| Action Date |
Action |
Description |
DEC Staff |
| 9/1/1992 |
Update or Other Action |
(Old R:Base Action Code = RELR - Release Investigation Review (LUST)). Hung/Thomas: Reviewed draft documents on work plan: sampling/analysis, subsurface exploration and QAPP 11/2/92. |
Eleanor Hung |
| 9/16/1992 |
Update or Other Action |
(Old R:Base Action Code = RELR - Release Investigation Review (LUST)). Reviewed and plan needs additional tasks before ADEC approves it at least one additional MW and additional sampling. |
Ben Thomas |
| 9/16/1992 |
Update or Other Action |
(Old R:Base Action Code = SA2 - Phase II Site Assessment (General)). Proposal to conduct release investigation = install 1 MW. |
Ben Thomas |
| 11/5/1992 |
Site Characterization Report Approved |
(Old R:Base Action Code = CORR - Correspondence (General)). Hung/Thomas: Re:SA2R with comments giving conditional approval pending final conditions requested to be addressed in final release investigation report. |
Eleanor Hung |
| 11/19/1992 |
Site Ranked Using the AHRM |
Initial ranking. |
Former Staff |
| 12/1/1992 |
Update or Other Action |
(Old R:Base Action Code = SA2 - Phase II Site Assessment (General)). Release investigation commenced 10/28 and ended 12-14-92. This site was done along with 5 other sites. Ecology and Environment was the contractor. |
Eleanor Hung |
| 1/8/1993 |
Leaking Underground Storage Tank Corrective Action Underway |
(Old R:Base Action Code = LCAR - Corrective Action Review (LUST)). Brief review of Corps "Draft SA and CAP" found soil and groundwater treatment plans to be fundamentally unacceptable. Plans called to excavated all contaminated soils down to groundwater, and treat/dispose at an "installation treatment facility". Free product on GW would be sorbed and aerated. Spoke with Mark Wallace/Corps and told him ADEC couldn't accept plan. He will meet with Corps and then meet with ADEC soon to discuss revisions. |
Ben Thomas |
| 4/14/1993 |
Update or Other Action |
(Old R:Base Action Code = RELR - Release Investigation Review (LUST)). Reviewed report and wrote letter with comments and recommendations. RP used unapproved labs for project and QA/QC, did not resample existing MWs as requested 11-5-92, must give rationale for focus on eastern boundaries of site when southern portion has not been defined as to source and extent. GW contamination with GRPH and DRPH. |
Eleanor Hung |
| 6/14/1993 |
Update or Other Action |
(Old R:Base Action Code = RECN - Site Reconnaissance (CS)). ADEC Thomas and Hung inspected site. |
Ben Thomas |
| 9/1/1993 |
Cleanup Plan Approved |
(Old R:Base Action Code = CAPR - Corrective Action Plan Review (LUST)). Received final 7/30/93 draft CAP to be reviewed. |
Eleanor Hung |
| 9/1/1993 |
Update or Other Action |
(Old R:Base Action Code = RELR - Release Investigation Review (LUST)). Received 7/93 final draft of soil and ground water assessment to be reviewed. |
Eleanor Hung |
| 10/11/1993 |
Site Ranked Using the AHRM |
Reranked using new modification to AHRM. |
Former Staff |
| 12/29/1993 |
Site Added to Database |
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Former Staff |
| 1/12/1994 |
Meeting or Teleconference Held |
Another MW installed. Sampling biannually (last sample 8/93). Pipes are capped and still in ground. |
Eleanor Hung |
| 5/16/1994 |
Update or Other Action |
(Old R:Base Action Code = RPL2 - Site Information Request Letter). Sent PRP-CS Database Notification Letter to Cristal Fosbrook requesting update/confirmation of information concerning the contaminated site. |
Jeff Peterson |
| 9/20/1994 |
Leaking Underground Storage Tank Corrective Action Underway |
Corrective action underway this date by Fertech Inc. comprising air sparging and soil vapor extraction. |
Ronan Short |
| 11/14/1994 |
Cleanup Plan Approved |
(Old R:Base Action Code = CAPR - Corrective Action Plan Review (LUST)). Reviewed 2/94 draft "UST Sites Investigation" Volumes I and II, 7/93 final report "Soil and Ground Water Assessment, Additional", 7/30/93 ADCOE "Site Assessment/CAP", 7/94 draft "Petroleum Oil and Lubricant Status Report FWW, Alaska", and 8/94 "Ground Water Sampling Storage Tank Sites Work Plan". |
Eleanor Hung |
| 11/16/1994 |
Cleanup Plan Approved |
(Old R:Base Action Code = CAPR - Corrective Action Plan Review (LUST)). 2/94 installed 2 more MWs. 9/93 most downgradient MW 3 had 195 ppb DRO, 0.7 ppb Xylene. Existing MWs installed 1991, AP 5680 had DRO 63 and GRO 84 ppb, AP 5681 had DRO 250 ppb and MW 2 installed 1992 had DRO 626 ppb. Concur with COECON to monitor ground water by sampling/analyses to determine seasonal levels of hydrocarbon contamination and submittal of CA report re-contaminant trend study. |
Eleanor Hung |
| 1/17/1995 |
Update or Other Action |
Extent of soil and ground water contamination delineated. Contaminants in ground water moving downgradient east and west direction. Natural attenuation appears to be at work as contaminant levels decreasing with time. Soils are below ADEC cleanup levels in 1993 sampling. Ground water monitoring of 5 MWs for GRO, DRO, BTEX, PCBs and TPH continues. Contaminant trend study to be submitted. |
Eleanor Hung |
| 9/27/1995 |
Cleanup Plan Approved |
(Old R:Base Action Code = CAPR - Corrective Action Plan Review (LUST)). Work plan received and commented on for sampling events at several former UST sites:1172, 1514. 3425. 3481, 5110. CH2MHill. |
Ronan Short |
| 1/29/1996 |
Update or Other Action |
"Groundwater Sampling for Storage Tank Sites, Report of Findings", Volumes 1 and 2 received 01/29/96. |
Ronan Short |
| 2/16/1996 |
Long Term Monitoring Established |
Semi-annual groundwater monitoring to confirm downward trend of the contaminant levels. Monitor movement of GRO and BTEX contaminant. |
Ronan Short |
| 5/29/1996 |
Update or Other Action |
Groundwater Sampling for Storage Tank Sites (Buildings 1172, 1514, 3425, 3481, and 5110) Report of Findings, Delivery Order 4, Volumes I and II. |
Ronan Short |
| 6/3/1996 |
Update or Other Action |
Continuation of trend analysis. BTEX, GRO and DRO levels are dropping. Report recommends continued monitoring. The department concurs. |
Ronan Short |
| 6/14/1996 |
Update or Other Action |
GW sampling report recommends continued monitoring at all sites (Buildings 1172, 1514, 3425, 3481 and 5110). The deprtment concurs. |
Ronan Short |
| 3/26/1997 |
Update or Other Action |
Site updated by Shannon and Wilson, based on the Army Defense Site Environmental Restoration Tracking System Worksheet dated 11/8/96. The worksheet indicates 4 ppb toluene in groundwater. |
S&W |
| 11/17/1999 |
Update or Other Action |
Semi-annual monitoring has continued. Downward trend has been observed. |
Rielle Markey |
| 12/17/1999 |
Conditional Closure Approved |
NFRAP letter sent to the army on December 17, 1999. Site is designated as a "No Further Action" site in the Army IC database. |
Rielle Markey |
| 9/14/2000 |
Update or Other Action |
Toggled the Justification field from "Y" to "N" because the AHRM Score and the DoD Rank puts this site into a High Priority without the need for Justification. |
Former Staff |
| 12/12/2001 |
Institutional Control Record Established |
1. All organizations conducting activities on United States Army Alaska (USARAK) controlled land are responsible for complying with established institutional controls (ICs). ICs are administrative, procedural, and regulatory measures to control human access to and usage of property. They are applicable to all known or suspected contaminated sites where contamination has been left in place. 2. These controls have been established to implement the selected remedial actions agreed upon by the U.S. Army (Army), the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA), and the Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation (ADEC) in accordance with the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA) as amended by the Superfund Amendment Reauthorization Act (SARA). These controls also apply to remedial actions agreed upon under Two-Party Compliance Agreements. These agreements are concluded between USARAK and ADEC and apply to petroleum/oil/lubricants- (POL) contaminated sites. 3. ICs such as limitations on access, water use, excavations, and property transfers will supplement engineering controls as appropriate for short-term and long-term management to prevent or limit human and environmental exposure to hazardous substances, pollutants, or contaminants. Specific ICs include, among other things: limitations on the depth and location of excavations, prohibition of or restrictions on well drilling and use of ground water, requirements for worker use of personal protective equipment, site monitoring, and prohibition of certain land uses, types of vehicles, etc. 4. Organizational units, tenants, and support/contractor organizations must obtain an Excavation Clearance Request (ECR) for all soil disturbing activities impacting soils six inches or more below the ground surface. The review process for approval of an ECR begins with the identification of the current status (known or suspected hazardous waste site or “clean” site) of a work location. ECR’s for work in known or suspected hazardous waste sites: a. will include specific limitations and controls on such work; b. will include specific IC procedures, and notification, monitoring, reporting, and stop work requirements; c. may include procedures for management, characterization, and disposal of any soil or groundwater encountered or removed; d. will identify “project managers” for both the unit/contractor requesting the work and DPW Environment Resources. 5. The DPW project manager will conduct on-site inspections of each work site (at which ICs apply) to determine continued compliance with the terms and conditions of the approved ECR. DPW has the authority to revoke ECR approval if the specified terms and conditions are not being met. ECR forms are available at the Customer Service Desks at: a. Building 730 at Fort Richardson; b. Building 3015 at Fort Wainwright; c. Building 605 at Fort Greely. 6. USARAK has negotiated (with USEPA and/or ADEC) decision documents and/or Records of Decision (RODs) that mandate the implementation of ICs USARAK Directorate of Public Works, Environmental Resources Department (PWE), maintains copies of all decision documents and RODs requiring ICs in its real property files. PWE provides regularly updated post maps showing all areas affected by ICs. These maps can easily be accessed by using an approved intranet mapping interface application. Copies of these maps will be available to each directorate, activity, and tenant organization. To ensure the effectiveness of ICs, all organizational units and tenant activities will be informed on an annual basis of ICs on contaminated soils and groundwater in effect near their facilities. 7. ICs are enforceable by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA) and the Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation (ADEC). Failure to comply with an IC mandated in a decision document or ROD will violate the USARAK Federal Facility Agreement and may result in stipulated fines and penalties. This does not include the costs of corrective actions required due to violation of an established IC. |
Sharon Richmond |
| 12/12/2001 |
Institutional Control Record Established |
1. All organizations conducting activities on United States Army Alaska (USARAK) controlled land are responsible for complying with established institutional controls (ICs). ICs are administrative, procedural, and regulatory measures to control human access to and usage of property. They are applicable to all known or suspected contaminated sites where contamination has been left in place. 2. These controls have been established to implement the selected remedial actions agreed upon by the U.S. Army (Army), the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA), and the Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation (ADEC) in accordance with the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA) as amended by the Superfund Amendment Reauthorization Act (SARA). These controls also apply to remedial actions agreed upon under Two-Party Compliance Agreements. These agreements are concluded between USARAK and ADEC and apply to petroleum/oil/lubricants- (POL) contaminated sites. 3. ICs such as limitations on access, water use, excavations, and property transfers will supplement engineering controls as appropriate for short-term and long-term management to prevent or limit human and environmental exposure to hazardous substances, pollutants, or contaminants. Specific ICs include, among other things: limitations on the depth and location of excavations, prohibition of or restrictions on well drilling and use of ground water, requirements for worker use of personal protective equipment, site monitoring, and prohibition of certain land uses, types of vehicles, etc. 4. Organizational units, tenants, and support/contractor organizations must obtain an Excavation Clearance Request (ECR) for all soil disturbing activities impacting soils six inches or more below the ground surface. The review process for approval of an ECR begins with the identification of the current status (known or suspected hazardous waste site or “clean” site) of a work location. ECR’s for work in known or suspected hazardous waste sites: a. will include specific limitations and controls on such work; b. will include specific IC procedures, and notification, monitoring, reporting, and stop work requirements; c. may include procedures for management, characterization, and disposal of any soil or groundwater encountered or removed; d. will identify “project managers” for both the unit/contractor requesting the work and DPW Environment Resources. 5. The DPW project manager will conduct on-site inspections of each work site (at which ICs apply) to determine continued compliance with the terms and conditions of the approved ECR. DPW has the authority to revoke ECR approval if the specified terms and conditions are not being met. ECR forms are available at the Customer Service Desks at: a. Building 730 at Fort Richardson; b. Building 3015 at Fort Wainwright; c. Building 605 at Fort Greely. 6. USARAK has negotiated (with USEPA and/or ADEC) decision documents and/or Records of Decision (RODs) that mandate the implementation of ICs USARAK Directorate of Public Works, Environmental Resources Department (PWE), maintains copies of all decision documents and RODs requiring ICs in its real property files. PWE provides regularly updated post maps showing all areas affected by ICs. These maps can easily be accessed by using an approved intranet mapping interface application. Copies of these maps will be available to each directorate, activity, and tenant organization. To ensure the effectiveness of ICs, all organizational units and tenant activities will be informed on an annual basis of ICs on contaminated soils and groundwater in effect near their facilities. 7. ICs are enforceable by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA) and the Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation (ADEC). Failure to comply with an IC mandated in a decision document or ROD will violate the USARAK Federal Facility Agreement and may result in stipulated fines and penalties. This does not include the costs of corrective actions required due to violation of an established IC. |
Sharon Richmond |
| 3/11/2005 |
Conditional Closure Approved |
NFRAP letter sent December 17, 1997 but site was not closed in the database. |
Sharon Richmond |
| 1/12/2016 |
Update or Other Action |
This site was reviewed on January 12, 2016. The site was formerly listed in Appendix A of the Two Party Agreement at Fort Wainwright. DEC is reviewing the Appendix A site list and has requested the Army to update the list based on cleanup complete/closure status of the original sites. This site status is cleanup complete with ICs. The Fort Wainwright 2014 Annual IC report identifies the site and documents the 2014 IC inspection which verified no unauthorized soil disturbance or unauthorized groundwater use was occurring at the site. |
Dennis Shepard |
| 1/1/2017 |
Document, Report, or Work plan Review - other |
DEC approved the 2015 Annual Institutional Controls Report, Fort Wainwright, Alaska (August 2016). |
Dennis Shepard |
| 7/28/2020 |
Update or Other Action |
The following Hazard IDs are being managed by Fort Wainwright under the same project HQAES ID 02871.1040 known as North Refueling: Hazard IDs 1655, 3826, 4390, and 24329. |
Mitzi Read |
| 9/28/2020 |
Document, Report, or Work plan Review - other |
DEC approved the Final Preliminary Source Evaluations Work Plan, Fort Wainwright, Alaska (dated September 2020). The document describes a proposed investigation approach for preliminary source evaluations (PSEs) at multiple sites located on Fort Wainwright, Alaska (FWA). The sites planned for investigation are; CANOL Pipeline Pump Station, North Refueling (four source areas), Building 3480 UST 208, Building 3030 South Loading Dock, TCE in monitoring well AP-5531 (near Building 3007 Drainage Swale), Building 3038 and Sage Hill. The objective of conducting this PSE work is to determine if contamination remains that may present a threat to human health or the environment, and to determine appropriate further action. This PSE work is expected to occur Fall 2020. |
Erica Blake |
| 8/20/2021 |
Site Visit |
ADEC conducted a site visit to various sites and stockpiles around Fort Wainwright, Alaska on August 13, 2021. Areas inspected were: clean, potentially contaminated with per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) stockpile locations, Birch Hill Ski Lodge area, Bailey Bridge and Chena River tar seep area. Building 3728 tar area, BLM Fuel Yard stockpiles in the North Refueling area, and the contaminated soil yard (CHPP Yard). A cover letter and photograph log was sent to the U.S. Army on August 20, 2021 discussing ADEC's observations and photos from the site inspection. |
Erica Blake |
