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Site Report: Cape Newenham LRRS POI-1

Site Name: Cape Newenham LRRS POI-1
Address: POL Tank 1 & 2 Lower Camp, 30 Mi. South of Platinum, Platinum, AK 99651
File Number: 2525.38.001
Hazard ID: 1585
Status: Active
Staff: Kathleen Iler-Galau, 9074512153 kathleen.iler-galau@alaska.gov
Latitude: 58.649199
Longitude: -162.174708
Horizontal Datum:NAD83

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

During fuel transfer from one tank to another approximately 5,000 gallons of diesel was spilled through an uncapped valve into the unlined, diked tank farm. 2,700 gallons was recovered by April 15, 1993. Point of contact: Keith Barnack, Project Manager, 611th CES/CEV 10471 20th Street, Elmendorf AFB, AK 99506-2270; Telephone (907) 552-5160. Last staff assigned was Norberg (907) 269-3077. The spill occurred on November 26, 1992. By April 15, 1993, 21,000 gallons of diesel and water, of which approximately 2,700 gallons is diesel, had been recovered and is stored in an empty tank. WDO sent a letter to the site operator, Martin Marietta Services, Inc., on April 15th, stating that initial spill response and recovery activities were satisfactorily completed, and that the site requires further assessment and cleanup work. The letter requested a work plan by May 31st. During a mid-April phone conversation between Gary Brell and WDO staff, Mr. Brell requested that the requirement for third-party oversight be waived based on Martin Marietta employee's qualifications. Mr. Brell plans to include his request for the waiver with the work plan. This site is owned by the USAF and Martin Marietta is the contractor running the site.

Action Information

Action Date Action Description DEC Staff
1/1/1985 Preliminary Assessment Approved Site assessment by Engineering Science entitled "IRP Phase I Report, Southern Region LRRS", prepared for the USAF Engineering Service Center. The site assessment identified six potentially contaminated areas at the site. The report recommended follow-up action for the site. Former Staff
8/26/1987 Update or Other Action Site visit made by Woodward Clyde and U.S. Air Force personnel to the site in August 1987. The purpose was to gather further assessment information at the site to support a no further action document (NFAD). Former Staff
1/1/1988 Update or Other Action (Old R:Base Action Code = SI - Site Investigation). Site visit and sampling conducted by Ecological Services, Anchorage. PCBs up to 3096 ppm discovered in the soil. Former Staff
1/7/1991 Site Number Identifier Changed Old Reckey 1981210912709 changed to reflect correct region. Former Staff
4/30/1993 Site Added to Database Diesel spill of 21,000 gallons. Former Staff
5/7/1993 Cleanup Plan Approved (Old R:Base Action Code = SA1R - Phase I SA Review (CS/LUST)). WDO sent a letter approving the corrective action plan prepared by Martin Marietta Services for site assessment and placement of soils into a bioremediation cell. The soils may or may not be bioremediated, depending on volume. If the volume of contaminated soil is small, it will be shipped out. If the bioremediation option is chosen, a remediation plan will need to be submitted to WDO. Former Staff
9/14/1993 Update or Other Action Pollution Discharge Report (CDRL A034) and Tank Removal report (dated September 6, 1991) received on September 14, 1993. John Halverson
1/1/1994 Update or Other Action Corrective Action Design (Spill 92-251-330-1) Draft Remedial Action Decision report prepared by Martin Marietta Services; no final received. Former Staff
9/19/1994 Notice of Violation ADEC sent a Compliance Advisory / Request for Corrective Action regarding the UST closure by GE Services in 1991, UST Facility ID# 569. The ADEC letter was generated by John Halverson, DoD Oversight Program and sent to Colonel Hunt. John Halverson
12/1/1994 Long Term Monitoring Established Active bio-venting system on-line. Site in long-term monitoring status. John Halverson
12/1/1994 Update or Other Action (Old R:Base Action Code = RA - Remedial Action). All soils were excavated and stockpiled. Water was cleaned with charcoal filters and discharged with ADEC permit. Soils above MCL next to tanks were left in place because of tank integrity. Ray Dronenburg
8/22/1995 Update or Other Action (Old R:Base Action Code = RI - Remedial Investigation). RI action added by Shannon and Wilson on 3/13/97, based on Relative Risk Evaluation Worksheet dated 8/22/95. Pathways: surface soils have been impacted by PCBs. Receptors: site workers, visitors, several endangered and/or threatened species. This site is located in Togiak National Wildlife Refuge. S&W-Miner
9/25/1995 Leaking Underground Storage Tank Corrective Action Underway ADEC sent a Closure of Compliance Advisory letter dated September 19, 1994, UST Facility # 569. Ray Burger
7/1/1996 Update or Other Action Revised Final Management Action Plan (dated June 1996) received on July 1, 1996. Ray Burger
1/8/1997 Site Characterization Report Approved Final Site Assessment / Release Investigation (dated December 1996) prepared for 611th Civil Engineer Squadron and by ASRC Contracting Company, Inc.; received by ADEC on January 8, 1997. Ray Burger
12/15/1997 Update or Other Action Environmental Cleanup Plan and Quality Program Plan, Pipeline Removal (draft dated March 1997, received on May 7, 1997, final dated June 1997 and received on December 15, 1997); teleconference on June 6, 1997; ADEC comment letter dated June 25, 1997. Gretchen Pikul
1/9/1998 Update or Other Action Management Action Plan (draft dated July 25, 1997, final dated January 9, 1998); ADEC comment letter dated December 4, 1997. Gretchen Pikul
2/13/1998 Site Number Identifier Changed Changed workplan from 01 to X1 because this is a DoD site. Gretchen Pikul
11/12/1998 Update or Other Action Technical Report - Study/Services, Pipeline Removal (draft dated October 1997; final dated October 1998; received by ADEC on November 12, 1998); ADEC comment letter dated December 24, 1997; December 17, 1998 telephone call with Air Force on future cleanup actions necessary to close site; note - interim removal action under 611th compliance section. Gretchen Pikul
9/6/2000 Update or Other Action Environmental Work and Quality Plans, Follow-on Environmental Compliance (UST Removal) - draft dated August 2000; ADEC comment letter dated September 2000. Gretchen Pikul
4/20/2001 Update or Other Action Technical Report - Follow-on Environmental Compliance (UST Removal) draft dated December 2000, received on January 2, 2001, ADEC comment letter dated April 20, 2001. Gretchen Pikul
7/13/2001 Site Number Identifier Changed Cape Newenham LRRS site, Reckey 198125X912709, was disseminated into nine component sites and this is one of them. Former Staff
12/11/2001 Update or Other Action Site suspected of having hazardous substances present as mentioned in the Update action dated 8/22/1995 by Shannon and Wilson clarified by G. Pikul. Based on a 1993 corrective action (contaminated soil removal) only petroleum hydrocarbons were encountered at this site. Must have been an error in past inputs since there are PCBs at Upper Camp (SS07). Former Staff
12/11/2001 Site Number Identifier Changed Changed Julian part of Reckey from 300 to 301 to reflect actual date of spill. Former Staff
9/27/2007 Update or Other Action EPA determined no further remedial action is planned (NFRAP) under Superfund. Jeff Brownlee
7/14/2008 Exposure Tracking Model Ranking Initial ranking with ETM completed. Jeff Brownlee
2/17/2009 Cleanup Level(s) Approved Contaminated Sites staff reviewed and approved a request for an alternative cleanup level for DRO impacted soil at the Cape Newenham Long Range Radar Station. About 300-cubic yards of soil were stockpiled in biocells originating from underground storage tank removals in the late 1990’s. Total organic carbon in the area is over 6%, with the average DRO concentration in the piles at around 800 mg/kg. The responsible party is coordinating with the Solid Waste Section to see about using the contaminated soil as landfill cover Jeff Brownlee
7/7/2023 Document, Report, or Work plan Review - other DEC approved the Draft Final Supplemental Site Characterization Work Plan/ UFP-QAPP Cape Newenham Long Range Radar Site Site TA001, dated June 2023. The work plan describes the planned site characterization activities at the TA001 site located on the Cape Newenham Long Range Radar Site, Alaska. The goal of this work is to address data gaps from previous site characterization efforts and to define the lateral and vertical extent of petroleum-related soil contamination at TA001, investigate groundwater and surface water impacts at TA001, and further investigate the extent of lead soil contamination at the former Tank 2 footprint within the Tank Area. The focus of this investigation will be on the Tank Area, Pipeline B, and Pumphouse. The related sites within the database are Cape Newenham LRRS POI 1 (File Number 2525.38.001) – includes only the Tank Area, and the Cape Newenham LRRS – Air Force (File Number 2525.38.001) – includes and tracks cleanups at all sites, except SS008 and SS007. Ginna Quesada

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