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Site Report: Galena AFS/Airport - SS002 CTDSA/SS013 CTDSA South

Site Name: Galena AFS/Airport - SS002 CTDSA/SS013 CTDSA South
Address: On the Runway, by the Control Tower, Galena, AK 99741
File Number: 860.38.022
Hazard ID: 1946
Status: Cleanup Complete
Staff: No Longer Assigned, 9074655229 dec.icunit@alaska.gov
Latitude: 64.738056
Longitude: -156.943611
Horizontal Datum:NAD83

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

Updated 4/9/2018: Site SS013 is located between the runway and the apron just south of the southeast corner of the cantonment “triangle.” To the east, Site SS013 is bordered by Site SS016. The POL Tank Farm (Site ST005) is located north (hydraulically upgradient) of the western portion of the site, and the POL Fuel Line Leak (Site ST003) is located immediately north of the central portion of the site. The Yukon River is approximately 1,650 feet south of the Site SS013. Site SS013 is a former storage and handling area for 55-gallon drums used until the 1970s, where spills and releases occurred from drum handling. The site was an unpaved area located between the runway and apron that stored a large number of drums (stacked horizontally about 3 drums high and 10 drums wide) containing unused aviation gasoline, jet propulsion fuel grades 1 and 4, diesel fuel, solvents, thinners, cooking fuel, and possibly some waste products. Unused drum residues were reportedly dumped on the ground regularly prior to shipping the empty drums off-site. Based on the most recent investigations at the site, only arsenic and antimony exceeded Method Two cleanup levels (CULs) for human health. Arsenic also exceeded the Galena background threshold value (BTV). However, arsenic and antimony occur naturally in soils at the Former Galena FOL and were detected throughout Site SS013; there are no known releases of metals at Site SS013. With regard to groundwater, recent downgradient groundwater sampling (from 2006 to 2011) indicates that TCE and its degradation products are non-detect or below 2016 Table C CULs at Site SS013.

Action Information

Action Date Action Description DEC Staff
7/30/2004 Site Added to Database Petroleum contamination. Deborah Williams
7/30/2004 Update or Other Action DOD ranking of High. Deborah Williams
8/30/2004 Meeting or Teleconference Held 11th Galena Technical Project Team in Anchorage. See the "Galena AFS - Sitewide" listing for more details. Colin Craven
8/31/2004 Update or Other Action The USAF proposed the remedy of No Further Action (NFA) for both the Control Tower Drum Storage Area (CTDSA) and CTDSA South sites in their July 2004 Proposed Plan. DEC recommended administratively closing the original CTDSA site since it has been encompassed by the CTDSA South site. DEC recommended further remedial investigation for the CTDSA South site, and will be working with the USAF on the details of this recommendation. Colin Craven
10/21/2004 Meeting or Teleconference Held Galena RAB meeting. See the "Galena AFS - Sitewide" listing for more details. Colin Craven
11/5/2004 Meeting or Teleconference Held 12th Galena Technical Project Team in Anchorage. See the "Galena AFS - Sitewide" listing for more details. Colin Craven
1/28/2005 Meeting or Teleconference Held Galena RAB meeting. See the "Galena AFS - Sitewide" listing for more details. Colin Craven
1/28/2005 Meeting or Teleconference Held 13th Galena Technical Project Team in Galena. See the "Galena AFS - Sitewide" listing for more details. Colin Craven
4/19/2005 Meeting or Teleconference Held 14th Galena Technical Project Team in Anchorage. See the "Galena AFS - Sitewide" listing for more details. Colin Craven
4/26/2005 Meeting or Teleconference Held Galena RAB meeting. See the "Galena AFS - Sitewide" listing for more details. Colin Craven
5/13/2005 Meeting or Teleconference Held 15th Galena Technical Project Team meeting in Galena. See the "Galena AFS - Sitewide" listing for more details. Colin Craven
6/9/2005 Meeting or Teleconference Held 16th Galena Technical Project Team in Anchorage. See the "Galena AFS - Sitewide" listing for more details. Colin Craven
7/29/2005 GIS Position Updated Updated the location information in the database. Colin Craven
8/30/2005 Meeting or Teleconference Held 17th Galena Technical Project Team in Galena. See the "Galena AFS - Sitewide" listing for more details. Colin Craven
9/2/2005 Update or Other Action DEC commented on the draft final Proposed Plan that recommended site closure for five Installation Restoration Program sites. Since further site characterization is planned for the CTDSA South site, DEC could not concur with the proposed remedy of site closure. CTDSA South will be removed from the Proposed Plan since the remaining four sites were agreed to as ready for closure. This has no effect on the original CTDSA site (encompassed by the subsequent CTDSA South site), which was still recommended for administrative closure. Colin Craven
10/12/2005 Meeting or Teleconference Held Galena RAB meeting. See the "Galena AFS - Sitewide" listing for more details. Colin Craven
10/20/2005 Meeting or Teleconference Held 18th Galena Technical Project Team in Anchorage. See the "Galena AFS - Sitewide" listing for more details. Colin Craven
1/3/2006 Update or Other Action DEC received the draft Remedial Investigation and Feasibility Study. The Air Force is proposing to install new monitoring wells to see if any trichloroethene contamination remains. DEC comments will be submitted in February. Colin Craven
1/26/2006 Meeting or Teleconference Held 19th Galena Technical Project Team in Galena. See the "Galena AFS - Sitewide" listing for more details. Colin Craven
3/7/2006 Update or Other Action Due to the late inclusion of this site into the Remedial Investigation, no risk assessment or feasibility study was conducted. The Air Force has proposed long term groundwater monitoring (LTM) and land use controls (LUCs) until residual contamination has attenuated to Method 2 cleanup levels. DEC agrees that LTM and LUCs will comprise minimum components of a remedy for the site if the presence of groundwater contamination is confirmed in future site investigations, but can not agree to the adequacy of this remedy until the additional investigation is conducted. If future site investigation finds no contamination above Method 2 cleanup levels, DEC will support site closure. Colin Craven
3/14/2006 Meeting or Teleconference Held 20th Galena Technical Project Team in Anchorage. See the "Galena AFS - Sitewide" listing for more details. Colin Craven
6/1/2006 Site Characterization Workplan Approved The Air Force and DEC came to agreement on a work plan for monitoring well installation and sampling that will serve to fill data gaps identified during the recent remedial investigation. Two long-screened monitoring wells will be installed to test whether a groundwater plume of trichloroethene (TCE) has resulted from former drum storage and waste disposal in the vicinity. The wells will be placed downgradient of former monitoring well 13-MW-38, where previously TCE was detected above groundwater cleanup levels, and downgradient of TCE contamination found in soil borings. Colin Craven
6/20/2006 Meeting or Teleconference Held 21st Galena Technical Project Team in Galena. See the "Galena AFS - Sitewide" listing for more details. Colin Craven
10/6/2006 Meeting or Teleconference Held 22nd Galena Technical Project Team meeting in Anchorage. See the "Galena AFS - Sitewide" listing for more details. Colin Craven
11/17/2006 Meeting or Teleconference Held 23rd Galena Technical Project Team meeting in Fairbanks. See the "Galena AFS - Sitewide" listing for more details. Colin Craven
11/17/2006 Update or Other Action Two monitoring wells were installed downgradient of a destroyed monitoring well and soil borings that had previously documented trichloroethene (TCE) contamination. Samples from the new monitoring wells were either non detect for all volatile organic compounds (VOCs), or with VOC detections under the groundwater cleanup levels. While no samples detected TCE, cis-1,2-dichloroethene, a breakdown compound of TCE, was detected in one sample at low concentrations. Colin Craven
1/18/2007 Meeting or Teleconference Held 24th Galena Technical Project Team meeting in Anchorage. See the "Galena AFS - Sitewide" listing for more details. Colin Craven
4/1/2010 Document, Report, or Work plan Review - other QAPP Review Fred Vreeman
8/1/2010 Update or Other Action QAPP Approved Fred Vreeman
4/15/2014 Meeting or Teleconference Held A Technical Project Team meeting was held to meet the Air Force newly selected Performance Based Remediation Contractor for Galena. The 6.5 year remediation contract was awarded to Parsons Governmental Services (Parsons). The contract includes completing the risk assessments, remediation feasibility studies, proposed plans and record of decision for remedial investigations at 10 Sites (FT001, SS006, SS013, SS015, SS019, SS018/AOC023, SS022/B400, DP023/DSWD, OW024/OWS1833, and SS025). Monte Garroutte
10/26/2016 Meeting or Teleconference Held A restoration Advisory board meeting was held in Galena Alaska to discuss the general and specific status of site investigations and cleanup at Galena. Dennis Shepard
3/23/2018 Document, Report, or Work plan Review - other REPORT RECEIVED: Draft Site Inspection Report for Site SS013, Control Tower Drum Storage Area (CTDSA) South, Former Galena FOL, Alaska Jamie McKellar
4/9/2018 Exposure Tracking Model Ranking Initial ranking with ETM completed for source area id: 72924 name: Galena AFS - CTDSA/CTDSA South SS013 Jamie McKellar
4/16/2018 Document, Report, or Work plan Review - other REPORT REVIEW: Draft Site Inspection Report for Site SS013, Control Tower Drum Storage Area (CTDSA) South, Former Galena FOL, Alaska. Prepared by Parsons. Dated March 2018. DEC sent a letter advising that Site SS013 is eligible for a Cleanup Complete determination, which will be addressed under separate cover. DEC requested that Parsons make changes to the Conclusions section of the report and submit a finalized version of the report. Jamie McKellar
4/20/2018 Document, Report, or Work plan Review - other REPORT APPROVAL: Final Site Inspection Report for Site SS013, Control Tower Drum Storage Area South, Former Galena Forward Operating Location, Alaska. Prepared by Parsons. Dated April 2018. Jamie McKellar
5/30/2018 Exposure Tracking Model Ranking A new updated ranking with ETM has been completed for source area 72924 Galena AFS - CTDSA/CTDSA South SS013. Jamie McKellar
8/13/2018 Cleanup Complete Determination Issued Based on the information provided to date, it has been determined that the contaminant concentrations remaining on site do not pose an unacceptable risk to human health or the environment and no further remedial action will be required unless new information becomes available that indicates residual contaminants may pose an unacceptable risk. Dennis Shepard
8/13/2018 Exposure Tracking Model Ranking A new updated ranking with ETM has been completed for source area 72924 Galena AFS - CTDSA/CTDSA South SS013. Dennis Shepard

Contaminant Information

Name Level Description Media Comments
Trichloroethene < Table C Groundwater
DRO < Table C Groundwater
Lead - Dissolved < Table C Groundwater
DRO Between Method 2 Migration to Groundwater and Human Health/Ingestion/Inhalation Soil DRO in soil above Method two but below an approved site specific alternative migration to groundwater level of 580 mg/kg.
a-HCH (a-BHC) < Table C Groundwater
Dieldrin < Table C Groundwater
Heptachlor epoxide < Table C Groundwater
a-HCH (a-BHC) Between Method 2 Migration to Groundwater and Human Health/Ingestion/Inhalation Soil Below a site specific alternative migration to groundwater cleanup level of 0.0077 mg/kg.
Heptachlor epoxide Between Method 2 Migration to Groundwater and Human Health/Ingestion/Inhalation Soil Residual soil concentration below a site specific alternative migration to groundwater cleanup level of 0.0052
Dieldrin Between Method 2 Migration to Groundwater and Human Health/Ingestion/Inhalation Soil A de minimis volume of Dieldrin in soil above the alternative migration to groundwater cleanup level of 0.0160 may be present on site.

Control Type

Type Details
No ICs Required

Requirements

Description Details
Advance approval required to transport soil or groundwater off-site.
Movement or use of contaminated material (including on site) in a manner that results in a violation of the water quality standards is prohibited (18 AAC 70)

No associated sites were found.

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