Action Date |
Action |
Description |
DEC Staff |
8/1/1985 |
Preliminary Assessment Approved |
COE identified suspected areas of contamination and conducted initial sampling which indicated the presence of 59 ppb. TCE in surface waters. |
Former Staff |
9/1/1987 |
Update or Other Action |
(Old R:Base Action Code = FI - Field Inspection (General)). Breif site inspection to determine if visually contaminated soil and water were present on site. |
Former Staff |
8/1/1989 |
Update or Other Action |
(Old R:Base Action Code = SI - Site Investigation). Exact date of report unknown. Dowl Engineers conducted screen sampling of the suspected areas of contamination. Sampling revealed pesticide and POLs soil contamination. Recommended that comprehensive sampling be conducted. |
Former Staff |
11/20/1990 |
Site Added to Database |
Reckey number based upon the first date of sampling in 1985, since discovery date unknown. |
Former Staff |
11/20/1990 |
Site Ranked Using the AHRM |
Initial ranking. |
Former Staff |
10/3/1991 |
Update or Other Action |
(Old R:Base Action Code = RAPR - Remedial Action Plan Review (CS)). Remedial plans reviewed. Written comments returned to U.S. Army. |
Former Staff |
9/8/1992 |
Update or Other Action |
(Old R:Base Action Code = RPL2 - Site Information Request Letter). ADEC staff sent PRP-CS Database Notification letter to RP requesting update and more environmental information concerning contaminated site. Jim Levine\COE called 10-5-92 and responded by returning updated DECRPTs. |
Jeff Peterson |
9/9/1994 |
Update or Other Action |
(Old R:Base Action Code = RDRA - Remedial Design / Remedial Action). The FUDS Site Summary dated 2/21/96 indicates that the RD phase of remediation at this site is considered complete due to the fact that the Coast Guard has removed the building and POL drums. |
Former Staff |
3/20/1997 |
Update or Other Action |
Site updated by Shannon and Wilson, based on the FUDS Site Summary dated 2/21/96. |
S&W |
4/15/1998 |
Meeting or Teleconference Held |
Attended Barrow RAB meeting. |
Tamar Stephens |
7/16/1998 |
Meeting or Teleconference Held |
Attended Barrow RAB meeting |
Tamar Stephens |
11/8/1998 |
Meeting or Teleconference Held |
Attended Barrow RAB meeting. |
Tamar Stephens |
1/14/1999 |
Meeting or Teleconference Held |
Attended Barrow RAB meeting. |
Tamar Stephens |
4/8/1999 |
Meeting or Teleconference Held |
Attended Barrow RAB meeting. |
Tamar Stephens |
7/15/1999 |
Meeting or Teleconference Held |
Attended Barrow RAB meeting. |
Tamar Stephens |
9/3/1999 |
Update or Other Action |
Attempted site visit by helicopter with Corps of Engineers. Unable to reach site due to fog. |
Tamar Stephens |
10/12/1999 |
Update or Other Action |
Status: COE has done no cleanup to date; still need to evaluate whether site is eligible under FUDS program. Site is regularly included in list of North Slope FUDS for which COE gives summary at Barrow RAB meetings. |
Tamar Stephens |
11/4/1999 |
Meeting or Teleconference Held |
Contaminated Sites staff Tamar Stephens attended Barrow Restoration Advisory Board. |
Tamar Stephens |
2/24/2000 |
Meeting or Teleconference Held |
Contaminated Sites staff Tamar Stephens attended Barrow Restoration Advisory Board. |
Tamar Stephens |
5/4/2000 |
Meeting or Teleconference Held |
Contaminated Sites staff Tamar Stephens attended Barrow Restoration Advisory Board. |
Tamar Stephens |
7/24/2000 |
Site Number Identifier Changed |
Changed the Region from 36 to 31. |
Former Staff |
7/24/2000 |
Site Number Identifier Changed |
Changed the Region from 36 to 31 to reflect the correct Region. |
Former Staff |
1/18/2001 |
Meeting or Teleconference Held |
Contaminated Sites staff Tamar Stephens attended Barrow Restoration Advisory Board. |
Tamar Stephens |
4/12/2001 |
Meeting or Teleconference Held |
Contaminated Sites staff Tamar Stephens attended Barrow Restoration Advisory Board. |
Tamar Stephens |
2/21/2002 |
Meeting or Teleconference Held |
Contaminated Sites staff Tamar Stephens attended Barrow Restoration Advisory Board meeting. |
Tamar Stephens |
9/19/2002 |
Meeting or Teleconference Held |
Contaminated Sites staff Tamar Stephens attended Barrow Restoration Advisory Board meeting. |
Tamar Stephens |
11/7/2002 |
Meeting or Teleconference Held |
Contaminated Sites staff Tamar Stephens attended Barrow Restoration Advisory Board meeting. |
Tamar Stephens |
6/19/2003 |
Meeting or Teleconference Held |
Contaminated Sites staff Tamar Stephens attended Barrow Restoration Advisory Board meeting. |
Tamar Stephens |
9/18/2003 |
Meeting or Teleconference Held |
Contaminated Sites staff Tamar Stephens attended Barrow Restoration Advisory Board meeting. |
Tamar Stephens |
12/11/2003 |
Meeting or Teleconference Held |
Contaminated Sites staff Tamar Stephens attended Barrow Restoration Advisory Board meeting. |
Tamar Stephens |
3/11/2004 |
Meeting or Teleconference Held |
Contaminated Sites staff Tamar Stephens attended Barrow Restoration Advisory Board meeting. |
Tamar Stephens |
9/23/2004 |
Meeting or Teleconference Held |
Contaminated Sites staff Tamar Stephens attended Barrow Restoration Advisory Board meeting. |
Tamar Stephens |
12/9/2004 |
Meeting or Teleconference Held |
Contaminated Sites staff Emily Youcha attended Barrow Restoration Advisory Board meeting. |
Tamar Stephens |
3/10/2005 |
Meeting or Teleconference Held |
Contaminated Sites staff Tamar Stephens attended Barrow Restoration Advisory Board meeting. |
Tamar Stephens |
6/28/2005 |
Meeting or Teleconference Held |
Contaminated Sites staff Tamar Stephens and Emily Youcha attended Barrow Restoration Advisory Board meeting. |
Tamar Stephens |
9/8/2005 |
Meeting or Teleconference Held |
Contaminated Sites staff Tamar Stephens attended Barrow Restoration Advisory Board meeting. |
Tamar Stephens |
12/8/2005 |
Meeting or Teleconference Held |
Contaminated Sites staff Emily Youcha attended Barrow Restoration Advisory Board meeting. |
Tamar Stephens |
10/25/2007 |
Meeting or Teleconference Held |
Contaminated Sites staff Tamar Stephens attended Barrow Restoration Advisory Board meeting. |
Tamar Stephens |
4/30/2008 |
Exposure Tracking Model Ranking |
Initial ranking with ETM completed. |
Tamar Stephens |
7/10/2008 |
Meeting or Teleconference Held |
Contaminated Sites staff Tamar Stephens attended Barrow Restoration Advisory Board meeting. |
Tamar Stephens |
10/13/2008 |
Meeting or Teleconference Held |
Contaminated Sites staff Tamar Stephens attended Barrow Restoration Advisory Board meeting. |
Tamar Stephens |
3/12/2009 |
Meeting or Teleconference Held |
Contaminated Sites staff Tamar Stephens attended Barrow Restoration Advisory Board meeting. |
Tamar Stephens |
9/17/2009 |
Meeting or Teleconference Held |
Contaminated Sites staff Tamar Stephens attended Barrow Restoration Advisory Board meeting. |
Tamar Stephens |
12/3/2009 |
Meeting or Teleconference Held |
Contaminated Sites staff Tamar Stephens attended Barrow Restoration Advisory Board meeting. |
Tamar Stephens |
3/18/2010 |
Meeting or Teleconference Held |
Contaminated Sites staff Tamar Stephens attended Barrow Restoration Advisory Board meeting. |
Tamar Stephens |
6/17/2010 |
Meeting or Teleconference Held |
Contaminated Sites staff Tamar Stephens attended Barrow Restoration Advisory Board meeting. |
Tamar Stephens |
7/27/2010 |
Update or Other Action |
DEC received a trip report from the Corps of Engineers titled “Trip Report – Skull Cliff Site Visit, F10AK 021502 (CON/HTRW), F10AK021503 (HTRW) Barrow, Alaska, July 13, 2010. The trip visit was to determine if Defense Environmental Restoration Program – Formerly Used Defense Sites (DERP-FUDS) eligible impacts remain at the LORAN site and to gather information to evaluate potential impacts at the Core Test Site (no FUDS number). The report concludes that all that remains at the LORAN site is empty drums and miscellaneous debris. The Core Test Site contained empty drums with no evidence of contaminated soil; and oily sheen came to the surface when soil around the well head was disturbed. |
Tamar Stephens |
8/20/2010 |
Document, Report, or Work plan Review - other |
DEC sent comments by e-mail that there was too little information to close out an HTRW project, but probably enough that DEC would concur with close out of a CON/HTRW project at the Loran. |
Tamar Stephens |
9/7/2010 |
Update or Other Action |
DEC received draft NDAI Report and Closeout Report for the CON/HTRW Skull Cliff project. |
Tamar Stephens |
9/21/2010 |
Document, Report, or Work plan Review - other |
Comments sent on draft NDAI Report and Closeout Report by Tamar Stephens and John Halverson. |
Tamar Stephens |
10/13/2010 |
Document, Report, or Work plan Review - other |
Contaminated Sites staff Tamar Stephens attended Barrow Restoration Advisory Board meeting. |
Tamar Stephens |
3/17/2011 |
Meeting or Teleconference Held |
Contaminated Sites staff Tamar Stephens attended Barrow Restoration Advisory Board meeting. |
Tamar Stephens |
3/17/2011 |
Meeting or Teleconference Held |
Contaminated Sites staff Tamar Stephens attended Barrow Restoration Advisory Board meeting. |
Tamar Stephens |
6/17/2011 |
Meeting or Teleconference Held |
Contaminated Sites staff Tamar Stephens attended Barrow Restoration Advisory Board meeting. |
Tamar Stephens |
11/10/2011 |
Document, Report, or Work plan Review - other |
DEC Contaminated Sites Program DOD Environmental Program Manager John Halverson signed a Declaration of Project Closure Decision and No Department of Defense Action Indicated Report for Containerized Hazardous, Toxic, or Radioactive Waste (CON/HTRW) at Project #F10AK021502 Skull Cliff LRAN Annex, Barrow, Alaska. The Declaration was signed by Reinhard Koenig, Corps of Engineers, District Commander, on 10/31/2011. DEC signature shows concurrence that CON/HTRW cleanup is complete at the LORAN site. A cleanup program by the U.S. Geological Survey in the late 1970’s removed debris from a 6-mile square area around Skull Cliff and stockpiled it on the beach. In 1982, the stockpile was moved one mile inland and buried. An investigation in 1987 identified more than 70 drums scattered or partly buried or submerged at the LORAN area. Sometime between 1987 and 1994 the drums had been removed. A few drums remain, and the document specifies they will be removed as part of a future HTRW project. |
Tamar Stephens |
10/28/2014 |
Exposure Tracking Model Ranking |
Initial ranking with ETM completed for source area id: 71173 name: Skull Cliff LORAN DEWLine |
Debra Caillouet |
9/30/2015 |
Update or Other Action |
Interim staff assignment changed to Carnahan. |
John Carnahan |
10/13/2015 |
Update or Other Action |
Provided feedback on JEP regarding planning of future activities. Informed that the Native Village of Barrow is scoping a project to address solid waste removal and cleanup. Funding has not been confirmed. |
John Carnahan |
12/1/2016 |
Meeting or Teleconference Held |
CS managers participate in the annual FUDS site management action plan meeting. The purpose of the is to collaborate with FUDS management on site progress and prioritization for all of the formerly used defense sites. FUDS prioritization is based on risk, congressional interest, state input and proximity to other sites on the prioritization list. FUDS has increased environmental restoration funding in Alaska for the 2017 and 2018 field seasons to meet National goals for site progress. |
Darren Mulkey |
7/6/2017 |
Site Characterization Workplan Approved |
Approve NALEMP work plan focused on debris removal and limited sampling. |
John Carnahan |
4/20/2018 |
Document, Report, or Work plan Review - other |
Received NALEMP Remedial Action Report. |
John Carnahan |
10/30/2018 |
Update or Other Action |
DEC Acknowledged receipt by letter of the Final Removal Action Report. This report documents the removal of drums and other debris associated with the Skull Cliff LORAN Annex site. The actual removal site is 5 miles away from the Skull cliff contaminated site. Sampling concurrent with drum/debris removal indicated contamination not present. |
John O'Brien |