Site Report: BLM Alyeska Galbraith Camp

Site Name:	BLM Alyeska Galbraith Camp
Address:	Mile 275 Dalton Highway, Near Galbraith Lake, Anaktuvuk Pass, AK 99721
File Number:	330.38.026
Hazard ID:	17
Status:	Cleanup Complete - Institutional Controls
Staff:	IC Unit, 9074655229 dec.icunit@alaska.gov
Latitude:	68.455000
Longitude:	-149.480100
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.

Site Chronology
IC / Closure Details
Documents
Associated Sites

Problems/Comments

Diesel spill of 100,000 gallons in 1975. Interception trenches and sumps were used to recover free product. Burning was also used to remove free product. Cleanup activities were performed with concurrence from BLM and ADEC. Corrective actions completed in 1995 which included off-site treatment of about 1,960 tons of soil excavated from surface-stained areas on the pad. The pad is underlain by an organic mat about 2 to 4 inches thick and permafrost is found in the alluvial material below the organic mat. Meltwater monitoring was performed in 1996, 1997, and 1998 following the No Further Remedial Action planned decision. In 2000, a MOA was put in place to serve as an institutional control, primarily to prohibit disturbance of the subsurface and restrict land use to seasonal exposure scenarios such as a campground. In 2001, an amendment to the MOA was issued that accommodated other "temporary" uses. On December 7, 2009 ADEC received a signed agreement to the terms of the MOA. On June 1, 2018 ADEC received a signed agreement to the terms of the MOA. All MOA documentation is attached to this database.

Action Information

Action Date	Action	Description	DEC Staff
4/1/1974	Update or Other Action	Date of Support Material for Technical Permit Application for Galbraith Construction Camp.	Keather McLoone
8/23/1994	Site Added to Database	100,000 gallons of diesel spilled in 1975.	Former Staff
9/13/1994	Update or Other Action	(Old R:Base Action Code = RAPR - Remedial Action Plan Review (CS)). Remediation action plan submitted September 7, 1994 (entitled Contamination Assessment Plan). Reviewed by ADEC. Additional sampling required. Assessment to be completed in 1994 construction season.	Scott Rose
4/7/1995	Update or Other Action	Receipt of Final Galbraith Camp Contamination Assessment Report.	Keather McLoone
5/26/1995	Update or Other Action	Date of Final Human Health and Ecological Risk Assessment Workplan.	Keather McLoone
6/1/1995	Update or Other Action	Date of Galbraith Camp Workplan - Corrective Action and Supplemental Contamination Assessment.	Keather McLoone
2/26/1996	Update or Other Action	Date of receipt of Baseline Human Health and Ecological Risk Assessment.	Keather McLoone
2/26/1996	Update or Other Action	Receipt of Supplemental Contamination Assessment and Corrective Action report.	Keather McLoone
10/15/1996	Update or Other Action	Finalize review of risk assessment comments and send letter to Alyeska with comments to be resolved.	Donald Seagren
4/3/1997	Update or Other Action	Receipt of Results of 1996 Meltwater Monitoring and Workplan for 1997/1998 Meltwater Monitoring.	Keather McLoone
7/9/1997	Long Term Monitoring Established	Risk assessment accepted. No further remediation required. Three year long-term monitoring plan accepted beginning in 1997 and ending in 1999. If GW monitoring results are non-detectable or declining, a No Further Action / Site Closure letter will be issued.	Donald Seagren
7/9/1997	Update or Other Action	A comment resolution meeting on the Galbraith Camp Risk Assessment was held on 23 January 97. ADEC, Alyeska, Oasis, Emcon and BLM staff participated in the meeting. A letter was issued accepting the risk assessment. Alyeska will develop a groundwater monitoring plan for the department's review and approval.	Donald Seagren
12/30/1997	Update or Other Action	Review the first of 3 GW monitoring reports requested by the department as part of accepting risk assessment for the site.	Donald Seagren
4/21/1998	Site Ranked Using the AHRM	Ranking action added now because it was not added when the site was originally ranked.	Bill Petrik
3/15/1999	Update or Other Action	Receipt of 1998 Meltwater Monitoring and Surface Water Sampling program report on the second year of a 3 year program. Surface water samples were collected from Camp Creek.	Keather McLoone
1/13/2000	Long Term Monitoring Complete	Reviewed final GW monitoring report. Report showed continuing decreasing levels of contamination, meeting the conditions of ADEC approval. GW monitoring can be discontinued.	Donald Seagren
6/12/2000	Update or Other Action	Finalized daft MOA between ADEC and BLM. Discussed with Robert Schneider of BLM. Sent copy to BLM for review and comment.	Donald Seagren
8/14/2000	Update or Other Action	Approved abandonment of MWs.	Donald Seagren
8/17/2000	Update or Other Action	Reviewed "final" MOA edition form BLM. Waiting for signed copies to send to Lynn Kent.	Donald Seagren
9/7/2000	Institutional Control Record Established	MOA for site management signed by Lynn Kent. Signed copies forwarded to BLM and Alyeska. MOA requires review and renewal in 5 years.	Donald Seagren
9/19/2000	Conditional Closure Approved	Data submitted shows that Alyeska met remediation goals set in 9 July 97 approval letter signed by Lynn Kent. No further remedial actions are required. Site closure letter issued 19 September 00.	Donald Seagren
1/25/2001	Update or Other Action	Files transferred to Deb Williams ADEC Fairbanks.	Donald Seagren
7/10/2001	Update or Other Action	The Institutional Control (in the form of a MOA between ADEC and BLM) had limited use of the former camp site to use only for a recreational campground purposes. The MOA was amended effective July 9, 2001 when BLM signed a concurrence that the property could be used for temporary uses such as scientific research camps; recreational camps or other short term temporary uses.	Jim Frechione
3/14/2008	Update or Other Action	Received Trans Alaska Pipeline System: 2007 Monitoring Well Decommissioning Report. None of the six wells that had been complete with a stickup and thought to be remaining on site were located. It was assumed that these wells had been decommissioned but confirming documentation could not be located.	Keather McLoone
9/2/2008	Update or Other Action	Email communication with JPO/BLM in order to follow up on the 5 year review condition of the 2000 conditional closure. Concern is land use restictions as stipulated in the amended MOA. Anticipate renewing the 5 year review condition upon verification that land use has been and is planned to be restricted to temporary (6 months or less) use rather than residential, that groundwater development prohibited, and soil excavation is resticted to the surface soil disturbances associated with the campground development (an exception given to a vaulted privy). The MOA has additional notification requirements of both BLM and ADEC.	Keather McLoone
11/24/2008	Update or Other Action	Follow up with BLM contact, Rebecca Hile, to inquire as to status of her review of information pertinent to the MOA review. She indicated that she was planning a site visit in the spring.	Keather McLoone
2/17/2009	Update or Other Action	Inquired to BLM regarding status of trip planning or other information.	Keather McLoone
7/17/2009	Update or Other Action	DEC continues to coordinate with BLM staff regarding renewing MOA. Email received on this date stated that the Galbraith Lake site was visited last weekend. DEC responded to request for address so a copy of all the photos could be sent. Photos are saved to the network.	Keather McLoone
12/4/2009	Update or Other Action	Signed MOA Renewal received via email. Agreement is between ADEC and BLM. Attached to the database and filed. BLM requested changes to the MOA that read Milepost 275 rather than 276 and pages 2 and 4 should indicate BLM Fairbanks District Office rather than the BLM Northern Alaska Field Office. ADEC intends to send a letter acknowledging these "corrections" and will also document, hereby, on the database rather than reissuing the MOA.	Keather McLoone
9/20/2011	Update or Other Action	On this date, ADEC was contacted by BLM notifying ADEC, as is required in the MOA, of an unauthorized disturbance of the subsurface soil. A BLM camp permit issued to AIC specified that no such disturbance should occur, but a hole approximately 2.5 ft bgs and approximately 8 feet in diameter had been dug for a sump pump. BLM staff discovered this during a site visit and asked that the area be “sectioned off” and that nothing further be done until ADEC CSP was notified. The camp was no longer present in the same location and the coordinates below indicate the approximate location of the hole. As of 10/28/2011, the sump had been removed but the hole had not been definitively filled back in. Email sent on 10/28/2011 indicating that the hole should be filled in. Follow up letter sent the following month stating ADEC's understanding of the circumstances and asking that the hole be filled back in and notification that this is completed be sent.	Keather McLoone
12/1/2011	Update or Other Action	The current project manager chose to retain management of this site with the Cleanup Complete Determination that has Institutional Controls.	Kristin Thompson
2/27/2012	Update or Other Action	BLM notified ADEC of its intent to replace the current vault toilet with a new one in the same location. DEC replied via email asking for clarification/confirmation that the proposed activity did not include anticipated removal of contaminated material. An example Soil Management Plan was provided to BLM.	Keather McLoone
1/27/2015	Update or Other Action	On this date, ADEC received correspondence from BLM regarding the “Rehabilitation of Vault Toilet at BLM Alyeska Galbraith Camp”. The BLM excavated the historic vault toilet beginning in August 2013 and reportedly stayed within the boundary of clean backfill that was put in place in 1989 for the old vault toilet. Excavated soil was used as backfill around the new vault toilet to bring it back to grade. No contaminated soil was encountered and no soil was removed from the site. Note: ADEC did not receive clarification/confirmation prior to replacement of the old vault toilet.	Grant Lidren
2/6/2017	Update or Other Action	On this date, ADEC received a letter from BLM. BLM intends to renew MOA between ADEC and BLM. The MOA is currently expired.	Grant Lidren
3/16/2018	Update or Other Action	Signed MOA Renewal agreement received between ADEC and BLM. The MOA has been renewed for five years expiring on March 16, 2023. The signed MOA includes the existing 2000 MOA land use restrictions and the 2001 MOA amendment and is additionally subject to the following: 1) Any future change in land use may impact the exposure assumptions and associated risks cited in the RA and MOA. If land use and/or ownership changes, current ICs may not be protective and ADEC may require additional remediation and/or ICs. Therefore, the BLM shall report to ADEC every five years to document land use, or report as soon as BLM becomes aware of any change in land ownership and/or use, if earlier. The report can be sent electronically to the DEC.ICUNIT@alaska.gov. 2) ADEC must be contacted prior to any excavation, removal, or disturbance of soil. 3) Any proposal to transport soil or groundwater off site requires ADEC approval in accordance with 18 AAC 75.325(i). A “site” [as defined by 18 AAC 75.990 (115)] means an area that is contaminated, including areas contaminated by the migration of hazardous substances from a source area, regardless of property ownership. 4) Movement or use of potentially contaminated soil in a manner that results in a violation of 18 AAC 70 water quality standards is unlawful.	Grant Lidren
7/31/2018	Site Visit	Visited site on this date with Alyeska and SLR.	Grant Lidren
4/7/2022	Institutional Control Compliance Review	IC compliance review conducted on this date. The 2018 MOA renewal serves as a IC requirements documentation. A review of the IC compliance details will occur every five years starting in 2023.	Evonne Reese
6/17/2024	Institutional Control Compliance Review	IC compliance review conducted on this date. The 2018 MOA renewal serves as a IC requirements documentation. A review of the IC compliance details will occur every five years.	Evonne Reese

Action Date

Action

Description

DEC Staff

4/1/1974

Update or Other Action

Date of Support Material for Technical Permit Application for Galbraith Construction Camp.

Keather McLoone

8/23/1994

Site Added to Database

100,000 gallons of diesel spilled in 1975.

Former Staff

9/13/1994

Update or Other Action

(Old R:Base Action Code = RAPR - Remedial Action Plan Review (CS)). Remediation action plan submitted September 7, 1994 (entitled Contamination Assessment Plan). Reviewed by ADEC. Additional sampling required. Assessment to be completed in 1994 construction season.

Scott Rose

4/7/1995

Update or Other Action

Receipt of Final Galbraith Camp Contamination Assessment Report.

Keather McLoone

5/26/1995

Update or Other Action

Date of Final Human Health and Ecological Risk Assessment Workplan.

Keather McLoone

6/1/1995

Update or Other Action

Date of Galbraith Camp Workplan - Corrective Action and Supplemental Contamination Assessment.

Keather McLoone

2/26/1996

Update or Other Action

Date of receipt of Baseline Human Health and Ecological Risk Assessment.

Keather McLoone

2/26/1996

Update or Other Action

Receipt of Supplemental Contamination Assessment and Corrective Action report.

Keather McLoone

10/15/1996

Update or Other Action

Finalize review of risk assessment comments and send letter to Alyeska with comments to be resolved.

Donald Seagren

4/3/1997

Update or Other Action

Receipt of Results of 1996 Meltwater Monitoring and Workplan for 1997/1998 Meltwater Monitoring.

Keather McLoone

7/9/1997

Long Term Monitoring Established

Risk assessment accepted. No further remediation required. Three year long-term monitoring plan accepted beginning in 1997 and ending in 1999. If GW monitoring results are non-detectable or declining, a No Further Action / Site Closure letter will be issued.

Donald Seagren

7/9/1997

Update or Other Action

A comment resolution meeting on the Galbraith Camp Risk Assessment was held on 23 January 97. ADEC, Alyeska, Oasis, Emcon and BLM staff participated in the meeting. A letter was issued accepting the risk assessment. Alyeska will develop a groundwater monitoring plan for the department's review and approval.

Donald Seagren

12/30/1997

Update or Other Action

Review the first of 3 GW monitoring reports requested by the department as part of accepting risk assessment for the site.

Donald Seagren

4/21/1998

Site Ranked Using the AHRM

Ranking action added now because it was not added when the site was originally ranked.

Bill Petrik

3/15/1999

Update or Other Action

Receipt of 1998 Meltwater Monitoring and Surface Water Sampling program report on the second year of a 3 year program. Surface water samples were collected from Camp Creek.

Keather McLoone

1/13/2000

Long Term Monitoring Complete

Reviewed final GW monitoring report. Report showed continuing decreasing levels of contamination, meeting the conditions of ADEC approval. GW monitoring can be discontinued.

Donald Seagren

6/12/2000

Update or Other Action

Finalized daft MOA between ADEC and BLM. Discussed with Robert Schneider of BLM. Sent copy to BLM for review and comment.

Donald Seagren

8/14/2000

Update or Other Action

Approved abandonment of MWs.

Donald Seagren

8/17/2000

Update or Other Action

Reviewed "final" MOA edition form BLM. Waiting for signed copies to send to Lynn Kent.

Donald Seagren

9/7/2000

Institutional Control Record Established

MOA for site management signed by Lynn Kent. Signed copies forwarded to BLM and Alyeska. MOA requires review and renewal in 5 years.

Donald Seagren

9/19/2000

Conditional Closure Approved

Data submitted shows that Alyeska met remediation goals set in 9 July 97 approval letter signed by Lynn Kent. No further remedial actions are required. Site closure letter issued 19 September 00.

Donald Seagren

1/25/2001

Update or Other Action

Files transferred to Deb Williams ADEC Fairbanks.

Donald Seagren

7/10/2001

Update or Other Action

The Institutional Control (in the form of a MOA between ADEC and BLM) had limited use of the former camp site to use only for a recreational campground purposes. The MOA was amended effective July 9, 2001 when BLM signed a concurrence that the property could be used for temporary uses such as scientific research camps; recreational camps or other short term temporary uses.

Jim Frechione

3/14/2008

Update or Other Action

Received Trans Alaska Pipeline System: 2007 Monitoring Well Decommissioning Report. None of the six wells that had been complete with a stickup and thought to be remaining on site were located. It was assumed that these wells had been decommissioned but confirming documentation could not be located.

Keather McLoone

9/2/2008

Update or Other Action

Email communication with JPO/BLM in order to follow up on the 5 year review condition of the 2000 conditional closure. Concern is land use restictions as stipulated in the amended MOA. Anticipate renewing the 5 year review condition upon verification that land use has been and is planned to be restricted to temporary (6 months or less) use rather than residential, that groundwater development prohibited, and soil excavation is resticted to the surface soil disturbances associated with the campground development (an exception given to a vaulted privy). The MOA has additional notification requirements of both BLM and ADEC.

Keather McLoone

11/24/2008

Update or Other Action

Follow up with BLM contact, Rebecca Hile, to inquire as to status of her review of information pertinent to the MOA review. She indicated that she was planning a site visit in the spring.

Keather McLoone

2/17/2009

Update or Other Action

Inquired to BLM regarding status of trip planning or other information.

Keather McLoone

7/17/2009

Update or Other Action

DEC continues to coordinate with BLM staff regarding renewing MOA. Email received on this date stated that the Galbraith Lake site was visited last weekend. DEC responded to request for address so a copy of all the photos could be sent. Photos are saved to the network.

Keather McLoone

12/4/2009

Update or Other Action

Signed MOA Renewal received via email. Agreement is between ADEC and BLM. Attached to the database and filed. BLM requested changes to the MOA that read Milepost 275 rather than 276 and pages 2 and 4 should indicate BLM Fairbanks District Office rather than the BLM Northern Alaska Field Office. ADEC intends to send a letter acknowledging these "corrections" and will also document, hereby, on the database rather than reissuing the MOA.

Keather McLoone

9/20/2011

Update or Other Action

On this date, ADEC was contacted by BLM notifying ADEC, as is required in the MOA, of an unauthorized disturbance of the subsurface soil. A BLM camp permit issued to AIC specified that no such disturbance should occur, but a hole approximately 2.5 ft bgs and approximately 8 feet in diameter had been dug for a sump pump. BLM staff discovered this during a site visit and asked that the area be “sectioned off” and that nothing further be done until ADEC CSP was notified. The camp was no longer present in the same location and the coordinates below indicate the approximate location of the hole. As of 10/28/2011, the sump had been removed but the hole had not been definitively filled back in. Email sent on 10/28/2011 indicating that the hole should be filled in. Follow up letter sent the following month stating ADEC's understanding of the circumstances and asking that the hole be filled back in and notification that this is completed be sent.

Keather McLoone

12/1/2011

Update or Other Action

The current project manager chose to retain management of this site with the Cleanup Complete Determination that has Institutional Controls.

Kristin Thompson

2/27/2012

Update or Other Action

BLM notified ADEC of its intent to replace the current vault toilet with a new one in the same location. DEC replied via email asking for clarification/confirmation that the proposed activity did not include anticipated removal of contaminated material. An example Soil Management Plan was provided to BLM.

Keather McLoone

1/27/2015

Update or Other Action

On this date, ADEC received correspondence from BLM regarding the “Rehabilitation of Vault Toilet at BLM Alyeska Galbraith Camp”. The BLM excavated the historic vault toilet beginning in August 2013 and reportedly stayed within the boundary of clean backfill that was put in place in 1989 for the old vault toilet. Excavated soil was used as backfill around the new vault toilet to bring it back to grade. No contaminated soil was encountered and no soil was removed from the site. Note: ADEC did not receive clarification/confirmation prior to replacement of the old vault toilet.

Grant Lidren

2/6/2017

Update or Other Action

On this date, ADEC received a letter from BLM. BLM intends to renew MOA between ADEC and BLM. The MOA is currently expired.

Grant Lidren

3/16/2018

Update or Other Action

Signed MOA Renewal agreement received between ADEC and BLM. The MOA has been renewed for five years expiring on March 16, 2023. The signed MOA includes the existing 2000 MOA land use restrictions and the 2001 MOA amendment and is additionally subject to the following: 1) Any future change in land use may impact the exposure assumptions and associated risks cited in the RA and MOA. If land use and/or ownership changes, current ICs may not be protective and ADEC may require additional remediation and/or ICs. Therefore, the BLM shall report to ADEC every five years to document land use, or report as soon as BLM becomes aware of any change in land ownership and/or use, if earlier. The report can be sent electronically to the DEC.ICUNIT@alaska.gov. 2) ADEC must be contacted prior to any excavation, removal, or disturbance of soil. 3) Any proposal to transport soil or groundwater off site requires ADEC approval in accordance with 18 AAC 75.325(i). A “site” [as defined by 18 AAC 75.990 (115)] means an area that is contaminated, including areas contaminated by the migration of hazardous substances from a source area, regardless of property ownership. 4) Movement or use of potentially contaminated soil in a manner that results in a violation of 18 AAC 70 water quality standards is unlawful.

Grant Lidren

7/31/2018

Site Visit

Visited site on this date with Alyeska and SLR.

Grant Lidren

4/7/2022

Institutional Control Compliance Review

IC compliance review conducted on this date. The 2018 MOA renewal serves as a IC requirements documentation. A review of the IC compliance details will occur every five years starting in 2023.

Evonne Reese

6/17/2024

Institutional Control Compliance Review

IC compliance review conducted on this date. The 2018 MOA renewal serves as a IC requirements documentation. A review of the IC compliance details will occur every five years.

Evonne Reese

Contaminant Information

Name

Level Description

Media

Comments

Control Type

Type	Details
Interagency MOU	The Institutional Control (in the form of a MOU between ADEC and BLM) had limited use of the former camp site to use only for a recreational campground purposes. The MOU was amended effective July 9, 2001 when BLM signed a concurrence that the property could be used for temporary uses such as scientific research camps; recreational camps or other short term temporary uses.
Interagency MOU	The Institutional Control (in the form of a MOA between ADEC and BLM) had limited use of the former camp site to use only for a recreational campground purposes. The MOA was amended effective July 9, 2001 when BLM signed a concurrence that the property could be used for temporary uses such as scientific research camps; recreational camps or other short term temporary uses.

Type

Details

Interagency MOU

The Institutional Control (in the form of a MOU between ADEC and BLM) had limited use of the former camp site to use only for a recreational campground purposes. The MOU was amended effective July 9, 2001 when BLM signed a concurrence that the property could be used for temporary uses such as scientific research camps; recreational camps or other short term temporary uses.

Interagency MOU

Requirements

Description	Details
Restricted to Recreational Land Use	The Institutional Control (in the form of a MOA between ADEC and BLM) had limited use of the former camp site to use only for a recreational campground purposes. The MOA was amended effective July 9, 2001 when BLM signed a concurrence that the property could be used for temporary uses such as scientific research camps; recreational camps or other short term temporary uses.

Description

Details

Restricted to Recreational Land Use

2018 MOA Renewal letter

2010 DEC MOA renewal

Signed MOA Renewal

Closure Notification Letter

Memorandum of Agreement

MOA Amendment

No associated sites were found.

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Site Report: BLM Alyeska Galbraith Camp

Site Chronology

IC / Closure Details

Documents

Associated Sites

Problems/Comments

Action Information

Contaminant Information

Control Type

Requirements

2018 MOA Renewal letter

2010 DEC MOA renewal

Signed MOA Renewal

Closure Notification Letter

Memorandum of Agreement

MOA Amendment

Missing Location Data

State of Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation