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Site Report: Caines Head - Fort McGilvray

Site Name: Caines Head - Fort McGilvray
Address: Resurrection Bay, Seward, AK 99664
File Number: 2332.38.023
Hazard ID: 2601
Status: Active
Staff: Jamie McKellar, 9074515175 jamie.mckellar@alaska.gov
Latitude: 60.003437
Longitude: -149.437830
Horizontal Datum:NAD83

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

There are four main areas at the Caines Head/Fort McGilvray Site: North Beach, Battery 293, South Beach, and Rocky Point. Site features includeformer dumpsites, former fuel tank areas, former power house sites, former septic systems, and a tank vault adjacent to the entrance to the Battery 293 structure. Identified contaminants include DRO, GRO, RRO, BTEX, PAHs, VOCs, SVOCs, metals, pesticides, and PCBs. The site is currently owned by the Alaska State Parks. Remedial/cleanup activities are being conducted by the Former Used Defense Sites (FUDS) program.

Action Information

Action Date Action Description DEC Staff
5/26/1987 Document, Report, or Work plan Review - other Environmental assessment conducted by the USACE. Sammi Castle
8/29/1988 Preliminary Assessment Approved PA action added by Shannon and Wilson, Inc., on 2/19/97. Based on FUDS Site Summary, PA was completed 8/29/88; second PA started 8/31/95. S&W-Miner
2/19/1997 Site Added to Database Site added by Shannon and Wilson, Inc. S&W-Miner
4/17/1998 Update or Other Action Corps plans Site Investigation in 1998. John Halverson
12/14/1999 Update or Other Action The site investigation work was postponed and is now scheduled for 2000. John Halverson
4/16/2002 Update or Other Action DEC received a copy of the Caines Head/Fort McGilvray Preliminary Assessment Report Seward, AK done by Ecology and Environment for EPA and dated Feb. 2002. EPA determined that no further action is required under CERCLA but that State environmental laws and regulations still need to be addressed. John Halverson
5/1/2002 Site Ranked Using the AHRM Updated location and ranking to reflect EPA START soil sampling. Minor DRO and RRO detected in or near chimneys of several collapsed structures at the South Beach area. Bruce Wanstall
8/18/2004 Update or Other Action File number issued 2332.38.023 Aggie Blandford
2/23/2011 Document, Report, or Work plan Review - other Caines Head Site Inspection Quality Assurance Project Plan dated February 2011 and received on this date. Sammi Castle
10/28/2011 Document, Report, or Work plan Review - other Caines Head Site Inspection Work Plan dated October 2011 and received by ADEC on this date. Sammi Castle
10/3/2012 Document, Report, or Work plan Review - other Caines Head Site Inspection Report dated September 2012 and received by ADEC on this date. 13 petroleum storage tank sites, seven power house sites, three septic sites, and one former dump site from the FUDS were inspected. Sammi Castle
11/25/2015 Document, Report, or Work plan Review - other Revised Final Rocky Point Tank Closure Work Plan dated November 2015 and received by ADEC on this date. Work to be performed includes closure of two 300-gallon and one 960-gallon USTs in place. Sammi Castle
8/29/2016 Document, Report, or Work plan Review - other Final Underground Storage Tank Closure Report dated March 2016 and received by ADEC on this date. Three USTs were closed in place. The tanks included a 960-gallon water UST, 300-gallon diesel UST, and 300-gallon gasoline UST. Sammi Castle
12/1/2016 Meeting or Teleconference Held CS managers participate in the annual FUDS site management action plan meeting. The purpose of the is to collaborate with FUDS management on site progress and prioritization for all of the formerly used defense sites. FUDS prioritization is based on risk, congressional interest, state input and proximity to other sites on the prioritization list. FUDS has increased environmental restoration funding in Alaska for the 2017 and 2018 field seasons to meet National goals for site progress. Darren Mulkey
3/23/2018 Update or Other Action New DEC Project Manager assigned. Jamie McKellar
6/7/2018 Update or Other Action REPORT RECEIVED: Draft Declaration of Project Closeout Decision for Caines Head / Fort McGilvray Formerly Used Defense Site. Prepared by USACE. Dated June 2018. Comments requested from DEC by July 6, 2018. Jamie McKellar
8/7/2018 Document, Report, or Work plan Review - other COMMENTS SUBMITTED: DEC to USACE for the Draft Declaration of Project Closeout. Prepared by USACE. Dated June 2018. Jamie McKellar
5/9/2019 Update or Other Action Sent an email to USACE requesting a status update on the Project Closeout document. DEC provided comments on August 7, 2018. To date, USACE has not submitted a response to comments. Jamie McKellar
5/20/2020 Update or Other Action On October 28, 2019 DEC sent a follow up email to the USACE/FUDS Program which detailed the following 1) In 2015, DEC approved the use of Table B2 Method Two Ingestion cleanup levels for petroleum hydrocarbon contaminated soil at the Rocky Point portion of the Caines Head project. If USACE intends to use cleanup levels other than migration to groundwater in the other three areas (North Beach, Battery 293, and South Beach), written documentation supporting the use of Table B2 Ingestion Cleanup levels at each of the other three areas must be submitted to DEC for review and approval. 2) One sample collected at the Battery 293 Mess Hall Man Hole Septic Tank Vault exceeds the Table B1 Human Health Cleanup level for benzo(a)pyrene. Additional investigation must be conducted at this site to delineate the extent of contamination. Jamie McKellar
8/14/2020 Document, Report, or Work plan Review - other On August 14, 2020, DEC issued a letter to USACE indicating that DEC does not concur with the submitted 2020 Project Closeout Report Containerized Hazardous, Toxic, and Radioactive Waste Project #F10AK0039-02. Jamie McKellar
8/19/2020 Site Visit On 8/19/2020, DEC staff visited North Beach and Battery 293. Jamie McKellar
11/5/2020 Meeting or Teleconference Held DEC and the landowner, DNR, had a meeting to discuss Caines Head. DEC provided a general site status update. Jamie McKellar
11/10/2020 Update or Other Action DEC received guidance from Region 10 EPA that the Battery 293 Septic Vault falls under the purview of the EPA's UIC Program and must be closed out in coordination with EPA. Jamie McKellar
6/21/2021 Document, Report, or Work plan Review - other REPORT APPROVAL: Final Project Closeout Report, Containerized Hazardous, Toxic, and Radioactive Waste Project # F10AK0039-02, Caines Head / Rocky Point Formerly Used Defense Site Seward, Alaska (USACE, June 2021) Jamie McKellar
11/7/2022 Meeting or Teleconference Held CS Staff participated in a Caines Head scoping meeting with USACE. Jamie McKellar
6/26/2023 Exposure Tracking Model Ranking Initial ranking with ETM completed for source area id: 73577 name: auto-generated pm edit Caines Head - Fort McGilvray Jamie McKellar
6/28/2023 Update or Other Action On 6/27/2023 DEC issued a No Further Action (NFA) letter for Rocky Point, the Battery 293 Ammo Storage and Laundry Building Tanks, and the South Beach Wood Stave Tank & Power house/Garrison Power House. The Caines Head site will remain open until all areas of concern have met the criteria for a cleanup complete determination. The 6/27/2023 NFA letter is available for download on the database. Jamie McKellar

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