Site Report: Goose Bay Nike Site Battery Control Area
| Site Name: | Goose Bay Nike Site Battery Control Area |
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| Address: | Cameo Drive; NW of W End of Goose Bay Airstrip, ~10 Miles SSW of Big Lake, Big Lake, AK 99652 |
| File Number: | 2226.38.006 |
| Hazard ID: | 25974 |
| Status: | Active |
| Staff: | Sarah Bernhardt, 9072697527 sarah.bernhardt@alaska.gov |
| Latitude: | 61.396277 |
| Longitude: | -149.857967 |
| Horizontal Datum: | WGS84 |
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Problems/Comments
Two 20,000-gallon underground storage tanks were assumed to be removed when the site was demolished, however no documentation of tank and soil removal was found. In 2012 the USACE investigated the site using an Ultra-Violet Optical Screening Tool (UVOST) and encountered plumes of Arctic grade diesel and dyed heating oil in the subsurface surrounding the former tank locations. Ten samples were collected and analzyed for GRO, DRO, RRO, BTEX, 1,2-DCA, EDB, and PAH. Several samples showed exceedances of DRO and several PAHs.
Action Information
| Action Date | Action | Description | DEC Staff |
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| 1/3/2013 | Site Added to Database | A new site has been added to the database | Mitzi Read |
| 1/11/2013 | Exposure Tracking Model Ranking | Initial ranking with ETM completed for source area id: 79383 name: Two 20,000-Gal USTs - Arctic Grade Diesel | Meghan Dooley |
| 1/28/2013 | Site Characterization Report Approved | ADEC approved of the UVOST Site Investigation Report for the Battery Control Area. In 2012 the USACE conducted an Ultra Violet Optical Screening Tool (UVOST) investigation to determine the presence or absence of underground storage tanks as well as associated pipelines and contaminated soil. The tanks were found to have already been removed. The investigation did uncover 2 plumes of arctic grade diesel and heating oil in the location of the former tanks. Contamination ranges from 8 feet below ground surface (BGS) to as deep as 24 feet bgs. A remedial action is planned for 2014. | Meghan Dooley |
| 5/19/2016 | Update or Other Action | Phase II RI was anticipated in summer 2016, but the USACE has been unable to secure right of entry from the University of Alaska and DNR. Coordination is ongoing and work is anticipated in Summer 2017. | Holly Weiss-Racine |
| 6/27/2017 | Site Visit | ADEC staff visited the Site and met with Army Corp, their contractors and land owner (University of Alaska) representative. Land owner representative gave a site tour and site history introduction. The 2017 field activities by the Corp are targeted only for subsurface PCE/TCE delineation at the Launch Facility Area (Haz ID 25355). | Linda (Qi) Liu |
| 5/13/2024 | Site Visit | On this date DEC staff conducted a site visit with the USACE FUDS PM to the Nike Site Bay Formerly Used Defense Site to inspect the site and observe the FUDS contractors completing a Remedial Investigation addendum for five additional wells for 1,4-dioxane. | Sarah Bernhardt |
| 8/21/2024 | Site Visit | On this date DEC staff conducted a site visit with the USACE FUDS PM and FUDS Technical staff to the Nike Site Bay Formerly Used Defense Site to inspect the site and observe the FUDS contractors during well installation for a TCE treatability study. Other areas of the site were visually inspected. | Sarah Bernhardt |
Contaminant Information
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There are no documents for this site report.
| Hazard ID | Site Name | File Number |
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| 3175 | ADNR Goose Bay Nike Admin. & Prison Site | 2226.38.004 |