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Site Report: Cold Bay Frosty Fuel Return Pipeline Spill

Site Name: Cold Bay Frosty Fuel Return Pipeline Spill
Address: Buckner Street & Reeve Avenue, Cold Bay, AK 99571
File Number: 2538.38.017
Hazard ID: 1548
Status: Active
Staff: Dawn Wilburn, 9072628200 dawn.wilburn@alaska.gov
Latitude: 55.200977
Longitude: -162.715979
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 6,000 gallons of Jet A-50. On 2/4/1992, fuel line broke under snow. The pipeline rupture was on the unsubdivided property, ran down a ditch through a culvert and onto the University of Alaska property described as Lot 5, Block 3, Cold Bay Alaska Subdivision. Maximum diesel range organics (DRO) concentrations detected in soils were 10,000 milligrams per kilogram (mg/kg). Approximately 100 cubic yards of contaminated soils were removed. University of Alaska property has been remediated and No Further Action letter issued on 3/10/2003 which applies to that portion of the "site". The contaminated area of impact located off the University of Alaska property remains open / "active". Updated 4/27/2017 by ADEC's Paul Horwath.

Action Information

Action Date Action Description DEC Staff
3/7/1994 Update or Other Action (Old R:Base Action Code = SA1R - Phase I SA Review (CS/LUST)). Actions to date insufficient to determine site conclusions. Ray Dronenburg
5/10/1995 Site Added to Database Site added to database. Ray Dronenburg
8/29/1995 Update or Other Action (Old R:Base Action Code = TRET - Treatment, Selection). Proposal to do a bio-venting study denied for insufficient information. Ray Dronenburg
8/30/1995 Update or Other Action (Old R:Base Action Code = CORR - Correspondence (General)). Discussion with AG's Office regarding cleanup technology. Letter to Frosty's Attorney. Ray Dronenburg
4/11/1996 Site Ranked Using the AHRM Site ranked. Score = 39.6 Bill Wright
4/25/1996 Site Ranked Using the AHRM Ranked by Shannon and Wilson S&W
3/6/2003 Meeting or Teleconference Held DEC met with Frosty Fuels contractor HartCrowser to discuss NFA issues. David Pikul
3/10/2003 Update or Other Action Based on the evaluation of the data provided, DEC does not consider further investigation of Lot 5, Block 3 to be warranted. Letter issued stating NFA for this area. David Pikul
4/25/2006 Update or Other Action Project manager changed from Dave Pikul to Don Seagren per Paul Horwath. Alyce Hughey
5/2/2006 GIS Position Updated Using Figure 1 from a Soil Sampling, Lot 5 Block 3, Cold Bay Alaska Subdivision, Pipeline Release, from HartCrowser, dated October 22, 1999, in conjunction with TopoZone Pro and the State of Alaska Land Survey, entered the coordinates for this site. Metadata includes USGS Topo Map 1:63K, TopoZone Pro Street Maps, on a Medium Size Map, View Scale 1:48,000, Coordinate Datum NAD83. Moderate to High degree of confidence in accuracy of location. Alyce Hughey
5/23/2006 Update or Other Action Sent a letter to current owner/operator, Aleut Enterprises Corporation, informing them of a change in ADEC project manager. Letter also outlined two areas of concern; 1) Contaminated Soil Stockpile and 2) Road Ditch - South Side of Reeve Avenue. Both areaas require additional information or site work. Requested copies of all data, reports and correspondence related to these 2 areas that occurred since 1999. Once the Department receives the additional information, we will know if any additional site work is required to reach closure. If no additional work has been done, a site assessment and stockpile sampling will be required to determine current site conditions in order to know if additional site work is required. Donald Seagren
4/15/2008 Exposure Tracking Model Ranking Initial ranking with ETM completed. Donald Seagren
6/12/2008 Update or Other Action Site transferred from Don Seagren to Paul Horwath per Linda Nuechterlein. Alyce Hughey
4/27/2017 Update or Other Action ADEC was contacted by Kanaga Environmental. Aleut Enterprises has hired Kanaga to perform environmental work, in response to ADEC's January 14, 2016 letter concerning the Cold Bay Frostey Fuel Tank Farm site (ADEC File# 2538.38.015). Kanaga also submitted a Public Records Request, in order to obtain copies of records in ADEC's project file. Paul Horwath
5/19/2017 Document, Report, or Work plan Review - other Reviewed and provided ADEC review comments, and ADEC concurrence, in response to Susitna Environmental's May 2017 DRAFT Stockpile Characterization Work Plan. Paul Horwath
8/1/2017 Update or Other Action Sent an e-mail to Shannon Oelkers, the RP's consultant, inquiring on status of report following the site inspection earlier this year. Paul Horwath
5/14/2018 Document, Report, or Work plan Review - other Reviewed a Stockpile Characterization Report prepared by Susitna and Integrity Environmental. Issued an e-mail request for clarification on the ADEC cleanup levels referenced in the report. Soil samples indicating the contaminated soil in the soil treatment cell meet ADEC's Migration to Groundwater soil cleanup levels. Paul Horwath
6/14/2018 Document, Report, or Work plan Review - other Received Susitna Environmental's revised, and amended Stockpile Characterization Report, dated June, 2018. Paul Horwath
7/6/2018 Workplan Requested ADEC issued a letter requesting a site characterization work plan in order to complete assessment of the remaining in-situ soil contamination, which was last sampled by HartCrowser in November, 2000. ADEC Ltr sent to Mr. Rudy Tsukada, President, Aleut Enterprise, LLC. Paul Horwath
7/24/2018 Document, Report, or Work plan Review - other ADEC denied a request to transport 30cy of soil from the ~290 cy stockpile of contaminated soil for backfill placement under the Dock, just above the beach vegetation line, due to the risk that the soils could erode or otherwise end up in the ocean. Paul Horwath
8/24/2018 Site Characterization Workplan Approved ADEC conditionally approved the August 2018 Pipeline Release Soil Sampling Work Plan, prepared by Susitna Environmental on behalf of Aleut Enterprise, LLC. Paul Horwath
9/14/2018 Site Characterization Workplan Approved Approved the FINAL soil sampling work plan, prepared and submitted by Susitna Environmental, LLC. Paul Horwath
12/19/2018 Document, Report, or Work plan Review - other Reviewed Susitna Environmental's December, 2018 Pipeline Release Soil Sampling Report. DRO remains along the road in the majority of the area of initial impact. Additional site assessment and soil sampling will be required to identify the location and quantity of soils exceeding ADEC DRO soil cleanup levels. Paul Horwath
2/11/2019 Workplan Requested Issued a letter to Aleut Enterprise's Mr. George Pollock, requiring the preparation and submittal of a Site Characterization Work Plan to ADEC by April 20th, 2019. Paul Horwath
3/29/2019 Update or Other Action ADEC received Integrity Environmental's letter-report confirming that the soils that had been stockpiled on Lot 4, have been permanently disposed of Lot 4, in accordance with ADEC's prior concurrence of this disposal location. A letter was issued to Aleut Enterprises stating that no further work is required on these soils, or on Lot 4 because of the disposal of the soils on Lot 4. Paul Horwath
7/2/2019 Site Characterization Workplan Approved ADEC issued approval of Susitna Environmental's May, 2019 Pipeline Release Site Characterization Work Plan. Paul Horwath
8/21/2019 Update or Other Action Due to the loss of ferry service to Cold Bay, the work plan will be implemented in summer 2020. Extension approved by ADEC. Kara Kusche
10/2/2020 Update or Other Action Integrity Environmental LLC on behalf of Aleut Enterprise Corporation requested an extension of the 2020 field work to be done from the approved workplan to be done in 2021. ADEC approved this extension. See email in site file, dated 10.02.20. Jessica Hall
7/2/2021 Site Characterization Workplan Approved Sent RP letter stating: On June 24, 2021, the Anchorage Area Office of the Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation (ADEC), received the Pipeline Release Site Characterization Work Plan, dated June, 2021 for the Cold Bay Frosty Fuel Tank Return Pipeline Spill “site”, located near the Cold Bay airport. The work plan remains approved per the July 2, 2019 email approval. Jessica Hall
7/19/2022 Document, Report, or Work plan Review - other ADEC sent comments to Aleut Enterprise LLC. on the “Draft Pipeline Release Site Characterization Report”, dated July 2022 and requested and updated report be submitted for review. Jessica Hall
10/19/2022 Site Characterization Report Approved ADEC sent the responsible party an approval letter for the “Draft Pipeline Release Site Characterization Report”, dated September 2022. Jessica Hall

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