Site Report: St Law NEC Site 01 Burn Area
| Site Name: | St Law NEC Site 01 Burn Area |
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| Address: | Northeast Cape, Saint Lawrence Island, Savoonga, AK 99769 |
| File Number: | 475.38.013 |
| Hazard ID: | 242 |
| Status: | Active |
| Staff: | Erica Blake, 9074512182 erica.blake@alaska.gov |
| Latitude: | 63.325028 |
| Longitude: | -168.973917 |
| Horizontal Datum: | NAD83 |
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Problems/Comments
Site operated 1957-1972. There are 29 separate sites associated with the main facility not including the White Alice site (Site 31) which is uphill about 1/2 mile. Site 30 is the name given to the various background sampling areas. The burn area was listed based on input from a public meeting in 1991. The Savoonga Native Corportation related that the area southeast of the landing strip had been used to burn sorbants and fuel oil collected from an approximately 40,000-gallon spill at the Headquarters Area. Subsequent investigation has not shown any indications of contamination. There was no soil staining, distressed vegetation odor or burn marks. The site is proposed for no further action. (update 9 07) An area of DRO impacts (19,000 mg/kg) was noted during a the 2006 investigation. The DEC will propose cleanup during future work. EPA ID # D981765894. DERP/FUDS. See 475.15.006 for additional information. (rpltr3.1) Last staff assigned were Noland, Ortelee, Markey, Kalu, Rutkowski and Brownlee. A Building Demolition/Debris Removal was completed in 2003. All the buildings, above ground structures and debris were removed including those at the White Alice site.
Action Information
| Action Date | Action | Description | DEC Staff |
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| 11/9/2004 | Site Added to Database | Site dupliated from "St Lawrence NE Cape/DERP-Army 13", Reckey 198532X917913. | Jeff Brownlee |
| 5/30/2007 | Exposure Tracking Model Ranking | Jeff Brownlee | |
| 7/10/2007 | Proposed Plan | Final approved | Jeff Brownlee |
| 11/7/2008 | Update or Other Action | Contaminated Sites staff reviewed a draft Decision Document for the Northeast Cape Formerly Used Defense Site (FUDS) on Saint Lawrence Island. There are several sites at the former surveillance station and White Alice Site to be remediated. The Headquarters Area has extensive diesel range organics impacting soil and groundwater. An insitu chemical oxidation pilot test will be done at a portion of this area to assess effectiveness for treating the larger contaminant mass. The drainage and wetlands below the Headquarters Area is planned for dredging or excavation of the more highly impacted sediments. There are several sites that will be excavated for petroleum and Polychlorinated Biphenyl (PCB) soil contamination. There will be institutional controls on several areas including two landfills, areas with residual petroleum impacts and shallow groundwater use controls | Jeff Brownlee |
| 8/10/2010 | Site Visit | Staff conducted site visits to observe the status of ongoing remediation work being conducted by the Army Corps. of Engineers under the 2010 HTRW Removal Action Work Plan. 2010 remediation efforts included the removal of 1,500 tons of PCB-contaminated soil at sites 13, 21, and 31; the removal of 2,700 tons of petroleum-contaminated soil at Sites 3, 6, and 32, the removal of 17 tons of arsenic-contaminated soil at Site 21; construction of a landfill cap at Site 9; and the removal of 38.5 tons of metal and wood debris from Sites 9, 29, and site wide. Other work conducted included a UVOST investigation to delineate the petroleum-contaminated soil at the main operations complex, ground water monitoring at the main operations complex, and monitoring of natural attenuation of diesel contamination at Site 8 via surface water and sediment sampling. | Curtis Dunkin |
| 2/3/2011 | Exposure Tracking Model Ranking | Initial ranking with ETM completed for source area id: 71222 name: Suspected Fire Training Pit | Bianca Reece |
| 10/13/2015 | Meeting or Teleconference Held | CS staff participated in the semiannual Restoration Advisory Board (RAB) meeting which was conducted in Savoonga, AK on Saint Lawrence Island. Participants included representatives from the Army Corps of Engineers, ADEC, Savoonga residents and RAB members, the Alaska Community Action on Toxics, and the University of Alaska, Anchorage (UAA). The agenda included presentations by the Army Corps which summarized the 2014 and 2015 remedial efforts and results. The Army Corps conducted the last major removal and offsite disposal actions in 2014 and conducted groundwater monitoring at the Main Operations Complex in 2015; the 2015 draft report is pending. Dr. Frank von Hippel of UAA presented a summary of the results from a multi-year fish tissue sampling and analysis study to evaluate PCBs in Nine-spine Stickleback and AK Blackfish in the Suqi River; the drainage of which flows through the Northeast Cape FUDS. | Curtis Dunkin |
| 1/9/2017 | CERCLA Removal Action Report | ADEC received the Final 2014 Northeast Cape Removal Action Report (which is dated May 2016), and submitted final approval of the report to the Army Corps of Engineers. Site characterization and removal action requirements that are outlined in the 2009 Decision Document were conducted in consecutive years since 2009 and were completed in 2014. Future and ongoing work planned within the current five-year review period (2014-2018) includes monitoring as well as follow-on sampling and analyses of surface waters, sediments, groundwater, and soils; including the development and implementation of land use controls, and notices of environmental contamination with the landowner. | Curtis Dunkin |
| 2/15/2019 | CERCLA ROD Periodic Review | CERCLA Five-year Review Questionnaire Submitted: ADEC completed its responses to the questionnaire (5 pages) for the prospective draft Second CERCLA Five-year Review for the Northeast Cape FUDS sites and submitted its responses to the Army Corps of Engineers. Scheduled distribution date of the draft review report is May 2019. | Curtis Dunkin |
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