| Action Date |
Action |
Description |
DEC Staff |
| 5/28/1993 |
Document, Report, or Work plan Review - other |
Release Investigation Plan/Quality Assurance Project Plan - Bethel Tank Farm Site. On January 14, 1993 approximately 200 gallons of gasoline was spilled in Fuel Pump House Building 605 from the fuel dispenser line. The purpose of this Plan is to identify site-specific field procedures so that representative data are collected during the investigation. |
Sammi Castle |
| 9/21/1993 |
Site Added to Database |
Diesel contamination. |
Former Staff |
| 1/1/1994 |
Update or Other Action |
(Old R:Base Action Code = RAPR - Remedial Action Plan Review (CS)). |
Former Staff |
| 1/1/1994 |
Update or Other Action |
(Old R:Base Action Code = DD - Decision Document (CERCLIS)). |
Former Staff |
| 10/26/1994 |
Update or Other Action |
(Old R:Base Action Code = RAPR - Remedial Action Plan Review (CS)). Ray Dronenburg coordinator. BIA Bethel Sampling Plan approved. |
Former Staff |
| 3/1/1995 |
Document, Report, or Work plan Review - other |
Draft Remedial Alternatives Report dated March 1995. |
Sammi Castle |
| 4/1/1995 |
Site Characterization Report Approved |
(Old R:Base Action Code = SA2A - Phase II SA Approval / Release Investigation). Reviewed and approved a Phase 2 Site Assessment Report. |
Ray Dronenburg |
| 6/1/1995 |
Document, Report, or Work plan Review - other |
Remediation Plan Phase 1 dated June, 1995. Specific objectives of the remediation program are to: 1) Maximize attenuation of hydrocarbons present in the soil and water; 2) Maximize recovery of vegetation damaged by hydrocarbon contamination; 3) Minimize erosionary processes and repair erosion damage in the phase 1 location area; 4) Minimize further damage to the environment by the remediation activities; 5) Minimize risks to aquatic resources downstream of the site. |
Sammi Castle |
| 9/1/1995 |
Update or Other Action |
(Old R:Base Action Code = CORR - Correspondence (General)). Requested a decision by BIA regarding cleanup and water quality monitoring. |
Ray Dronenburg |
| 9/19/1995 |
Site Ranked Using the AHRM |
Initial ranking. |
Bill Wright |
| 1/1/1996 |
Document, Report, or Work plan Review - other |
Impacted Soil Characterization and Removal BIA Bioremediation Treatment Cell dated January 1996. A biocell was constructed to remediate contaminated soil identified during a Preliminary Assessment conducted in 1991 by the COE. The soil was stockpiled in four cells at a site previously occupied by a White Alice Communications System facility. Impacted soil was encountered beneath the stockpiles during construction of the biocell. This report documents the investigation of the impacted soil. |
Sammi Castle |
| 6/3/1996 |
Update or Other Action |
Remediation Plan submitted by Hartec Management Consultants dated May 1996 was reviewed and commented on by ADEC on 06/26/96. |
Jim Frechione |
| 7/26/1996 |
Cleanup Plan Approved |
(Old R:Base Action Code = RAPA - Remedial Action Plan Approval). Conditionally approved plan to identify and treat remaining contamination and set up long-term monitoring. |
Ray Burger |
| 11/20/1997 |
Site Ranked Using the AHRM |
Surface Water Exposure Index Value changed from "0" to "0.4" since surface water has never been tested. |
Ray Burger |
| 2/11/1998 |
Update or Other Action |
Ecology and Environment submit a proposal to establish risk-based cleanup levels and propose appropriate cleanup actions. |
Jim Frechione |
| 9/1/1998 |
Site Characterization Workplan Approved |
The site characterization work plan was prepared to assess current site conditions and review contaminant levels for risk-based standards. The State assumed the lead based on the history of the site and the need to investigate the site based on a proposed settlement agreement. Ecology and Environment was hired as the state term contractor. |
Jim Frechione |
| 12/31/1998 |
Update or Other Action |
Draft Site Assessment report submitted to ADEC. The report presented soil, water and sediment sample information. |
Jim Frechione |
| 5/26/1999 |
Cleanup Level(s) Approved |
The Draft Final Bethel BIA Administration Site Development of Risk Based Cleanup Levels and Corrective Action Alternatives was accepted by ADEC based on a proposed berry study to be conducted in the area. |
Jim Frechione |
| 5/28/1999 |
Record of Decision |
Record of Decision was prepared for the site. It was decided excavation of the tundra vegetation and sediments affected by the spill might cause more harm than good. Therefore, in situ treatment (in the future) might be appropriate depending on funding availability. |
Jim Frechione |
| 5/28/1999 |
Conditional Closure Approved |
The decision to require no further action was made on intrusive cleanup might cause more harm than good at this site. Therefore, future cleanup action would be dependent on the identification of any risk posed by the contamination remaining. |
Jim Frechione |
| 8/25/1999 |
Update or Other Action |
Ecology and Environment submit work plan to conduct berry study. |
Jim Frechione |
| 11/29/1999 |
Document, Report, or Work plan Review - other |
Summary of Berry Collection and Analysis at Bethel Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) Administrative Site report submitted to ADEC. Field activities were conducted on August 26 and 27, 1999. Crowberries were sampled and analyzed for DRO contamination. In conclusion, no indication of accumulation of diesel contamination in crowberries is evident at the Bethel BIA Administrative Site. |
Sammi Castle |
| 4/1/2000 |
Document, Report, or Work plan Review - other |
Final Report Sampling Activities dated April 2000. This report is for the two groundwater sampling events and one soil sampling event performed at the site in 1999. Groundwater samples were collected from six existing monitoring wells and analyzed for RCRA metals, PCBs, DRO, GRO, AVOCs, SVOCs. Bioattenuation samples were collected from surface soils within a historical fuel-spill area on the site and analyzed for DRO and RRO. |
Sammi Castle |
| 9/18/2000 |
Institutional Control Record Established |
An Equitable Servitude Agreement (ESA) was entered into between the Bethel Native Corporation and DEC. It restricted use of suprapermafrost groundwater; no residential development; no excavation or construction of new buildings. |
Jim Frechione |
| 11/1/2000 |
Update or Other Action |
A management right assignment between DNR and DEC was signed to allow DEC to manage the restrictions identified in the ESA. |
Jim Frechione |
| 1/1/2001 |
Document, Report, or Work plan Review - other |
Report for Sampling Activities dated January 2001. This report includes one groundwater sampling event and one soil sampling event performed at the site in 2000. Groundwater samples were collected from six monitoring wells and analyzed for RCRA metals, PCBs, DRO, GRO, AVOCs, SVOCs. Bioattenuation samples were collected from surface soils within a historical fuel-spill area on the site and analyzed for DRO and RRO. Analytical data does not show a consistent decrease in petroleum concentrations in the fuel-spill area. |
Sammi Castle |
| 12/30/2002 |
Update or Other Action |
START 2 PA July 2002. Two tracts owned by Bethel Native Corporation investigated. Tract A is the southern one and contains two borrow pits with drums and debris on the east side of borrow pit (BP) 1. Two surface samples were collected, results were all below ADEC Method II levels, but low level (22 ug/kg) PCBs were present in one sample. EPA assigned a no further action status under CERCLA. |
Debra Caillouet |
| 6/4/2004 |
Update or Other Action |
DEC issued non-objection to Bethel Native Corporation related to a request to install a telecommunications cable across a portion of the former BIA spill site. |
Jim Frechione |
| 8/25/2004 |
GIS Position Updated |
Updated coordinates from USGS Place Name using TopoZone.com and report site map, Figure 2-1, page 2-3, and aerial photo, Figure 2-2, page 2-9, Draft Bethel BIA Administration Site Development of Risk-Based Cleanup Levels and Corrective Action Alternatives, Bethel, Alaska, April 1999 by Ecology & Environment, Inc. NAD27. |
Former Staff |
| 5/15/2009 |
Meeting or Teleconference Held |
Staff met with BIA and their contractor to discuss characterization needs prior to land transfer. |
Debra Caillouet |
| 5/19/2009 |
Update or Other Action |
Comments were prepared on the Final Preliminary Assessment Report, Contaminant Investigation, Conceptual Site Model and Proposed Investigation Activities, May 2009. |
Debra Caillouet |
| 7/10/2009 |
Document, Report, or Work plan Review - other |
Staff prepared comment on the draft Site Investigation plan. |
Debra Caillouet |
| 1/3/2022 |
Exposure Tracking Model Ranking |
Initial ranking with ETM completed for source area id: 72846 name: auto-generated pm edit Bethel BIA Spill - White Alice Tank |
Tim Sharp |
| 6/2/2022 |
Site Visit |
DEC personnel conducted a site visit to this area. Gates to the region have been cut or unlocked via vandalism. |
Tim Sharp |
