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Site Report: Galena AFS/Airport - UST 1429

Site Name: Galena AFS/Airport - UST 1429
Address: Galena Air Force Station, Cantonment Triangle, North of Old Town Galena, Galena, AK 99741
File Number: 860.38.039
Hazard ID: 25850
Status: Cleanup Complete
Staff: No Longer Assigned, 9074655229 dec.icunit@alaska.gov
Latitude: 64.738693
Longitude: -156.957335
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

UST 1429 is a suspected heating-oil tank believed to have provided fuel to Bldg 1429. Records do not specifically describe this UST, however Bldg 1429 was not connected to the FOL central heating system, and similar guard shacks are associated with heating oil tanks. Building 1429 was demolished in 2009. Limited knowledge of this potential UST indicate it would have been installed in approximately 1963 and would have contained heating oil. In 2010, Site Investigation work at Site UST1429 was conducted in accordance with an ADEC approved Workplan. The investigation found cuts in pavement that were assumed evidence of a UST removal. A Geophysical survey was undertaken and indicated that no tank or associated piping remained. Target analytes at Site UST1429 were identified in the workplan as gasoline-range organics (GRO); diesel-range organics (DRO); benzene, toluene, ethylbenzene, and xylenes (BTEX); and polynuclear aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs). Soil samples were also screened for trichloroethene (TCE) and tetrachloroethene (PCE). A cumulative risk evaluation was completed for the site by comparing the maximum concentrations of detected analytes to one-tenth of the ADEC Table B-1 value for direct contact in the Under 40 inch zone. No analytes detected were above the one-tenth criteria. The Cumulative Cancer and Non-cancer risk was determined to be not applicable since no analytes are considered Chemicals of Potential concern (COPC).

Action Information

Action Date Action Description DEC Staff
8/30/2010 Document, Report, or Work plan Review - other Received Draft Final redline of the field sampling workplan. Fred Vreeman
9/2/2010 Document, Report, or Work plan Review - other ADEC approved the field sampling Workplan for the site. Fred Vreeman
11/4/2011 Document, Report, or Work plan Review - other ADEC received a Draft Site Inspection Report for Site UST1429. Dennis Shepard
3/14/2012 Site Added to Database A new site has been added to the database Mitzi Read
3/14/2012 Document, Report, or Work plan Review - other ADEC reviewed and provided comments on the Draft Site Inspection Report for Site UST1429. Dennis Shepard
6/6/2012 Exposure Tracking Model Ranking Initial ranking with ETM completed for source area id: 79268 name: UST 1429 Dennis Shepard
6/11/2012 Cleanup Complete Determination Issued No contaminants remain above ADEC method two cleanup levels. Dennis Shepard

Contaminant Information

Name Level Description Media Comments
DRO < Method 2 Most Stringent Soil
Pyrene < Method 2 Most Stringent Soil

Control Type

Type Details
No ICs Required

Requirements

Description Details
Advance approval required to transport soil or groundwater off-site.

No associated sites were found.

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