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Site Report: Greer Tank & Welding, Inc.

Site Name: Greer Tank & Welding, Inc.
Address: 3140 Lakeview Drive; PO Box 71193, Fairbanks, AK 99707
File Number: 100.26.145
Hazard ID: 24442
Status: Active
Staff: Jim Fish, 9074512117 james.fish@alaska.gov
Latitude: 64.817740
Longitude: -147.673010
Horizontal Datum:

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Problems/Comments

UST Tanks were removed in July 1995. Stockpiled soil was managed on-site. Free-phase product identified but not initially addressed and request for Remedial Investigation not responded to. Owner installed groundwater monitoring wells in 2014 and began long-term monitoring. Building survey conducted during 2017 & 2020 identified floor drains and sumps associated with UICs. Additional assessment is pending.

Action Information

Action Date Action Description DEC Staff
8/1/1995 Site Added to Database Former Staff
8/1/1995 Leaking Underground Storage Tank Release Confirmed - Petroleum LUST Site created in CSP for source area ID 77742 ADD; Former Staff
11/20/1997 Update or Other Action ADEC sends Notification of Intent to Cost Recover Letter to Current Owner: GREER TANK & WELDING INC. Former Staff
1/15/2002 Leaking Underground Storage Tank Cleanup Initiated - Petroleum JBC: Entered as part of review of file. Tanks and some soil were removed. Additional RI required. John Carnahan
1/28/2004 Update or Other Action Transferred DEC staff lead from John Carnahan Cynthia Pring-Ham
4/27/2006 Update or Other Action ADEC sent a letter to the RP (Greerleasco II) requesting a release investigation be completed at the site. Deborah Williams
12/27/2006 Update or Other Action Release Investigation Workplan received on 12/14/2006 and approved by ADEC. Conditions of approval include: completion of ceonceptual site model, sampling and analysis of drinking water well for GRO's, DRO's, VOC's and EDB. Tamara Cardona-Marek
3/13/2007 Exposure Tracking Model Ranking Initial ranking completed. Deborah Williams
1/9/2008 Update or Other Action Letter sent to RP requesting information on the status of the property. DEC never received notidication on whether or not they moved on with Rockwell Engineering's Work Plan from Dec 2006. Tamara Cardona-Marek
1/30/2008 Underground Storage Tank Site Characterization or Assessment DEC received the Laboratory Test Results/ Release Investigation submitted by Rockwell engineering and Construction Services. Results show gw contamination with DRO, GRO, BTEX and lead. GW flow determination was inconclusive. DEC concured with annual monitoring and the installation of an additional well. DEC also requested filtering of a gw sample before lead analysis, the location of the property water well, and the determination of gw flow during the fall of 2008. Tamara Cardona-Marek
4/14/2009 Update or Other Action Received letter from RP. Rockwell Engineering will be drafting a workplan to address remaining concerns. Plan will be submitted prior to the beginning of the work next fall. Tamara Cardona-Marek
7/8/2009 Document, Report, or Work plan Review - other DEC received the Field Work and Groundwater Contaminant Delineation Work Plan submitted by Rockwell Engineering. DEC requested modifications to the work plan including GRO analysis in all groundwater samples, a diagram with the proposed location of the new well, and details on the purge water disposal plan, among other. Tamara Cardona-Marek
12/29/2009 Update or Other Action Site transferred from Tamara Cardona-Marek to Jim Fish. Janice Wiegers
1/27/2010 Meeting or Teleconference Held Held teleconference with consultant (Rockwell Engin.) to asnwer questions about Work Plan development Jim Fish
7/16/2014 Update or Other Action Letter sent to RP asking for status of site; consultant CC'd. Jim Fish
8/14/2014 Meeting or Teleconference Held Met with Mark Greer to review the file and discuss needs for the site (copied 2008 Release Investigation report & correspondences). Jim Fish
9/24/2014 Document, Report, or Work plan Review - other Work plan for monitoring well installation, sampling (from previous wells and new well), and groundwater gradient determination received today. Jim Fish
9/26/2014 Document, Report, or Work plan Review - other Approved work plan to install new moniotring well, sample groundwater (for petroleum, VOCs, and lead), calculate roundwater gradient. inspect the site to locate private water well and identify sources of lead; requested sampling of provate use water well if found, as well as CSM. Jim Fish
4/24/2015 Update or Other Action Received Site Characterization Report documenting the 2014 field activities Jim Fish
5/1/2017 Update or Other Action Letter sent to property owner requesting site update Jim Fish
5/16/2017 Update or Other Action Contacted by consultant that a work plan for groundwater monitoring & CSM development are pending. Jim Fish
7/14/2017 Document, Report, or Work plan Review - other Received work plan for groundwater monitoring. Jim Fish
8/2/2017 Document, Report, or Work plan Review - other 2017 groundwater monitoring and building survey completion work plan approved. Jim Fish
2/20/2018 Update or Other Action Received 2017 Site Investigation report Jim Fish
12/28/2018 Update or Other Action Report recommendation concurrence letter and request for additional information (including new work plan) drafted and send to RP. Jim Fish
6/5/2020 Document, Report, or Work plan Review - other Email request to remove CMP (corrugated metal pipe) in release area approved. Subsequent work plan for refined building survey, well installation, and groundwater monitoring will be received later this summer. Jim Fish
6/29/2020 Update or Other Action received complete work plan from consutlant Jim Fish
7/9/2020 Document, Report, or Work plan Review - other Approved work plan for MW well installation and groundwater sampling and building survey (with floor drain inspection, differential air pressure monitoring, and limited air handling system inspection). Jim Fish
2/17/2021 Update or Other Action 2020 Additional Investigation Report received today from consultant. Jim Fish
3/5/2021 Site Characterization Report Approved Additional assessment report reviewed & approved; CMP well was decommissioned and a new well (MW-3) was insatlled during 2020. Site activities also identified floor drains/sumps associated with UICs. Requested reporting to EPA Region 10 UIC program, and that additional assessment (associated with former UIC use) be conducted. DEC concurred with additional groundwater monitoring. Jim Fish
5/5/2021 Update or Other Action Received work plan for UIC investigation & closure activities to be conducted over two years (field seasons). Jim Fish
6/11/2021 Update or Other Action Work plan comments and replies exchanged with consultant. Revised work plan submittal is pending. Jim Fish
6/16/2021 Update or Other Action Received revised work plan from consultant Jim Fish
6/17/2021 Site Characterization Workplan Approved Approved work plan for Class V UIC investigation and closure with EPA UIC program. Phase I floor drain and effluent pipe investigations, and MW1 sampling will occur during 2021, while Phase 2 soil boring advancements and temporary well points sampling in the leachfields and immediately downgradient locations will occur during 2022. Jim Fish
11/17/2021 Exposure Tracking Model Ranking A new updated ranking with ETM has been completed for source area 77742 USTs. Jim Fish
7/29/2022 Document, Report, or Work plan Review - other DEC received a Greer UIC Class V Well Investigation and Closure Report Jim Fish
10/4/2022 Update or Other Action Received conditional approval of UI Class V (Motor Vehicle Waste Disposal Well) closure from Region 10 EPA UIC Program, provided Greer Tank and Welding, Inc. continue to work with the ADEC to address the contamination that remains in the soil in the area of the former MVWDW. EPA also approved the reclassification of the current leach field at the facility to a large capacity septic system injection well for disposal of sanitary wastes received from the bathrooms and drains in the office portion of the building. The UIC program file for this facility has been updated to show that one class V injection well has been permanently closed at this site and reclassified as a large capacity septic system. Jim Fish
2/28/2023 Site Characterization Report Approved Completed review of a 2022 Class V Injection well closure report that also detail soil and groundwater sampling conducted during 2021. Sent a request letter to property owner for additional site characterization and notification of pending covenant to move the site towards closure. Jim Fish
3/30/2023 Document, Report, or Work plan Review - other Received response to DEC comments from consultant & RP requesting onsite groundwater monitoring wells be approved for decommissioning, and that temporary well advancement is under consideration. Jim Fish
7/6/2023 Update or Other Action DEC agreed to decommission wells MW-1 and MW-2 during fall 2023, and recommended sampling MW-3 next spring or summer, with the possibility of installing a temporary well near MW-2 during that same time. Jim Fish
8/25/2023 Site Characterization Workplan Approved Received, reviewed and approved a work plan for additional soil boring and temporary well advancement, and decommissioning of monitoring wells, MW-1 and MW-2 for September 2023. Jim Fish
10/2/2023 Offsite Soil or Groundwater Disposal Approved Approved soil transport for ~60 cubic yards of diesel contaminated soil, with PCE detections Jim Fish
1/30/2024 Document, Report, or Work plan Review - other ADEC received a 2023 GREER ADDITIONAL INVESTIGATION (SBS/TSPS/HOT REMOVAL) REPORT Jim Fish
4/2/2024 Update or Other Action Responded to 2023 Additional Investigation report concurring with proposed groundwater monitoring and also asked for additional soil delineation for contaminants above Human Health cleanup levels; also noted concurrence with soil capping would require an environmental covenant. Jim Fish
5/1/2024 Update or Other Action Received notice from consultant for proposed soil boring, monitoring well, and recovery well installation, and drinking water wells decommissioning. Work plan submittal pending. Jim Fish
5/17/2024 Site Characterization Workplan Approved Workplan for monitoring well and recovery well installation (near HHOT removed in 2023), soil borings, as well as decommissioning of drinking water wells, approved. Jim Fish
11/19/2024 Document, Report, or Work plan Review - other Received May 2024 Former Heating Oil Tank Release Investigation and Well Decommissions Report Jim Fish
11/21/2024 Site Characterization Report Approved The May 2024 Release Investigation report approved and ADEC concurred with Nortech’s recommendations: complete a check for free product in MW6 during spring 2025, and GW sampling of all four wells during late spring of 2026 and requested a brief work plan be submitted prior to those events along with a contingency of actions if free product is found in MW-6 during 2025. Jim Fish

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