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Site Report: Holiday Station Store #618, formerly Williams Express Store #5018

Site Name: Holiday Station Store #618, formerly Williams Express Store #5018
Address: 205 3rd Street;, Fairbanks, AK 99701
File Number: 102.26.003
Hazard ID: 23796
Status: Cleanup Complete - Institutional Controls
Staff: IC Unit, 9074655229 dec.icunit@alaska.gov
Latitude: 64.847907
Longitude: -147.704990
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

LUST Trust #88-3-5-0-295-1. Former staff assigned S. Sexton. Site previously Russell's Texaco owned by Darrell Russell but, now owned by Mapco.. Filename may also be Russell's Texaco-3rd Street.(rpltr4) At this station, a combined VEAIS was installed and operated from January 1993 until given approval to shut down in April 2004. The system has eight vertical SVE wells and five AIS wells. The location of the SVE wells and the AI wells were chosen to limit off-site migration of contaminants. During the period of October 2003 to April 2004, the system was operated in pulse cycle, rather than continuously due to low hydrocarbon recovery. As I explained above, it is not in use at this time. Vapor monitoring has not detected GRO or BTEX constituents above lab PQLs since 1999, with one exception for xylene, benzene, and toluene over that time. Recovery during the 2003-2004 period is estimated at less than 324 pounds total hydrocarbons. The upgradient samples (toward US Travel) have been consistently low to non-detect. Groundwater averages between twelve and thirteen feet bgs, with an inconsistent groundwater flow direction ranging from WNW to SSE. This is predominantly south from Third Street and the Old Steese Highway. It should be noted that as the depth to groundwater increases, so do the levels of contamination in groundwater and vapor recovery rates. The furthest downgradient sampling location, DP-3 (away from US Travel), had the highest sampling results in April 2044. Benzene: 0.0111ppm; T: ND; E:ND; x: ND; GRO: ND; and DRO: 0.758ppm. Volatile organic compounds were not detected. There is no off-site monitoring. The VEAIS is not being operated in 2004. A well survey will be conducted and tied to a regional benchmark to aid in this evaluation. The US Travel facility is located upgradient of the Holiday station according to the most current data available. The groundwater flow direction as calculated for the Holiday station conflicts with the data collected for the US Travel site. This can be explained by the local groundwater flow oddities found in this part of Fairbanks.

Action Information

Action Date Action Description DEC Staff
10/4/1988 Release Investigation SI; Shannon & Wilson contracted by Darrell Russell to drill 9 exploratory borings. Contaminatin up to 46 ppm benzene (1076 ppm sum BTEX) detected in soil. Former Staff
10/21/1988 Site Added to Database Former Staff
10/21/1988 Leaking Underground Storage Tank Release Confirmed - Petroleum LUST Site created in CSP for source area ID 76515 ADD; Former Staff
11/15/1988 Release Investigation SI; Shannon & Wilson installed 2 monitoring wells. Sampling of wells for floating hydrocarbon layer between December 1988 and April 1989 indicated presence of a thin product layer. Former Staff
5/4/1989 Leaking Underground Storage Tank Cleanup Initiated - Petroleum LCAU; Shannon & Wilson contracted by new owner, MAPCO Express, to monitor soil excavation during renovation of existing gas station. Monitoring wells sampled 5/4/89 indicated 0.05 foot thick layer of product identified by analyses as "highly weathered gasoline". Soils stockpiled (covered) on site until transported to H&H gravel pit on Transmitter Road adjacent to Eielson AFB prior to 11/6/89. Former Staff
2/24/1992 Underground Storage Tank Site Characterization or Assessment SA1R; Former Staff
3/19/1992 Underground Storage Tank Site Characterization or Assessment PA; Benzene contamination found in all 4 MW. Old UST excavation area-soil contaminated(high xylene contamination-indication of weathered product). Former Staff
5/5/1992 Update or Other Action CORR; Basketfield: Re - submittal of release investigation and corrective action reports for soil and grd H20. Corr. on SA1R. Former Staff
5/6/1992 Leaking Underground Storage Tank Emergency Response IA; Corrective action & GW monitoring well placement, Mapco will send response ltr in 30 days. Former Staff
5/6/1992 Update or Other Action MEET; Basketfield/Thomas met w/MAPCO reps to discuss Interim Remedial Actions. Former Staff
9/18/1992 Leaking Underground Storage Tank Corrective Action Underway CAPR; Basketfield reveiwed air sparging/VES system design, approved. Former Staff
10/22/1992 Update or Other Action MEET; Basketfield met with Paul Farnsworth to discuss sites on 09/18/92 action. Former Staff
11/19/1992 Update or Other Action UPD; Basketfield. Former Staff
2/23/1993 Update or Other Action RPL2; Peterson sent PRP-CS Database Notification Letter to RP requesting update and more environmental information concerning contaminated site. RZA sent letter at Mapco's request, but no response with requested information was ever rec'd from either one as of this "complete date". Former Staff
4/14/1994 Update or Other Action MEET; Thomas met with RZA and MAPCO to discuss cleanup status. AS/SVE will be implemented another calender year. ADEC agreed. Former Staff
6/6/1994 Update or Other Action CORR; Wingerter sent letter informing RP of their financial liability under new ADEC cost recovery policy. State is authorized, under Section 9003(h) of the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act to take action on this LUST facility. Former Staff
1/18/1995 Update or Other Action UPD; SITE SUMARY: UST removed in 88-89. Contaminated soils removed and AS/SVE system currently on-line and remediating. Quartertly GW sample results indicate declining BTEX values. Expect at least another year of samples. DEC oversite limited to assessing treatment efficiency. Plume may extend under Old Steese towards US Travel. Closure contingent upon clean soils too. Former Staff
11/20/1997 Update or Other Action ADEC sends Notification of Intent to Cost Recover Letter to Current Owner: MAPCO EXPRESS INC Former Staff
9/17/2001 Update or Other Action Changed ADEC Project Manager from Bush to Wiegers Cynthia Pring-Ham
4/2/2002 Release Investigation Reviewed well search conducted in 1/8/02 report. Two nearby outdoor-use water wells identified. Wells have not been tested. Janice Wiegers
4/2/2002 Release Investigation JKW: Reviewed off-site well point investigation (report dated 1/8/02). Benzene present off-site at 61 ug/L south of the station. Downgradient plume appears to co-mingle with contamination from 230 Old Steese. Janice Wiegers
6/17/2002 Document, Report, or Work plan Review - other Groundwater monitoring report submitted. Samples were collected from MW-3, MW-5 and DP-3 on April 24 and 25. Other wells were frozed and could not be sampled. Benzene was detected in MW-5 (17 ppb) and DP-3 (15 ppb). VOCs checked in MW-5 - none detected. Janice Wiegers
11/19/2002 Document, Report, or Work plan Review - other Groundwater Monitoring Report submitted. Air sparge system turned off in May due to problem with blower (will be restarted in November). Nine wells sampled in October. Benzene exceeded cleanup level in MW-5 and DP-3 (max. 34 ppb). Groundwater flow/gradient not determined due to frost-jacking. Janice Wiegers
11/19/2002 Document, Report, or Work plan Review - other Groundwater monitoring report submitted. Air injection system turned off since May - scheduled to be fixed by mid-November. Nine groundwater samples collected on October 9. Benzene exceeded cleanup levels in MW-5 (18 ppb) and DP-3 (34 ppb). Janice Wiegers
8/13/2003 Document, Report, or Work plan Review - other Groundwater monitoring report submitted. Highest benzene concentration detected in DP-3 at 14 ppb. DRO increased in MW-3 and MW-5 to 2.4 ppm. Water samples were collected from wells along Front Street and Second Stree that are used for outdoor watering. After wells were purged, no contaminants were found. Janice Wiegers
11/27/2003 Document, Report, or Work plan Review - other Remediation and groundwater monitoring report submitted. System restarted in May after the blower was repaired (off for one year). After startup system shutdowns occurred due to overheating of the blower. Benzene was detected in MW-4, MW-5, MW-3, and DP-3, with the highest levels in MW-5 (170 ppb). The increased benzene concentration was attributed to the unusually high groundwater level in September. Janice Wiegers
12/12/2003 Update or Other Action Annual meeting with Williams. Williams plans to request temporary system shutdown to evaluate groundwater response. Survey into permanent benchmark planned to aid in coordination with US Travel site. Janice Wiegers
12/12/2003 Update or Other Action Annual Williams meeting. Williams plans to submit proposal for system shutdown test. Temporary benchmarks will be surveyed into permanent benchmarks to allow comparision to regional data. Janice Wiegers
1/8/2004 Update or Other Action A decision was made in 2004 by Williams and Holiday to sample selected sites for lead scavengers. The purpose of this investigation is to determine whether or not lead scavenger compounds such as ethylene dibromide and ethylene dichloride are viable constituents of concern. This site was (not) included for lead scavenging investigation based on risk ranking. Risk rank was determined by the presence of wells and potential receptors, known period of leaded gasoline sales at this site, the known presence/absence of Pb scavengers, and the general level of hydrocarbon concentrations. The first event for chosen high risk sites occurred in Spring 2004. (08 Sept) Lynne Bush
3/19/2004 Document, Report, or Work plan Review - other Workplan for lead scavenger sampling approved. EDB will be analyzed with EPA method 8260. Further evaluation with a method with a lower detection limit may be conducted in future sampling events. Janice Wiegers
4/2/2004 Document, Report, or Work plan Review - other Remedial objective and implementation strategy submitted. Shutdown of the VEAIS system proposed in order to test for rebound and consider system modifications. Proposal approved by ADEC on 4/15/04. Janice Wiegers
6/17/2004 Update or Other Action File review to approve cost recovery invoice. Lynne Bush
9/7/2004 Update or Other Action On 07 July 2004, Bush met with Holiday representative Bruce Anthony; Williams Express representative Terrie Blackburn; and Shannon & Wilson representatives Matt Hemry, Ben Heaver, and Tim Terry. The topic of discussions was plans for future activities at all former Williams Express Stations. (07 Sept) Lynne Bush
9/8/2004 Update or Other Action Approved delay for bi-annual reporting to include more recent remediation monitoring data. The new target date is early December. (27 Sept) Lynne Bush
10/12/2004 Update or Other Action Updated Facility Name, Responsible Party information, Comment section, and Problem description on the Storage Tank Program database, to accommodate more recent data and the change in ownership. (12 Oct) Lynne Bush
10/15/2004 Update or Other Action Requested update from Holiday on most recent groundwater flow direction, in response to the US Travel inquiry. Also, briefed DEC managers on this subject. Lynne Bush
10/15/2004 Update or Other Action US Travel, a nearby contaminated site, inquired about the possibility that HSS 618 contributes to groundwater contamination at its site. This does not appear likely, but investigation is ongoing. Lynne Bush
1/11/2005 Update or Other Action Received semi-annual monitoring report for this site. Lynne Bush
10/21/2005 Update or Other Action Begin review of file in response to NFRAP request. Lynne Bush
5/9/2006 Update or Other Action Project management transferred from Bush to O'Connell. Aggie Blandford
5/10/2006 Conditional Closure Approved NFRAP issued March 22, 2006 by Frechione. GW monitoring to continue at MW-4, MW-5, MW-6, and DP-3. Bill O'Connell
5/10/2006 Institutional Control Record Established 1. An institutional control will be recorded on the ADEC database that identifies the nature and extent of the contamination remaining on the site. In addition the attached “Notice of Environmental Cleanup and Residual Soil and Groundwater Contamination” will need to be recorded on the property deed. These will serve as notification to future owners/operators of the property of the environmental status of the site and any conditions that apply to future management of contamination. 2. ADEC shall be notified prior to off site transport of soil or groundwater in accordance with 18 AAC 78.274(b). 3. The aboveground components of the remediation system, the vapor extraction wells (VES-1, and VES-4 through VES-9), and the air sparge wells (AS-1 through AS-5) shall be decommissioned in accordance with accepted practices and a work plan approved by ADEC. 4. Groundwater monitoring shall be required in accordance with an ADEC approved monitoring plan. A groundwater monitoring plan will be submitted to ADEC for review and approval, prior to the next sampling event to occur next fall which should include monitoring wells MW-4 (BTEX), MW-5 (BTEX and DRO), MW-6 (BTEX and DRO), and DP-3 (BTEX and DRO). 5. Monitoring wells MW-1, MW-2, MW-3, and MW-7 shall be decommissioned in accordance with accepted practices. 6. Groundwater wells will not be installed on this property without prior approval from ADEC. 7. A deed notice (Notice of Environmental Contamination) shall be recorded in the State Recorder’s Office that identifies the nature and extent of contamination at the property and any conditions that the owners and operators are subject to in accordance with this decision document. A copy of the recorded notice shall be provided to ADEC within thirty (30) days of its recordation. Bill O'Connell
8/28/2006 Update or Other Action Date of Monitoring Well and Remediation System Decommissioning report. Two groundwater monitoring wells (MW-2 and MW-3), 7 vapor extraction wells, and 5 air injection wells were decommission. Wells MW-1 and MW-7 were previously destroyed during Steese Highway road construction. MW-4, MW-5, MW-6, VES-10, and DP-3 were left in place for future groundwater monitoring. Keather McLoone
6/11/2007 Document, Report, or Work plan Review - other Received 2006 groundwater monitoring report. QA/QC conducted. Analytes detected above Table C cleanup levels in MW-6 and DP-3. Contamination in MW-6 above Table C for the first time, with benzene at 0.0618 mg/l and DRO at 1.52 mg/l. Bill O'Connell
9/19/2008 Update or Other Action Receipt electronically of September 2007 Groundwater Monitoring report. Review included laboratory review checklist. Benzene in MW-6 still above Table C during 2007 event. Requested clarification of lab report GRO LCS/LCSD information (reporting error rather than analytical error). Keather McLoone
4/28/2009 Update or Other Action Receipt electronically of September 2008 Groundwater Monitoring report. Review included laboratory review checklist - DRO results should be considered estimated with a high bias due to associated method blank contamination. ADEC suggested to Holiday/S&W that this site looks like a candidate for long term monitoring complete. MW-4, MW-5, MW-6, DP-3 are the wells that remain in the monitoring program at this point in time. Four wells had been decommissioned following the CC with ICs decision. These wells all show stable or decreasing trends in concentration and are not offsite wells. Keather McLoone
4/29/2009 Long Term Monitoring Complete see previous action entered yesterday for details. Keather McLoone
5/21/2009 Document, Report, or Work plan Review - other Approval of Work Plan for Monitoring Well Decomissioning at Holiday Station Store 618. Three remaining groundwater monitoring wells and one drive point well will be decommissioned. One vapor extraction well will also be decommissioned (confirmed via email dated today). Work is scheduled for late June/July to allow the soil to thaw. Keather McLoone
1/11/2010 Document, Report, or Work plan Review - other Date of receipt of Monitoring Well Decommissioning report. Three groundwater monitoring wells, one vapor extraction (VES) wells and one drive point well were decommissioned during July 2009. Keather McLoone
12/1/2011 Update or Other Action The current project manager chose to retain management of this site with the Cleanup Complete Determination that has Institutional Controls. Kristin Thompson
12/2/2015 Institutional Control Compliance Review IC compliance review conducted, staff name changed from Nuechterlein to IC Unit, long term monitoring has been completed, scheduled the reminder system to send an IC review letter in the near future. A periodic review of the ICs will be scheduled for every five years. Evonne Reese
12/8/2015 Institutional Control Update An IC reminder letter was sent to the responsible party on this date. Nathan Maxwell
12/18/2015 Institutional Control Periodic Reporting Received a letter from Holiday Companies on this date stating that there have been no activities at this site that would require reporting under the institutional controls. Nathan Maxwell
3/23/2017 Institutional Control Compliance Review IC compliance review conducted. Closure/IC Details updated. Periodic review schedule reduced to every three years due to this site having a groundwater use restriction as one of the institutional control requirements. Reminder system set for the next follow-up to occur in 2018. Kristin Thompson
5/29/2019 Institutional Control Update An Institutional Controls reminder letter e-mailed to the responsible party on this date. Mossy Mead
6/28/2019 Institutional Control Compliance Review Received a letter from Holiday Companies on this date stating that there have been no activities at this site that would require reporting under the institutional controls. Mossy Mead
5/17/2021 Update or Other Action As part of road widening activities, DOT excavated test pits to three feet along Third Street and sampled for VOCs and GRO, DRO, and RRO. Contaminants were not observed above DEC soil cleanup levels. Janice Wiegers
6/14/2024 Institutional Control Compliance Review IC compliance review completed on this date. An IC reminder letter was e-mailed to the landowner. The next review will be in five years’ time. Gaige Robinson

Contaminant Information

Name Level Description Media Comments
Benzene > Table C Groundwater
GRO > Table C Groundwater
DRO > Table C Groundwater

Control Type

Type Details
Notice of Environmental Contamination Document ID #2006-022301-0 filed in the Fairbanks Recording District on 8/30/2006.
CS Database Notation And Letter To Landowner/RP

Requirements

Description Details
Groundwater Use Restrictions Groundwater wells will not be installed on the property without prior approval from ADEC.
Periodic Review ADEC will conduct a review of site conditions every three years.
Advance approval required to transport soil or groundwater off-site. Standard condition.
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) Standard condition.

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