Site Report: Phoenix Truck Shop

Site Name:	Phoenix Truck Shop
Address:	Klawock Island, Klawock, AK 99925
File Number:	1517.38.012
Hazard ID:	2006
Status:	Cleanup Complete
Staff:	No Longer Assigned, 9074655229 dec.icunit@alaska.gov
Latitude:	55.546463
Longitude:	-133.106166
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.

Site Chronology
IC / Closure Details
Documents
Associated Sites

Problems/Comments

Old Entry: Petroleum contamination of soil and shallow, perched groundwater; the extent is not fully quantified. Concentration of diesel detected in soil ranges from 500 to 34,000 parts per million (ppm). Elevated lead and zinc detected in soil samples. Groundwater sample from the on-site groundwater well tested clean of petroleum hydrocarbons. Site Assessments in 1992, 1993, and 1994 found floating product on groundwater; corrective action plan included pump and treat for the groundwater and bioremediation or capping for the soil. New Entry: As of February 2019, characterization and cleanup is on-going.

Action Information

Action Date	Action	Description	DEC Staff
3/9/1993	Update or Other Action	Draft corrective action plan received.	Former Staff
5/1/1993	Update or Other Action	ADEC received the Environmental Services, Ltd 1993 Corrective Action Plan for the Klawock Island Tank Farm and Maintenance Shops. Soil samples were collected from the generator shack area, used oil dump/burn pile, barrel rack and AST areas, heating oil AST area, outside of the shop floor, equipment area and water well. Six soil samples collected 0.9 to 4.0 feet bgs contained TPH up to 32,000 mg/kg, DRO up to 7,280 mg/kg, benzene up to 1.16 mg/kg, ethylbenzene up to 0.33 mg/kg, toluene up to 8.7 mg/kg, and xylenes up to 36.9 mg/kg. A groundwater sample collected at the burn area (below 1 cm of floating black oil with strong odor) at 4 feet bgs contained BTEX above cleanup levels. A groundwater sample collected from the reportedly not potable drinking water well was ND.	Former Staff
12/8/1994	Site Characterization Report Approved	ADEC reviewed the Phoenix Logging Company: Limited Shallow Subsurface Characterization in the Vicinity of Maintenance Shop and Yard submitted by Emcon dated December 8, 1994. A vehicle maintenance shop, ASTs, storage containers, barrel racks, used oil dump/burn pile, and an outhouse are located at the site. Soil samples were collected from six areas of concern: two from the surface and four from a depth of 1.0 to 1.5 feet bgs. Oily water was noted at the oil dump/burn pile area from water that had seeped in. All soil samples collected contained contaminant concentrations above cleanup levels with TPH up to 41,000 mg/kg, DRO up to 34,000 mg/kg, and ethylbenzene up to 0.2 mg/kg. Bedrock is located several feet beneath the surface of the facility.	Former Staff
12/30/1994	Update or Other Action	(Old R:Base Action Code = RAPR - Remedial Action Plan Review (CS)). Contamination to soil and shallow groundwater from TPH and solvents, some lead and zinc. Recommend further investigation, pump ground water to oil/water separator.	Former Staff
2/14/1996	Update or Other Action	Status letter sent to RP requesting a corrective action plan.	Sally Schlichting
2/28/1996	Site Ranked Using the AHRM	Initial ranking.	Sally Schlichting
11/22/1999	Update or Other Action	Updated Corrective Action Plan received from IT Corporation (formerly Emcon). Plan calls for excavation and treatment of soil in the nearby Klawock Heenya biocell. Site will be capped with asphalt.	Bill Janes
8/7/2002	Update or Other Action	Brief site inspection, RP not available for discussion.	Bruce Wanstall
7/5/2005	Update or Other Action	Cleanup status letter sent to Klawock Heenya on this and other sites located on Klawock Heenya lands. Copy in hard file and in the G drive site file under the name "Klawock Heenya 3 Letter."	Bill Janes
8/4/2005	Update or Other Action	Letter from Klawock Heenya to Phoenix Logging stating that Phoenix is responsible for any KHC cleanup costs incurred. KHC has retained a consultant to address this site and others on KHC lands per our 7/5/05 letter.	Bill Janes
10/17/2005	Update or Other Action	Telecon with Linda Lewis of Phoenix. She stated that it was the mutual goal of Klawock Heenya and Phoenix to meet DEC approval with minimal cost. Her goal is to have the site cleaned up by next Sept.	Bill Janes
7/26/2006	Update or Other Action	Review file for site status; message left with Ketchikan office to contact the DEC to discuss overdue site cleanup plan.	Bruce Wanstall
8/25/2006	Potentially Responsible Party/State Interest Letter	Request made by letter to Phoenix Logging Inc. that they cooperate with site investigation and cleanup by Klawock Heenya. Phoenix needs to move equipment that blocks areas where trenching and soil removal is necessary. The letter included state interest in the pollution incident and that, as shop operator, Phoenix Logging has liability for State costs for oversight of the cleanup.	Bruce Wanstall
8/28/2006	Site Characterization Workplan Approved	TECS-AK Site Plan to characterize soil and ground water conditions reviewed and approved by letter copied to the RP and landowner KHC. GIS location data updated; topographic map and letter are saved at jnu-svrfile G:\SPAR\Spar-Contaminated Sites\38 Case Files (CSites)\1517 Klawock\1517.38.012 Phoenix Truck Shop.	Bruce Wanstall
8/28/2006	Site Ranked Using the AHRM	CSM: water and soil media dermal and ingestion exposure pathways are complete as are inhalation of outdoor vapors. Fugitive dust, plant media ingestion pathways are complete but not appropriate for petroleum. Ground water access well is on-site and the migration to ground water human exposure pathway is complete. Ground water from the well is not used as a drinking water source and is secure from casual access.	Bruce Wanstall
10/6/2006	Update or Other Action	On 10/6/2006 the City of Klawock landfill received 20,000 pounds of contaminated soil and debris including: burnt boards, hydraulic filters, oil filters, tires, and crushed barrels from the Phoenix Logging Sort Yard. ADEC did not approve transport. The oil filters were excavated from the "oil filter dump" behind the shop. The excavator dug to a depth of 2.5 feet bgs where it was limited by bedrock.	Grant Lidren
2/15/2007	Meeting or Teleconference Held	Contaminated Sites Program staff met with the Klawock Heenya Corporation (KHC) property manager to discuss development of a site cleanup plan by Phoenix Logging.	Bruce Wanstall
4/23/2007	Update or Other Action	ADEC provided comments to the draft cleanup workplan for consultant R&M Engineering in Ketchikan.	Bruce Wanstall
10/10/2007	Exposure Tracking Model Ranking	Two source areas at the truck shop facility were evaluated by the ADEC for current status using the Exposure Tracking Model; the above ground storage tank/ drum rack and the oil dump/ burn pile sites. Groundwater ingestion is the controlling pathway for exposure risk; secondary risk is exposure to surface and subsurface soil contamination on the property. Environmental assessment is planned to follow cleanup procedures but is not yet scheduled for the Prince of Wales Island site.	Bruce Wanstall
11/27/2007	Update or Other Action	DEC contacted the responsible party and the landowner; site assessment of site cleanup is delayed by logistic problems with the environmental consultant and the onset of winter conditions.	Bruce Wanstall
11/7/2008	Meeting or Teleconference Held	ADEC is coordinating with a responsible party environmental consultant on a plan to sample the on-site wash-down well and test for petroleum. The objective is to begin evaluation of the RP excavation of historical incidental spills on the property from 25-plus years of repair shop operations.	Bruce Wanstall
9/10/2009	Document, Report, or Work plan Review - other	The raw data report is not sufficient for the results to be useful in assessing groundwater in the deep aquifer underlying the bedrock under repair shop on Klawock Island. The laboratory quality assurance sample data is insufficient; another sampling of the well water is necessary.	Bruce Wanstall
3/21/2013	Exposure Tracking Model Ranking	Initial ranking with ETM completed for source area id: 79419 name: Oil Water Separator	Bruce Wanstall
3/21/2013	Exposure Tracking Model Ranking	A new updated ranking with ETM has been completed for source area 78266 Oil Dump and Burn Area.	Bruce Wanstall
3/21/2013	Exposure Tracking Model Ranking	A new updated ranking with ETM has been completed for source area 78265 ASTs and Drum Storage Area.	Bruce Wanstall
6/30/2015	Update or Other Action	NAD 83 location coordinates update by PM using CS Web Map, site figure in the file and personal knowledge of release source areas on the site.	Bruce Wanstall
12/18/2015	Update or Other Action	DEC contacted David Creighton with Phoenix Logging to request an environmental professional collect analytical samples from the on-site groundwater well and look into a reported oil spill associated with operations at the Truck Shop on Klawock Island.	Bruce Wanstall
11/8/2016	Update or Other Action	ADEC contacted the RP; Phoenix Logging is in the transition of moving to a new land-based location on Sealaska land. At this time (11/7/16) weather is delaying progress to move all the equipment stored at the shop. Once equipment is moved and the shop is dismantled then a cleanup plan will be submitted to DEC and Klawock Heenya for approval.	Bruce Wanstall
11/28/2017	Site Visit	Visited the site with the consultant and Klawock Heenya Corporation and observed test pitting and sample collection. The site involves both sides of the road( the equipment storage yard and the shop) and there are at least 2 burn pits; 1 of the burn pits may have already been excavated and disposed of. The contamination appears to be likely more in the residual range (RRO) rather than the diesel (DRO) or gasoline range (GRO)as it has aged. There were some sheens at the smoking burn pit and some petroleum fumes in some of the test pits. Approximately 20 samples were collected and they are going to be analyzed for DRO and RRO. A work plan will be prepared based on the results and work should begin this spring.	Danielle Duncan
1/1/2018	Document, Report, or Work plan Review - other	ADEC received the 11/28/17 Sampling Results Proposed Cleanup Plan Phoenix Logging Shop & Storage Yard submitted by Southeast Management Services and dated January 2018. At the equipment storage yard(SW side of the road): burnt debris mixed with metal; oil stained areas; log skid with up to six large batteries, six barrels and potentially contaminated gravels; and light oil sheens on surrounding ponds were noted. No analytical soil samples were collected at this area. At the shop area(SE side of the road), 22 testpits were dug to various depths down to 4 feet bgs and 23 soil samples were collected. These soil samples contained DRO up to 42,650 mg/kg and RRO up to 82,600 mg/kg. TOC samples collected and entered into the method three calculator resulted in DRO and RRO MTG cleanup levels of 2,300 mg/kg, and 8,300 mg/kg respectively.	Grant Lidren
1/24/2018	Meeting or Teleconference Held	Meeting with Southeast Management Services to discuss the results of the investigation and the new work plan.	Danielle Duncan
2/20/2018	Document, Report, or Work plan Review - other	Reviewed and approved the 11/28/17 Sampling Results, Proposed Soil Cleanup Plan, dated January 2018. Excavation and a groundwater monitoring well will be installed.	Danielle Duncan
3/28/2018	Update or Other Action	Phoenix Logging is liquidating and going out of business next year - project work is on hold.	Danielle Duncan
4/25/2018	Update or Other Action	Work is going to begin in 3 phases beginning May 22, 2018.	Danielle Duncan
6/21/2018	Update or Other Action	The excavation has occurred - will see a report.	Danielle Duncan
6/29/2018	Meeting or Teleconference Held	Meeting with the consultant to discuss the results of the investigation - some areas need further excavation. Will receive a final report shortly.	Danielle Duncan
8/1/2018	Update or Other Action	ADEC received the 6/23-26/18 Excavations, Sampling Results & Soil Bioremediation Phoenix Logging Shop & Storage Yard submitted by Southeast Management Services and dated August 2018. At the shop building area, three excavations were conducted in areas with contaminant concentrations above the method three calculated DRO at 2,300 mg/kg and 8,300 mg/kg sampled in 2017. These areas included: the former oil rack and fueling area, the former chemical container area, and former oil dump/burn pile. At the former oil dump/burn pile area, petroleum contaminated soil was encountered at 4.5 feet bgs and black oily water was encountered at 5.5 feet bgs. Bedrock was encountered around 7 feet bgs. At the storage yard area, excavations were conducted at the former wood skid area, three former burn piles and misc. soil stain areas. A total of 205 cubic yards of soil was removed from both the storage yard and the shop. Contaminant concentrations remained above the method three cleanup level at both the storage yard and the shop at five areas. These include the PL-33 and PL-34 site, the chemical container site, the bulk oil/Fueling site, the PL-73 exploratory trench site, and the PL-77 wood skid area site.	Grant Lidren
8/23/2018	Update or Other Action	SEMS plans on conducting another round of field work Sept 3-5.	Danielle Duncan
8/23/2018	Update or Other Action	Phase 2 of the cleanup is complete.	Danielle Duncan
9/21/2018	Meeting or Teleconference Held	Met with Southeast Management Services to discuss the results of the investigation and steps moving forward.	Danielle Duncan
9/21/2018	Exposure Tracking Model Ranking	A new updated ranking with ETM has been completed for source area 78266 Oil Dump and Burn Area.	Danielle Duncan
11/1/2018	Document, Report, or Work plan Review - other	ADEC received the 9/3-26/18 Excavations, Sampling Results & Soil Bioremediation Phoenix Logging Shop & Storage Yard submitted by Southeast Management Services and dated November 2018. The contaminant concentrations that remained above the approved method three cleanup levels at both the storage yard and the shop at five areas from the June 2018 work were further investigated. This included the PL-33 and PL-34 site, the chemical container site, the bulk oil/Fueling site, the PL-73 exploratory trench site, and the PL-77 wood skid area site. A total of an additional 150 cubic yards of soil was excavated. This soil was combined with the previously excavated 205 cy of and put into four fertilized bioremediation cells. Confirmation soil samples above the method three cleanup levels remained at three of the five areas. The PL-73 exploratory trench contained DRO up to 2,330 mg/kg from a sample collected 1 foot bgs. The PL-33 areas contained DRO up to 4,590 mg/kg from a sample collected 4 feet bgs. The bulk oil/Fueling site contained DRO up to 5,620 mg/kg and RRO up to 20,700 mg/kg from soil samples collected 5 to 6 feet bgs at GW interface. Additional soil was excavated at this location to a depth of 7.5 to 8 feet bgs. A confirmation soil sample was not collect at this depth due to advancing GW and the presence of bedrock. A monitoring well installed in the excavation contained groundwater with DRO up to 2.55 mg/L, and RRO up to 6.1 mg/L.	Grant Lidren
11/20/2018	Site Characterization Report Approved	Approved the report 9/3-26/18 Excavations, Sampling, Results, & Soil Bioremediation this date. Requested that the groundwater contamination be delineated and there are areas on site with petroleum fractions above the ingestion cleanup level.	Danielle Duncan
12/1/2018	Document, Report, or Work plan Review - other	ADEC received the 11/29-30/18 Excavations, Groundwater Evaluation & Biocell Sampling Plan submitted by Southeast Management Services and dated December 2018. An additional 20 cubic yards of contaminated soil was excavated from the PL-33 area. Confirmation soil samples collected to a depth of 7 feet bgs did not contain contaminant concentrations above the approved method three cleanup levels. This soil was added to the biocells. The bulk oil/Fueling site monitoring well contained groundwater with DRO up to 0.750 mg/L, and RRO up to 1.52 mg/L.	Grant Lidren
1/16/2019	Document, Report, or Work plan Review - other	Reviewed the 11/29-30/18 Excavations, Groundwater Evaluation, & Biocell Sampling Plan this date. The groundwater had a diesel range organics concentration of 0.75 mg/L and a residual range organics concentration of 1.5 mg/L. I requested a work plan for groundwater contamination delineation.	Danielle Duncan
2/15/2019	Site Characterization Workplan Approved	Approved the work plan to further investigate groundwater contamination and other data gaps.	Danielle Duncan
4/1/2019	Document, Report, or Work plan Review - other	ADEC received the 2/28-3/2/19 Shop Oil/Water Separator, PL-33 7 Groundwater Excavation Results Phoenix Logging Shop 7 Storage Yard submitted by Southeast Management Services and dated April 2019. Approximately three cubic yards of soil was removed from an exploratory trench advanced adjacent at the former oil/water separator and added to biocell. A total of 11 soil samples were collected. Only one soil sample contained contaminant concentrations above cleanup levels with DRO up to 2,320 mg/kg. At the oil water separator, a soil sample collected at the bedrock interface at 6.6 feet bgs contained PCP up to 0.064 mg/kg. Soil samples collect from five exploratory trenches to a depth of 13 feet bgs contained DRO up to 6,430 mg/kg. These trenchs encountered bedrock as shallow as 4 feet bgs and as deep at 15 feet bgs. Groundwater was only encountered in two of these trenches and was de minimis in quantity. In addition to the historic monitoring well located at the bulk oil/Fueling site, another one was installed at the oil dump burn pile area that where historic oily water had been observed in 2018. Both of these monitoring wells contained contaminant concentrations above table C cleanup levels with DRO up to 1.79 mg/L.	Grant Lidren
4/22/2019	Meeting or Teleconference Held	Met with Southeast Management Services to discuss the groundwater characterization report.	Danielle Duncan
5/20/2019	Site Characterization Report Approved	Approved the 2/28-3/2/19 Shop Oil/Water Separator, PL-33 & Groundwater Excavation Results this date. The soil investigation and excavation is complete. The site is now undergoing groundwater monitoring. The four bioremediation biocells will be sampled for DRO and RRO in May and the two onsite groundwater monitoring wells will sampled for DRO and RRO only - also in May.	Danielle Duncan
12/2/2019	Document, Report, or Work plan Review - other	Review of the 10/17-18/19 Monitoring Well & Biocell Sampling results report, dated November 2019. The report documents groundwater monitoring and biocell sampling to date. All results for soil and groundwater were below approved levels.	Joshua Barsis
2/27/2020	Document, Report, or Work plan Review - other	On this date, ADEC approved the sampling of the groundwater	Grant Lidren
3/24/2020	Site Characterization Report Approved	ADEC received the 2/28/20 Sampling Results – Groundwater Monitoring & Non-potable Water wells Phoenix Logging Shop & Storage Yard submitted by Southeast Management Services and dated March 2020. The monitoring well in front of the shop and the monitoring well behind the shop, analyzed for DRO and RRO, were below ADEC Table C cleanup levels. The shed’s non-potable drinking water well, analyzed for DRO, did not contain detectable concentrations of contaminants. This inactive pump for this drinking water well had to be hotwired with a generator to obtain the water samples.	Grant Lidren
4/7/2020	Exposure Tracking Model Ranking	Initial ranking with ETM completed for source area id: 80197 name: Equipment Storage Yard	Grant Lidren
5/1/2020	Document, Report, or Work plan Review - other	On this date, ADEC approved the work plan to decommission the two onsite monitoring wells and to spread the biopiles on property. ADEC will receive a report documenting activities.	Grant Lidren
5/19/2020	Document, Report, or Work plan Review - other	On this date, ADEC received the 5/4-7/20 PL-33 Backfilling Biocell Soil Spreading & Removal of Monitoring Wells Phoenix Logging Shop & Storage Yard dated May 2020 and submitted by Southeast Management Services. The assumed clean soil from the biopile berms was used to fill the only remaining open PL-33 excavation . The Biocell soils were spread 6 inches thick across the western portion of the Phoenix Logging sort yard. Both onsite monitoring wells were decomissioned.	Grant Lidren
5/27/2020	Cleanup Complete Determination Issued	The Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation, Contaminated Sites Program (ADEC) has completed a review of the environmental records associated with the Phoenix Truck Shop located on Klawock Island. 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 contamination poses an unacceptable risk. This Cleanup Complete determination is based on the administrative record for the Phoenix Truck Shop which is located in the ADEC office in Anchorage, Alaska.	Grant Lidren

Action Date

Action

Description

DEC Staff

3/9/1993

Update or Other Action

Draft corrective action plan received.

Former Staff

5/1/1993

Update or Other Action

ADEC received the Environmental Services, Ltd 1993 Corrective Action Plan for the Klawock Island Tank Farm and Maintenance Shops. Soil samples were collected from the generator shack area, used oil dump/burn pile, barrel rack and AST areas, heating oil AST area, outside of the shop floor, equipment area and water well. Six soil samples collected 0.9 to 4.0 feet bgs contained TPH up to 32,000 mg/kg, DRO up to 7,280 mg/kg, benzene up to 1.16 mg/kg, ethylbenzene up to 0.33 mg/kg, toluene up to 8.7 mg/kg, and xylenes up to 36.9 mg/kg. A groundwater sample collected at the burn area (below 1 cm of floating black oil with strong odor) at 4 feet bgs contained BTEX above cleanup levels. A groundwater sample collected from the reportedly not potable drinking water well was ND.

Former Staff

12/8/1994

Site Characterization Report Approved

ADEC reviewed the Phoenix Logging Company: Limited Shallow Subsurface Characterization in the Vicinity of Maintenance Shop and Yard submitted by Emcon dated December 8, 1994. A vehicle maintenance shop, ASTs, storage containers, barrel racks, used oil dump/burn pile, and an outhouse are located at the site. Soil samples were collected from six areas of concern: two from the surface and four from a depth of 1.0 to 1.5 feet bgs. Oily water was noted at the oil dump/burn pile area from water that had seeped in. All soil samples collected contained contaminant concentrations above cleanup levels with TPH up to 41,000 mg/kg, DRO up to 34,000 mg/kg, and ethylbenzene up to 0.2 mg/kg. Bedrock is located several feet beneath the surface of the facility.

Former Staff

12/30/1994

Update or Other Action

(Old R:Base Action Code = RAPR - Remedial Action Plan Review (CS)). Contamination to soil and shallow groundwater from TPH and solvents, some lead and zinc. Recommend further investigation, pump ground water to oil/water separator.

Former Staff

2/14/1996

Update or Other Action

Status letter sent to RP requesting a corrective action plan.

Sally Schlichting

2/28/1996

Site Ranked Using the AHRM

Initial ranking.

Sally Schlichting

11/22/1999

Update or Other Action

Updated Corrective Action Plan received from IT Corporation (formerly Emcon). Plan calls for excavation and treatment of soil in the nearby Klawock Heenya biocell. Site will be capped with asphalt.

Bill Janes

8/7/2002

Update or Other Action

Brief site inspection, RP not available for discussion.

Bruce Wanstall

7/5/2005

Update or Other Action

Cleanup status letter sent to Klawock Heenya on this and other sites located on Klawock Heenya lands. Copy in hard file and in the G drive site file under the name "Klawock Heenya 3 Letter."

Bill Janes

8/4/2005

Update or Other Action

Letter from Klawock Heenya to Phoenix Logging stating that Phoenix is responsible for any KHC cleanup costs incurred. KHC has retained a consultant to address this site and others on KHC lands per our 7/5/05 letter.

Bill Janes

10/17/2005

Update or Other Action

Telecon with Linda Lewis of Phoenix. She stated that it was the mutual goal of Klawock Heenya and Phoenix to meet DEC approval with minimal cost. Her goal is to have the site cleaned up by next Sept.

Bill Janes

7/26/2006

Update or Other Action

Review file for site status; message left with Ketchikan office to contact the DEC to discuss overdue site cleanup plan.

Bruce Wanstall

8/25/2006

Potentially Responsible Party/State Interest Letter

Request made by letter to Phoenix Logging Inc. that they cooperate with site investigation and cleanup by Klawock Heenya. Phoenix needs to move equipment that blocks areas where trenching and soil removal is necessary. The letter included state interest in the pollution incident and that, as shop operator, Phoenix Logging has liability for State costs for oversight of the cleanup.

Bruce Wanstall

8/28/2006

Site Characterization Workplan Approved

TECS-AK Site Plan to characterize soil and ground water conditions reviewed and approved by letter copied to the RP and landowner KHC. GIS location data updated; topographic map and letter are saved at jnu-svrfile G:\SPAR\Spar-Contaminated Sites\38 Case Files (CSites)\1517 Klawock\1517.38.012 Phoenix Truck Shop.

Bruce Wanstall

8/28/2006

Site Ranked Using the AHRM

CSM: water and soil media dermal and ingestion exposure pathways are complete as are inhalation of outdoor vapors. Fugitive dust, plant media ingestion pathways are complete but not appropriate for petroleum. Ground water access well is on-site and the migration to ground water human exposure pathway is complete. Ground water from the well is not used as a drinking water source and is secure from casual access.

Bruce Wanstall

10/6/2006

Update or Other Action

On 10/6/2006 the City of Klawock landfill received 20,000 pounds of contaminated soil and debris including: burnt boards, hydraulic filters, oil filters, tires, and crushed barrels from the Phoenix Logging Sort Yard. ADEC did not approve transport. The oil filters were excavated from the "oil filter dump" behind the shop. The excavator dug to a depth of 2.5 feet bgs where it was limited by bedrock.

Grant Lidren

2/15/2007

Meeting or Teleconference Held

Contaminated Sites Program staff met with the Klawock Heenya Corporation (KHC) property manager to discuss development of a site cleanup plan by Phoenix Logging.

Bruce Wanstall

4/23/2007

Update or Other Action

ADEC provided comments to the draft cleanup workplan for consultant R&M Engineering in Ketchikan.

Bruce Wanstall

10/10/2007

Exposure Tracking Model Ranking

Two source areas at the truck shop facility were evaluated by the ADEC for current status using the Exposure Tracking Model; the above ground storage tank/ drum rack and the oil dump/ burn pile sites. Groundwater ingestion is the controlling pathway for exposure risk; secondary risk is exposure to surface and subsurface soil contamination on the property. Environmental assessment is planned to follow cleanup procedures but is not yet scheduled for the Prince of Wales Island site.

Bruce Wanstall

11/27/2007

Update or Other Action

DEC contacted the responsible party and the landowner; site assessment of site cleanup is delayed by logistic problems with the environmental consultant and the onset of winter conditions.

Bruce Wanstall

11/7/2008

Meeting or Teleconference Held

ADEC is coordinating with a responsible party environmental consultant on a plan to sample the on-site wash-down well and test for petroleum. The objective is to begin evaluation of the RP excavation of historical incidental spills on the property from 25-plus years of repair shop operations.

Bruce Wanstall

9/10/2009

Document, Report, or Work plan Review - other

The raw data report is not sufficient for the results to be useful in assessing groundwater in the deep aquifer underlying the bedrock under repair shop on Klawock Island. The laboratory quality assurance sample data is insufficient; another sampling of the well water is necessary.

Bruce Wanstall

3/21/2013

Exposure Tracking Model Ranking

Initial ranking with ETM completed for source area id: 79419 name: Oil Water Separator

Bruce Wanstall

3/21/2013

Exposure Tracking Model Ranking

A new updated ranking with ETM has been completed for source area 78266 Oil Dump and Burn Area.

Bruce Wanstall

3/21/2013

Exposure Tracking Model Ranking

A new updated ranking with ETM has been completed for source area 78265 ASTs and Drum Storage Area.

Bruce Wanstall

6/30/2015

Update or Other Action

NAD 83 location coordinates update by PM using CS Web Map, site figure in the file and personal knowledge of release source areas on the site.

Bruce Wanstall

12/18/2015

Update or Other Action

DEC contacted David Creighton with Phoenix Logging to request an environmental professional collect analytical samples from the on-site groundwater well and look into a reported oil spill associated with operations at the Truck Shop on Klawock Island.

Bruce Wanstall

11/8/2016

Update or Other Action

ADEC contacted the RP; Phoenix Logging is in the transition of moving to a new land-based location on Sealaska land. At this time (11/7/16) weather is delaying progress to move all the equipment stored at the shop. Once equipment is moved and the shop is dismantled then a cleanup plan will be submitted to DEC and Klawock Heenya for approval.

Bruce Wanstall

11/28/2017

Site Visit

Visited the site with the consultant and Klawock Heenya Corporation and observed test pitting and sample collection. The site involves both sides of the road( the equipment storage yard and the shop) and there are at least 2 burn pits; 1 of the burn pits may have already been excavated and disposed of. The contamination appears to be likely more in the residual range (RRO) rather than the diesel (DRO) or gasoline range (GRO)as it has aged. There were some sheens at the smoking burn pit and some petroleum fumes in some of the test pits. Approximately 20 samples were collected and they are going to be analyzed for DRO and RRO. A work plan will be prepared based on the results and work should begin this spring.

Danielle Duncan

1/1/2018

Document, Report, or Work plan Review - other

ADEC received the 11/28/17 Sampling Results Proposed Cleanup Plan Phoenix Logging Shop & Storage Yard submitted by Southeast Management Services and dated January 2018. At the equipment storage yard(SW side of the road): burnt debris mixed with metal; oil stained areas; log skid with up to six large batteries, six barrels and potentially contaminated gravels; and light oil sheens on surrounding ponds were noted. No analytical soil samples were collected at this area. At the shop area(SE side of the road), 22 testpits were dug to various depths down to 4 feet bgs and 23 soil samples were collected. These soil samples contained DRO up to 42,650 mg/kg and RRO up to 82,600 mg/kg. TOC samples collected and entered into the method three calculator resulted in DRO and RRO MTG cleanup levels of 2,300 mg/kg, and 8,300 mg/kg respectively.

Grant Lidren

1/24/2018

Meeting or Teleconference Held

Meeting with Southeast Management Services to discuss the results of the investigation and the new work plan.

Danielle Duncan

2/20/2018

Document, Report, or Work plan Review - other

Reviewed and approved the 11/28/17 Sampling Results, Proposed Soil Cleanup Plan, dated January 2018. Excavation and a groundwater monitoring well will be installed.

Danielle Duncan

3/28/2018

Update or Other Action

Phoenix Logging is liquidating and going out of business next year - project work is on hold.

Danielle Duncan

4/25/2018

Update or Other Action

Work is going to begin in 3 phases beginning May 22, 2018.

Danielle Duncan

6/21/2018

Update or Other Action

The excavation has occurred - will see a report.

Danielle Duncan

6/29/2018

Meeting or Teleconference Held

Meeting with the consultant to discuss the results of the investigation - some areas need further excavation. Will receive a final report shortly.

Danielle Duncan

8/1/2018

Update or Other Action

ADEC received the 6/23-26/18 Excavations, Sampling Results & Soil Bioremediation Phoenix Logging Shop & Storage Yard submitted by Southeast Management Services and dated August 2018. At the shop building area, three excavations were conducted in areas with contaminant concentrations above the method three calculated DRO at 2,300 mg/kg and 8,300 mg/kg sampled in 2017. These areas included: the former oil rack and fueling area, the former chemical container area, and former oil dump/burn pile. At the former oil dump/burn pile area, petroleum contaminated soil was encountered at 4.5 feet bgs and black oily water was encountered at 5.5 feet bgs. Bedrock was encountered around 7 feet bgs. At the storage yard area, excavations were conducted at the former wood skid area, three former burn piles and misc. soil stain areas. A total of 205 cubic yards of soil was removed from both the storage yard and the shop. Contaminant concentrations remained above the method three cleanup level at both the storage yard and the shop at five areas. These include the PL-33 and PL-34 site, the chemical container site, the bulk oil/Fueling site, the PL-73 exploratory trench site, and the PL-77 wood skid area site.

Grant Lidren

8/23/2018

Update or Other Action

SEMS plans on conducting another round of field work Sept 3-5.

Danielle Duncan

8/23/2018

Update or Other Action

Phase 2 of the cleanup is complete.

Danielle Duncan

9/21/2018

Meeting or Teleconference Held

Met with Southeast Management Services to discuss the results of the investigation and steps moving forward.

Danielle Duncan

9/21/2018

Exposure Tracking Model Ranking

A new updated ranking with ETM has been completed for source area 78266 Oil Dump and Burn Area.

Danielle Duncan

11/1/2018

Document, Report, or Work plan Review - other

ADEC received the 9/3-26/18 Excavations, Sampling Results & Soil Bioremediation Phoenix Logging Shop & Storage Yard submitted by Southeast Management Services and dated November 2018. The contaminant concentrations that remained above the approved method three cleanup levels at both the storage yard and the shop at five areas from the June 2018 work were further investigated. This included the PL-33 and PL-34 site, the chemical container site, the bulk oil/Fueling site, the PL-73 exploratory trench site, and the PL-77 wood skid area site. A total of an additional 150 cubic yards of soil was excavated. This soil was combined with the previously excavated 205 cy of and put into four fertilized bioremediation cells. Confirmation soil samples above the method three cleanup levels remained at three of the five areas. The PL-73 exploratory trench contained DRO up to 2,330 mg/kg from a sample collected 1 foot bgs. The PL-33 areas contained DRO up to 4,590 mg/kg from a sample collected 4 feet bgs. The bulk oil/Fueling site contained DRO up to 5,620 mg/kg and RRO up to 20,700 mg/kg from soil samples collected 5 to 6 feet bgs at GW interface. Additional soil was excavated at this location to a depth of 7.5 to 8 feet bgs. A confirmation soil sample was not collect at this depth due to advancing GW and the presence of bedrock. A monitoring well installed in the excavation contained groundwater with DRO up to 2.55 mg/L, and RRO up to 6.1 mg/L.

Grant Lidren

11/20/2018

Site Characterization Report Approved

Approved the report 9/3-26/18 Excavations, Sampling, Results, & Soil Bioremediation this date. Requested that the groundwater contamination be delineated and there are areas on site with petroleum fractions above the ingestion cleanup level.

Danielle Duncan

12/1/2018

Document, Report, or Work plan Review - other

ADEC received the 11/29-30/18 Excavations, Groundwater Evaluation & Biocell Sampling Plan submitted by Southeast Management Services and dated December 2018. An additional 20 cubic yards of contaminated soil was excavated from the PL-33 area. Confirmation soil samples collected to a depth of 7 feet bgs did not contain contaminant concentrations above the approved method three cleanup levels. This soil was added to the biocells. The bulk oil/Fueling site monitoring well contained groundwater with DRO up to 0.750 mg/L, and RRO up to 1.52 mg/L.

Grant Lidren

1/16/2019

Document, Report, or Work plan Review - other

Reviewed the 11/29-30/18 Excavations, Groundwater Evaluation, & Biocell Sampling Plan this date. The groundwater had a diesel range organics concentration of 0.75 mg/L and a residual range organics concentration of 1.5 mg/L. I requested a work plan for groundwater contamination delineation.

Danielle Duncan

2/15/2019

Site Characterization Workplan Approved

Approved the work plan to further investigate groundwater contamination and other data gaps.

Danielle Duncan

4/1/2019

Document, Report, or Work plan Review - other

ADEC received the 2/28-3/2/19 Shop Oil/Water Separator, PL-33 7 Groundwater Excavation Results Phoenix Logging Shop 7 Storage Yard submitted by Southeast Management Services and dated April 2019. Approximately three cubic yards of soil was removed from an exploratory trench advanced adjacent at the former oil/water separator and added to biocell. A total of 11 soil samples were collected. Only one soil sample contained contaminant concentrations above cleanup levels with DRO up to 2,320 mg/kg. At the oil water separator, a soil sample collected at the bedrock interface at 6.6 feet bgs contained PCP up to 0.064 mg/kg. Soil samples collect from five exploratory trenches to a depth of 13 feet bgs contained DRO up to 6,430 mg/kg. These trenchs encountered bedrock as shallow as 4 feet bgs and as deep at 15 feet bgs. Groundwater was only encountered in two of these trenches and was de minimis in quantity. In addition to the historic monitoring well located at the bulk oil/Fueling site, another one was installed at the oil dump burn pile area that where historic oily water had been observed in 2018. Both of these monitoring wells contained contaminant concentrations above table C cleanup levels with DRO up to 1.79 mg/L.

Grant Lidren

4/22/2019

Meeting or Teleconference Held

Met with Southeast Management Services to discuss the groundwater characterization report.

Danielle Duncan

5/20/2019

Site Characterization Report Approved

Approved the 2/28-3/2/19 Shop Oil/Water Separator, PL-33 & Groundwater Excavation Results this date. The soil investigation and excavation is complete. The site is now undergoing groundwater monitoring. The four bioremediation biocells will be sampled for DRO and RRO in May and the two onsite groundwater monitoring wells will sampled for DRO and RRO only - also in May.

Danielle Duncan

12/2/2019

Document, Report, or Work plan Review - other

Review of the 10/17-18/19 Monitoring Well & Biocell Sampling results report, dated November 2019. The report documents groundwater monitoring and biocell sampling to date. All results for soil and groundwater were below approved levels.

Joshua Barsis

2/27/2020

Document, Report, or Work plan Review - other

On this date, ADEC approved the sampling of the groundwater

Grant Lidren

3/24/2020

Site Characterization Report Approved

ADEC received the 2/28/20 Sampling Results – Groundwater Monitoring & Non-potable Water wells Phoenix Logging Shop & Storage Yard submitted by Southeast Management Services and dated March 2020. The monitoring well in front of the shop and the monitoring well behind the shop, analyzed for DRO and RRO, were below ADEC Table C cleanup levels. The shed’s non-potable drinking water well, analyzed for DRO, did not contain detectable concentrations of contaminants. This inactive pump for this drinking water well had to be hotwired with a generator to obtain the water samples.

Grant Lidren

4/7/2020

Exposure Tracking Model Ranking

Initial ranking with ETM completed for source area id: 80197 name: Equipment Storage Yard

Grant Lidren

5/1/2020

Document, Report, or Work plan Review - other

On this date, ADEC approved the work plan to decommission the two onsite monitoring wells and to spread the biopiles on property. ADEC will receive a report documenting activities.

Grant Lidren

5/19/2020

Document, Report, or Work plan Review - other

On this date, ADEC received the 5/4-7/20 PL-33 Backfilling Biocell Soil Spreading & Removal of Monitoring Wells Phoenix Logging Shop & Storage Yard dated May 2020 and submitted by Southeast Management Services. The assumed clean soil from the biopile berms was used to fill the only remaining open PL-33 excavation . The Biocell soils were spread 6 inches thick across the western portion of the Phoenix Logging sort yard. Both onsite monitoring wells were decomissioned.

Grant Lidren

5/27/2020

Cleanup Complete Determination Issued

The Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation, Contaminated Sites Program (ADEC) has completed a review of the environmental records associated with the Phoenix Truck Shop located on Klawock Island. 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 contamination poses an unacceptable risk. This Cleanup Complete determination is based on the administrative record for the Phoenix Truck Shop which is located in the ADEC office in Anchorage, Alaska.

Grant Lidren

Contaminant Information

Name	Level Description	Media
RRO	< Method 2 Most Stringent	Soil
Pentachlorophenol	< Method 2 Most Stringent	Soil
DRO	< Method 2 Most Stringent	Soil

Name

Level Description

Media

Comments

RRO

< Method 2 Most Stringent

Soil

Pentachlorophenol

< Method 2 Most Stringent

Soil

DRO

< Method 2 Most Stringent

Soil

Control Type

Type	Details
No ICs Required

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)

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)

Cleanup Complete Determination

2020 Land spread and well decom. Report

No associated sites were found.

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Documents

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Contaminant Information

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Cleanup Complete Determination

2020 Land spread and well decom. Report

Missing Location Data

State of Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation