| Action Date |
Action |
Description |
DEC Staff |
| 3/1/2004 |
Site Added to Database |
Split out 17 new sites from main "Saint Lawrence NE Cape/DERP-Army", site, Reckey 198532X917901. |
Jeff Brownlee |
| 3/1/2004 |
Site Ranked Using the AHRM |
Copied latest AHRM Score from main site, "Saint Lawrence NE Cape/DERP-Army", Reckey 198532X917901. |
Jeff Brownlee |
| 11/24/2004 |
Site Ranked Using the AHRM |
|
Jeff Brownlee |
| 6/5/2007 |
Exposure Tracking Model Ranking |
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Jeff Brownlee |
| 7/10/2007 |
Proposed Plan |
Final approved. |
Jeff Brownlee |
| 7/24/2007 |
Meeting or Teleconference Held |
Contaminated Sites staff participated in a Restoration Advisory Board (RAB) meeting, public meeting and tribal meeting to introduce the proposed plan for the Northeast Cape FUDS. The meetings were held in Gambell and Savoonga and were well attended with high interest from the community. Alaska Community Action on Toxins (ACAT), the Technical Assistance Program (TAP) coordinator, corporation attorney, and Corps of Engineers were represented at the meeting. The proposed plan outlines the preferred remedies for the 34 sites at the facility |
Jeff Brownlee |
| 11/7/2008 |
Update or Other Action |
Contaminated Sites staff reviewed a draft Decision Document for the Northeast Cape Formerly Used Defense Site (FUDS) on Saint Lawrence Island. There are several sites at the former surveillance station and White Alice Site to be remediated. The Headquarters Area has extensive diesel range organics impacting soil and groundwater. An insitu chemical oxidation pilot test will be done at a portion of this area to assess effectiveness for treating the larger contaminant mass. The drainage and wetlands below the Headquarters Area is planned for dredging or excavation of the more highly impacted sediments. There are several sites that will be excavated for petroleum and Polychlorinated Biphenyl (PCB) soil contamination. There will be institutional controls on several areas including two landfills, areas with residual petroleum impacts and shallow groundwater use controls |
Jeff Brownlee |
| 3/31/2009 |
Meeting or Teleconference Held |
Contaminated Sites staff participated in a Restoration Advisory Board (RAB) meeting for the Northeast Cape Formerly Used Defense Site (FUDS). The meeting was held in Savoonga on Saint Lawrence Island and attended by the Corps of Engineers, the Technical Assistance Program representative, Alaska Community Action on Toxins, the Island Corporations attorney, RAB members, and interested community members. Discussion items included the Northeast Cape Decision Document which is in draft final review, remedial activities planned for this summer including Site 7 landfill investigation and capping and the Headquarters area chemical oxidation pilot study. We also discussed the ongoing Gambell NALEMP project and a new NALEMP project being started for the Fish Camp at Northeast Cape to remove possible lead based paint and asbestos in cabins built in the area from abandoned facility materials |
Jeff Brownlee |
| 8/10/2010 |
Site Visit |
Staff conducted site visits to observe the status of ongoing remediation work being conducted by the Army Corps. of Engineers under the 2010 HTRW Removal Action Work Plan. 2010 remediation efforts included the removal of 1,500 tons of PCB-contaminated soil at sites 13, 21, and 31; the removal of 2,700 tons of petroleum-contaminated soil at Sites 3, 6, and 32, the removal of 17 tons of arsenic-contaminated soil at Site 21; construction of a landfill cap at Site 9; and the removal of 38.5 tons of metal and wood debris from Sites 9, 29, and site wide. Other work conducted included a UVOST investigation to delineate the petroleum-contaminated soil at the main operations complex, ground water monitoring at the main operations complex, and monitoring of natural attenuation of diesel contamination at Site 8 via surface water and sediment sampling. |
Curtis Dunkin |
| 2/3/2011 |
Exposure Tracking Model Ranking |
Initial ranking with ETM completed for source area id: 71195 name: Unpermitted Landfill |
Bianca Reece |
| 9/12/2011 |
Site Visit |
ADEC conducted multiple site visits and inspections of 2011 remedial work being implemented sitewide. |
Curtis Dunkin |
| 10/13/2015 |
Meeting or Teleconference Held |
CS staff participated in the semiannual Restoration Advisory Board (RAB) meeting which was conducted in Savoonga, AK on Saint Lawrence Island. Participants included representatives from the Army Corps of Engineers, ADEC, Savoonga residents and RAB members, the Alaska Community Action on Toxics, and the University of Alaska, Anchorage (UAA). The agenda included presentations by the Army Corps which summarized the 2014 and 2015 remedial efforts and results. The Army Corps conducted the last major removal and offsite disposal actions in 2014 and conducted groundwater monitoring at the Main Operations Complex in 2015; the 2015 draft report is pending. Dr. Frank von Hippel of UAA presented a summary of the results from a multi-year fish tissue sampling and analysis study to evaluate PCBs in Nine-spine Stickleback and AK Blackfish in the Suqi River; the drainage of which flows through the Northeast Cape FUDS. |
Curtis Dunkin |
| 1/9/2017 |
CERCLA Removal Action Report |
ADEC received the Final 2014 Northeast Cape Removal Action Report (which is dated May 2016), and submitted final approval of the report to the Army Corps of Engineers. Site characterization and removal action requirements that are outlined in the 2009 Decision Document were conducted in consecutive years since 2009 and were completed in 2014. Future and ongoing work planned within the current five-year review period (2014-2018) includes monitoring as well as follow-on sampling and analyses of surface waters, sediments, groundwater, and soils; including the development and implementation of land use controls, and notices of environmental contamination with the landowner. |
Curtis Dunkin |
| 6/1/2018 |
CERCLA ROD Periodic Review |
ADEC reviewed the draft 2018 Post Removal Action Review Work Plan and submitted comments to the Army Corps of Engineers. The objectives of the 2018 work plan effort are to support the five-year and period reviews to be conducted by the Corps in 2018-19. |
Curtis Dunkin |
| 6/1/2018 |
Document, Report, or Work plan Review - other |
ADEC reviewed the draft 2018 Remedial Action Review Work Plan and submitted comments to the Army Corps of Engineers. |
Curtis Dunkin |
| 8/6/2018 |
Site Visit |
ADEC project manager traveled to Northeast Cape, Saint Lawrence Island, overnighted two nights onsite, and conducted three days of site inspections and field work observations with representatives of the Army Corps of Engineers and their technical contracted support who were implementing the 2018 Long-term Monitoring and Addendum Site Investigation Work Plan. |
Curtis Dunkin |
| 11/15/2018 |
Meeting or Teleconference Held |
ADEC project manager participated in a technical project planning meeting with representatives from the Army Corps of Engineers and their contracted technical support staff to discuss the preliminary laboratory analysis results and field activities, as well as the prospective reporting of the 2018 long-term monitoring and addendum investigation efforts. |
Curtis Dunkin |
| 2/15/2019 |
CERCLA ROD Periodic Review |
CERCLA Five-year Review Questionnaire Submitted: ADEC completed its responses to the questionnaire (5 pages) for the prospective draft Second CERCLA Five-year Review for the Northeast Cape FUDS sites and submitted its responses to the Army Corps of Engineers. Scheduled distribution date of the draft review report is May 2019. |
Curtis Dunkin |
| 3/20/2020 |
CERCLA ROD Periodic Review |
ADEC reviewed the draft 2019 Second Multi-site Sitewide Periodic Review Report and submitted comments to the Army Corps of Engineers. |
Curtis Dunkin |
| 6/30/2020 |
CERCLA ROD Periodic Review |
ADEC received and reviewed the responses to comments from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers for the draft 2019 Second CERCLA Multi-Site Periodic Review. |
Curtis Dunkin |
| 7/27/2020 |
CERCLA ROD Periodic Review |
ADEC received and reviewed additional responses to comments and participated in a resolution meeting for the draft 2019 Second CERCLA Periodic Review Report with representatives from the Army Corps of Engineers and their contracted technical support. |
Curtis Dunkin |
| 2/11/2022 |
Document, Report, or Work plan Review - other |
ADEC reviewed the draft 2022 Work Plan for the Site 28 Sediment Removal and Various Follow-up Actions from the Second Five-year and Periodic Reviews and submitted comments to the Army Corps of Engineers. |
Curtis Dunkin |
| 5/24/2022 |
Document, Report, or Work plan Review - other |
ADEC reviewed the responses to comments for the draft 2022 Northeast Cape Work Plan and submitted review determinations and additional comments to the Army Corps of Engineers. |
Curtis Dunkin |
| 6/16/2022 |
Document, Report, or Work plan Review - other |
ADEC reviewed an additional second round of responses to comments for the draft 2022 Work Plan and submitted review determinations and approval to finalize the work plan document to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. |
Curtis Dunkin |
| 7/26/2022 |
Document, Report, or Work plan Review - other |
ADEC received and reviewed the final 2022 Work Plan and submitted an approval letter to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. |
Curtis Dunkin |
| 8/2/2022 |
Site Visit |
ADEC staff traveled to Northeast Cape and conducted three days of field inspections and site visits in conjunction with the Army Corps of Engineers' implementation of the 2022 Work Plan effort that includes site 28 sediment removal and various follow-up actions at multiple sites from the Second Five-year and Periodic Reviews. The field team's mobilization to the site began in mid July and field work is anticipated to continue through the month of August. Additional site characterization is being conducted at site 8 and removal actions are occurring at the sites 15 and 28. |
Curtis Dunkin |
| 6/29/2023 |
Document, Report, or Work plan Review - other |
DEC provided approval for the "Final Combined Report Site 28 Sediment Removal and Various Follow-Up Actions from the Second Five-Year and Periodic Reviews Formerly Used Defense Site F10AK096903 Northeast Cape, Saint Lawrence Island, Alaska (dated June 2023)" to the U.S. Army Corp of Engineers (USACE). Remedial action objectives were conducted at Site 7, Site 8, Site 28 and the Main Operations Complex (MOC) Site 15, and improvements were made to the gravel airstrip. Additionally, Site 9 landfill was inspected to confirm the cap is still in tact. The report was approved with the expectation DEC staff and USACE staff will continue discussing site cleanup options. |
Erica Blake |
| 8/18/2023 |
Document, Report, or Work plan Review - other |
DEC provided review comments for two draft Explanation of Significant Differences (ESDs) to the U.S. Army Corp of Engineers. The two ESDs were for multiple sites at Northeast Cape FUDS. The documents discuss the need to place covenants on several sites with remaining contamination. DEC recommended the covenants be completed, and signed prior to finalization of the ESD documents. |
Erica Blake |
| 1/31/2024 |
Document, Report, or Work plan Review - other |
DEC provided comments for the "Draft Visual Site Inspection Work Plan Northeast Cape Formerly Used Defense Site Remedial Action – Operations, Saint Lawrence Island, Alaska (dated January 2024)" to the U.S. Army Corp of Engineers. The work plan describes proposed visual inspection activities as part of the Third Periodic Review for multiple sites at Northeast Cape on Saint Lawrence Island, Alaska. |
Erica Blake |
