| Action Date |
Action |
Description |
DEC Staff |
| 8/15/1995 |
Update or Other Action |
(Old R:Base Action Code = SA1 - Phase I Site Assessment (General)). Draft work plan for RI received. Proposes innovative combination of RI and CA. Install AI/SVE at same time as RI due to known releases. |
Ronan Short |
| 8/16/1995 |
Site Characterization Workplan Approved |
(Old R:Base Action Code = SA1 - Phase I Site Assessment (General)). Work plan for release investigations for Buildings 1002, 1168 and 2250. Approved by teleconference with ENSR and ACOE. |
Ronan Short |
| 8/16/1995 |
Cleanup Plan Approved |
Proposes innovative combination of RI and CA. Install AI/SVE at same time as RI due to known releases. |
Ronan Short |
| 9/7/1995 |
Site Added to Database |
Petroleum contamination. |
Ronan Short |
| 4/5/1996 |
Site Ranked Using the AHRM |
Initial ranking. |
Ronan Short |
| 4/12/1996 |
Site Characterization Report Approved |
(Old R:Base Action Code = RI - Remedial Investigation). Received Release Investigation report for Building #2250. |
Ronan Short |
| 3/15/2001 |
Update or Other Action |
Active SVE/AS system in place and operational since 1995. The area of soil contamination appears to extend underneath the building and downgradient from the source area in the smear zone. The groundwater concentrations show no apparent trends. Continuing operation of SVE/AS while evaluating NA parameters and other remedial alternatives. |
Ann Farris |
| 12/12/2001 |
Institutional Control Record Established |
1. All organizations conducting activities on United States Army Alaska (USARAK) controlled land are responsible for complying with established institutional controls (ICs). ICs are administrative, procedural, and regulatory measures to control human access to and usage of property. They are applicable to all known or suspected contaminated sites where contamination has been left in place. 2. These controls have been established to implement the selected remedial actions agreed upon by the U.S. Army (Army), the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA), and the Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation (ADEC) in accordance with the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA) as amended by the Superfund Amendment Reauthorization Act (SARA). These controls also apply to remedial actions agreed upon under Two-Party Compliance Agreements. These agreements are concluded between USARAK and ADEC and apply to petroleum/oil/lubricants- (POL) contaminated sites. 3. ICs such as limitations on access, water use, excavations, and property transfers will supplement engineering controls as appropriate for short-term and long-term management to prevent or limit human and environmental exposure to hazardous substances, pollutants, or contaminants. Specific ICs include, among other things: limitations on the depth and location of excavations, prohibition of or restrictions on well drilling and use of ground water, requirements for worker use of personal protective equipment, site monitoring, and prohibition of certain land uses, types of vehicles, etc. 4. Organizational units, tenants, and support/contractor organizations must obtain an Excavation Clearance Request (ECR) for all soil disturbing activities impacting soils six inches or more below the ground surface. The review process for approval of an ECR begins with the identification of the current status (known or suspected hazardous waste site or “clean” site) of a work location. ECR’s for work in known or suspected hazardous waste sites: a. will include specific limitations and controls on such work; b. will include specific IC procedures, and notification, monitoring, reporting, and stop work requirements; c. may include procedures for management, characterization, and disposal of any soil or groundwater encountered or removed; d. will identify “project managers” for both the unit/contractor requesting the work and DPW Environment Resources. 5. The DPW project manager will conduct on-site inspections of each work site (at which ICs apply) to determine continued compliance with the terms and conditions of the approved ECR. DPW has the authority to revoke ECR approval if the specified terms and conditions are not being met. ECR forms are available at the Customer Service Desks at: a. Building 730 at Fort Richardson; b. Building 3015 at Fort Wainwright; c. Building 605 at Fort Greely. 6. USARAK has negotiated (with USEPA and/or ADEC) decision documents and/or Records of Decision (RODs) that mandate the implementation of ICs USARAK Directorate of Public Works, Environmental Resources Department (PWE), maintains copies of all decision documents and RODs requiring ICs in its real property files. PWE provides regularly updated post maps showing all areas affected by ICs. These maps can easily be accessed by using an approved intranet mapping interface application. Copies of these maps will be available to each directorate, activity, and tenant organization. To ensure the effectiveness of ICs, all organizational units and tenant activities will be informed on an annual basis of ICs on contaminated soils and groundwater in effect near their facilities. 7. ICs are enforceable by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA) and the Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation (ADEC). Failure to comply with an IC mandated in a decision document or ROD will violate the USARAK Federal Facility Agreement and may result in stipulated fines and penalties. This does not include the costs of corrective actions required due to violation of an established IC. |
Sharon Richmond |
| 7/16/2003 |
Meeting or Teleconference Held |
Fort Wainwright Restoration Advisory Board held it's last meeting on July16, 2003. |
Patrice Buck |
| 9/10/2003 |
Site Ranked Using the AHRM |
Changed Toxicity from 2 to 3 to reflect presence of bezene as a contaminant of concern. |
Former Staff |
| 9/10/2003 |
Site Number Identifier Changed |
Changed Workplan from X9 to X1 to reflect the fact that oil is the only contaminant of concern for this site. |
Former Staff |
| 4/30/2004 |
Long Term Monitoring Established |
provided comments to Draft Long Term Monitoring Plan, Buildings 2077,2250, and 1002; plan approved |
Sharon Richmond |
| 4/30/2004 |
Proposed Plan |
provided comments to Draft Wok Plan, OM&M: Buildings 2077, 2250, 1168, and 1002 |
Sharon Richmond |
| 4/30/2004 |
Update or Other Action |
provided comments to Draft 2002 Status Report, Buildings 1002, 1168, and 2250 |
Sharon Richmond |
| 8/18/2004 |
Update or Other Action |
reviewed CLOSES evaluation. ADEC agreed to shutting down and decommisssioning the AS/SVE/biovent system because of extremely low recovery rates and biodegradation rates. ADEC also agreed to with recommendation to discontinue respiration rates and scheduled soil borings but disagreed with recommendation to discontinue groundwater monitoring. It is possible that the laser-induced fluorescence testing carried out this summer will provide sufficient delineation of the source area. |
Sharon Richmond |
| 9/10/2004 |
Update or Other Action |
received 2003 operations, maintenance and monitoring report for Buildings 2077, 2250, 1168, and 1002. Groundwater sampling results show that DRO is the only remaining contaminant. Recommended continuing AS/SVE treatment with possible system upgrades. |
Sharon Richmond |
| 3/10/2005 |
Proposed Plan |
Approved Work Plan Addendum, 2-Party Sites. Wells AP-7151, AP-7152, and AP-7153 will be sampled for GRO, DRO, and BTEX. AS/SVE will be shutdown for a rebound study. |
Sharon Richmond |
| 11/16/2005 |
Meeting or Teleconference Held |
ADEC attended the regularly scheduled FFA meeting with the Army, the Corps, and consultants. Groundwater was sampled in June 2005 and tested for DRO, GRO, and BTEX. The source area well and one downgradient well exceed DEC cleanup levels for DRO. One well needs to be redeveloped. Groundwater sampling will continue. |
Sharon Richmond |
| 12/8/2005 |
Site Characterization Report Approved |
Staff reviewed and approved the draft 2005 Operations, Maintenance and Monitoring Report. The AS/SVE system was shut down for a rebound study. The report recommends negotiating with DEC to decommission this system. Groundwater is contaminated with DRO but concentrations are fairly stable. BTEX does not exceed cleanup levels. At the last FFA meeting, participants agreed that sampling should continue on a five-year schedule to accomodate the 5-year review schedule. |
Sharon Richmond |
| 10/24/2006 |
Update or Other Action |
Changed file name from FTWW to Fort Wainwright per Project Manager. |
April Woolery |
| 12/17/2008 |
Exposure Tracking Model Ranking |
Initial ranking with ETM completed for source area id: 73467 name: historical POL spills |
Sharon Richmond |
| 12/6/2010 |
Update or Other Action |
The 2010 Work Plan, Two-Party Sites, Former Building 3564, Building 2077, Former Building 2250, Building 3483, Building 5110, Wash Rack/FARP and North Post, Fort Wainwright, November 2010 |
Debra Caillouet |
| 9/20/2011 |
Document, Report, or Work plan Review - other |
Draft 2010 Sampling Report, Two-Party Sites, Former Building 3564, North Post, Vehicle Wash Rack/FARP, Former Building 3483, Building 2077, Former Building 5110 and Former Building 2250, Fort Wainwright Alaska September 2011 |
Debra Caillouet |
| 10/13/2011 |
Document, Report, or Work plan Review - other |
Draft 2011 Work Plan, Two-Party Sites, Building 2077, Former Buildings 2062/2063, Former Building 3483, Former Building 3564, Vehicle Wash Rack/FARP, Building 2250, Fort Wainwright, October 2011 |
Debra Caillouet |
| 4/4/2012 |
Document, Report, or Work plan Review - other |
Final 2010 Sampling Report, Two-Party Sites, Former Building 3564, North Post, Vehicle Wash Rack/FARP, Former Building 3483, Building 2077, Former Building 5110 and Former Building 2250, Fort Wainwright Alaska October 2011 |
Debra Caillouet |
| 9/10/2012 |
Document, Report, or Work plan Review - other |
Draft 2011 Sampling Report, Two-Party Groundwater Sampling Program, Fort Wainwright August 2012. AS/SVE system decommisioned. |
Debra Caillouet |
| 10/29/2012 |
Document, Report, or Work plan Review - other |
Final 2011 Sampling Report, Two-Party Sites, Former Building 3564, Former Building 2062/2063, Building 2077, Vehicle Wash Rack/FARP, Former Building 3483, and Former Building 2250, Fort Wainwright Alaska September 2012 |
Debra Caillouet |
| 7/21/2014 |
Document, Report, or Work plan Review - other |
Final 2014 Work Plan, Two Party Sites, Fort Wainwright and Seward, June 2014 |
Debra Caillouet |
| 9/2/2015 |
Update or Other Action |
Transferred to Fairbanks |
Susan Carberry |
| 1/13/2016 |
Meeting or Teleconference Held |
A Restoration Project Managers (RPM) meeting was held in Anchorage Alaska. The upcoming 2016 site restoration work and monitoring was discussed. Fort Wainwright institutional control policies and procedures were also discussed. |
Dennis Shepard |
| 12/13/2016 |
Meeting or Teleconference Held |
A two day Federal Facilities Agreement (FFA) and Stakeholders meeting was held on December 13 & 14, 2016. The main focus of the meeting was to develop a site discovery and site intake process that would satisfy requirements of the Fort Wainwright FFA, RCRA Permit, and two party agreements. The Army, EPA and DEC committed to a flowchart of the preliminary source evaluation process. Timelines were established for scoping a land use control implementation plan (LUCIP) and developing a contracting schedule for Fort Wainwright contaminated site investigations and remedial actions. Seven sites were proposed for inclusion into the FFA (three party agreement) by the Army and the RPMs documented the assignment of the regulatory path for these sites using a newly developed and agreed to signature form. |
Dennis Shepard |
| 1/1/2017 |
Document, Report, or Work plan Review - other |
DEC approved the 2015 Annual Institutional Controls Report, Fort Wainwright, Alaska (August 2016). |
Dennis Shepard |
| 6/19/2019 |
Document, Report, or Work plan Review - other |
DEC approved the 2019 Two-Party Work Plan, U.S. Army Garrison Alaska (dated June 2019). The document describes proposed 2019 long-term monitoring and institutional control (IC) inspection activities on Fort Wainwright, Alaska (FWA) Two-Party contaminated sites. Groundwater monitoring is planned for Two-Party (petroleum contaminated) sites including Neely Road, Defense Reutilization Marketing Office (DRMO) Yard, Former Building 2250, Former Building 3564, and Former Building 5110. The Former Building 1168 Leach Well site, currently in the process of being transferred into the Two-Party program, is also included with the Two-Party Work Plan Addendum. Additionally, a plan for an IC inspection of 40 Two-Party sites is laid out in this work plan. |
Erica Blake |
| 2/24/2020 |
Document, Report, or Work plan Review - other |
DEC approved the Final 2019 Two Party Monitoring Report, U.S. Army Garrison Alaska, dated February 2020. Based on review of the 2019 results, and review of prior investigations, DEC has recommended additional work at the Former Building 2250 and Former Building 3564 sites. Recent data collected from the Former Building 2250 site indicates the DRO contaminant plume is migrating and not fully delineated. |
Kevin Fraley |
| 7/14/2020 |
Document, Report, or Work plan Review - other |
DEC approved the Final 2020 Two-Party Sites Work Plan, Fort Wainwright, Alaska (dated July 2020). The document describes site activities, data review and reporting tasks for work at Two-Party sites on Fort Wainwright, Alaska (FWA). Activities to be conducted are groundwater monitoring and institutional control inspections. |
Erica Blake |
| 2/11/2021 |
Offsite Soil or Groundwater Disposal Approved |
ADEC approved the transport of 275 gallons of purge water generated from seven sites (Bldg 3570, Bldg 5010, Former Bldg 3564, Former Bldg 2250, OU5 WQFS, OU5 EQFS and OU3 Fairbanks Fuel Terminal) on Fort Wainwright, Alaska from the Fort Wainwright hazardous waste facility (Building 3489) to U.S. Ecology in Grand View, Idaho for treatment and disposal. |
Erica Blake |
| 5/6/2021 |
Document, Report, or Work plan Review - other |
ADEC has provided review comments for the "Draft 2020 Two-Party Sites Monitoring Report Various Sites Fort Wainwright, Alaska" dated March 2021 to the U.S. Army. The document presents analytical results and long-term monitoring optimization (LTMO) analysis of groundwater sampling performed at four Two-Party source areas on Fort Wainwright, Alaska (FWA) during the 2020 field season. The four sites investigated are the Defense Reutilization Marketing Office (DRMO) Yard (DRMO2/Building 5010), Former Building 3570 Post Exchange (PX) Gas Station (Neely Road), Former Building 2250 and Former Building 3564. |
Erica Blake |
| 6/4/2021 |
Document, Report, or Work plan Review - other |
ADEC provided responses to comments for the "Draft 2020 Two-Party Sites Monitoring Report Various Sites Fort Wainwright, Alaska" (dated March 2021) to the U.S. Army. All responses to comments were accepted, with one response requesting additional information for the DRMO2/Building 5010 site. |
Erica Blake |
| 6/15/2021 |
Document, Report, or Work plan Review - other |
ADEC provided review comments for the "Draft 2021 Two-Party Sites Work Plan, Fort Wainwright, Alaska" (dated May 2021) to the U.S. Army. The document describes proposed site activities, data review, and reporting tasks for work conducted at four Two-Party sites on Fort Wainwright, Alaska (FWA). In addition to groundwater sampling activities, institutional control inspections will be conducted. |
Erica Blake |
| 6/22/2021 |
Document, Report, or Work plan Review - other |
ADEC provided responses to comments for the "Draft 2021 Two-Party Sites Work Plan, Fort Wainwright, Alaska" dated May 2021 to the U.S. Army. All responses to the review comments provided on June 15, 2021 were accepted, and a revised figure was requested for comment backcheck prior to receiving a final document. |
Erica Blake |
| 6/28/2021 |
Document, Report, or Work plan Review - other |
ADEC provided approval for the Final 2021 Work Plan Two-Party Sites U.S. Army Garrison Alaska (dated June 2021) to the U.S. Army. The work plan describes site activities, data review and reporting tasks for work conducted at four, Two-Party sites (Neely Road, Defense Reutilization Marketing Office (DRMO) 2/ Building 5010, Former Building 2250 and Former Building 3564). In addition to long-term monitoring activities, institutional controls will be inspected. |
Erica Blake |
| 7/6/2021 |
Document, Report, or Work plan Review - other |
ADEC provided approval for the "Final 2020 Monitoring Report Two-Party Sites, U.S. Army Garrison Alaska" dated June 2021 to the U.S. Army. The document describes results from long-term monitoring activities conducted at the following four Two-Party sites: Defense Reutilization Marketing Office (DRMO) Yard (DRMO2/Building 5010), Former Building 3570 Post Exchange (PX) Gas Station (Neely Road), Former Building 2250 and Former Building 3564. |
Erica Blake |
| 5/20/2022 |
Document, Report, or Work plan Review - other |
ADEC approved the Final 2021 Monitoring Report, Two-Party Sites, dated May 2022. The report presents analytical results and long-term monitoring optimization (LTMO) analysis of groundwater sampling performed at four Two-Party source areas on Fort Wainwright, Alaska (FWA) during the 2021 field season. The four sites investigated are the Defense Reutilization Marketing Office (DRMO) Yard (DRMO2/Building 5010), Former Building 3570 Post Exchange (PX) Gas Station (Neely Road), Former Building 2250 and Former Building 3564. This report also provides a summary of the institutional control inspections conducted at these sites and monitoring well installation activities at Former Building 2250. |
Cascade Galasso-Irish |
| 5/31/2022 |
Document, Report, or Work plan Review - other |
ADEC approved the Final 2022 Two-Party Work Plan on this date. This work plan was intended for use in conjunction with the postwide QAPP, however the postwide QAPP was dissolved and incorporated into the respective 2-P and CERCLA work plans. Due to the new/updated PFAS RSLs released, the reporting will need to include these new values. |
Cascade Galasso-Irish |
| 12/30/2022 |
Document, Report, or Work plan Review - other |
ADEC reviewed and sent comments on the Draft 2023 Two-Party Work Plan. ADEC requested installation of additional monitoring wells at the Former Building 2250 to delineate the DRO plume in groundwater. |
Cascade Galasso-Irish |
| 3/31/2023 |
Document, Report, or Work plan Review - other |
Bulk action entry for FTW Two-Party sites: On this date, DEC received and approved the 2023 Two-Party sites work plan. Notable changes from 2022 include added plume delineation efforts at Former Building 2250, and all wastewater to be sampled for PFAS. |
Cascade Galasso-Irish |
| 9/11/2023 |
Document, Report, or Work plan Review - other |
DEC reviewed the Draft 2022 Institutional Controls (IC) Report, which details the 2022 IC inspections conducted at Fort Wainwright, Alaska (FWA). The purpose of the annual IC inspection is to evaluate the implementation and effectiveness of ICs associated with the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA) Record of Decision (ROD) source areas and Two-Party source areas on FWA. |
Tim Sharp |
| 10/30/2023 |
Document, Report, or Work plan Review - other |
Bulk action entry for Fort Wainwright Two-Party monitoring sites - on this date, DEC received and approved the final 2022 Two-Party Sites Annual Monitoring Report. Following the recommendations from the 2021 report, sampling and analysis of gasoline range organics (GRO) was discontinued at the Former Building 3564 site in 2023. However, after review of the 2022 results, GRO should continue to be analyzed further and will be included in the 2024 sampling program. Plume stability analysis for Former Building 3654 indicate increasing trends of contaminant mass. The Army will evaluate the 2023 monitoring data as well as the historical investigation and remedial activities at the site to determine if a soil removal action should be considered in the future to reduce the contaminant mass migrating to the groundwater.
A minimum of five temporary well points and two additional wells be installed at the Former Building 2250 site to further delineate the extent of the groundwater contamination. Additionally, DEC is anticipating the 2022 IDW technical memorandum with DRMO Yard Building 5010 purge water PFAS results in fall of 2023. |
Cascade Galasso-Irish |
| 2/15/2024 |
Document, Report, or Work plan Review - other |
DEC submitted comments on the Draft 2024 Two-Party Work Plan which details proposed site activities, data review, and reporting tasks for work to be conducted at Two-Party sites on Fort Wainwright, Alaska (FWA). The Two-Party sites planned for investigation are Neely Road, Defense Reutilization Marketing Office (DRMO) 2/Building 5010, Former Building 2250 and Former Building 3564. In addition to groundwater sampling activities, institutional control inspections will be conducted.
Notable changes from previous years’ work plans based on regulatory feedback and Army initiative include sampling wastewater for per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) to support site-wide PFAS Remedial Investigation (RI) work, and the addition of sampling two permanent monitoring wells at the Former Building 2250 site to delineate the petroleum contaminant plume present. |
Tim Sharp |
| 3/15/2024 |
Document, Report, or Work plan Review - other |
DEC Approved the Final 2024 Two-Party Sites Work Plan on this date. |
Tim Sharp |
| 4/8/2024 |
Institutional Control Periodic Reporting |
DEC Approved the 2022 IC Report for Fort Wainwright CERCLA and Two-Party Sites on this day. |
Tim Sharp |
| 5/21/2024 |
Document, Report, or Work plan Review - other |
DEC supplied comments to the Draft 2023 Monitoring Report for Two-Party Sites. The report presents analytical results and long-term monitoring optimization (LTMO) analysis of groundwater sampling performed at four Two-Party source areas on Fort Wainwright, Alaska (FWA) during the 2023 field season. The four sites investigated are the Defense Reutilization Marketing Office (DRMO) Yard (DRMO2/Building 5010), Former Building 3570 Post Exchange (PX) Gas Station (Neely Road), Former Building 2250 and Former Building 3564. Data collected from this sampling effort were compared to historical data to evaluate trends in contaminant attenuation over time. |
Tim Sharp |
| 6/24/2024 |
Document, Report, or Work plan Review - other |
DEC approved the Final version of the 2023 Two Party Sites Monitoring Report. |
Tim Sharp |
