Site Report: FAA Homer Facility

Site Name:	FAA Homer Facility
Address:	FAA Road; Homer Airport, Homer, AK 99603
File Number:	2314.38.031
Hazard ID:	25345
Status:	Active
Staff:	Kelly Walker, 9074512166 kelly.walker@alaska.gov
Latitude:	59.640165
Longitude:	-151.498733
Horizontal Datum:	NAD83

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IC / Closure Details
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Problems/Comments

A release was found to have occured from former tanks located at the Engine Generator Building 600. Elevated concentrations of DRO, GRO, and BTEX were found to be present in the soil and DRO, RRO, GRO, benzene, naphthalene, and 1,2,3-TMB in the groundwater. Further characterization and/or cleanup are required at Building 600. All other areas of potential concern that were characterized were determined to meet applicable cleanup levels and no futher investigation or cleanup are needed in those areas.

Action Information

Action Date	Action	Description	DEC Staff
1/27/2009	Site Added to Database	A new site has been added to the database	Mitzi Read
2/24/2009	Site Characterization Report Approved	Site characterization report approved this date. Additional work is needed at the Building 600 area. No other area of concern addressed in the report warrants additional investigation; specfic details regarding each area are included in separate action entries with this same date.	Anne Marie Palmieri
2/24/2009	Update or Other Action	Building 100 – During the site investigation, four borings were advanced and 20 soil samples were field-screened with four samples sent to the analytical laboratory. All samples were analyzed for diesel range organics (DRO) and residual range organics (RRO) with one of those samples also analyzed for gasoline range organics (GRO), benzene, toluene, ethylbenzene, and xylenes (BTEX). The sample results did not show any exceedences of the default cleanup levels. Due to the lack of detected contamination, no additional action is needed at this location.	Anne Marie Palmieri
2/24/2009	Update or Other Action	Building 101 – During the site investigation, three borings were advanced and six soil samples were field-screened with one sample and a duplicate sent to the analytical laboratory. Both samples were analyzed for DRO and RRO with the highest results being 825 milligrams per kilogram (mg/kg) and 318 mg/kg, respectively. The field-screening and analytical sampling showed that the presence of low-level contamination is limited in extent and does not pose an adverse risk to human health and the environment. No additional action is needed at this location.	Anne Marie Palmieri
2/24/2009	Update or Other Action	Building 102 – During the site investigation, five borings were advanced and 21 soil samples were field-screened with six samples sent to the analytical laboratory. All samples were analyzed for DRO, RRO, GRO, and BTEX. The only exceedences of the default cleanup levels were found with DRO of 303 mg/kg, 995 mg/kg, and 4360 mg/kg. The sample results from the groundwater monitoring well installed at this location did not show detectable levels of DRO and showed levels of RRO below the groundwater cleanup level. The review of the field-screening and analytical sampling showed that the presence of low-level contamination is limited in extent and does not pose an adverse risk to human health and the environment. No additional action is needed at this location.	Anne Marie Palmieri
2/24/2009	Update or Other Action	Building 103 – During the site investigation, three borings were advanced and six soil samples were field-screened with two samples sent to the analytical laboratory. Both samples were analyzed for DRO and RRO. No contamination was detected at concentrations exceeding the default cleanup levels. No additional action is needed at this location.	Anne Marie Palmieri
2/24/2009	Update or Other Action	Building 104 – During the site investigation, three borings were advanced and six soil samples were field-screened with two samples sent to the analytical laboratory, and analyzed for DRO and RRO. The only exceedence of the default cleanup levels was found with DRO of 271 mg/kg, the other sample result for DRO was 30 mg/kg well below the default cleanup level. The review of the field-screening and analytical sampling showed that the presence of low-level contamination is limited in extent and does not pose an adverse risk to human health and the environment. No additional action is needed at this location.	Anne Marie Palmieri
2/24/2009	Update or Other Action	Building 105 – During the site investigation, three borings were advanced and six soil samples were field-screened with one sample sent to the analytical laboratory, and analyzed for DRO and RRO. The only exceedence of the default cleanup levels was found with DRO of 508 mg/kg. The review of the field-screening and analytical sampling showed that the presence of low-level contamination is limited in extent and does not pose an adverse risk to human health and the environment. No additional action is needed at this location.	Anne Marie Palmieri
2/24/2009	Update or Other Action	Building 106 – During the site investigation, three borings were advanced and six soil samples were field-screened with two samples sent to the analytical laboratory. Both samples were analyzed for DRO and RRO. No contamination was detected at concentrations exceeding the default cleanup levels. No additional action is needed at this location.	Anne Marie Palmieri
2/24/2009	Update or Other Action	Building 200 – During the site investigation, 12 borings were advanced and 28 soil samples were field-screened with eight samples sent to the analytical laboratory. The only exceedences of the default cleanup levels were found with DRO of 836 mg/kg and 1500 mg/kg. The sample results from the groundwater monitoring well installed at this location did not show detectable levels of DRO or RRO. The review of the field-screening and analytical sampling showed that the presence of low-level contamination is limited in extent and does not pose an adverse risk to human health and the environment. No additional action is needed at this location.	Anne Marie Palmieri
2/24/2009	Update or Other Action	Building 205 – During the site investigation, six borings were advanced and 31 soil samples were field-screened with six samples sent to the analytical laboratory. None of the sample results showed any exceedences of the default cleanup levels. The sample results from the groundwater monitoring well installed at this location did not show detectable levels of DRO and showed levels of RRO below the groundwater cleanup level. No additional action is needed at this location.	Anne Marie Palmieri
2/24/2009	Update or Other Action	Building 300 – During the site investigation, six borings were advanced and twelve soil samples were field-screened with two samples sent to the analytical laboratory. Both samples were analyzed for DRO, RRO, GRO, and BTEX. No contamination was detected at concentrations exceeding the default cleanup levels. No additional action is needed at this location.	Anne Marie Palmieri
2/24/2009	Update or Other Action	Building 301 – During the site investigation, two borings were advanced and four soil samples were field-screened with one sample sent to the analytical laboratory, and analyzed for DRO and RRO. No contamination was detected at concentrations exceeding the default cleanup levels. No additional action is needed at this location.	Anne Marie Palmieri
2/24/2009	Update or Other Action	Building 206/406 – During the site investigation, two borings were advanced and three soil samples were field-screened with one sample sent to the analytical laboratory, and analyzed for DRO, RRO, GRO, and BTEX. No contamination was detected at concentrations exceeding the default cleanup levels. No additional action is needed at this location.	Anne Marie Palmieri
2/26/2009	Exposure Tracking Model Ranking	Initial ranking with ETM completed for source area id: 78706 name: Building 600 Tanks	Anne Marie Palmieri
9/27/2016	Update or Other Action	Correspondence with FAA indicates that the FFY17 budget has a release investigation planned for this site in FFY17.	Kara Kusche
8/24/2017	Update or Other Action	FAA submitted a draft work plan on 8/9/2017. ADEC requested revisions on 8/22/2017 and requires the work plan be revised and resubmitted prior to approval. FAA hopes to conduct work September 2017.	Erin Gleason
8/29/2017	Update or Other Action	Received comments back from FAA on work plan.	Erin Gleason
9/18/2017	Site Characterization Workplan Approved	work will be conducted in spring/summer 2018	Erin Gleason
7/25/2018	Update or Other Action	Received notification from ASR today that soil was received from the FAA Homer Facility and will be comingle and treated at ASR. Upon review, ADEC updated the TTD form to include a post treatment analysis for GRO, DRO, RRO, PAH, and VOC petroleum.	Erin Gleason
4/22/2020	Document, Report, or Work plan Review - other	Received report of work in December 19, 2019. ADEC has reviewed the report and notes the following: Field work was conducted in summer 2018 to determine the extent of groundwater and soil contamination. 150 cyd of contaminated soil was removed and taken offsite for disposal. Six analytical samples were collected from the excavation and analyzed for DRO, RRO, GRO, BTEX, and PAH. Of those contaminants DRO was found above maximum allowable cleanup levels at 12 feet bgs and GRO was found above maximum allowable cleanup levels at 4 feet bgs. ADEC has reviewed the report and requests revisions. A letter and comment matrix was sent on this date.	Erin Gleason
5/26/2020	Update or Other Action	ADEC received the revised report and corresponding comment response matrix from FAA on 5/20/2020. ADEC has reviewed their revised report and does not concur with all revisions. ADEC has sent letter requesting a meeting to resolve outstanding comments.	Erin Gleason
6/1/2020	Meeting or Teleconference Held	Teleconference held with FAA, DEC, and Bethel Environmental Consulting today to discuss the outstanding HRC issues. Bethel will revise comment matrix and return to ADEC for final approval.	Erin Gleason
8/4/2020	Site Characterization Report Approved	Received the Final Remedial Action and Site Investigation Report from FAA today. ADEC has reviewed the report and it is now approved. Further characterization is needed at the site before it can be considered for closure. ADEC has requested a work plan for additional characterization. FAA has funding and plans to do work and work plan in Summer 2021	Erin Gleason
9/16/2020	Document, Report, or Work plan Review - other	Received work plan addendum from FAA on9/2/2020. ADEC has reviewed the work plan addendum and requests revisions. Electronic letter sent to FAA on this date.	Erin Gleason
11/24/2020	Update or Other Action	Received response to comments from FAA on November 19th, 2020. ADEC has reviewed the comment response and concurs with the proposed revisions. ADEC sent email to FAA on this date and included a comment tracking matrix.	Erin Gleason
3/1/2021	Update or Other Action	Received revised work plan addendum from FAA on 1/12/21. ADEC has reviewed the revised work plan addendum and it is now approved. Summer 2021 work will include two sampling events.	Erin Gleason
7/14/2022	Document, Report, or Work plan Review - other	Review completed of the Site Conditions Summary Report for the former FAA Homer Facilities. This report detailed the 2021 groundwater and vapor intrusion investigation at the former engine generator building 600. Five monitoring wells and three soil gas probes were installed across the site to further delineate soil and groundwater contamination.	Kelly Walker

Action Date

Action

Description

DEC Staff

1/27/2009

Site Added to Database

A new site has been added to the database

Mitzi Read

2/24/2009

Site Characterization Report Approved

Site characterization report approved this date. Additional work is needed at the Building 600 area. No other area of concern addressed in the report warrants additional investigation; specfic details regarding each area are included in separate action entries with this same date.

Anne Marie Palmieri

2/24/2009

Update or Other Action

Building 100 – During the site investigation, four borings were advanced and 20 soil samples were field-screened with four samples sent to the analytical laboratory. All samples were analyzed for diesel range organics (DRO) and residual range organics (RRO) with one of those samples also analyzed for gasoline range organics (GRO), benzene, toluene, ethylbenzene, and xylenes (BTEX). The sample results did not show any exceedences of the default cleanup levels. Due to the lack of detected contamination, no additional action is needed at this location.

Anne Marie Palmieri

2/24/2009

Update or Other Action

Building 101 – During the site investigation, three borings were advanced and six soil samples were field-screened with one sample and a duplicate sent to the analytical laboratory. Both samples were analyzed for DRO and RRO with the highest results being 825 milligrams per kilogram (mg/kg) and 318 mg/kg, respectively. The field-screening and analytical sampling showed that the presence of low-level contamination is limited in extent and does not pose an adverse risk to human health and the environment. No additional action is needed at this location.

Anne Marie Palmieri

2/24/2009

Update or Other Action

Building 102 – During the site investigation, five borings were advanced and 21 soil samples were field-screened with six samples sent to the analytical laboratory. All samples were analyzed for DRO, RRO, GRO, and BTEX. The only exceedences of the default cleanup levels were found with DRO of 303 mg/kg, 995 mg/kg, and 4360 mg/kg. The sample results from the groundwater monitoring well installed at this location did not show detectable levels of DRO and showed levels of RRO below the groundwater cleanup level. The review of the field-screening and analytical sampling showed that the presence of low-level contamination is limited in extent and does not pose an adverse risk to human health and the environment. No additional action is needed at this location.

Anne Marie Palmieri

2/24/2009

Update or Other Action

Building 103 – During the site investigation, three borings were advanced and six soil samples were field-screened with two samples sent to the analytical laboratory. Both samples were analyzed for DRO and RRO. No contamination was detected at concentrations exceeding the default cleanup levels. No additional action is needed at this location.

Anne Marie Palmieri

2/24/2009

Update or Other Action

Building 104 – During the site investigation, three borings were advanced and six soil samples were field-screened with two samples sent to the analytical laboratory, and analyzed for DRO and RRO. The only exceedence of the default cleanup levels was found with DRO of 271 mg/kg, the other sample result for DRO was 30 mg/kg well below the default cleanup level. The review of the field-screening and analytical sampling showed that the presence of low-level contamination is limited in extent and does not pose an adverse risk to human health and the environment. No additional action is needed at this location.

Anne Marie Palmieri

2/24/2009

Update or Other Action

Building 105 – During the site investigation, three borings were advanced and six soil samples were field-screened with one sample sent to the analytical laboratory, and analyzed for DRO and RRO. The only exceedence of the default cleanup levels was found with DRO of 508 mg/kg. The review of the field-screening and analytical sampling showed that the presence of low-level contamination is limited in extent and does not pose an adverse risk to human health and the environment. No additional action is needed at this location.

Anne Marie Palmieri

2/24/2009

Update or Other Action

Building 106 – During the site investigation, three borings were advanced and six soil samples were field-screened with two samples sent to the analytical laboratory. Both samples were analyzed for DRO and RRO. No contamination was detected at concentrations exceeding the default cleanup levels. No additional action is needed at this location.

Anne Marie Palmieri

2/24/2009

Update or Other Action

Building 200 – During the site investigation, 12 borings were advanced and 28 soil samples were field-screened with eight samples sent to the analytical laboratory. The only exceedences of the default cleanup levels were found with DRO of 836 mg/kg and 1500 mg/kg. The sample results from the groundwater monitoring well installed at this location did not show detectable levels of DRO or RRO. The review of the field-screening and analytical sampling showed that the presence of low-level contamination is limited in extent and does not pose an adverse risk to human health and the environment. No additional action is needed at this location.

Anne Marie Palmieri

2/24/2009

Update or Other Action

Building 205 – During the site investigation, six borings were advanced and 31 soil samples were field-screened with six samples sent to the analytical laboratory. None of the sample results showed any exceedences of the default cleanup levels. The sample results from the groundwater monitoring well installed at this location did not show detectable levels of DRO and showed levels of RRO below the groundwater cleanup level. No additional action is needed at this location.

Anne Marie Palmieri

2/24/2009

Update or Other Action

Building 300 – During the site investigation, six borings were advanced and twelve soil samples were field-screened with two samples sent to the analytical laboratory. Both samples were analyzed for DRO, RRO, GRO, and BTEX. No contamination was detected at concentrations exceeding the default cleanup levels. No additional action is needed at this location.

Anne Marie Palmieri

2/24/2009

Update or Other Action

Building 301 – During the site investigation, two borings were advanced and four soil samples were field-screened with one sample sent to the analytical laboratory, and analyzed for DRO and RRO. No contamination was detected at concentrations exceeding the default cleanup levels. No additional action is needed at this location.

Anne Marie Palmieri

2/24/2009

Update or Other Action

Building 206/406 – During the site investigation, two borings were advanced and three soil samples were field-screened with one sample sent to the analytical laboratory, and analyzed for DRO, RRO, GRO, and BTEX. No contamination was detected at concentrations exceeding the default cleanup levels. No additional action is needed at this location.

Anne Marie Palmieri

2/26/2009

Exposure Tracking Model Ranking

Initial ranking with ETM completed for source area id: 78706 name: Building 600 Tanks

Anne Marie Palmieri

9/27/2016

Update or Other Action

Correspondence with FAA indicates that the FFY17 budget has a release investigation planned for this site in FFY17.

Kara Kusche

8/24/2017

Update or Other Action

FAA submitted a draft work plan on 8/9/2017. ADEC requested revisions on 8/22/2017 and requires the work plan be revised and resubmitted prior to approval. FAA hopes to conduct work September 2017.

Erin Gleason

8/29/2017

Update or Other Action

Received comments back from FAA on work plan.

Erin Gleason

9/18/2017

Site Characterization Workplan Approved

work will be conducted in spring/summer 2018

Erin Gleason

7/25/2018

Update or Other Action

Received notification from ASR today that soil was received from the FAA Homer Facility and will be comingle and treated at ASR. Upon review, ADEC updated the TTD form to include a post treatment analysis for GRO, DRO, RRO, PAH, and VOC petroleum.

Erin Gleason

4/22/2020

Document, Report, or Work plan Review - other

Received report of work in December 19, 2019. ADEC has reviewed the report and notes the following: Field work was conducted in summer 2018 to determine the extent of groundwater and soil contamination. 150 cyd of contaminated soil was removed and taken offsite for disposal. Six analytical samples were collected from the excavation and analyzed for DRO, RRO, GRO, BTEX, and PAH. Of those contaminants DRO was found above maximum allowable cleanup levels at 12 feet bgs and GRO was found above maximum allowable cleanup levels at 4 feet bgs. ADEC has reviewed the report and requests revisions. A letter and comment matrix was sent on this date.

Erin Gleason

5/26/2020

Update or Other Action

ADEC received the revised report and corresponding comment response matrix from FAA on 5/20/2020. ADEC has reviewed their revised report and does not concur with all revisions. ADEC has sent letter requesting a meeting to resolve outstanding comments.

Erin Gleason

6/1/2020

Meeting or Teleconference Held

Teleconference held with FAA, DEC, and Bethel Environmental Consulting today to discuss the outstanding HRC issues. Bethel will revise comment matrix and return to ADEC for final approval.

Erin Gleason

8/4/2020

Site Characterization Report Approved

Received the Final Remedial Action and Site Investigation Report from FAA today. ADEC has reviewed the report and it is now approved. Further characterization is needed at the site before it can be considered for closure. ADEC has requested a work plan for additional characterization. FAA has funding and plans to do work and work plan in Summer 2021

Erin Gleason

9/16/2020

Document, Report, or Work plan Review - other

Received work plan addendum from FAA on9/2/2020. ADEC has reviewed the work plan addendum and requests revisions. Electronic letter sent to FAA on this date.

Erin Gleason

11/24/2020

Update or Other Action

Received response to comments from FAA on November 19th, 2020. ADEC has reviewed the comment response and concurs with the proposed revisions. ADEC sent email to FAA on this date and included a comment tracking matrix.

Erin Gleason

3/1/2021

Update or Other Action

Received revised work plan addendum from FAA on 1/12/21. ADEC has reviewed the revised work plan addendum and it is now approved. Summer 2021 work will include two sampling events.

Erin Gleason

7/14/2022

Document, Report, or Work plan Review - other

Review completed of the Site Conditions Summary Report for the former FAA Homer Facilities. This report detailed the 2021 groundwater and vapor intrusion investigation at the former engine generator building 600. Five monitoring wells and three soil gas probes were installed across the site to further delineate soil and groundwater contamination.

Kelly Walker

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