Site Report: Petro Marine Petersburg
| Site Name: | Petro Marine Petersburg |
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| Address: | 901 South Nordic Drive, 0.5 Mitkof Highway, Petersburg, AK 99833 |
| File Number: | 1521.38.008 |
| Hazard ID: | 2380 |
| Status: | Cleanup Complete |
| Staff: | No Longer Assigned, 9074655229 dec.icunit@alaska.gov |
| Latitude: | 56.807393 |
| Longitude: | -132.971571 |
| 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
In 1996, Petro Marine Services (PM) drained a clay-lined fluid containment pond to prepare the site for installation of new bulk fuel tanks and a concrete fluid containment area. Consultant for PM performed test-pit sample field screening inside the containment pond and identified petroleum contamination in the upper layer of organic soil along the containment dike and on the bottom of the drained pond. During excavation, contaminated soil was separated from clean soil by field screening. An estimated volume of one thousand cubic yards was placed into a storage cell located off-site at 3.75 Mitkof Highway. After the removal action, eight confirmation samples of soil were collected in the footprint of the new tank farm site. Each of the laboratory sample results were below instrument detection for petroleum. Analytical samples collected from the contaminated soil stockpile were below site-specific Level C cleanup levels.
Action Information
| Action Date | Action | Description | DEC Staff |
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| 6/30/1996 | Cleanup Plan Approved | (Old R:Base Action Code = RAPA - Remedial Action Plan Approval). Biocell plan for soils removed from the former containment area. Additional investigation needed on remainder of former facility, truck rack, tank area, and pipeline. | Sally Schlichting |
| 8/2/1996 | Update or Other Action | Approved spreading of soils from biocell (meeting Level C) in the vicinity of the biocell. Letter to Dick Knapp in site file. | Sally Schlichting |
| 10/9/1996 | Site Added to Database | Contaminated soils. | Sally Schlichting |
| 10/9/1996 | Site Ranked Using the AHRM | Medium Priority. | Sally Schlichting |
| 11/30/2001 | Site Characterization Report Approved | For the July 1996 Smith Bayliss LeResche report. | Bill Janes |
| 11/30/2001 | Interim Removal Action Approved | For the May 1996 removal of 600 cubic yards of contaminated soil. Placed in a bioremediation cell at Mile 3.75 Mitkof Highway. | Bill Janes |
| 1/8/2002 | Update or Other Action | Project tickler update - Called Petersburg and asked for Dick Knapp to see if additional work described in 6/30/96 database entry was ever done. Knapp no longer with Petro M. Was told to call Dick Bevans at Juneau plant at 586-4400 but no answer. Called him and he told me to call Bill Schoephoeser, Environmental Compliance Officer, at 562-5000. Left voice mail message explaining situation. | Bill Janes |
| 1/9/2002 | Update or Other Action | Additional investigation needed on remainder of former facility, truck rack, tank area, and pipeline. Because this is an operating bulk fuel plant I am not requiring this to be done until when and if the facility closes. | Bill Janes |
| 2/26/2008 | Exposure Tracking Model Ranking | Initial ranking with ETM completed. | Bill Janes |
| 5/4/2010 | Potentially Responsible Party/State Interest Letter | DEC issued a letter informing the RP of DEC's cleanup process including cost recovery. DEC requested an update of cleanup or investigative actions that Petro Marine has conducted since 1996. | Todd Blessing |
| 7/2/2010 | Update or Other Action | File transferred to Anchorage 1/27/2010 | Susan Carberry |
| 9/19/2011 | Site Visit | A new 14,000 square-foot concrete foundation with a containment berm perimeter was built over the former containment pond site and bulk fuel tanks were installed inside. The footprint of the former bulk fuel tank farm site and the terminal piping run south of Nordic Drive were cleared of all structures. These exposed areas were inspected by the DEC in September 2011 and no sheen or indication of petroleum contamination was observed in the saturated surface soil. DEC requested a work plan be submitted characterize surface soil in the footprint of the former tank farm site in 2012 for diesel range hydrocarbon fractions (DRO). The truck rack on Nordic Drive remains as before the 1996 upgrade with effective containment and no indication of contamination and will not be investigated. | Bruce Wanstall |
| 11/30/2011 | Document, Report, or Work plan Review - other | DEC has reviewed Soil Characterization & Closure Plan, Petro Marine Petersburg Facilities (Workplan) dated and received by electronic mail today. R&M Engineering-Ketchikan completed the work plan to conduct Site Characterization sampling of surface soil at the former fuel tank site at the Petro Marine Petersburg active bulk fuel facility and areas contaminated by historical oil spills at the inactive bulk fuel tank site Petersburg AFS Tank Farm also known as Former Unocal Petersburg Bulk Fuel Plant No. 0581 and Chevron Facility 350884, ConocoPhillips Site #0923 and Former Tosco Bulk Plant No. 0581. The Workplan correctly identifies exposure pathways and receptors at the site and the fate and transport mechanisms for contaminated media. In accordance with 18 AAC 75.355 (b), qualified impartial third party person(s) drafted the Workplan and will collect the soil samples using methods consistent with DEC methodology. The sampling and analysis plan meets field and laboratory report quality assurance criteria in Contaminated Sites Program guidance documents,therefore the Workplan is approved in accordance with 18 AAC 75.335(d). | Bruce Wanstall |
| 1/7/2013 | Exposure Tracking Model Ranking | A new updated ranking with ETM has been completed for source area 73358 Bulk Fuel Facility. | Bruce Wanstall |
| 2/21/2013 | Institutional Control Record Established | Institutional Controls established and entered into the database. | Bruce Wanstall |
| 2/21/2013 | Institutional Control Record Removed | The historical DEC approved Method One Level C cleanup levels for soil are above the Method Two Table B2 DRO cleanup level for over 40 inch zone migration to groundwater but below the ingestion inhalation levels. A deminimis volume of remaining soil had a level of BAP above the M2 TB1 >40-in zone direct contact level but below the BAP M2 TB1 MTG regulatory cleanup level. These residual COCs do not present an unacceptable exposure risk at the active commercial fuel distributor facilty. | Bruce Wanstall |
| 2/21/2013 | Cleanup Complete Determination Issued | By law, DEC is required to recover expenses incurred during cleanup, including staff oversight time. Current and former landowners may be liable for state cleanup expenditures. The cleanup actions to date have served to excavate and adequately remove contaminated soil from the site. Based on the information available, DEC has determined no further assessment or cleanup action is required. There is no longer a risk to human health or the environment, however DEC approval is required for off-site soil disposal in accordance with AAC 75.325(i) and any movement or use of potentially contaminated soil in a manner that results in a violation of 18 AAC 70 water quality standards is unlawful. This determination is in accordance with 18 AAC 75.380 and does not preclude DEC from requiring additional assessment and/or cleanup action if future information indicates that this site may pose an unacceptable risk to human health or the environment | Bruce Wanstall |
| 2/21/2013 | Exposure Tracking Model Ranking | A new updated ranking with ETM has been completed for source area 73358 Bulk Fuel Facility. | Bruce Wanstall |
Contaminant Information
| Name | Level Description | Media | Comments |
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| DRO | Between Method 2 Migration to Groundwater and Human Health/Ingestion/Inhalation | Soil |
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.