Site Report: Quinhagak Tank Farm - LKSD
| Site Name: | Quinhagak Tank Farm - LKSD |
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| Address: | Quinhagak, Quinhagak, AK 99655 |
| File Number: | 2441.38.001 |
| Hazard ID: | 1561 |
| Status: | Cleanup Complete |
| Staff: | No Longer Assigned, 9074655229 dec.icunit@alaska.gov |
| Latitude: | 59.752057 |
| Longitude: | -161.896250 |
| Horizontal Datum: | NAD83 |
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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
In 1992 approximately 14,500 gallons of Arctic Heating Oil were spilled due to a break in a tank farm drain. 10,800 gallons recovered (as per sitrep #6 dated August 12, 1992) Nearest waterway is over 1/2 mile from tank.
Action Information
| Action Date | Action | Description | DEC Staff |
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| 1/4/1994 | Site Added to Database | Former Staff | |
| 12/28/1994 | Update or Other Action | This site is in and around a school yard. No investigation has been made to date to look at the soils. The site was flooded at the time of the loss and the diesel fuel floated. | Ray Dronenburg |
| 9/15/1995 | Site Ranked Using the AHRM | Site ranked. | Bill Wright |
| 11/29/2006 | Update or Other Action | Staff transferred from Pikul to Jaynes. | Aggie Blandford |
| 3/18/2008 | Exposure Tracking Model Ranking | Initial ranking with ETM completed. | Bill O'Connell |
| 9/2/2009 | Update or Other Action | Phone contact with Bill Murdock and Pat DeSmet with the Lower Kuskokwim School District (LKSD) about this site. Also contacted Bob Carlson, from the Bethel DEC office, who said will be going out before the snow falls and will take pictures of the tank farm area to look for any surface staining. | Pam Clemens |
| 2/15/2012 | Document, Report, or Work plan Review - other | Reviewed work plan for site characterization at LKSD Quinhagak School. Six to eight soil borings will be advanced near the tank farm. Soil samples will be screened with a PID and one sample per borehole will be submitted for analysis of GRO, DRO, RRO, BTEX, and SVOCs. The investigation is intended to support a school expansion project into the area of the 1992 fuel oil spill. | Bill O'Connell |
| 3/22/2012 | Exposure Tracking Model Ranking | A new updated ranking with ETM has been completed for source area 72539 Spill from AST. | Bill O'Connell |
| 5/18/2012 | Document, Report, or Work plan Review - other | Reviewed Environmental Site Characterization Report for LKSD Quinhagak School. 48 shallow soil borings were advanced by hand in November, 2011 and 16 horeholes were advanced using a direct push rig in February, 2012. Groundwater was not encountered in any of the boreholes, however one surface water sample was collected. Olfactory evidence of hydrocarbon impacts were noted in a discrete layer 1-1.5 feet bgs in borings RSE-3 and RSE-4 just south of the tank farm near the former spill area, however analytical samples from these boreholes did not contain contaminants above cleanup levels. Samples of highly organic peaty soil from boreholes C2 and F6 near the proposed school expansion area contained DRO at 290 mg/kg and 628 mg/kg. Contaminants were not detected in surface water. | Bill O'Connell |
| 6/7/2012 | Exposure Tracking Model Ranking | A new updated ranking with ETM has been completed for source area 72539 Spill from AST. | Bill O'Connell |
| 6/27/2012 | Cleanup Complete Determination Issued | The Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation, Contaminated Sites Program (ADEC) has completed a review of the environmental records associated with the Quinhagak Tank Farm-LKSD located at the Quinhagak School in Quinhagak, Alaska. Based on the information provided to date, it has been determined that the contaminant concentrations remaining on site do not pose an unacceptable risk to human health or the environment and this site will be closed. | Bill O'Connell |
Contaminant Information
| Name | Level Description | Media | Comments |
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| DRO | Between Method 2 Migration to Groundwater and Human Health/Ingestion/Inhalation | Soil |
Control Type
| Type | Details |
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| No ICs Required |
Requirements
| Description | Details |
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| Advance approval required to transport soil or groundwater off-site. |
No associated sites were found.