| Action Date |
Action |
Description |
DEC Staff |
| 4/14/1998 |
Spill Transferred from Prevention Preparedness and Response Program |
Site transferred from PERP on 4/14/1998. PERP spill number 1994259906301. |
John Bauer |
| 8/11/2005 |
Site Added to Database |
DRO and RRO. |
Alyce Hughey |
| 8/11/2005 |
Site Ranked Using the AHRM |
Initial ranking. |
Alyce Hughey |
| 8/11/2005 |
GIS Position Updated |
Using the five location maps in file, in conjunction with TopoZone Pro, entered the coordinates for this site. Metadata include USGS Topo Map 1:63K, TopoZone Pro Street Map, Black and White Aerial Photo, on a Medium Size Map, View Scale 1:24,000, Coordinated Datum NAD83. Moderate to high degree of confidence in accuracy of location. |
Alyce Hughey |
| 8/11/2005 |
Update or Other Action |
File number 2600.38.002 assigned and entered into the Fileroom database and Contaminated Sites database. |
Alyce Hughey |
| 8/18/2005 |
Update or Other Action |
Reviewed sparse file. Sent e-mail to USFWS to determine current contact and obtain copies of any documentation/reports missing from our files. |
Donald Seagren |
| 9/6/2005 |
Update or Other Action |
Talked to Jordan Stout (USFWS). He has a thin file and is looking further into the location of any reports &/or closure letters. |
Donald Seagren |
| 10/26/2005 |
Update or Other Action |
Sent a letter to USFWS in Denverrequesting reports & data in order to asses the adequacy of the site cleanup and remediation of the soil. |
Donald Seagren |
| 12/1/2005 |
Update or Other Action |
The 1999 composite soil samples for DRO and RRO showed that after tilling and fertilizing the contaminant area, the contaminant levles were up to 87 times the DRO cleanup levels and 5 times the RRO cleanup levels. Absent any further data, a site assessment and/or corrective actions will be required. A letter was sent to USFWS requiring a site assessment to determine current conditions. The risk to human health and the environment remains high. The site cannot be closed nor any determination made without additional data. |
Donald Seagren |
| 5/3/2006 |
Update or Other Action |
Reviewed the file and sent a second notice letter requesting additional information on site cleanup/assessment or a corrective action plan to address DRO and RRO contamination remaining on site. In 99 DRO wa 8 times the clenaup level and RRO was 3 times the clenaup level. No details on BTEX. |
Donald Seagren |
| 3/14/2007 |
Exposure Tracking Model Ranking |
Intitial Ranking Complete for Source Area: 73083 (Autogenerated Action) |
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| 6/12/2008 |
Update or Other Action |
Site transferred from Don Seagren to Paul Horwath per Linda Nuechterlein. |
Alyce Hughey |
| 9/23/2014 |
Update or Other Action |
File transfered to Anchorage |
Linda Nuechterlein |
| 10/2/2014 |
Update or Other Action |
The Contaminated Sites Program (CSP) completed its review of this site on this day: The Sheep Island Boat Maintenance Facility site is located on the northeast beach of Sheep Island, in Uganik Bay, on Kodiak Island. A cannery, along with a boat maintenance facility were constructed during the late 1950’s or early 1960’s. The cannery went bankrupt in 1991 and abandoned the boat maintenance facility. An inspection of the abandoned facility revealed heavily stained soil over an area roughly 500 square feet in size. Samples collected from the stained areas in August of 1996 revealed DRO up to 41,000 mg/kg and RRO up to 120,000 mg/kg. It was determined that in-situ remediation was the best option for the stained area. In 1999, after tilling the soil and adding fertilizer, two composite soil samples were collected from 0 to 6 inches bgs and 6 to 12 inches bgs, respectively. The composite sample collected from 0 to 6 inches bgs exhibited levels of DRO up to 20,000 mg/kg and RRO up to 52,000 mg/kg. The composite sample collected from 6 to 12 inches bgs exhibited levels of DRO up to 11,000 mg/kg and RRO up to 28,000 mg/kg. The vertical and horizontal extent of contamination remains undefined. |
Joshua Barsis |
| 10/2/2014 |
Exposure Tracking Model Ranking |
A new updated ranking with ETM has been completed for source area 73083 waste oil release. |
Joshua Barsis |
| 10/20/2014 |
Update or Other Action |
Transferred to Fred Vreeman in Fairbanks on 10/20/2014
USPS Certified Number 7012 1010 0003 0389 1662 |
Susan Carberry |
| 12/11/2014 |
Potentially Responsible Party/State Interest Letter |
Letter sent to USFWS, Arlington, VA. Attachments included previous letter dated May 3, 2006. |
Keri DePalma |
| 1/9/2015 |
Update or Other Action |
Contacted by USFWS regarding site status. Added note to file for current contact information.
|
Keri DePalma |
| 5/15/2015 |
Update or Other Action |
Sent email to USFWS RPM to inquire about site status. |
Joy Whitsel |
| 12/1/2015 |
Update or Other Action |
Contacted PM regarding status of site. PM has applied for funding to conduct site characterization. Anticipate notice of funding (or lack thereof) in January 2016. |
Joy Whitsel |
| 5/29/2018 |
Update or Other Action |
New DEC Project Manager assigned. |
Jamie McKellar |
| 6/25/2018 |
Update or Other Action |
Phone call with Charles Grant (USFWS), and followed up with an email regarding three sites: Sheep Island Boat Maintenance Facility, USFWS Tetlin NWR Small Arms Firing Range, and USFWS Woolard House. Specifically, work plans were approved for Sheep Island and Tetlin NWR SAFR in 2016 and 2015, respectively, but DEC has not received copies of the reports that were generated as a result of that work. DEC has made multiple inquiries to USFWS regarding the Woolard House site and received no reply. Mr. Grant agreed to provide an update in writing for each of the three sites. |
Jamie McKellar |
| 6/29/2018 |
Update or Other Action |
No response received from Charles Grant. Based on our conversation on 6/25/2018, he was going to respond that day with an update. Forwarded Monday’s message to him to follow up and ask for a status update on Sheep Island and Tetlin. |
Jamie McKellar |
| 7/3/2018 |
Update or Other Action |
No response from Charles Grant. Sent an email reminder for a status update on Sheep Island and Tetlin. |
Jamie McKellar |
| 7/31/2018 |
Update or Other Action |
No response received from Charles Grant. Sent an email to check on the status of the Tetlin and Sheep Island reports. Mr. Grant responded on the same day and indicated “No, nothing yet.” I asked him to clarify whether the reports were ever generated (work was conducted in 2015 and 2016). He replied, “Yes, they were. I just had some glitches when I changed my computer. I will get them to you soon.” |
Jamie McKellar |
| 8/15/2018 |
Update or Other Action |
No updates from USFWS. Sent an email to Charles Grant requesting an update on the status of the reports for Sheep Island and Tetlin. |
Jamie McKellar |
| 9/11/2018 |
Meeting or Teleconference Held |
DEC received a phone call from USFWS in response to an email that was sent on the same day requesting information about POCs for USFWS contaminated sites. In the phone call, USFWS acknowledged that the outstanding reports for Sheep Island and Tetlin Small Arms Range are missing and USFWS is trying to locate them. |
Jamie McKellar |
| 11/19/2018 |
Update or Other Action |
No updates have been received from USFWS: DEC sent an email to USFWS contact requesting an update on the Sheep Island and Tetlin Small Arms Firing Range reports. |
Jamie McKellar |
| 12/10/2018 |
Document, Report, or Work plan Review - other |
REPORT RECEIVED: Former Sheep Island Boat Maintenance Facility Sheep Island, Uganik Bay, Kodiak Island, Alaska; Site Characterization Activities Report, Bratslavsky Consulting Engineers, Inc. (BEG, Inc.), dated August 2017. |
Jamie McKellar |
| 1/4/2019 |
Document, Report, or Work plan Review - other |
DEC provided comments to USFWS for the Draft Site Characterization Activities Report, Former Sheep Island Boat Maintenance Facility. Fieldwork was conducted in June 2017. DEC received a copy of the report on December 10, 2018. |
Jamie McKellar |
| 5/1/2019 |
Meeting or Teleconference Held |
DEC and USFWS staff met at the Fairbanks DEC office on May 1, 2019. The following sites were discussed: Bethel BIA Headquarters, USFWS Wollard House in McGrath, USFWS Tetlin NWR Small Arms Firing Range, USFWS Sheep Island Boat Maintenance Facility, USFWS Becharof NWR Island Bay Barrel Cache, and Becharof NWR King Salmon Facility (Hazard IDs 23210 and 4417). DEC staff also discussed work plan and reporting requirements for contaminated sites. |
Jamie McKellar |
| 5/3/2019 |
Site Visit |
Was the assigned CSP project manager of this site back in the mid to late 2000s. I hunted brown bear during the first week of May, 2019, and on about May 3rd, we stopped at this site so I could inspect for evidence of petroleum pollution.
I spent about 15 minutes walking around the formerly developed and used land area at this site for evidence of petroleum impacts to the ground surface. I also inspected the adjacent beaches and marine waters.
I found no evidence of petroleum or petroleum impacts, based on use of visual and olfactory senses. All ground surfaces were re-vegetated with dead vegetation from the 2018 growing season. Fresh 2019 green vegetative growth was just beginning to become visible when I was there.
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Paul Horwath |
| 5/16/2019 |
Exposure Tracking Model Ranking |
A new updated ranking with ETM has been completed for source area 73083 waste oil release. |
Jamie McKellar |
