Action Date |
Action |
Description |
DEC Staff |
2/23/2009 |
Document, Report, or Work plan Review - other |
ADEC provided comments for the "Draft Work Plan for Coastal Decommissioning" for the VHF communications facility near Sunset Cove, dated January 2009. Recommendations were made to address the appropriate response to the discovery of contamination. A final remedial action report on FAA Coastal Decommissioning at Sunset Cove, Alaska, was received on June 6, 2011. |
Fred Vreeman |
3/16/2009 |
Site Added to Database |
A new site has been added to the database |
Mitzi Read |
5/22/2013 |
Interim Removal Action Approved |
The Draft Work Plan, Federal Aviation Administration, Soil Removal at Four Locations at the Former VHF Facility, Sunset Cove, Alaska, was approved via email. A Final version of the work plan was received by ADEC on May 31, 2013. A Draft Soil Removal Report was received June 2, 2014. |
Fred Vreeman |
11/26/2014 |
Exposure Tracking Model Ranking |
Initial ranking with ETM completed for source area id: 79707 name: Sunset Cove Electronic Debris Area |
Monte Garroutte |
6/3/2015 |
Site Characterization Report Approved |
DEC approved the 2011 Final Remedial Action Report, Former VHF Facility, Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), Sunset Cove, Alaska. This report describes the results of the 2010 investigation and remediation activities at the FAA Former VHF Facility at Sunset Cove. Activities occurred at three areas at Sunset Cove; the Beach Area (2 acres), the Camp Area (1 acre), and the Hill Area (0.25 acre). Following the actions described in this report, contamination remained at the Beach Area and the Hill Area. |
Monte Garroutte |
7/21/2015 |
Interim Removal Action Approved |
DEC Approved the Final Soil Removal Report, Former VHF Facility, Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), Sunset Cove, Alaska. This report described the results of the 2013 investigation and remediation activities at the FAA Former VHF Facility at Sunset Cove. Five areas of concern (AOCs) were identified for remediation at the site. Excavations were conducted at each AOC in 2013. DEC concurs with the report's recommendations that no further action is required at AOCs PID#5, Battery 1 & Battery 2, the Former Pipeline AOC, and EDA-TA. DEC also concurs that further soil removal is required at AOC EDA to reduce PCB concentrations. |
Monte Garroutte |
4/26/2016 |
Update or Other Action |
Site reassigned for follow up by project manager |
Fred Vreeman |
4/17/2017 |
Exposure Tracking Model Ranking |
Initial ranking with ETM completed for source area id: 80060 name: PID #5 (P5) |
Gretchen Caudill |
4/18/2017 |
Exposure Tracking Model Ranking |
Initial ranking with ETM completed for source area id: 80061 name: Battery #1 Area (B1) |
Gretchen Caudill |
4/18/2017 |
Exposure Tracking Model Ranking |
Initial ranking with ETM completed for source area id: 80062 name: Battery #2 Area (B2) |
Gretchen Caudill |
4/18/2017 |
Exposure Tracking Model Ranking |
Initial ranking with ETM completed for source area id: 80068 name: Quonset Hut & Burn Barrel |
Gretchen Caudill |
4/18/2017 |
Exposure Tracking Model Ranking |
Initial ranking with ETM completed for source area id: 80070 name: Pipeline (HIll Area) |
Gretchen Caudill |
5/22/2017 |
Cleanup Plan Approved |
Work plan outlining additional soil removal at Sunset Cove Former VHF Facility dated May 2017 approved. DEC received the initial draft of this work plan April 13, 2017 and provided comments to the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) April 21, 2017. Comments were further discussed on a May 2, 2017 teleconference. The final work plan, received May 19, 2017, details the further removal of polychlorinated biphenyls contaminated soil at the Electronic Debris Area of Concern (AOC) and the visual inspection of the prior excavation at the Large AST and Pipeline AOC. |
Gretchen Caudill |
1/10/2018 |
Document, Report, or Work plan Review - other |
DEC Approval – Final Soil Removal Report, Former VHF Facility - Electronics Debris Area, FAA Sunset Cove, December 2017. This report describes the excavation of nine cubic yards of polychlorinated biphenyls (PCB)-contaminated soil and the subsequent analytical sampling at the excavation extent which documented PCBs in remaining soil were below DEC’s cleanup level of 1 mg/kg. This report also describes the field screening of soils in the area of the Large AST and Pipeline where a 2010 sample exceeded the cleanup level for diesel range organics (DRO). Field screening indicated no petroleum contamination was present at the former sample location. |
Gretchen Caudill |
1/19/2018 |
Exposure Tracking Model Ranking |
Initial ranking with ETM completed for source area id: 80069 name: AST (Hill Area) |
Gretchen Caudill |
2/9/2018 |
Cleanup Complete Determination Issued |
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Gretchen Caudill |