Site Report: St Law Gambell Site 08 West Beach
| Site Name: | St Law Gambell Site 08 West Beach |
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| Address: | Gambell Village Area, Gambell, AK 99742 |
| File Number: | 660.38.006 |
| Hazard ID: | 232 |
| Status: | Cleanup Complete |
| Staff: | Dennis Shepard, 9074512180 dennis.shepard@alaska.gov |
| Latitude: | 63.770250 |
| Longitude: | -171.732701 |
| Horizontal Datum: | WGS84 |
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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
Site in and near village was used by the Army, Air Force and Navy from 1948 and abandoned in 1950s. The majority of contaminants were petroleum in soils. There were also low level PCBsand dioxins. Buried debris which occasionally surfaces from erosion or new construction has been a problem in the community. Unexploded ordnance reportedly buried near or in Troutman Lake. The investigation did not locate any ammo caches. See the Facility Wide site for a complete action list. Site 8 is subdivided into four sites in the West Beach Area adjacent to the airstrip. All the sites are debris sites. A removal aciton in 1999 removed most of the debris. Site 8A is scheduled for further removal of marston matting and miscellaneous debris in 2005. Small arms ammo will also be removed with surface soils at Site 8D south of the airstrip. The Gambell site extends west from North Beach to West Beach, south to Nayvaghaq Lake, and east to include portions of Sevuokuk Mountain. The site encompasses the Village of Gambell. Last staff assigned were Noland, Ortelee, Kalu, Stephens, Rutkowski and Brownlee. (rpltr6)
Action Information
| Action Date | Action | Description | DEC Staff |
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| 3/1/2004 | Site Added to Database | Split out 13 new sites from main "Saint Lawrence Is. Gambell / DERP", site, Reckey 198532X917919. | Former Staff |
| 3/1/2004 | Site Ranked Using the AHRM | Copied latest AHRM Score from main site, "Saint Lawrence Is. Gambell / DERP", Reckey 198532X917910. | Jeff Brownlee |
| 12/16/2004 | Site Ranked Using the AHRM | Jeff Brownlee | |
| 1/10/2005 | Update or Other Action | File number correction 660.38.006 | Aggie Blandford |
| 6/27/2005 | Record of Decision | A decision document was signed for Formerly Used Defense Sites at Gambell. Thirty four of thirty eight sites have been characterized, cleaned up and closed; soil cleanup methods and levels were formalized for two sites; debris cleanup will be conducted at a third site; one site was withheld from the decision document due to data gaps the Corps determined it needed to address before signing a decision on it. | Jeff Brownlee |
| 5/1/2007 | Site Closure Approved | Jeff Brownlee | |
| 5/1/2007 | Exposure Tracking Model Ranking | Intitial Ranking Complete for Source Area: 78193 (Autogenerated Action) | |
| 5/1/2007 | Exposure Tracking Model Ranking | Intitial Ranking Complete for Source Area: 78194 (Autogenerated Action) | |
| 5/1/2007 | Exposure Tracking Model Ranking | Intitial Ranking Complete for Source Area: 78195 (Autogenerated Action) | |
| 2/14/2008 | Update or Other Action | Contaminated Sites Staff reviewed a Cleanup Summary Report for the 2007 field season for Native American Lands Environmental Mitigation Program (NALEMP) work performed in Gambell, Alaska. About 30-tons of inert mixed debris and 60-tons of incidental contaminated soil were removed from several sites in the Gambell area. Containerization and off-island disposal is the remedy. The debris originated from building demolition and debris dumping from military occupation of the area during and after World War II | Jeff Brownlee |
| 3/21/2012 | Update or Other Action | File is archived in barcodes 555150, 555151, 587279, 587280. | Susan Carberry |
| 6/12/2019 | Update or Other Action | Site location was updated on this date. Coordinates for this site are used to determine the presence and position of the site on BLM’s ANCSA Conveyed Land web map. | Rebekah Reams |
Contaminant Information
| Name | Level Description | Media | Comments |
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| For more information about this site, contact DEC at (907) 465-5390. |
Control Type
| Type | Details |
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| No ICs Required |
Requirements
| Description | Details |
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| Advance approval required to transport soil or groundwater off-site. |
No associated sites were found.