| Action Date |
Action |
Description |
DEC Staff |
| 3/26/2010 |
Site Added to Database |
A new site has been added to the database |
Deborah Williams |
| 7/9/2010 |
Update or Other Action |
DEC received a response from the Alaska State Historic Perservation Office (SHPO) for the assessment work planned for FY2011 that there is "No Historic Properties Affected." |
Deborah Williams |
| 7/28/2010 |
Brownfields Award |
Notice to proceed was awarded to SLR through SPAR term contract. Project managed under Reuse and Redevelopment Program. FY 2011 SOA funds $23,842 awarded to Kasigluk Traditional Council for a Property assessment and cleanup plan at Kasigluk Old BIA School Tank Farm. NTP# 18400213016. Current status: Project complete.
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Deborah Williams |
| 9/17/2010 |
Site Visit |
SLR, consultant for DEC, conducted a site visit of Kasigluk in order to collect information for the property assessment and cleanup plan. |
Deborah Williams |
| 1/5/2011 |
Exposure Tracking Model Ranking |
Initial ranking with ETM completed for source area id: 79010 name: Former tank farm (ASTs) |
John Carnahan |
| 1/7/2011 |
Document, Report, or Work plan Review - other |
DEC received a Property Assessment and Cleanup Plan for the Kasigluk Old BIA School Tank Farm. SLR conducted a site visit on September 16 through the 18th, 2010. SLR observed the tank farm with seven 10,000-gallon ASTs. All seven of the tanks were listing, and water inundated a portion of the Site. The eastern and northern boundaries of the tank farm were not fully assessed due to extreme water saturation. Areas of stressed vegetation were noted within and aroung the containment area. SLR advanced test holes in the immediate vicinity of the tank farm. Test holes were advanced to a depth of 1 foot bgs. Due to the presnce of standing water, no test holes were advanced on the north or east sides of the tank farm. Twenty-eight field screening samples were also collected from 1 foot bgs. Eight discrete samples and two duplicate samples were collected from the Kasigluk Old BIA Tank Farm site and analyzed for GRO, DRO, BTEX and PAHs. GRO, DRO, 1-methylnaphthalene, 2-methylnaphthalene, benzene, benzo[a]anthracene, benzo[a]pyrene, toluene, ethylbenzene, and xylenes were detected at concentrations above DEC Method Two soil cleanup levels. Maximum detected concentrations of GRO, DRO and BTEX compounds were 3,480 mg/kg, 555,000 mg/kg, 0.596 mg/kg, 31.9 mg/kg, 21.8 mg/kg, and 160.1 mg/kg, respectively. Based on the distribution of impacted locations and documented spills, it appears that spills have originated from the tank farm, south day tank, north day tank, and possibly the former tank stand. |
Deborah Williams |
| 7/12/2011 |
Update or Other Action |
Project management moved from D. Williams to K. McLoone |
John Carnahan |
| 8/15/2011 |
Document, Report, or Work plan Review - other |
Further review of PACP upon receipt of file in Anchorage which includes a cost estimate for the SLR recommended remedial approach which is removal of an estimated 500 cubic yards of contaminated soil. The other approaches considered were passive biopile, road base encapsulation (no roads on Akiuk and no paved roads in Akula), daily landfill cover (current landfill dump location is on a second island and is in exremely poor condition as waste is often not even placed entirely on land when it is delivered to this island), landfarming (lack of very limited, if any, land area not seasonally flooded). |
Keather McLoone |
| 8/30/2011 |
Update or Other Action |
This site has 2 files: 2420.57.001 (contains Brownfield Program documents), and 2420.38.003 (contains site cleanup documents and some Brownfield info up until spring 2011). |
Mitzi Read |
| 8/30/2011 |
Update or Other Action |
Email to KRWC with ADEED and LKSD Cced regarding pursuing some BIA funding for assistance in dealing with the tanks which need to be moved before any further investigation or remedial effort can be conducted. |
Keather McLoone |
| 8/31/2011 |
Update or Other Action |
First response from ANTHC regarding the possibility of equipment in the community in conjunction with the water/wastewater project. Still need confirmation that using this equipment is a possibility and what the ANTHC project schedule is. Suggested possible staging areas for tanks could be the barge landing in New Kasigluk (Akula). |
Keather McLoone |
| 9/22/2011 |
Update or Other Action |
Date of email from PERP rep Bob Carlson regarding his 9/16/2011 site visit. His observations were that this very wet and peaty tundra area and recommended a very limited removal approach based on what he thought was the most contaminated area (a hotspot which ran under the platform for tanks 2 and 4 and did not appear on the opposite (NW) side of that platform) which he estimated to be no longer than 15 feet in length. He was able to release only a limited amount of sheening otherwise. It is his opinion also, that a removal in the extent recommended in the PACP would do much more harm than good not only damaging the tundra but also encouraging mobilization of the remaining contamination. No evidence of a recent release was observed. |
Keather McLoone |
| 12/13/2011 |
Meeting or Teleconference Held |
Telecon on this date with representatives of LKSD, ANTHC, PERP, and CS. Purpose of telecon was to learn more about the potential availability of equipment due to the ANTHC project and to discuss funding source for dealing with the tanks as they seem to be a concern as a source of the vapor complaints. One of the tanks contains a fuel/water mixture from a previous spill response. LKSD agreed to remove any contents from this tank that were free-flowing after Christmas. Need to develop some cost estimate detail that could be used for a funding request for dealing with tanks. The scope of the tank work needs to be better defined and may need to consider a scenario where the ANTHC equipment could be utilized for a cost savings before that equipment is demobed in April and another scenario where that opportunity is no longer an option. LKSD indicated that the tanks had not yet been cleaned as doing this at the current location is not feasible (and PERP concurred). Even after the free-flowing liquid is removed from the one tank, the tanks likely contain sludge and possibly other contents that present a spill risk until the tanks can be cleaned. Email from LKSD after telecon stating that the tank capacities are as follows:1 ea @ 7180 gallons, 2 ea @ 7950 gallons, 2 ea @ 8750 gallons, and 2 ea @ 9620 gallons. As was the practice in the BIA era, tanks were nested and delivered to remote locations and then assembled. |
Keather McLoone |
| 12/14/2011 |
Meeting or Teleconference Held |
Telecon with representatives of KRWC, Kasigluk IGAP, Brownfield and CS staff regarding status of efforts at Kasigluk. |
Keather McLoone |
| 12/16/2011 |
Update or Other Action |
The previous school was reportedly demolished 15 years ago according to the PACP text, but a figure included in the report on page 56 shows the building numbered 36 in this report is labelled both as the Old BIA and as Triplex Housing. The 2007 Community Map available on the DCRA website provided the aerial image in the PACP and also labels this building as the Old BIA School. This information was researched in order to better define the timeline and involvement of BIA at this site. |
Keather McLoone |
| 1/2/2012 |
Update or Other Action |
Project management transferred from Mcloone to Carnahan. |
John Carnahan |
| 6/14/2012 |
Update or Other Action |
Contract awarded to Shannon & Wilson to remove the seven aboveground storage tanks and assorted debris (liner, broken building materials) at the Kasigluk-Akiuk Old BIA School Tank Farm, complete additional soil characterization sampling of the area, and create a corrective action plan for future cleanup. Expected completion date of field work and subsequent reporting is January 15, 2013. |
Melinda Brunner |
| 2/14/2013 |
Update or Other Action |
Tanks located at the school were removed from the site and transported to Bethel via truck to a LKSD storage lot for future handling. Additional debris remained at site with the expectation of removal by school personell in spring. |
John Carnahan |
| 8/16/2013 |
Brownfields Award |
FY 2014 SOA Capital Improvement Project (CIP) funds $28,716 awarded for continued site remediation following FY 2013 tank removal and assessment at ADEED Kasigluk Old BIA School Tank Farm. NTP# 18803603008B.
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Cascade Galasso-Irish |
| 10/28/2013 |
Site Characterization Workplan Approved |
Workplan approved to carry out debris removal, surface soil sampling, reporting, and corrective action planning. |
Keri DePalma |
| 11/1/2013 |
Update or Other Action |
Received news that the LKSD would not be able to remove the site debris that was remnant from the storage tank farm as originally planned - piping, wood platform, debris and liner remain. The work effort was beyond their estimations, and the local maintenance man could not comply. The land and tundra landscape limited equipment access making removal very difficult. |
John Carnahan |
| 11/5/2013 |
Update or Other Action |
Received word that partially filled drums of fluid that resulted from small spillage during tank removal were stored at the Bethel site, and that they would not be in danger of breakage since the volume was so small. Disposal would be in spring/summer 2014 as amendment to S&W contract. LKSD has numerous glycol drums to dispose at same time. |
John Carnahan |
| 11/6/2013 |
Update or Other Action |
Received estimate to remove debris from site at approximately $50,000. This work will not be completed under existing contract and may preclude future site remediation activities, if any are planned. |
John Carnahan |
| 2/5/2014 |
Update or Other Action |
Environmental Services, Kasigluk-Akiuk Old BIA School Tank Farm report approved. Wooden and metal debris associated with the former tank farm remain at the site and likely will not be reused in the community. Proper disposal will require transporting the material to the Bethel Landfill. The vertical extent of contamination has not been fully defined within this area, it is likely limited by the underlying permafrost, which has been identified at depths as shallow as 4 feet below ground surface. Analytical surface water samples collected from ponded water located within and adjacent to the former tank farm did not contain concentrations of TAH or TAqH greater than the ADEC water quality standards. |
Keri DePalma |
| 8/7/2015 |
Update or Other Action |
Site transferred to Whitsel. |
John Carnahan |
| 11/4/2015 |
Exposure Tracking Model Ranking |
A new updated ranking with ETM has been completed for source area 79010 Former tank farm (ASTs). |
Joy Whitsel |
| 11/5/2015 |
Update or Other Action |
Investigated BIA as PRP. Based on date of transfer of school property to Alaska DEED and reported spill dates, BIA does NOT qualify as a PRP. |
Joy Whitsel |
| 6/22/2017 |
Update or Other Action |
Sent letter to Lower Kuskokwim School District informing them of the list of schools in their district that are listed as contaminated sites, along with a priority ranking of each school with regard to risk to human health and the environment. The intent of the letter is to help the school district prioritize sites for remediation should funds become available. |
Joy Whitsel |
| 6/28/2019 |
Update or Other Action |
Letter provided to BIA providing a list of 31 sites where BIA is a PRP and requesting a meeting to discuss long-term planning for cleanup at these sites. |
Gretchen Caudill |
| 3/18/2020 |
Update or Other Action |
Brownfield file consolidated into CS file on this date. FKA 2420.57.001. |
Cascade Galasso-Irish |
| 10/7/2021 |
Exposure Tracking Model Ranking |
A new updated ranking with ETM has been completed for source area 79010 Former tank farm (ASTs). |
Bill O'Connell |
