| Action Date |
Action |
Description |
DEC Staff |
| 11/20/1992 |
Site Ranked Using the AHRM |
Initial ranking. |
Former Staff |
| 11/27/1992 |
Site Added to Database |
Petroleum and hazardous substances. |
Former Staff |
| 12/1/1992 |
Update or Other Action |
(Old R:Base Action Code = SA2 - Phase II Site Assessment (General)). Release investigation commenced 10/28/92 and ended 12/14/92. This site was done along with approximately five other sites. E&E was the contractor. |
Eleanor Hung |
| 1/25/1993 |
Update or Other Action |
Thomas/Hung: Reviewed what appeared to be an incomplete PA. Rejected PA based on its incompleteness re-underlineated horizontal and vertical contaminated zones, ignoring high levels of chlorinated compounds found in soil and ground water, ignoring possible 2nd plume, focusing only on fuel contamination, persisting on use of matrix, etc. |
Ben Thomas |
| 4/14/1993 |
Update or Other Action |
(Old R:Base Action Code = SA2R - Phase II SA Review (CS)). Reviewed and wrote letter with comments and recommendations. RP used unapproved labs for the project and QA/QC, ignore chlorinated hydrocarbons previously found, floating product in 5 of 10 MWs, high levels benzene, BTEX, DRPH and GRPH in GW and subsurface soil, defining lateral and vertical extent. Contamination continues. |
Eleanor Hung |
| 5/20/1993 |
Meeting or Teleconference Held |
All labs will be ADEC approved and 8015 COE modified version not to be used until ADEC approved via 5-7-93 memorandum from Colonel Wrentmore. No excavation took place, will provide COE measurements for locations of all sites (more accurate than GPS 100), will see what can be done to improve comprehensibility of reports. |
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 |
| 7/19/1993 |
Update or Other Action |
(Old R:Base Action Code = SI - Site Investigation). Delivery Order #9 received 4/8/94. BTEX levels of 23,600ppb in GW, Benzene at 570ppb, and TPH at 9,800,000ppb! Floating product removal project will commence in Spring '94 by CH2MHill. Wells frozen as of 4/10/94. |
Ronan Short |
| 7/21/1993 |
Update or Other Action |
Heavy concentration of contaminants in GW and floating product is result of years of continually adding contamination unknown to the contaminator. |
Eleanor Hung |
| 9/1/1993 |
Site Characterization Report Approved |
(Old R:Base Action Code = SA2 - Phase II Site Assessment (General)). Final Site Assessment and Corrective Action Plan Received. Staff member is Short as of 12/1/93. |
Ronan Short |
| 10/11/1993 |
Site Ranked Using the AHRM |
Reranked using new modification to AHRM. |
Former Staff |
| 12/21/1993 |
Update or Other Action |
Contract for free product recovery awarded to CH2MHill per Brian West. |
Ronan Short |
| 1/12/1994 |
Meeting or Teleconference Held |
After 20 microwells, found only one surface plume. Risk Assessment completed. Plan to try different cleanup methods due to lack of receptors. |
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 |
| 10/26/1994 |
Update or Other Action |
(Old R:Base Action Code = SI - Site Investigation). Final SI for 5110. Floating product found at this site. Elevated levels of DRO up to 600ppb in GW. |
Ronan Short |
| 1/17/1995 |
Risk Assessment Report Approved |
Post-wide Risk Assessment Approach Document received this date. Comments by RM. Document prepared by HLA. |
Ronan Short |
| 9/27/1995 |
Update or Other Action |
(Old R:Base Action Code = RAPR - Remedial Action Plan Review (CS)). Work plan received and commented on for sampling events at several former UST sites: 1172, 1514. 3425. 3481,and 5110. CH2MHill. |
Ronan Short |
| 2/7/1996 |
Update or Other Action |
Received "Groundwater Sampling for Storage Tank Sites, Report of Findings", Volumes 1 and 2. |
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 |
| 6/14/1996 |
Update or Other Action |
GW sampling report recommends continued monitoring at all sites (Buildings 1172, 1514, 3425, 3481 and 5110). The department concurs. |
Ronan Short |
| 3/27/1997 |
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 290 ppb benzene in groundwater, but no receptors for groundwater. |
S&W |
| 3/8/2001 |
Update or Other Action |
ADEC was notified at the end of February 2001 that this site had not been sampled as scheduled in 2000. ADEC sent a letter to the Army indicating this was not acceptable. Army has reassured ADEC that the site will be sampled in 2001. |
Ann Farris |
| 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 |
| 12/27/2001 |
Update or Other Action |
Staff received workplan for groundwater sampling at the site. Seven wells were sampled in October 2001 for DRO, GRO/BTEX, and PAHs. Based on the results from this sampling a LTM plan will be developed. |
Ann Farris |
| 7/16/2003 |
Meeting or Teleconference Held |
Fort Wainwright Restoration Advisory Board held it's last meeting on July16, 2003. |
Patrice Buck |
| 9/10/2003 |
Site Number Identifier Changed |
Changed the Workplan from X9 to X1 because there are no hazardous substances present above cleanup levels. |
Former Staff |
| 9/10/2003 |
Site Ranked Using the AHRM |
Changed Toxicity from 4 to 2 because there are no hazardous substances above cleanup levels present. Changed Population Density Value from 0 to 3. Changed Population Proximity Value from 0.5 to 1. Changed Surface Water Exposure from 0.4 to 0. |
Former Staff |
| 8/18/2004 |
Update or Other Action |
reviewed and commented on CLOSES evaluation. Based upon results of 4-phase modeling, it was recommended that long-term monitoring be continued once every 5 years. ADEC has not approved use of this model and could not approve recommendations based upon its results. CS staff also had questions as to whether the groundwater contamination was adequately delineated and requested that this site be discussed at the next FFA meeting. |
Sharon Richmond |
| 7/13/2005 |
Site Characterization Workplan Approved |
Approved 2005 groundwater sampling program |
Sharon Richmond |
| 11/16/2005 |
Meeting or Teleconference Held |
Three monitoring wells were sampled for DRO/RRO and GRO/BTEX. Only the well in the source area exceed DEC cleanup levels. One monitoring well was frost jacked and shuold be decommissioned and replaced. Annual groundwater monitoring will continue. |
Sharon Richmond |
| 10/17/2006 |
Update or Other Action |
File name changed from FTWW to Fort Wainwright, per Project Manager. |
April Woolery |
| 2/20/2008 |
Exposure Tracking Model Ranking |
Initial ranking with ETM completed. |
Sharon Richmond |
| 12/6/2010 |
Update or Other Action |
The 2010 Work Plan, Two-Party Sites, Former Building 3564, Building 2077, Former Building 2250, Building 3483, Building 5110, Wash Rack/FARP and North Post, Fort Wainwright, November 2010 |
Debra Caillouet |
| 9/20/2011 |
Document, Report, or Work plan Review - other |
Draft 2010 Sampling Report, Two-Party Sites, Former Building 3564, North Post, Vehicle Wash Rack/FARP, Former Building 3483, Building 2077, Former Building 5110 and Former Building 2250, Fort Wainwright Alaska September 2011 |
Debra Caillouet |
| 4/4/2012 |
Document, Report, or Work plan Review - other |
Final 2010 Sampling Report, Two-Party Sites, Former Building 3564, North Post, Vehicle Wash Rack/FARP, Former Building 3483, Building 2077, Former Building 5110 and Former Building 2250, Fort Wainwright Alaska October 2011 |
Debra Caillouet |
| 7/21/2014 |
Document, Report, or Work plan Review - other |
Final 2014 Work Plan, Two Party Sites, Fort Wainwright and Seward, June 2014 |
Debra Caillouet |
| 8/31/2015 |
Update or Other Action |
Transferred to Fairbanks |
Susan Carberry |
| 12/13/2016 |
Meeting or Teleconference Held |
A two day Federal Facilities Agreement (FFA) and Stakeholders meeting was held on December 13 & 14, 2016. The main focus of the meeting was to develop a site discovery and site intake process that would satisfy requirements of the Fort Wainwright FFA, RCRA Permit, and two party agreements. The Army, EPA and DEC committed to a flowchart of the preliminary source evaluation process. Timelines were established for scoping a land use control implementation plan (LUCIP) and developing a contracting schedule for Fort Wainwright contaminated site investigations and remedial actions. Seven sites were proposed for inclusion into the FFA (three party agreement) by the Army and the RPMs documented the assignment of the regulatory path for these sites using a newly developed and agreed to signature form. |
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 |
| 6/19/2019 |
Document, Report, or Work plan Review - other |
DEC approved the 2019 Two-Party Work Plan, U.S. Army Garrison Alaska (dated June 2019). The document describes proposed 2019 long-term monitoring and institutional control (IC) inspection activities on Fort Wainwright, Alaska (FWA) Two-Party contaminated sites. Groundwater monitoring is planned for Two-Party (petroleum contaminated) sites including Neely Road, Defense Reutilization Marketing Office (DRMO) Yard, Former Building 2250, Former Building 3564, and Former Building 5110. The Former Building 1168 Leach Well site, currently in the process of being transferred into the Two-Party program, is also included with the Two-Party Work Plan Addendum. Additionally, a plan for an IC inspection of 40 Two-Party sites is laid out in this work plan. |
Erica Blake |
| 2/24/2020 |
Document, Report, or Work plan Review - other |
DEC approved the Final 2019 Two Party Monitoring Report, U.S. Army Garrison Alaska, dated February 2020. Based on review of the 2019 results, and review of prior investigations, DEC has recommended additional work at the Former Building 2250 and Former Building 3564 sites. Recent data collected from the Former Building 2250 site indicates the DRO contaminant plume is migrating and not fully delineated. |
Kevin Fraley |
| 10/5/2022 |
Exposure Tracking Model Ranking |
A new updated ranking with ETM has been completed for source area 72655 former heating oil tank. |
Tim Sharp |
| 9/11/2023 |
Document, Report, or Work plan Review - other |
DEC reviewed the Draft 2022 Institutional Controls (IC) Report, which details the 2022 IC inspections conducted at Fort Wainwright, Alaska (FWA). The purpose of the annual IC inspection is to evaluate the implementation and effectiveness of ICs associated with the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA) Record of Decision (ROD) source areas and Two-Party source areas on FWA. |
Tim Sharp |
| 2/15/2024 |
Document, Report, or Work plan Review - other |
DEC submitted comments on the Draft 2024 Two-Party Work Plan which details proposed site activities, data review, and reporting tasks for work to be conducted at Two-Party sites on Fort Wainwright, Alaska (FWA). The Two-Party sites planned for investigation are Neely Road, Defense Reutilization Marketing Office (DRMO) 2/Building 5010, Former Building 2250 and Former Building 3564. In addition to groundwater sampling activities, institutional control inspections will be conducted.
Notable changes from previous years’ work plans based on regulatory feedback and Army initiative include sampling wastewater for per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) to support site-wide PFAS Remedial Investigation (RI) work, and the addition of sampling two permanent monitoring wells at the Former Building 2250 site to delineate the petroleum contaminant plume present. |
Tim Sharp |
| 3/15/2024 |
Document, Report, or Work plan Review - other |
DEC Approved the Final 2024 Two-Party Sites Work Plan on this date. |
Tim Sharp |
| 4/8/2024 |
Institutional Control Periodic Reporting |
DEC Approved the 2022 IC Report for Fort Wainwright CERCLA and Two-Party Sites on this day. |
Tim Sharp |
