Site Report: Northway Staging Field /DERP OU1

Site Name:	Northway Staging Field /DERP OU1
Address:	Mile 4 - 7 Northway Road, Northway Airport, Northway, AK 99764
File Number:	170.38.028
Hazard ID:	243
Status:	Cleanup Complete
Staff:	No Longer Assigned, 9074655229 dec.icunit@alaska.gov
Latitude:	62.961660
Longitude:	-141.937190
Horizontal Datum:

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.

Site Chronology
IC / Closure Details
Documents
Associated Sites

Problems/Comments

Approximately 50 POL barrels located at the west end of the runway and tar-contaminated soils are located east of the runway. Numerous reports of alleged petroleum and solvent spills that may have contaminated soil, ground and surface waters. The primary health concern is with water contamination, and presence of leaking storage tanks, their contents and condition unknown. A DDT/DDE source is suspected in the area due to low levels of DDE detected. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has conducted creek sediment and fish sampling and suspect a DDT/DDE source in the area. ADEC received a citizen complaint 11/13/90 describing seven sites of possible contamination that includes several dump areas containing drums and debris and possible contaminated drinking water and are presently recognized by the Army Corps of Engineers. Several dumps, particularly along the Northway Road and Moose Creek, area have not been addressed by the Corps. Several homes are built on dumps attributed to military activity during WWII. Extent of contamination appears extensive, extending over several acres. The area of the site includes 12 square miles surrounding the airstrip in a wetlands environment with water table located less than 6' below ground surface. The Corps has scheduled remedial design in FY93. Land ownership in the area is complicated but site appears to be owned by both state and federal agencies. According to the FUDS Site Summary dated 2/21/96, restoration includes a pipeline, several hundred 55 gallon POL drums, above and underground fuel tanks, and mounds of tar contaminated soil. Possible LUST. Possible DERP-FUD - may not be listed yet. EPA ID# AK0690590088 - CERCLIS site. (rpltr4) (rpltr6) Cross reference file 170.38.001 and 170.02.011.

Action Information

Action Date	Action	Description	DEC Staff
9/11/1985	Preliminary Assessment Approved	Woodward-Clyde conducted a site inventory 9/11/85 for the Army Corps of Engineers and produced a report, date unknown. The site has been a military site beginning in 1942 and is slated for cleanup under DERA funding.	Former Staff
7/13/1986	Update or Other Action	(Old R:Base Action Code = MS - Monitoring/Sampling). Sampling apparently conducted without any QA/AC information and sampling methods and materials is not discussed. Tested for PCBs, metals, semi-volatile organic compounds and volatile organic compounds. High levels of toluene, acetone and ethylbenzene were found in a sample taken near underground storage tanks. Depth of sample not reported.	Former Staff
3/24/1990	Update or Other Action	(Old R:Base Action Code = SI - Site Investigation). U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service proposal to do additional sampling of fish and wildlife populations for DDT/DDE residue concentrations. Proposes collecting and analyzing 16 soil samples, 20 fish tissue samples and 10 eagle and osprey eggs. Also proposes to evaluate the need and/or feasibility of a cleanup of the asphalt barrel dump site.	Former Staff
10/23/1990	Site Added to Database	Pesticide and suspected petroleum hydrocarbon contamination.	Former Staff
3/26/1991	Site Ranked Using the AHRM	Attempted ranking but all three exposure indices are unknown at this time and additional sampling information is needed.	Former Staff
5/15/1991	Site Ranked Using the AHRM	Used ranking from Reckey 199033X931701 after it was combined with this Reckey. Changed Toxicity Value from 2 to 4; SW Exposure Index Value from 0 to 0.4; SW Usage Value from 0.2 to 1; SW Exposure Index Value from 0 to 1; SW Environments from 2 to 3; and Environmental/Recreation Area from 2 to 3. Former score was 33.	Katarina Rutkowski
8/23/1991	Update or Other Action	(Old R:Base Action Codes = RECN - Site Reconnaissance (CS) and MS - Monitoring/Sampling). Kalu and Noland conducted a site inspection to document number of potential sites along Northway Road. Wooden barrel dump near Moose Creek not sampled due to need for level C or B protection. Lorraine Titus yard tested for Pesticides/PCBs and waste dump at Enna Albert's house was also sampled for Pesticides/PCBs. An underground storage tank near basketball court at the airstrip. May possibly be on state land. RP appears to be Federal Aviation Administration.	Kalu Kalu
3/27/1992	Preliminary Assessment Approved	ADEC received PA for Northway Staging Area which was completed by Ecology and Environment for the FAA. Report discusses other sites in the Northway area. Petroleum contamination found in soil and groundwater in housing area. Levels unknown. Pipeline breaks, spills and several USTs also may be sources of contamination. Electrical equipment needs testing for PCBs.	Former Staff
3/31/1993	Preliminary Assessment Approved	(Old R:Base Action Code = SA1R - Phase I SA Review (CS/LUST)). PA/SI conducted for the village of Northway by D&M last October and submitted to the department in February 1993. Further investigation and assessment work is required at this site.	Former Staff
1/9/1994	Update or Other Action	(Old R:Base Action Code = RPL2 - Site Information Request Letter). ADEC sent PRP-CS Database Notification Letter to RP requesting update and more environmental information concerning contaminated site. RP received letter, but as of this "complete date" no response.	Jeff Peterson
2/23/1994	Update or Other Action	(Old R:Base Action Code = RPL2 - Site Information Request Letter). ADEC sent PRP-CS Database Notification Letter to RP requesting update and more environmental information concerning contaminated site. As of this "complete date" no response has been received.	Jeff Peterson
4/18/1994	Update or Other Action	(Old R:Base Action Code = RAPR - Remedial Action Plan Review (CS)). Received Volume 2 Draft Field Work Plans.	Bob Couch
8/24/1994	Meeting or Teleconference Held	A Public Meeting was called by Dames and Moore to outline the field sampling and introduce the field personnel. Field work is scheduled to last six weeks. The sampling will be completed sometime in October at which time another Public Meeting will be held to go over the results.	Bill Smyth
8/24/1994	Update or Other Action	(Old R:Base Action Code = SI - Site Investigation). Dames and Moore completed an extensive field sampling and site investigation at the Northway FUDS sites (10/3/94). A report summarizing the results will be prepared and submitted sometime before the first of the year.	Bill Smyth
10/14/1994	Update or Other Action	Reviewed and updated file. Site is part of bigger, designated contamination area, i.e., Northway Contamination. Remediation of this site appears to be inclusive with extensive remediation efforts in both this site and the Former Military Staging Field (DERP) and Airstrip Dump. These sites have a bit of everything, from batteries to tar to pesticides.	Jackie Dupee
4/15/1995	Update or Other Action	(Old R:Base Action Code = RAPR - Remedial Action Plan Review (CS)). Received: Draft Project Plan; Draft Community Relations/Public Involvement and Response Plan; Draft Site Safety and Health Plan.	Bob Couch
2/9/1996	Update or Other Action	(Old R:Base Action Code = RI - Remedial Investigation). Received from Dames and Moore, Draft Report Phase II Remedial Investigation Report / Feasibility Study (1995 Focused Remedial Investigation).	Clint Adler
3/29/1996	Update or Other Action	Received "Final Physical hazard Evaluation Report" for the Northway Staging Filed Site and Comments attached.	Clint Adler
4/4/1996	Update or Other Action	(Old R:Base Action Code = RARR - Remedial Action Report Review (CS)). Received "Draft Remedial Action Report", Volumes 1 and 2.	Clint Adler
5/22/1996	Interim Removal Action Approved	Work Plan, Northway Staging Area, Interim Removal Action Draft received, June 4, 1996.	Clint Adler
6/4/1996	Site Characterization Report Approved	(Old R:Base Action Code = FS - Feasibility Study (General)). Community Relations Summaries Report; Remedial Investigation / Feasibility Study; Phase II RI/FS (1995 Focused Remedial Investigation), Volume 1 of 2: Final Report and Volume 2 of 2: Appendices A through M; review Comments to Draft Report (January 1996) with Dames and Moore's Responses and Annotations.	Clint Adler
6/4/1996	Update or Other Action	(Old R:Base Action Code = RI - Remedial Investigation). Draft Work Plan, Phase III, Release Investigation, Volume 1 of 2: Project Plan, Sampling and Analysis Plan, Monitoring Well Decommissioning Plan and Investigative-Derived Waste Plan; and Volume 2 of 2: Project Health and Safety Plan.	Clint Adler
6/30/1996	Update or Other Action	Final Report, Background Sample Data Evaluation, Northway Staging Field Site, Northway, Alaska, Contract Number DACA85-93-D-0008 (DO 0011), D and M Job Number 03221-042-160, received two (2) final reports, June 20, 1996.	Clint Adler
7/1/1996	Update or Other Action	Technical Memorandum #1, Draft, Ham Lake (Area 43), Northway Staging Field Site, Northway, Alaska, received August 19, 1996.	Clint Adler
7/1/1996	Update or Other Action	(Old R:Base Action Code = RI - Remedial Investigation). Final Work Plan, Phase III Remedial Investigation, Northway Staging Field Site, Northway, Alaska, Volume 2 of 2: Project Health and Safety Plan, received August 16, 1996.	Clint Adler
7/1/1996	Update or Other Action	(Old R:Base Action Code = RI - Remedial Investigation). Final Work Plan, Phase III Remedial Investigation, Northway Staging Field Site, Northway, Alaska, Volume 1 of 2: Project Plan, Sampling and Analysis Plan, Monitoring Well Decommissioning Plan, Investigative Derived Waste Plan, received August 16, 1996.	Clint Adler
3/1/1997	Proposed Plan	Grouping of OU1.	Katarina Rutkowski
3/20/1997	Update or Other Action	Site updated by Shannon and Wilson, based on the FUDS Site Summary dated 2/21/96.	S&W
4/1/1997	Update or Other Action	Section 6 of Phase III investigation. Contract to E&E for Risk Assessment review.	Katarina Rutkowski
4/1/1997	Site Characterization Report Approved	Phase III RI.	Katarina Rutkowski
11/10/1997	Site Number Identifier Changed	Duplicate sites. Combined redundant data from Reckey 199033X931701 in to this site.	Katarina Rutkowski
6/1/1998	Site Characterization Report Approved	Site Characterization Report Approved this date.	Katarina Rutkowski
7/1/1998	Interim Removal Action Approved	WP for Ham Lake and POL Grease Pits.	Katarina Rutkowski
9/22/1999	Interim Removal Action Approved	Further investigation at Ham Lake (area 43 and TACAN (area 8).	Jeff Brownlee
10/15/1999	Update or Other Action	Site separated into two Operable Units (1 and 2). OU1 consists of 32 areas that were recommended for NFA in the March 1997 Proposed Plan.	Jeff Brownlee
4/18/2000	Update or Other Action	Reviewed draft addendum site characterization report. Installation of three monitoring wells at the TACAN site. DRO at about 3.5 mg/L in two wells. Ham Lake - free product found in HL-2, which is a monitoring well within the 1998 excavation footprint. DRO soil contamination found between the limits of this excavation and Ham Lake, 30,000 - 100,000 mg/kg. Also Benzene soil contamination found at the southeast boundary of 1998 excavation up to 23 mg/kg adjacent to a concrete pad. DRO impacts to GW at the TACAN site show a decreasing concentration trend.	Jeff Brownlee
1/30/2001	Update or Other Action	Draft No Further Action Report received for OU1.	Debra Caillouet
3/5/2001	Update or Other Action	File number updated from 170.02.011 to 170.38.028.	Mitzi Read
12/23/2002	Site Closure Approved	Decision Document for OU1, comprising 31 sites of which 21were of military origin, has been signed closing all of the sites.	Debra Caillouet
12/29/2009	Update or Other Action	A revised Inventory Project Report (INPR) was received for the Northway Staging Field. The US Army Corps of Engineers has divided the staging field into four projects so that closures of the individual sites within the staging field can be counted. One project consists of the OU1 and OU3 sites that have already been closed by DEC, the next contains OU4 and OU5 sites that are ready for closure. The third project is the Ham Lake site that requires a Feasibility Study, Proposed Plan and Decision Document. The last project includes four areas that have data gaps that need to be resolved, Areas 4, 24, 26 and 48.	Debra Caillouet

Action Date

Action

Description

DEC Staff

9/11/1985

Preliminary Assessment Approved

Woodward-Clyde conducted a site inventory 9/11/85 for the Army Corps of Engineers and produced a report, date unknown. The site has been a military site beginning in 1942 and is slated for cleanup under DERA funding.

Former Staff

7/13/1986

Update or Other Action

(Old R:Base Action Code = MS - Monitoring/Sampling). Sampling apparently conducted without any QA/AC information and sampling methods and materials is not discussed. Tested for PCBs, metals, semi-volatile organic compounds and volatile organic compounds. High levels of toluene, acetone and ethylbenzene were found in a sample taken near underground storage tanks. Depth of sample not reported.

Former Staff

3/24/1990

Update or Other Action

(Old R:Base Action Code = SI - Site Investigation). U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service proposal to do additional sampling of fish and wildlife populations for DDT/DDE residue concentrations. Proposes collecting and analyzing 16 soil samples, 20 fish tissue samples and 10 eagle and osprey eggs. Also proposes to evaluate the need and/or feasibility of a cleanup of the asphalt barrel dump site.

Former Staff

10/23/1990

Site Added to Database

Pesticide and suspected petroleum hydrocarbon contamination.

Former Staff

3/26/1991

Site Ranked Using the AHRM

Attempted ranking but all three exposure indices are unknown at this time and additional sampling information is needed.

Former Staff

5/15/1991

Site Ranked Using the AHRM

Used ranking from Reckey 199033X931701 after it was combined with this Reckey. Changed Toxicity Value from 2 to 4; SW Exposure Index Value from 0 to 0.4; SW Usage Value from 0.2 to 1; SW Exposure Index Value from 0 to 1; SW Environments from 2 to 3; and Environmental/Recreation Area from 2 to 3. Former score was 33.

Katarina Rutkowski

8/23/1991

Update or Other Action

(Old R:Base Action Codes = RECN - Site Reconnaissance (CS) and MS - Monitoring/Sampling). Kalu and Noland conducted a site inspection to document number of potential sites along Northway Road. Wooden barrel dump near Moose Creek not sampled due to need for level C or B protection. Lorraine Titus yard tested for Pesticides/PCBs and waste dump at Enna Albert's house was also sampled for Pesticides/PCBs. An underground storage tank near basketball court at the airstrip. May possibly be on state land. RP appears to be Federal Aviation Administration.

Kalu Kalu

3/27/1992

Preliminary Assessment Approved

ADEC received PA for Northway Staging Area which was completed by Ecology and Environment for the FAA. Report discusses other sites in the Northway area. Petroleum contamination found in soil and groundwater in housing area. Levels unknown. Pipeline breaks, spills and several USTs also may be sources of contamination. Electrical equipment needs testing for PCBs.

Former Staff

3/31/1993

Preliminary Assessment Approved

(Old R:Base Action Code = SA1R - Phase I SA Review (CS/LUST)). PA/SI conducted for the village of Northway by D&M last October and submitted to the department in February 1993. Further investigation and assessment work is required at this site.

Former Staff

1/9/1994

Update or Other Action

(Old R:Base Action Code = RPL2 - Site Information Request Letter). ADEC sent PRP-CS Database Notification Letter to RP requesting update and more environmental information concerning contaminated site. RP received letter, but as of this "complete date" no response.

Jeff Peterson

2/23/1994

Update or Other Action

(Old R:Base Action Code = RPL2 - Site Information Request Letter). ADEC sent PRP-CS Database Notification Letter to RP requesting update and more environmental information concerning contaminated site. As of this "complete date" no response has been received.

Jeff Peterson

4/18/1994

Update or Other Action

(Old R:Base Action Code = RAPR - Remedial Action Plan Review (CS)). Received Volume 2 Draft Field Work Plans.

Bob Couch

8/24/1994

Meeting or Teleconference Held

A Public Meeting was called by Dames and Moore to outline the field sampling and introduce the field personnel. Field work is scheduled to last six weeks. The sampling will be completed sometime in October at which time another Public Meeting will be held to go over the results.

Bill Smyth

8/24/1994

Update or Other Action

(Old R:Base Action Code = SI - Site Investigation). Dames and Moore completed an extensive field sampling and site investigation at the Northway FUDS sites (10/3/94). A report summarizing the results will be prepared and submitted sometime before the first of the year.

Bill Smyth

10/14/1994

Update or Other Action

Reviewed and updated file. Site is part of bigger, designated contamination area, i.e., Northway Contamination. Remediation of this site appears to be inclusive with extensive remediation efforts in both this site and the Former Military Staging Field (DERP) and Airstrip Dump. These sites have a bit of everything, from batteries to tar to pesticides.

Jackie Dupee

4/15/1995

Update or Other Action

(Old R:Base Action Code = RAPR - Remedial Action Plan Review (CS)). Received: Draft Project Plan; Draft Community Relations/Public Involvement and Response Plan; Draft Site Safety and Health Plan.

Bob Couch

2/9/1996

Update or Other Action

(Old R:Base Action Code = RI - Remedial Investigation). Received from Dames and Moore, Draft Report Phase II Remedial Investigation Report / Feasibility Study (1995 Focused Remedial Investigation).

Clint Adler

3/29/1996

Update or Other Action

Received "Final Physical hazard Evaluation Report" for the Northway Staging Filed Site and Comments attached.

Clint Adler

4/4/1996

Update or Other Action

(Old R:Base Action Code = RARR - Remedial Action Report Review (CS)). Received "Draft Remedial Action Report", Volumes 1 and 2.

Clint Adler

5/22/1996

Interim Removal Action Approved

Work Plan, Northway Staging Area, Interim Removal Action Draft received, June 4, 1996.

Clint Adler

6/4/1996

Site Characterization Report Approved

(Old R:Base Action Code = FS - Feasibility Study (General)). Community Relations Summaries Report; Remedial Investigation / Feasibility Study; Phase II RI/FS (1995 Focused Remedial Investigation), Volume 1 of 2: Final Report and Volume 2 of 2: Appendices A through M; review Comments to Draft Report (January 1996) with Dames and Moore's Responses and Annotations.

Clint Adler

6/4/1996

Update or Other Action

(Old R:Base Action Code = RI - Remedial Investigation). Draft Work Plan, Phase III, Release Investigation, Volume 1 of 2: Project Plan, Sampling and Analysis Plan, Monitoring Well Decommissioning Plan and Investigative-Derived Waste Plan; and Volume 2 of 2: Project Health and Safety Plan.

Clint Adler

6/30/1996

Update or Other Action

Final Report, Background Sample Data Evaluation, Northway Staging Field Site, Northway, Alaska, Contract Number DACA85-93-D-0008 (DO 0011), D and M Job Number 03221-042-160, received two (2) final reports, June 20, 1996.

Clint Adler

7/1/1996

Update or Other Action

Technical Memorandum #1, Draft, Ham Lake (Area 43), Northway Staging Field Site, Northway, Alaska, received August 19, 1996.

Clint Adler

7/1/1996

Update or Other Action

(Old R:Base Action Code = RI - Remedial Investigation). Final Work Plan, Phase III Remedial Investigation, Northway Staging Field Site, Northway, Alaska, Volume 2 of 2: Project Health and Safety Plan, received August 16, 1996.

Clint Adler

7/1/1996

Update or Other Action

(Old R:Base Action Code = RI - Remedial Investigation). Final Work Plan, Phase III Remedial Investigation, Northway Staging Field Site, Northway, Alaska, Volume 1 of 2: Project Plan, Sampling and Analysis Plan, Monitoring Well Decommissioning Plan, Investigative Derived Waste Plan, received August 16, 1996.

Clint Adler

3/1/1997

Proposed Plan

Grouping of OU1.

Katarina Rutkowski

3/20/1997

Update or Other Action

Site updated by Shannon and Wilson, based on the FUDS Site Summary dated 2/21/96.

S&W

4/1/1997

Update or Other Action

Section 6 of Phase III investigation. Contract to E&E for Risk Assessment review.

Katarina Rutkowski

4/1/1997

Site Characterization Report Approved

Phase III RI.

Katarina Rutkowski

11/10/1997

Site Number Identifier Changed

Duplicate sites. Combined redundant data from Reckey 199033X931701 in to this site.

Katarina Rutkowski

6/1/1998

Site Characterization Report Approved

Site Characterization Report Approved this date.

Katarina Rutkowski

7/1/1998

Interim Removal Action Approved

WP for Ham Lake and POL Grease Pits.

Katarina Rutkowski

9/22/1999

Interim Removal Action Approved

Further investigation at Ham Lake (area 43 and TACAN (area 8).

Jeff Brownlee

10/15/1999

Update or Other Action

Site separated into two Operable Units (1 and 2). OU1 consists of 32 areas that were recommended for NFA in the March 1997 Proposed Plan.

Jeff Brownlee

4/18/2000

Update or Other Action

Reviewed draft addendum site characterization report. Installation of three monitoring wells at the TACAN site. DRO at about 3.5 mg/L in two wells. Ham Lake - free product found in HL-2, which is a monitoring well within the 1998 excavation footprint. DRO soil contamination found between the limits of this excavation and Ham Lake, 30,000 - 100,000 mg/kg. Also Benzene soil contamination found at the southeast boundary of 1998 excavation up to 23 mg/kg adjacent to a concrete pad. DRO impacts to GW at the TACAN site show a decreasing concentration trend.

Jeff Brownlee

1/30/2001

Update or Other Action

Draft No Further Action Report received for OU1.

Debra Caillouet

3/5/2001

Update or Other Action

File number updated from 170.02.011 to 170.38.028.

Mitzi Read

12/23/2002

Site Closure Approved

Decision Document for OU1, comprising 31 sites of which 21were of military origin, has been signed closing all of the sites.

Debra Caillouet

12/29/2009

Update or Other Action

A revised Inventory Project Report (INPR) was received for the Northway Staging Field. The US Army Corps of Engineers has divided the staging field into four projects so that closures of the individual sites within the staging field can be counted. One project consists of the OU1 and OU3 sites that have already been closed by DEC, the next contains OU4 and OU5 sites that are ready for closure. The third project is the Ham Lake site that requires a Feasibility Study, Proposed Plan and Decision Document. The last project includes four areas that have data gaps that need to be resolved, Areas 4, 24, 26 and 48.

Debra Caillouet

Contaminant Information

Name	Level Description	Media	Comments
			For more information about this site, contact DEC at (907) 465-5390.

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Level Description

Media

Comments

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Control Type

Type	Details
No ICs Required

Type

Details

No ICs Required

Requirements

Description	Details
Advance approval required to transport soil or groundwater off-site.

Description

Details

Advance approval required to transport soil or groundwater off-site.

Decision Document (1 MB)

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Site Report: Northway Staging Field /DERP OU1

Site Chronology

IC / Closure Details

Documents

Associated Sites

Problems/Comments

Action Information

Contaminant Information

Control Type

Requirements

Decision Document (1 MB)

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