prospective purchaser that buried heating oil tanks can be closed in place. Jim Fish
9/2/2011 Update or Other Action Second letter sent to prospective purchaser indicating buried heating oil tanks can be closed in place, and provided definitions as per AS46.03.450. Jim Fish
8/11/2014 Update or Other Action Discussed with PERP the Spring 2014 cleanup of a drum clipped by snow plow, and had phone discussion with SnowMobile Lions Club member on liability issues and on potential cleanup actions. Jim Fish
8/12/2014 Update or Other Action Discussed site with Snowmachine Lions Fun Club president Jim Fish
8/13/2014 Update or Other Action Discussed site ownership history and contamination issues with BLM (Fairbanks office) Jim Fish
1/22/2016 Potentially Responsible Party/State Interest Letter Sent out PRP letters to property owners whose property still have drums located on them. Laura Jacobs
2/18/2016 Update or Other Action Sent letter to one of two RP's regarding deadline (March 29)for responding to the Notice of Environmental Compliance after which a Deed Notice will be attached to the property. Second RP will have Deed Notice at this time. Laura Jacobs
2/24/2016 Update or Other Action Deed Notice recorded at the DNR Recorder's Office today for the property at TL-2407, Sec 24, T1S, R1W, FM. Laura Jacobs
2/29/2016 Update or Other Action Met with RP for Tax Lot 2304, Lakeview Enterprises, Inc. They had read our letter notification of NEC with Deed Notice to be filed with the Fairbanks North Star Borough's Recorder's Office unless we could coordinate site characterization of the property that had leaking barrels of unknown petroleum products. They said that their company had worked with the Army Corps of Engineers (Environmental Site Assessment), Ancor (construction prime contractor), Tutka (received and reviewed laboratory sampling receipt and analyses of soil samples), and TPECI (Travis/Peterson Environmental Consulting, Inc. ESA report to Army Corps of Engineers). This report was required (by US COE)to move materials to Fort Wainwright for a construction project. He assumed this had cleared his site of any possible contamination. He had been in three days ago and spoke with another Program Manager about our letter. We have a memo from them documenting what they characterized as their meeting. Laura Jacobs
3/9/2016 Update or Other Action Spoke with RP regarding need to characterize soils and groundwater where barrels were stored in the past on Tax Lot 2303. They are planning to hire Travis/Peterson Environmental Consulting, Inc. to develop a work plan for that purpose. They also intend to call prior RP regarding remaining barrels on the Tax Lot 2407 and would like to work with them to remove the barrels. Laura Jacobs

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