Site Report: Kodiak - Little Navy Annex

Site Name:	Kodiak - Little Navy Annex
Address:	Fort Smith, Cape Chiniak, Chiniak, AK 99615
File Number:	2601.38.089
Hazard ID:	183
Status:	Active
Staff:	Curtis Dunkin, 9072693053 curtis.dunkin@alaska.gov
Latitude:	57.614916
Longitude:	-152.165488
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

Wastes identified at site include petroleum, oil, and lubricants, asbestos. The majority of contamination was diesel range organics in soil south of the former generator building. The building contained asbestos. The Department of Defense acquired property from the Bureau of Land Management in August 1941 for use as part of the former Kodiak Island Defense Area. Fort J.H. Smith was built on the property. The Little Navy Annex was a part of Miller Field. In December 1952, the property was relinquished to BLM and subsequently transferred to the Lesnoi Inc. who has surface rights. The subsurface rights are held by the Koniag Corporation. Last staff assigned were Vickaryous, Halverson, Rutkowski, and Brownlee. Removal actions from 1998 - 2004 excavated approximately 4,000 cubic yards of impacted soil above method 3. The soils were thermally remediated on island.

Action Information

Action Date	Action	Description	DEC Staff
9/30/1987	Update or Other Action	(Old R:Base Action Code = RD - Remedial Design). RD action added by Shannon and Wilson on 3/13/97, based on FUDS Site Summary dated 2/21/96. Summary shows the RD completed 9/30/87. Transformers, batteries, POL containers.	S&W-Miner
1/1/1988	Update or Other Action	(Old R:Base Action Code = SI - Site Investigation). SI action added by Shannon and Wilson on 3/13/97, based on FUDS Site Summary dated 2/21/96. Summary shows the SI completed 1/1/88. POL/solvent soil contamination.	S&W-Miner
1/25/1991	Update or Other Action	(Old R:Base Action Code = MS - Monitoring/Sampling). HLA sampling plan sent to ADEC. Purpose of sampling plan is to provide procedures to identify and quantify hazardous and toxic wastes in shallow soils and asbestos in building materials at site.	Former Staff
8/21/1991	Site Added to Database	Petroleum, chlorinated solvents, asbestos contaminants.	Former Staff
12/15/1993	Update or Other Action	(Old R:Base Action Code = RIFS - Remedial Investigation / Feasibility Study). RIFS action added by Shannon and Wilson on 3/13/97, based on FUDS Site Summary dated 2/21/96. Summary shows the RIFS started 12/15/93. POL/solvent soil contamination. Limited RI including drilling, sampling, final report. Mod. for mob/demob. Field work to be completed 16 April 94.	S&W-Miner
6/15/1995	Site Ranked Using the AHRM	Initial ranking. Action code added because it wasn't when site was originally ranked.	John Halverson
9/15/1997	Update or Other Action	(Old R:Base Action Code = RIFS - Remedial Investigation / Feasibility Study). A 3x5 waste oil tank was removed and adjacent soil characterized for contamination during the 1997 interim removal actions on Kodiak.	Katarina Rutkowski
6/30/1998	Interim Removal Action Approved	Interim Removal Action Approved this date.	Katarina Rutkowski
10/28/1999	Interim Removal Action Approved	Interim Removal Action Approved this date.	Jeff Brownlee
11/30/1999	Site Ranked Using the AHRM	Site reranked using data from the 1998 IRA.	Jeff Brownlee
2/7/2000	Update or Other Action	IRA report reviewed. Two 25.000-gallon USTs removed south of the building. An investigation was performed on a large area of DRO soil contamintion south of the building using test pits. Contamination extends several hundred feet and will need to be evaluated under method 3 or 4. The site has shallow bedrock with intermittent groundwater sheet flow. Several other smaller areas of soil contamination were removed and confirmation sampled.	Jeff Brownlee
2/2/2001	Update or Other Action	Staff reviewed a draft 1999 Interim Removal Action Report. This former generator building and equipment storage area on Kodiak Island has a large area (approximately 3,500 cubic yards over 230 mg/kg) of DRO contamination in soil. The spill is believed to have originated from two-25,000 gallon USTs. The contractor attempted to calculate alternative cleanup levels using the Method 3 Commercial/Industrial scenario. The property owner was not involved in the process and no specific institutional controls were discussed. The bedrock aquifer will probably need to be characterized at this site unless the COE can get the landowner to establish ICs that the groundwater won't be used for drinking water in the future.	Jeff Brownlee
6/3/2002	Site Characterization Workplan Approved	Staff reviewed a draft workplan for an Interim Removal Action at Cape Chiniak Tracking Station and the Little Navy Annex on Kodiak. Both sites have DRO remaining in soil above preliminary alternative cleanup levels. Soil above ACLs will be excavated and treated offsite. Proposed Method 3 ACLs are currently being evaluated by the DEC. Monitoring wells will be installed to characterize groundwater in the area surrounding these excavations.	Jeff Brownlee
6/17/2002	Site Characterization Workplan Approved	Staff reviewed a draft workplan for well installations at the Little Navy Annex and Cape Chiniak Tracking Station. Wells are designed to characterize groundwater around areas of soil contamination above Method 3. The soil is currently being removed and thermally treated. Method 3 cleanup level approvals are pending.	Jeff Brownlee
1/29/2003	Update or Other Action	Staff reviewed an Interim Removal Action Report for the LNA. The removal at the Little Navy Annex amounted to about 3,000 cubic yard of DRO impacted soil. One side wall of the excavation exceeds proposed method 3 ACLs, so additional removal will be required.	Jeff Brownlee
3/28/2003	Cleanup Level(s) Approved	Staff reviewed Alternative Cleanup Levels (ACLs) for three sites on Kodiak Island. Little Navy Annex, Cape Chiniak Tracking Station, and two UST sites at Cape Chiniak have met the departments’ requirements for a Method Three cleanup. DRO cleanup levels were modified at all three sites. GRO was changed at one UST site. Organic carbon and hydraulic conductivity were the only input parameter changed. A letter of concurrence from the landowner was included with the ACL requests.	Jeff Brownlee
9/5/2003	Meeting or Teleconference Held	CS staff attended and participated in a Kodiak Island Borough assembly meeting and public open house for FUDS on Kodiak. The COE updated the assembly on the status of current and upcoming projects. There was minimal community interest at the open house	Jeff Brownlee
11/13/2003	Update or Other Action	CS staff reviewed a site specific operations plan for a soil remediation operation planned for Kodiak. The COE intends to use the thermal facility to remediate soils primarily from one nearby project making the facility a Category B. The draft plan had several deficiencies that needed to be corrected before the DEC could approve operations. We are working with the contractor to improve the procedures for storm water handling, public notification, and third party sampling	Jeff Brownlee
2/25/2004	Update or Other Action	Staff reveiwed an interim removal action report. Cape Chiniak Tracking Station and Little Navy Annex cleanups are using excavation and thermal treatment to address DRO contamination in soil. DEC is currently reviewing alternative cleanup levels (ACLs) for both sites. Approximately 3,000 cubic yards of impacted soil have been removed from each site. Proposed Plans for both sites are being developed. Further excavation will be necessary at both sites to achieve proposed ACLs.	Jeff Brownlee
3/4/2004	Update or Other Action	Staff reviewed an interim removal action report for a FUDS in Kodiak. Approximately 1000 cubic yards of DRO impacted soil was removed and thermally treated from the Little Navy Annex site. The cleanup is a continuation of a previous impacted soil excavation. All edges and bottom of the excavation met agreed to method three cleanup levels for DRO	Jeff Brownlee
7/15/2004	Update or Other Action	Contaminated Sites staff reviewed a draft proposed plan for the Little Navy Annex FUDS on Kodiak. The site was a WWII facility originally known as Fort Smith. A number of investigations and interim removal actions have been performed over the last ten years. The site contamination was mostly diesel range organics in soil. About 5,000 cubic yards of soil have been excavated and thermally treated on island. The DEC approved a Method 3 cleanup level for DRO at the site. At the completion of the current groundwater monitoring program the site will be proposed for No Further Remedial Action Planned (NFRAP) status.	Jeff Brownlee
10/27/2004	Meeting or Teleconference Held	staff participated in a Kodiak Island Borough Assembly meeting to discuss the status of Formerly Used Defense Sites on the island. The Corps of Engineers also participated at the meeting. The DEC and COE contractor also participated in a public open house to solicit comments on the cleanup work being done on Kodiak. Turnout was light as is typical in Kodiak	Jeff Brownlee
2/24/2005	Update or Other Action	Contaminated Sites staff reviewed and commented on a draft proposed plan for the Little Navy Annex Formerly Used Defense Site on Kodiak Island. The majority of the site has been remediated through interim removal actions. Approximately 3,300 cubic yards of DRO impacted soil have been removed and thermally treated. The contamination originated from two 25,000-gallon USTs. Three septic vaults in the area were also closed. Groundwater in the area is sheet flow on top of bedrock and appears to be ephemeral. When groundwater sampling has been successful the results for contaminants of concern have been below Table C cleanup levels. A comprehensive groundwater sampling report for the site was also reviewed	Jeff Brownlee
6/14/2005	Update or Other Action	File number issued 2601.38.089.	Aggie Blandford
6/17/2005	Meeting or Teleconference Held	Contaminated Sites staff participated in a public open house for Formerly Used Defense Sites on Kodiak Island. Staff also conducted several site inspections. Proposed Plans for the Little Navy Annex Site and the Cape Chiniak Site were introduced at the Kodiak Island Borough assembly meeting. The open house had a moderate amount of interest with several community members stopping by to discuss sites and pick up information.	Jeff Brownlee
12/2/2005	Update or Other Action	Contaminated Sites staff reviewed a decision document for the Little Navy Annex Formerly Used Defense Sites on Kodiak Island. The site included three areas of concern including a generator building, fuel storage area, and several above ground and under ground fuel storage tanks, and a septic system. There have been several interim removal actions at the site including the removal of approximately 4,000 cubic yards of petroleum impacted soil. Method three cleanup levels were applied to the site. Contaminated Sites management is currently reviewing the document	Jeff Brownlee
1/19/2006	Meeting or Teleconference Held	Contaminated Sites staff participated in a Kodiak Island Borough Assembly meeting to discuss the recent documents available for the review and the field work the COE will be doing this summer in the island. The COE and DEC were interviewed on public radio to discuss the Kodiak projects and overall contaminated site cleanup process. There was also a public open house to give community members the opportunity to bring up concerns and ask questions in person. As typical for Kodiak turn out was light	Jeff Brownlee
5/24/2006	Update or Other Action	Staff participated in site inspections with a Corps of Engineers Pacific Ocean Division representative on Kodiak Island. Several Formerly Used Defense sites were toured by helicopter including Burma Road, Long Island, Buskin Lake, Cape Chiniak Tracking Station and Little Navy Annex	Jeff Brownlee
6/1/2006	Meeting or Teleconference Held	Staff participated with the Corps of Engineers (COE) and their contractor in a public open house for the Formerly Used Defense Sites on Kodiak Island. We also attended the Kodiak Island Borough Assembly meeting. The COE gave a briefing on the work planned for this summer. The open house showed light interest which is normal for Kodiak. Staff also met with Coast Guard environmental personnel and inspected several sites on the Coast Guard Base	Jeff Brownlee
3/19/2007	Exposure Tracking Model Ranking		Jeff Brownlee
3/22/2007	Update or Other Action	Decision Document final, but waiting on Corps signiture. There was a delay due to waiting on a final groundwater sampling event.	Jeff Brownlee
6/14/2007	Meeting or Teleconference Held	Contaminated Sites staff participated in public meetings and site inspections for the Kodiak Formerly Used Defenses Sites (FUDS) on Kodiak Island. Three FUDS are active this summer including a continuing PCB removal at Drury Gulch, a below water smear zone excavation at Building A-711 and a biosparge pilot test at the Fire Training Pit. The Corps of Engineers and their contractor participated in a public open house and Kodiak Island Borough assembly meeting. Turnout was light for the open house, which is typical for Kodiak	Jeff Brownlee
8/20/2007	Update or Other Action	Contaminated Sites staff reviewed comprehensive groundwater monitoring reports for the Bruhn Point and Little Navy Annex Formerly Used Defense Sites (FUDS) on Kodiak. Both sites have demonstrated groundwater sampling events well below Table C cleanup levels for the sites contaminants of concern. The ADEC approved well decommissioning at both sites	Jeff Brownlee
8/9/2019	Update or Other Action	Site location was updated on this date. Coordinates for this site are used to determine the presence and position of the site on BLM’s ANCSA Conveyed Land web map.	Rebekah Reams

Action Date

Action

Description

DEC Staff

9/30/1987

Update or Other Action

(Old R:Base Action Code = RD - Remedial Design). RD action added by Shannon and Wilson on 3/13/97, based on FUDS Site Summary dated 2/21/96. Summary shows the RD completed 9/30/87. Transformers, batteries, POL containers.

S&W-Miner

1/1/1988

Update or Other Action

(Old R:Base Action Code = SI - Site Investigation). SI action added by Shannon and Wilson on 3/13/97, based on FUDS Site Summary dated 2/21/96. Summary shows the SI completed 1/1/88. POL/solvent soil contamination.

S&W-Miner

1/25/1991

Update or Other Action

(Old R:Base Action Code = MS - Monitoring/Sampling). HLA sampling plan sent to ADEC. Purpose of sampling plan is to provide procedures to identify and quantify hazardous and toxic wastes in shallow soils and asbestos in building materials at site.

Former Staff

8/21/1991

Site Added to Database

Petroleum, chlorinated solvents, asbestos contaminants.

Former Staff

12/15/1993

Update or Other Action

(Old R:Base Action Code = RIFS - Remedial Investigation / Feasibility Study). RIFS action added by Shannon and Wilson on 3/13/97, based on FUDS Site Summary dated 2/21/96. Summary shows the RIFS started 12/15/93. POL/solvent soil contamination. Limited RI including drilling, sampling, final report. Mod. for mob/demob. Field work to be completed 16 April 94.

S&W-Miner

6/15/1995

Site Ranked Using the AHRM

Initial ranking. Action code added because it wasn't when site was originally ranked.

John Halverson

9/15/1997

Update or Other Action

(Old R:Base Action Code = RIFS - Remedial Investigation / Feasibility Study). A 3x5 waste oil tank was removed and adjacent soil characterized for contamination during the 1997 interim removal actions on Kodiak.

Katarina Rutkowski

6/30/1998

Interim Removal Action Approved

Interim Removal Action Approved this date.

Katarina Rutkowski

10/28/1999

Interim Removal Action Approved

Interim Removal Action Approved this date.

Jeff Brownlee

11/30/1999

Site Ranked Using the AHRM

Site reranked using data from the 1998 IRA.

Jeff Brownlee

2/7/2000

Update or Other Action

IRA report reviewed. Two 25.000-gallon USTs removed south of the building. An investigation was performed on a large area of DRO soil contamintion south of the building using test pits. Contamination extends several hundred feet and will need to be evaluated under method 3 or 4. The site has shallow bedrock with intermittent groundwater sheet flow. Several other smaller areas of soil contamination were removed and confirmation sampled.

Jeff Brownlee

2/2/2001

Update or Other Action

Staff reviewed a draft 1999 Interim Removal Action Report. This former generator building and equipment storage area on Kodiak Island has a large area (approximately 3,500 cubic yards over 230 mg/kg) of DRO contamination in soil. The spill is believed to have originated from two-25,000 gallon USTs. The contractor attempted to calculate alternative cleanup levels using the Method 3 Commercial/Industrial scenario. The property owner was not involved in the process and no specific institutional controls were discussed. The bedrock aquifer will probably need to be characterized at this site unless the COE can get the landowner to establish ICs that the groundwater won't be used for drinking water in the future.

Jeff Brownlee

6/3/2002

Site Characterization Workplan Approved

Staff reviewed a draft workplan for an Interim Removal Action at Cape Chiniak Tracking Station and the Little Navy Annex on Kodiak. Both sites have DRO remaining in soil above preliminary alternative cleanup levels. Soil above ACLs will be excavated and treated offsite. Proposed Method 3 ACLs are currently being evaluated by the DEC. Monitoring wells will be installed to characterize groundwater in the area surrounding these excavations.

Jeff Brownlee

6/17/2002

Site Characterization Workplan Approved

Staff reviewed a draft workplan for well installations at the Little Navy Annex and Cape Chiniak Tracking Station. Wells are designed to characterize groundwater around areas of soil contamination above Method 3. The soil is currently being removed and thermally treated. Method 3 cleanup level approvals are pending.

Jeff Brownlee

1/29/2003

Update or Other Action

Staff reviewed an Interim Removal Action Report for the LNA. The removal at the Little Navy Annex amounted to about 3,000 cubic yard of DRO impacted soil. One side wall of the excavation exceeds proposed method 3 ACLs, so additional removal will be required.

Jeff Brownlee

3/28/2003

Cleanup Level(s) Approved

Staff reviewed Alternative Cleanup Levels (ACLs) for three sites on Kodiak Island. Little Navy Annex, Cape Chiniak Tracking Station, and two UST sites at Cape Chiniak have met the departments’ requirements for a Method Three cleanup. DRO cleanup levels were modified at all three sites. GRO was changed at one UST site. Organic carbon and hydraulic conductivity were the only input parameter changed. A letter of concurrence from the landowner was included with the ACL requests.

Jeff Brownlee

9/5/2003

Meeting or Teleconference Held

CS staff attended and participated in a Kodiak Island Borough assembly meeting and public open house for FUDS on Kodiak. The COE updated the assembly on the status of current and upcoming projects. There was minimal community interest at the open house

Jeff Brownlee

11/13/2003

Update or Other Action

CS staff reviewed a site specific operations plan for a soil remediation operation planned for Kodiak. The COE intends to use the thermal facility to remediate soils primarily from one nearby project making the facility a Category B. The draft plan had several deficiencies that needed to be corrected before the DEC could approve operations. We are working with the contractor to improve the procedures for storm water handling, public notification, and third party sampling

Jeff Brownlee

2/25/2004

Update or Other Action

Staff reveiwed an interim removal action report. Cape Chiniak Tracking Station and Little Navy Annex cleanups are using excavation and thermal treatment to address DRO contamination in soil. DEC is currently reviewing alternative cleanup levels (ACLs) for both sites. Approximately 3,000 cubic yards of impacted soil have been removed from each site. Proposed Plans for both sites are being developed. Further excavation will be necessary at both sites to achieve proposed ACLs.

Jeff Brownlee

3/4/2004

Update or Other Action

Staff reviewed an interim removal action report for a FUDS in Kodiak. Approximately 1000 cubic yards of DRO impacted soil was removed and thermally treated from the Little Navy Annex site. The cleanup is a continuation of a previous impacted soil excavation. All edges and bottom of the excavation met agreed to method three cleanup levels for DRO

Jeff Brownlee

7/15/2004

Update or Other Action

Contaminated Sites staff reviewed a draft proposed plan for the Little Navy Annex FUDS on Kodiak. The site was a WWII facility originally known as Fort Smith. A number of investigations and interim removal actions have been performed over the last ten years. The site contamination was mostly diesel range organics in soil. About 5,000 cubic yards of soil have been excavated and thermally treated on island. The DEC approved a Method 3 cleanup level for DRO at the site. At the completion of the current groundwater monitoring program the site will be proposed for No Further Remedial Action Planned (NFRAP) status.

Jeff Brownlee

10/27/2004

Meeting or Teleconference Held

staff participated in a Kodiak Island Borough Assembly meeting to discuss the status of Formerly Used Defense Sites on the island. The Corps of Engineers also participated at the meeting. The DEC and COE contractor also participated in a public open house to solicit comments on the cleanup work being done on Kodiak. Turnout was light as is typical in Kodiak

Jeff Brownlee

2/24/2005

Update or Other Action

Contaminated Sites staff reviewed and commented on a draft proposed plan for the Little Navy Annex Formerly Used Defense Site on Kodiak Island. The majority of the site has been remediated through interim removal actions. Approximately 3,300 cubic yards of DRO impacted soil have been removed and thermally treated. The contamination originated from two 25,000-gallon USTs. Three septic vaults in the area were also closed. Groundwater in the area is sheet flow on top of bedrock and appears to be ephemeral. When groundwater sampling has been successful the results for contaminants of concern have been below Table C cleanup levels. A comprehensive groundwater sampling report for the site was also reviewed

Jeff Brownlee

6/14/2005

Update or Other Action

File number issued 2601.38.089.

Aggie Blandford

6/17/2005

Meeting or Teleconference Held

Contaminated Sites staff participated in a public open house for Formerly Used Defense Sites on Kodiak Island. Staff also conducted several site inspections. Proposed Plans for the Little Navy Annex Site and the Cape Chiniak Site were introduced at the Kodiak Island Borough assembly meeting. The open house had a moderate amount of interest with several community members stopping by to discuss sites and pick up information.

Jeff Brownlee

12/2/2005

Update or Other Action

Contaminated Sites staff reviewed a decision document for the Little Navy Annex Formerly Used Defense Sites on Kodiak Island. The site included three areas of concern including a generator building, fuel storage area, and several above ground and under ground fuel storage tanks, and a septic system. There have been several interim removal actions at the site including the removal of approximately 4,000 cubic yards of petroleum impacted soil. Method three cleanup levels were applied to the site. Contaminated Sites management is currently reviewing the document

Jeff Brownlee

1/19/2006

Meeting or Teleconference Held

Contaminated Sites staff participated in a Kodiak Island Borough Assembly meeting to discuss the recent documents available for the review and the field work the COE will be doing this summer in the island. The COE and DEC were interviewed on public radio to discuss the Kodiak projects and overall contaminated site cleanup process. There was also a public open house to give community members the opportunity to bring up concerns and ask questions in person. As typical for Kodiak turn out was light

Jeff Brownlee

5/24/2006

Update or Other Action

Staff participated in site inspections with a Corps of Engineers Pacific Ocean Division representative on Kodiak Island. Several Formerly Used Defense sites were toured by helicopter including Burma Road, Long Island, Buskin Lake, Cape Chiniak Tracking Station and Little Navy Annex

Jeff Brownlee

6/1/2006

Meeting or Teleconference Held

Staff participated with the Corps of Engineers (COE) and their contractor in a public open house for the Formerly Used Defense Sites on Kodiak Island. We also attended the Kodiak Island Borough Assembly meeting. The COE gave a briefing on the work planned for this summer. The open house showed light interest which is normal for Kodiak. Staff also met with Coast Guard environmental personnel and inspected several sites on the Coast Guard Base

Jeff Brownlee

3/19/2007

Exposure Tracking Model Ranking

Jeff Brownlee

3/22/2007

Update or Other Action

Decision Document final, but waiting on Corps signiture. There was a delay due to waiting on a final groundwater sampling event.

Jeff Brownlee

6/14/2007

Meeting or Teleconference Held

Contaminated Sites staff participated in public meetings and site inspections for the Kodiak Formerly Used Defenses Sites (FUDS) on Kodiak Island. Three FUDS are active this summer including a continuing PCB removal at Drury Gulch, a below water smear zone excavation at Building A-711 and a biosparge pilot test at the Fire Training Pit. The Corps of Engineers and their contractor participated in a public open house and Kodiak Island Borough assembly meeting. Turnout was light for the open house, which is typical for Kodiak

Jeff Brownlee

8/20/2007

Update or Other Action

Contaminated Sites staff reviewed comprehensive groundwater monitoring reports for the Bruhn Point and Little Navy Annex Formerly Used Defense Sites (FUDS) on Kodiak. Both sites have demonstrated groundwater sampling events well below Table C cleanup levels for the sites contaminants of concern. The ADEC approved well decommissioning at both sites

Jeff Brownlee

8/9/2019

Update or Other Action

Site location was updated on this date. Coordinates for this site are used to determine the presence and position of the site on BLM’s ANCSA Conveyed Land web map.

Rebekah Reams

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