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Site Report: Rust's Flying Service - Lake Hood

Site Name: Rust's Flying Service - Lake Hood
Address: 4525 Enstrom Circle; , Anchorage, AK 99519
File Number: 2100.26.170
Hazard ID: 23706
Status: Cleanup Complete
Staff: No Longer Assigned, 9074655229 dec.icunit@alaska.gov
Latitude: 61.178992
Longitude: -149.970826
Horizontal Datum:WGS84

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

During removal of underground storage tank (UST) system, petroleum contamination found in soil and groundwater near piping and tanks.

Action Information

Action Date Action Description DEC Staff
4/29/1996 Site Added to Database Former Staff
4/29/1996 Underground Storage Tank Site Characterization or Assessment SA1A; Reviewed and approved a phase 1 site assessment. Former Staff
4/29/1996 Leaking Underground Storage Tank Release Confirmed - Petroleum LUST Site created in CSP for source area ID 77693 ADD; Site added to database. Gasoline contamination. Former Staff
4/30/1996 Leaking Underground Storage Tank Cleanup Initiated - Petroleum LCAU; LUST corrective action underway. Former Staff
6/24/1996 Leaking Underground Storage Tank Corrective Action Underway CAPA; Reviewed a corrective action report. Former Staff
12/12/1996 Update or Other Action ADEC sends Notification of Intent to Cost Recover Letter to Current Owner: RUSTS FLYING SERVICE INC. Former Staff
5/11/2000 Update or Other Action ADEC second request for CAP for benzene soil contamination. ADEC conditional approval of mw installation workplan. Former Staff
8/19/2002 Update or Other Action New spill at AST, found additional contamination from previous AST spills. High PIDs from soils near lake. Harry Young ADEC Spill Response. Robert Weimer
11/3/2003 Update or Other Action ADEC Project Manager transferred from Weimer to Blessing Todd Blessing
9/10/2004 Update or Other Action Submitted letter to Todd Rust requesting update on site status. Department approved a monitoring well installation and sampling plan in 2000. To date, Department has not received the report.+ Todd Blessing
3/19/2007 Update or Other Action Issued letter to Todd Rust requesting him to consider partnering with Inlet Petroleum Company to evaluate groundwater surface water impacts from past fuel spills. Todd Blessing
3/23/2007 Exposure Tracking Model Ranking Initial ranking Todd Blessing
7/3/2007 Institutional Control Record Established In accordance with 18 AAC 75.350, ADEC has determined that the unconfined groundwater (above the Bootlegger Cove Formation) at the Anchorage International Airport (AIA) is not a current or future drinking water source. This determination is subject to the following conditions: 1. It applies only within the Airside and Commercial RMZ’s, as described in the Airport-Wide Remediation Management Plan. It does not apply within the Ecological RMZ. 2. It does not establish alternative cleanup levels within those zones but allows ADEC to use the determination in making decisions in accordance with 18 AAC 75.345(b)(2) - (3). 3. Any drinking water wells located on AIA property must be properly abandoned in accordance with ADEC decommissioning procedures within two years of this decision. 4. AIA shall prohibit the installation of any water wells, used for drinking, cooling, washdown, or any other purposes, on the AIA either through 17 AAC 42.410 (b) (27) of the airport leasing regulations or in their individual lease agreement documents. 5. The existing AIA water well used to maintain the water level in Lake Hood is not considered a drinking water well. However, AIA is responsible for determining its wellhead protection area and ensuring that it maintains levels at or below 18 AAC 75.345 Table C values, unless otherwise approved by ADEC. March 19, 2007 Amendment: DEC has determined that the shallow groundwater along the Lake Hood shoreline is not a current or future drinking water source in accordance with 18 AAC 75.350. Therefore, the March 2001 groundwater use determination is amended to include the shallow groundwater in the Ecological RMZ in that determination. Colleen Deal
4/17/2008 Update or Other Action DEC staff reviewed a work plan titled “Groundwater and Surface Water Evaluation, RUSTs Flying Service 50-Gallon Jet-A Fuel Spill, 4525 Enstram Circle, Anchorage, Alaska.” This work plan was prepared by Shannon and Wilson Inc. (S&W), dated March 28, 2008 and received at DEC’s Anchorage Office on April 14, 2008. Within the work plan, S&W proposed to do the following: Install and sample three monitor wells; install and sample two passive diffusion samplers; collect soil samples during monitor well installation; and issue a summary report. DEC staff issued a letter on April 16, 2008 approving of the work plan with the following modifications: 1. The three monitor wells will be installed at locations determined by CSP to be appropriate following a meeting to discuss site details; 2. S&W will develop a conceptual site model according to CSP guidance; 3. S&W will complete a data review CSP checklist for each laboratory data deliverable; 4. S&W will deliver a final report to CSP within 60 days following completion of field work; and 5. S&W will notify CSP at least two days prior to commencement of field work to allow CSP staff to inspect the work activities. Todd Blessing
1/20/2009 Update or Other Action DEC staff issued a letter to Todd Rust to inform him of the cleanup complete determination for the August 2006 Jet-A-spill. Mr. Rust was informed that this site is still open and requires further investigative effort. DEC established a deadline of May 31, 2009 for the submital of a site investigation work plan. Mr. Rust is required to hire a consultant to install one monitoring well within the former UST footprint. Todd Blessing
1/4/2012 Update or Other Action DEC staff issued a letter to Todd Rust requesting he respond in writing to DEC request for a site investigation by February 28 2012. DEC staff also informed Alaska Department of Transportation and Public Facilities that Mr. Rust has been unresponsive to requests by DEC to assess the nature and extent of contamination. Todd Blessing
4/4/2013 Update or Other Action Updated lat/long based on aerial image. Jacob Gano
2/13/2015 Update or Other Action ADEC emailed the RP to request a site visit to check the status of the monitoring wells and to request a decommissioning plan if they still exist. Lisa Krebs-Barsis
3/11/2015 Meeting or Teleconference Held Teleconference with Delta Western, regarding decommissioning the three wells on site that were originally installed for the Inlet Petroleum Jet A spill. Lisa Krebs-Barsis
4/2/2015 Document, Report, or Work plan Review - other Approved work plan to decommission 3 monitoring wells on site. The wells were installed as part of the cleanup of a co-located contaminated site (Inlet Petroleum Jet A Spill). Lisa Krebs-Barsis
4/24/2015 Update or Other Action The wells remaining on site B1MW, B2MW, and B3MW were decommissioned in accordance with the approved work plan. Lisa Krebs-Barsis
5/20/2015 Exposure Tracking Model Ranking A new updated ranking with ETM has been completed for source area 77693 Gasoline Spills. Lisa Krebs-Barsis
6/2/2015 Cleanup Complete Determination Issued The site file has been reviewed along with the 18 AAC 75.50 determination and data from three monitoring wells co-located on the site. It was determined that there is no unacceptable risk to human health and the environment. The three wells were decommissioned and the site was issued a Corrective Action Complete determination. Lisa Krebs-Barsis
6/2/2015 Institutional Control Record Removed Institutional Controls have been removed. Lisa Krebs-Barsis

Contaminant Information

Name Level Description Media Comments
Benzene Between Method 2 Migration to Groundwater and Human Health/Ingestion/Inhalation Soil
GRO Between Method 2 Migration to Groundwater and Human Health/Ingestion/Inhalation Soil

Control Type

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)
Hazard ID Site Name File Number
4359 Rust's Flying Service Jet-A AST Release 2100.38.480

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