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Site Report: Wrangell Airport Terminal Blg

Site Name: Wrangell Airport Terminal Blg
Address: Lot 6C Block 100Wrangell Airport, Wrangell, AK 99929
File Number: 1529.26.001
Hazard ID: 24485
Status: Cleanup Complete
Staff: No Longer Assigned, 9074655229 dec.icunit@alaska.gov
Latitude: 56.485305
Longitude: -132.380383
Horizontal Datum:WGS84

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Problems/Comments

2002 SRI installed 4 new GW monitoring wells. Detection of petroleum analytes in groundwater samples were at concentrations below the approved cleanup levels. No Further Remedial Action Planned Decision by the Department with Institutional Controls placed on areas of residual soil contamination. These are beneath the sidewalk southeast of the Terminal Building and beneath the leased State building northeast of the Airport Terminal building.

Action Information

Action Date Action Description DEC Staff
7/24/1990 Leaking Underground Storage Tank Release Confirmed - Petroleum LUST Site created in CSP for source area ID 77034 550 gallon heating oil LUST and free product removed; stained soil in excavation sidewalls and groundwater contaminated. 30 cubic yards impacted soil screened and placed in lined stockpile on-site. Bruce Wanstall
7/24/1990 Site Added to Database Former Staff
9/13/1990 Release Investigation 500gal gasoline LUST removed with 20cy oily soil. Lined soil stockpile #1 is located on-site. Bruce Wanstall
10/16/1990 Underground Storage Tank Site Characterization or Assessment Gas LUST footprint characterized, 60cy of oily soil excavated. Limits of excavation at building foundation, sidewall and former dispenser soils screened and sampled. MW #1installed in excavation and sampled. Former Staff
1/8/1991 Leaking Underground Storage Tank Corrective Action Underway CAPR; Soil to be stored for approx. 6 months pending opening of asphalt plant. Former Staff
1/24/1991 Update or Other Action Workplan approval for monitoring well installation and soil stockpile on-site. Letter acknowledges that on-site drinking water well will be decommissioned in favor of City of Wrangell water system to supply the air terminal blg. Bruce Wanstall
3/14/1991 Release Investigation Groundwater Assessment of common area of LUSTs. 9 Monitoring wells installed and sampled. TPH concentrations ranged from 1-2 mg/l. BTEX ranged from .001 to .578 mg/l. Former Staff
9/1/1994 Leaking Underground Storage Tank Corrective Action Underway Stockpiled soil moved to City of Wrangell landfill. Bruce Wanstall
11/20/1997 Update or Other Action ADEC sends Notification of Intent to Cost Recover Letter to Current Owner: ALASKA AIRLINES Former Staff
11/24/1997 Update or Other Action Says clean; Jacqueline Drumheller; 206-431-7433 Former Staff
9/1/1998 Leaking Underground Storage Tank Cleanup Initiated - Petroleum Added by the Administrator. Cynthia Pring-Ham
9/1/1998 Leaking Underground Storage Tank Corrective Action Underway Reciept of letter from RP and 3rd party (City of Wrangell) describing Department inspection of contaminated soil stockpile in mid-90's at City of Wrangell landfill. Staff approved the soil for use as cover material at the landfill. Bruce Wanstall
4/4/2001 Update or Other Action Discussion with PM Dan Whitney of AA about monitoring well installation for and sampling for 2001 season. Contaminant of concern is benzene in groundwater. Bruce Wanstall
10/2/2001 Update or Other Action Changed Project Manager from Paul Horwath to Mike Jaynes Cynthia Pring-Ham
12/13/2001 Update or Other Action File Review shows Colin Bayse discussed CAP on 8/22/00. Nothing else noted. Will contact Jacquline Drumheller at AK Air Mike Jaynes
6/13/2002 Update or Other Action Workplan discussion with RP for this seasons' RFPs. Most monitoring wells destroyed over years during improvements to airport tarmac. Several may remain downgradient and may be possible to sample. Bruce Wanstall
7/18/2002 Update or Other Action Project manager changed from Jaynes to Wanstall. File review of UST release and groundwater monitoring report for review of pending workplan. Bruce Wanstall
8/1/2002 Update or Other Action Letter sent with comments for the 02 SRI Workplan. Need new calculation of flownet that accounts for all the new paving at the Wrangell Airport. Recovery of paved over wells from 1991 GW assessment advised. Bruce Wanstall
10/14/2002 Update or Other Action Approval for Supplemental Release Investigation Workplan sent with comments by email. Bruce Wanstall
11/13/2002 Update or Other Action MFA installed 4 new monitoring wells, wells and AST spill excavation sampled and sent to laboratory. Bruce Wanstall
1/22/2003 Update or Other Action Review of SI Report received 1-9-03 for AST Spill. May need additional SI due to problems with NCA lab report. Add site lat/long Bruce Wanstall
3/11/2003 Document, Report, or Work plan Review - other Review the 2002 SRI well installation and sampling event in November '02 for contaminants related to the USTs. Matrix spikes of TPH-D (AK 102) had problems due to "existing high concentratios of analyte (DRO)". All concentrations were below Table C cleanup concentrations but "J" flagged because of problems. Quirky. Bruce Wanstall
3/13/2003 Institutional Control Record Established Letter drafted and sent for land manager review of Institutional Controls: Residual DRO contamination from jet fuel spill remains in soil beneath the sidewalk south of the spill area and beneath the DOT&PF building north of the spill area. These locations are east of the Airport Terminal building where residual soil contamination is present in former UST footprint near the middle of the building foundation on the east side. Bruce Wanstall
3/20/2003 Conditional Closure Approved Landowner review of NFRAP Decision letter Institutional Controls brought no changes. NFRAP letter finalized and sent to Responsible Party and affiliates. Database records set in place. Letter posted at Jnu G: SPAR/Spar CSites/SE Field Ops/SE Sites/Wrangell Airport/AA NFA Decision Wrangell Airport Bruce Wanstall
10/14/2004 Document, Report, or Work plan Review - other Report summarizing monitoring well sampling results recieved. Petroleum detected below Table C concentrations indicate residual soil impacts are stabilized and support site closure. Bruce Wanstall
6/22/2005 Institutional Control Record Removed Approval to leave groundwater monitoring wells in place was received from property lease manager. Site Closure letter sent to the RP, copied to airport manager and property lease managers. Drinking water well has been capped and the facility is serviced by the City of Wrangell Public Water System. Bruce Wanstall
6/23/2005 Site Closure Approved Closure detemination letter is located at: G:\SPAR\Spar-Contaminated Sites\26 Case Files (LUST Sites)\1529 Wrangell\1529.26.001 Wrangel Airport Terminal Bldg Bruce Wanstall
11/25/2016 Update or Other Action Administrative update: the hard file for this site could not be located in the Juneau office. Kristin Thompson

Contaminant Information

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

Control Type

Type Details
Other Site cleanup completed and institutional control removed.
No ICs Required

Requirements

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

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