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Site Report: Eielson AFB (SS535) Hydrant Fuel System Tank 5 Bldg 3241

Site Name: Eielson AFB (SS535) Hydrant Fuel System Tank 5 Bldg 3241
Address: Flightline Avenue; Tank 5 (Bldg 3241), Eielson AFB, AK 99702
File Number: 107.38.108
Hazard ID: 25563
Status: Active
Staff: Axl LeVan, 9074512156 axl.levan@alaska.gov
Latitude: 64.665389
Longitude: -147.089634
Horizontal Datum:WGS84

We make every effort to ensure the data presented here is accurate based on the best available information currently on file with DEC. It is therefore subject to change as new information becomes available. We recommend contacting the assigned project staff prior to making decisions based on this information.

Problems/Comments

In March 2007 approximately 2,080 gallons of JP-8 jet fuel were released from an aboveground water draw-off tank and discharged inside the containment dike located at Tank 5 (Building 3241). Tank 5 is part of the hydrant fueling system. The spill was re-reported on August 25, 2010 during a construction project inside of the containment area. Contamination has been identified under the liner in the secondary containment area and appears to have reached groundwater. In August 2010 an additional spill report was received when contaminated soil was encountered during repairs to pipe supports at the tanker row fuel tank area.

Action Information

Action Date Action Description DEC Staff
8/30/2010 Spill Transferred from Prevention Preparedness and Response Program Spill transfered by PERP staff Brian Jackson. Spill no. 07309908501; spill date = 3/26/07; substance = JP-8; quantity = ~2,080 gallons; PERP file no. 107.02.004. Mitzi Read
9/21/2010 Site Added to Database A new site has been added to the database Mitzi Read
9/21/2010 Exposure Tracking Model Ranking Initial ranking with ETM completed for source area id: 78953 name: Tank 5 (Bldg 3241) Mitzi Read
10/10/2012 Document, Report, or Work plan Review - other The 2010 Tanker Row Supports Summary Report was submitted to verify that sample collection was adequate to permit thermal treatment and disposal of stockpiled soil resulting from May 2010 excavations conducted during repair and upgrade of vertical pipe supports. 45 cubic yards of soil was excavated under an ACOE contract. Samples were only collected from the stockpiles, and not from the bottom or sidewalls of the excavations. Diesel range organics were detected to 1,900 mg/kg, benzene, ethylbenzene, toluene, and xylenes were did not exceed cleanup levels. Kim DeRuyter
10/17/2012 Spill Transferred from Prevention Preparedness and Response Program Spill transferred by PERP staff Ashley Adamczak. Spill no. 10309923603; spill date = 8/24/10; substance = JP8; quantity = unknown; PERP file no. 107.38.004. Mitzi Read
6/13/2014 Update or Other Action On April 23, 2014, the Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation and the United States Air Force reached agreement on the State-Eielson Air Force Base Petroleum Site Restoration Agreement (Two-party Agreement). This agreement was established to perform any necessary assessment, monitoring, remediation and cleanup determinations for petroleum contaminated sites at Eielson Air Force Base. This site was identified as a petroleum contaminated site requiring a response action and its cleanup will continue under Alaska regulations, following the procedures established in the agreement. Monte Garroutte
8/7/2015 Document, Report, or Work plan Review - other DEC) has reviewed Draft Tanker Row Additional Site Assessment Work Plan, Source Area SS534 and SS535, Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska, dated July 2015 (Tanker Row work plan). This work plan was submitted on July 21, 2015. The Tanker Row work plan describes further planned site characterization work at two sites on Eielson Air Force Base: SS534 (Building 1211) and SS535 (Tank 5), where JP8 is the primary contaminant. Melinda Brunner
8/17/2015 Site Characterization Workplan Approved DEC approved the "Final Tanker Row Additional Site Assessment Work Plan, Source Area SS534 and SS535, Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska." The purpose and objectives of the planned work are to characterize the extent of soil and groundwater contaminated by petroleum at source areas SS534 and SS535. The proposed work includes: (1) mobilizing a drilling rig to the site to sample up to 16 boreholes and to install eight monitoring wells; (2) developing and sampling the newly installed monitoring wells; (3) sampling two existing monitoring wells; and (4) preparing an assessment report and feasibility study for the sites. Field work is scheduled to begin in August 2015. Melinda Brunner
8/19/2015 Site Visit Brunner and Breitenberger visited the site to inspect the implementation of the work plan approved on 8/17/15. Activities underway include taking soil borings, installing monitoring wells, and sampling existing monitoring wells. Melinda Brunner
10/9/2015 Document, Report, or Work plan Review - other DEC reviewed the draft "2014 Site Characterization Of Source Area SS534 And Source Area SS535, Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska" dated April 2015 (the SS534/SS535 Report) and provided comments to the USAF. The SS534/SS535 Report describes sampling activities completed in 2014 at SS534 and SS535, two adjacent petroleum-contaminated sites at Eielson Air Force Base. Sampling of soil and groundwater was conducted to evaluate data gaps, delineate the nature and extent of soil and groundwater contamination, and determine the need for further investigation at each site. Melinda Brunner
10/27/2016 Site Characterization Report Approved DEC approved the 2014 Site Characterization of Source Area SS534 and Source Area SS535. Contamination remains under the Tank 5 containment area at SS535. Additional investigation was recommended for SS535 outside of the containment area. Contamination was delineated at SS534, and an excavation of shallow soil was recommended. Monte Garroutte
10/27/2016 Site Characterization Report Approved DEC approved the 2014 Site Characterization of Source Area SS534 and Source Area SS535, Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska. Contamination remains under the Tank 5 containment area at SS535. Additional investigation was recommended for SS535 outside of the containment area. Contamination was delineated at SS534, and an excavation of shallow soil was recommended. John O'Brien
5/4/2017 Document, Report, or Work plan Review - other DEC approved the Tanker Row 2015 Additional Site Assessment Report and Feasibility Study, dated November 2015, for Source Area's SS534 and SS535. The report documents soil and groundwater sampling activities at the two source areas. Analytical results showed contamination remaining in the soil and groundwater. At SS535, contamination still remains beneath the lined containment area. Erica Blake
10/23/2017 Document, Report, or Work plan Review - other DEC approved the 2017 Work Plan for groundwater sampling in late November at the Tanker Row (SS535 and SS534) sites on October 11, 2017. A final work plan was received on October 23, 2017 describing groundwater sampling activities at ten monitoring wells at the Tanker Row sites. Groundwater samples will be submitted for gasoline range organics (GRO), diesel range organics (DRO)/residual range organics (RRO), benzene, toluene, ethylbenzene, xylenes (BTEX) and total lead. Additional analyses collected at SS535-MW05 will be polynuclear aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs). Erica Blake
10/27/2017 Site Characterization Report Approved DEC Approval of the 2014 Site Characterization of Source Area SS534 and Source Area SS535, Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska Monte Garroutte
9/28/2018 Document, Report, or Work plan Review - other DEC approved the 2017 Tanker Row Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska Groundwater Monitoring Report, dated June 21, 2018. The document describes 2017 groundwater sampling activities at the Eielson Air Force Base, Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) Tanker Row Building 1211 (Source Area SS534) and Tank 5 (Source Area SS535). During the 2017 sampling event, only seven of the ten wells were sampled for the following analysis; gasoline range organics (GRO), diesel range organics (DRO), residual range organics (RRO), benzene, toluene, ethylbenzene, xylenes (BTEX) and total lead. Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) were only collected from one well (SS535-MW05). The only analyte to exceed DEC cleanup levels during the 2017 groundwater sampling was total lead. Benzene was detected, but below the cleanup level. Samples were not collected from the following wells: 1211-MW05, 1211-MW06 (SS534) and SS535-MW01 because they could not be located under the snow piles. The next round of sampling is planned for September/October 2018. Erica Blake
10/17/2018 Document, Report, or Work plan Review - other DEC approved the Tanker Row Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska Groundwater Monitoring Work Plan Final, dated October 2018. The document describes the work plan for the 2018 groundwater monitoring as it relates to JP-8 releases around Eielson Air Force Base, Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) Tanker Row Building 1211 (Source Area SS534) and Tank 5 (Source Area SS535). All ten wells are scheduled to be sampled for gasoline range organics (GRO), diesel range organics (DRO), residual range organics (RRO), benzene, toluene, ethylbenzene, xylenes (BTEX), and total lead. Bri Clark
8/2/2019 Document, Report, or Work plan Review - other DEC provided comments for a draft Decision Document for Eielson Take-Off Pad, Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska. The site formerly hosted the Eielson Take-Off facility (ETOP), a fuel transfer building, which was removed in 2004. Currently, a pipeline and associated access road traverse the site, and are the only infrastructure present within the area of contamination. The draft Decision Document (DD) presents the remedy selected to address petroleum hydrocarbon contamination in soil and groundwater at the ETOP site at Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska. Dennis Shepard
11/19/2020 Document, Report, or Work plan Review - other DEC approved the Final Work Plan and response to comments for: "Tanker Row Groundwater Monitoring Work Plan, Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska" submitted by DLA on November 19, 2020. Field work for the Tanker Row is scheduled for the week of 11/23/2020, and will include the sampling of eight monitoring wells: SS535-MW01, SS535-MW02, SS535-MW03, SS535- MW04, SS535-MW05, SS535-MW06, SS535-MW07, and SS535-MW08. Groundwater samples will be submitted for the analytical suite consistent with the 2015 Additional Site Assessment Report and Feasibility Study (ERM. 2015): GRO by AK 101, DRO/ RRO by AK102/103, BTEX by SW8260B, total lead by SW6020A, and PAHs by SW8270D SIM (SS535- MW05 only). Cascade Galasso-Irish
11/30/2020 Cleanup Plan Approved DEC provided approval and signed a Decision Document for Eielson Take-Off Pad, Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska. The Decision Document (DD) presents the remedy selected to address petroleum hydrocarbon contamination in soil and groundwater at the Eielson Take-Off Pad site at Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska. Dennis Shepard
4/23/2021 Meeting or Teleconference Held DEC and Defense Logistic Agency PM had a meeting to discuss the current status of DLA sites. Current and expected documents regarding the sites were discussed. The status of clean-up efforts and monitoring at sites was also discussed. Axl LeVan
6/18/2021 Update or Other Action DEC reviewed and provided comments for the Draft Tanker Row, Eielson Air Force Base, Groundwater Monitoring Work Plan, May 2021. The plan was received 6/3/2021 and presents the monitoring and collection of groundwater samples to be conducted during the fall of 2021. Eight monitoring wells will be sampled for laboratory analysis, and the results will be compared against the state regulatory criteria and previous sampling events. Axl LeVan
6/28/2021 Document, Report, or Work plan Review - other DEC approved the Final Tanker Row, Eielson Air Force Base, Groundwater Monitoring Work Plan, June 2021. The final work plan was received 6/24/2021 and presents the monitoring and collection of groundwater samples to be conducted during the fall of 2021. Eight monitoring wells will be sampled for laboratory analysis, and the results will be compared against the state regulatory criteria and previous sampling events. Axl LeVan
2/15/2022 Document, Report, or Work plan Review - other DEC reviewed and provided comments for the Draft Tanker Row, Eielson Air Force Base, Groundwater Monitoring Report, February 2022. The report was received 2/14/2022 and presents the results of monitoring and collection of groundwater samples conducted during the fall of 2021. Eight monitoring wells were sampled for laboratory analysis, and the results were compared against the state regulatory criteria and previous sampling events. Axl LeVan
5/19/2022 Document, Report, or Work plan Review - other The Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) has completed a review and approved the "Final Tanker Row, Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska 2021 Groundwater Monitoring Work Report, May 2022" submitted by Defense Logistics Agency - Energy on May 11, 2022. Groundwater monitoring and sampling activities were conducted at Tanker Row Tank 5 (SS535) source area at Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska. Eight monitoring wells were sampled, and the results were compared to 18 Alaska Administrative Code 75.345, Table C Groundwater Cleanup Levels. The sampling occurred November 8th and 9th, of 2021. Axl LeVan
9/2/2022 Document, Report, or Work plan Review - other The Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) has completed a review of the "Draft Tanker Row Groundwater Monitoring Work Plan, Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska, June 2022" submitted by Defense Logistics Agency - Energy on August 31, 2022. DEC provided comments on September 2, 2022. The Groundwater Monitoring work plan presents the monitoring and collection of groundwater samples to be conducted during the fall/winter of 2022 and replacement of monitoring well SS535-MW08. Eight monitoring wells will be sampled for laboratory analysis, and the results will be compared against the state regulatory criteria and previous sampling events. Axl LeVan
9/28/2022 Document, Report, or Work plan Review - other The Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) has completed a review and approved the "Final Tanker Row Groundwater Monitoring Work Plan, Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska, September 2022" submitted by Defense Logistics Agency - Energy on September 28, 2022. The Groundwater Monitoring work plan presents the monitoring and collection of groundwater samples to be conducted during the fall/winter of 2022 and replacement of monitoring well SS535-MW08. Eight monitoring wells will be sampled for laboratory analysis, and the results will be compared against the state regulatory criteria and previous sampling events. Axl LeVan
9/22/2023 Document, Report, or Work plan Review - other DEC reviewed and approved the "Technical Memorandum 2023 Groundwater Sampling Tanker Row, September 2023" an update to the 2022 groundwater monitoring workplan for sampling in 2023. Axl LeVan

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