Site Report: Trading Post Café / Chitina Saloon
| Site Name: | Trading Post Café / Chitina Saloon |
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| Address: | MP 33.3, Edgerton Highway, Chitina, AK 99566 |
| File Number: | 2211.38.003 |
| Hazard ID: | 177 |
| Status: | Non-Qualifying |
| Staff: | No Longer Assigned, 9074655229 dec.icunit@alaska.gov |
| Latitude: | 61.516702 |
| Longitude: | -144.437226 |
| Horizontal Datum: | WGS84 |
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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
Diesel contamination reported in approximately 1984. Class B public drinking water well reportedly contaminated. Quantity and, extent unknown. Possible source is fuel spills associated with old power plant close to site or on-site tanks. Formerly known as the Chitina Cafe. A NOV (notice of violation) was issued in 5/86 to Mike Hatch, Cafe owner, for continued use of a contaminated well, for operating without a food service permit. File is in Mat-Su Office drinking water files. Lots 22 and 23, Block 17.
Action Information
| Action Date | Action | Description | DEC Staff |
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| 5/1/1985 | Site Visit | Field inspection. Well water at Chitina Cafe (PWS #291774) was sampled by ADEC and found to contain 5 ppm diesel. | Former Staff |
| 10/8/1985 | Site Visit | Field inspection. 5 wells in Chitina sampled by ADEC on 10/8/85 contained oil and grease levels ranging from "no-detect" to 6.3 ppm. | Former Staff |
| 10/10/1985 | Notice of Violation | NOV regarding AS 46.03.740 issued to Jim Hatch (Chitina Cafe) on 10/10/85. ADEC requests corrective action within 15 days of 10/10/85. | Former Staff |
| 5/15/1986 | Notice of Violation | NOV issued for failure to discontinue use of a known contaminated well for public consumption. NOV issued for operating a restaurant within a food service permit. Liquor license is revoked. | Former Staff |
| 6/9/1986 | Site Visit | Field inspection. Resampling of wells in Chitina on 6/9/86 by ADEC indicated no detectable levels of volatile organic compounds. | Former Staff |
| 1/8/1991 | Site Ranked Using the AHRM | Initial ranking. | Former Staff |
| 1/1/1992 | Site Added to Database | Diesel contamination. | Former Staff |
| 1/14/2000 | Update or Other Action | Received file from Mat-Su office. File contains documentation that in 1985 at least three drinking water wells including the Chitina Cafe well were contaminated based on EPA 413.1 (Oil and Grease) concentrations and upon field observations including a diesel odor and sheen. File indicates Chitina Cafe burned 6/87. Status of surrounding wells and a surface water source unknown. Project manager contacting other programs and offices for additional and more current data. | Eileen Olson |
| 5/1/2000 | Update or Other Action | No record of drinking water use since facility burned 6/87. Contamination has not been characterized. | Eileen Olson |
| 9/17/2007 | Update or Other Action | Changed file number from "CS" to 2211.38.003. | Hannah Lager |
| 11/8/2007 | Exposure Tracking Model Ranking | Ranked for conditions at time of transfer to Contaminated Sites Program from spill response. | Eileen Olson |
| 9/19/2014 | Update or Other Action | Contacted current property owners by telephone; property houses a business that is operating as a bar. The water well used by the former business has been capped; water source in area is by delivery. Owners noted they have several parcels and are uncertain where boundaries are with respect to contamination. Will follow up with owners regarding actions required to address contaminated site status. | Eileen Olson |
| 5/26/2021 | Potentially Responsible Party/State Interest Letter | A potential responsible party letter was sent to Thomas Wesner and Elizabeth Kelley on May 26, 2021. | Randy Guintu |
| 9/7/2021 | Workplan Requested | A Site Characterization Work Plan request was sent to Thomas Wesner on September 9, 2021. | Flannery Ballard |
| 12/16/2021 | Workplan Requested | A reminder email for an overdue work plan was sent via email to Thomas Wesner. | Flannery Ballard |
| 1/3/2022 | Workplan Requested | A WP overdue notice was issued via certified letter to Thomas Wesner. | Flannery Ballard |
| 7/1/2022 | Update or Other Action | ADEC sent the RP comments on the May 2022 “DRAFT Site Characterization Work Plan, Uncle Tom’s Tavern MP 33.3, Edgerton Highway Chitina, Alaska”. ADEC requested an update work plan be submitted for review. | Alena Voigt |
| 8/1/2022 | Site Characterization Workplan Approved | ADEC letter dated 8/1/2022 approves work plan dated July 2022 prepared by Kasteler Consulting Inc. | Alena Voigt |
| 7/31/2023 | Update or Other Action | The ADEC CSP reviewed the “Trading Post Café/Chitina Saloon, MP 33.3, Edgerton Highway, Chitina, Alaska, Groundwater Characterization Report”, dated December 2022, submitted by Kasteler Consulting, Inc. The ADEC provided comments that should be addressed and requested a revised report be re-summitted to CSP for review. | Alena Voigt |
| 12/29/2023 | Site Characterization Report Approved | The ADEC CSP reviewed the revised report, dated August 24, 2023. One analytical sample and one duplicate sample was collected from the drinking water well. The sample was analyzed for gasoline range organics (GRO), diesel range organics (DRO), volatile organic compounds (VOCs), and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs), and lead. No sample analytes were detected. | Alena Voigt |
| 12/29/2023 | Update or Other Action | In 1984 and 1985 petroleum was detected in the former Trading Post/Chitina Café’s drinking water well and two adjacent properties well. All wells were sampled for Oil & Grease using method 431.1 and indicated the potential presence of petroleum hydrocarbons and the site was added as an “active” contaminated site. In 1986, samples were collected from two of the wells located adjacent to the property and were analyzed for VOCs. VOCs were not detected. A release of a hazardous substance was never identified on this property or adjacent properties. In 2022, groundwater samples were collected from the drinking water well on the property and analyzed for GRO, DRO, VOCs, and PAHs. All analytes were not detected. Based on the environmental records for the site and the 2022 sampling event, DEC has decided that this site will be changed from “active” status to “non-qualifying” status. | Alena Voigt |
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No associated sites were found.