Site Report: St Law Gambell Site 12 Nayvag Dispo
| Site Name: | St Law Gambell Site 12 Nayvag Dispo |
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| Address: | Gambell Village Area, Gambell, AK 99742 |
| File Number: | 660.38.006 |
| Hazard ID: | 235 |
| Status: | Cleanup Complete |
| Staff: | Dennis Shepard, 9074512180 dennis.shepard@alaska.gov |
| Latitude: | 63.739557 |
| Longitude: | -171.706149 |
| 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 facility wide site for a complete action list. Site 12 is located south of Troutman Lake and north of Nayvaghat Lakes. The site is was a solid waste disposal area that contained household waste, empty drums, battery parts, etc. A 1999 removal action removed the surface debris and a small amount of stained soil. Confirmation sampling in 1999 and 2001 had detections of lead, arsenic and DRO above cleanup levels. This impacted soil is scheduled for removal in 2005. Groundwater was tested during the 1994 investigation - there were no detections over cleanup levels. 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 |
| 6/27/2005 | Site Closure Approved | Jeff Brownlee | |
| 1/25/2007 | Meeting or Teleconference Held | Contaminated Sites staff participated in a Restoration Advisory Board (RAB) meeting for the Formerly Used Defense Sites (FUDS) on Saint Lawrence Island. Participants at the meeting included Alaska Community Action on Toxins (ACAT), the RAB Technical Assistance Program representative, the COE Alaska District, the native corporation attorney, RAB members and DEC. Agenda items included discussion of the remedial actions that took place in Gambell during the summer season included a summary of the Native American Lands Environmental Mitigation Program (NALEMP) work. The Gambell NALEMP project is the largest in the nation with 290,000 pounds of buried debris removed in 2006. There was discussion on the groundwater sampling event at Site 5 which is several monitoring wells surrounding the village water supply well. There were detected levels of DRO and metals (lead, nickel, barium) in a couple wells, but well below the cleanup levels. We also discussed the Feasibility Study for Northeast Cape and the upcoming final of that document | Jeff Brownlee |
| 5/1/2007 | Exposure Tracking Model Ranking | Jeff Brownlee | |
| 5/1/2007 | Site Closure Approved | 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.