Action Date |
Action |
Description |
DEC Staff |
5/30/1995 |
Preliminary Assessment Approved |
PA action added by Shannon and Wilson, Inc., on 2/19/97. Based on FUDS Site Summary dated 02/21/96, PAs were completed 11/15/93 and 5/30/95. RD scheduled to start 10/98. |
S&W-Miner |
2/19/1997 |
Site Added to Database |
Site added by Shannon and Wilson. |
S&W-Miner |
8/24/1998 |
Preliminary Assessment Approved |
EPA sent out a letter stating the it completed a preliminary assessment (PA) on the site and determined that no further action is required under the federal Superfund program and referred the site to ADEC. The PA, dated July 1998, documented up to 27,000 mg/kg DRO in soil near a drum pile, up to 6,360 mg/kg lead in soil near a battery. |
John Halverson |
12/1/1999 |
Update or Other Action |
ADEC reviewed and commented on a draft "Zone 17 C3 Site Visits Report" dated October 1999 (Jacobs Eng.). It summarizes the site history, previous investigations and the site visit and limited sampling done in 1999. Documented wastes and areas of concern identified in 1985, 1993, 1997 and 1999 include abandoned and deteriorating buildings, generators, antenna poles, drums, three fuel tanks, and a case of blasting gelatin, two transformers, ~10 lead acid batteries, DRO contaminated soil was found in two areas in 1999; one possible UST was identified and warrants further investigation to determine whether a tank is present and, if so, if there is still fuel in it. |
John Halverson |
5/6/2008 |
Update or Other Action |
File number assigned: 2568.38.004. |
Nicole Hurt |
6/11/2008 |
Exposure Tracking Model Ranking |
Initial ranking with ETM completed. |
Jonathan Schick |
4/21/2011 |
Update or Other Action |
Contaminated Sites Staff recieved a copy of the Scoping Meeting Read Ahead Package and Meeting Minutes from the March 16, 2011 Scoping meeting. The package contains maps and figures of the site and details the areas that are to be visited and investigated. |
Jonathan Schick |
5/18/2011 |
Document, Report, or Work plan Review - other |
Conatminated Sites Staff recieved the Final Site Visit Work Plan for the May 2011 site visit to Caton Island FUDS for the HTRW Remedial Investigation and CON/HTRW removal PRogram. The plan addresss health and safety concerns and the areas on the island that will be the target of the investigation. |
Jonathan Schick |
5/24/2011 |
Site Visit |
ADEC Contaminated Sites Staff participated in a site visit to Caton Island Formerly Used Defense Site over three days. The visit included travelling from Anchorage to Cold Bay and then mobilizing by boat to Caton Island. Each of the three areas of concern were visited during the site visit including the Beach area, Powerline corridor, and the Antenna array.
The sites were evaluated and number and rough location of the sampling work was discussed among the project stakeholders.
|
Jonathan Schick |
10/14/2011 |
Update or Other Action |
Contaminated Sites Staaff recieved a copy of the Remedial Investigation Scoping Meeting Read Ahead Package for the Caton Island FUDS HTRW Remedial Investigation and CON/HTRW Removal projects. The Read Ahead package is to be reviewed and will be discussed at the November 9, 2011 Scoping Meeting with the UISACE and contractor. |
Jonathan Schick |
11/9/2011 |
Meeting or Teleconference Held |
Contaminated Sites Staff participated in a scoping meeting for the work to be performed at Caton Island in the summer of 2012. The meeting was attended by members of the USF&WS, USACE, and their contractors. The sampling regime was discussed and the scope of work was defined to the beach area, antenna area, and the power pole corridor. Samples will be collected at each feature of interest within these areas and soil, groundwater, surface water and sediment will be sampled and analyzed for a rnage of contaminants of potential concern. Additional removal action is also within the scope of work if it is identified and the extent determined.
|
Jonathan Schick |
12/5/2011 |
Update or Other Action |
Contaminated Sites Staff received the Final Scoping Meeting Read Ahead Package with the agreed upon amendments adding samples where necessary to augment the program in an effort to delineate any contamination that is observed during the 2012 site work. |
Jonathan Schick |
2/2/2012 |
Update or Other Action |
Contaminated Sites Staff recieved a Draft version of the Work Plan and Quality Assurance Project Plan for Caton Island FUDS. The plan details the Remedial Investigation and limited Cotainerized waste removal planned for summer 2012 at the site.
|
Jonathan Schick |
2/24/2012 |
Document, Report, or Work plan Review - other |
Contatminated Sites Staff submitted comments to the US Army Corps of Engineers' project manager on the Caton Island Work Plan and Quality Assurance Project Plan for Remedial Investigation and Limited Removal Action. ADEC is concerned about PCB sampling where appropriate and clearing other wastes that are at the site but may not be FUDS eligible. |
Jonathan Schick |
3/23/2012 |
Document, Report, or Work plan Review - other |
Contaminated Sites Staff recieved Responses to our comments on the Draft Work Plan and Quality Assurance Project Plan for the Caton Island FUDS Remedial Investigation. There are still outstanding issues regarding the PCB sampling that need to be resolved before the document can be finalized. |
Jonathan Schick |
3/29/2012 |
Meeting or Teleconference Held |
Teleconference was held with the US Army Crops of Engineers project manager to resolve the outstanding comments on the Draft Work Plan and Quality Assurance Project Plan for the Caton Island FUDS Remedial Investigaiton planned for summer 2012. The comments were resolved during the course of the conversation and the document should be amended and finalized as discussed. |
Jonathan Schick |
3/30/2012 |
Site Characterization Workplan Approved |
Contaminated Sites Staff submitted a letter to the Remedial Project Manager at the US Army Corps of Engineers approving the finalization of the Work Plan and Quality Assurance Project Plan for the Caton Island FUDS. Changes are to be made to the Draft based on the outcome of the 3/29 teleconference. |
Jonathan Schick |
5/11/2012 |
Document, Report, or Work plan Review - other |
Contaminated Sites Staff received the Final Version of the Work Plan/Quality Assurance Project Plan for Remedial Investigation and Limited Con/HTRW Removal. Document will be checked to ensrure that the agreed upon changes have been incorporated into the Final. |
Jonathan Schick |
6/15/2012 |
Meeting or Teleconference Held |
Contaminated Sites Staff met with the project manager with the USACE to discuss the progress and issues that have been encountered at the site during the Remedial Investigation work. |
Jonathan Schick |
6/22/2012 |
Update or Other Action |
Remedial Investigation work has been completed at the Caton Island FUDS. Removal actions that were proposed in the work plan were inhibited by cultural resource concerns that conincided with the location of some of the impacts that were to be removed. A follow up meeting was proposed for July to discuss the preliminary results of the field work. |
Jonathan Schick |
4/27/2015 |
Interim Removal Action Approved |
The ADEC Contaminated Sites Program approved the April 2015 Final Caton Island Remedial Investigation and CON/HTRW Removal Report for the Caton Island FUDS. Removal of debris and incidental soil contamination was conducted across the Caton Island FUDS at the Beach Area, Antenna Field, Power Pole Corridor, and North Landfill. Petroleum and metals contamination remains in soil, groundwater, surface water and sediment at the sites. A feasibility study will be prepared under the FUDS program to address contamination related to former military operations on Caton Island. A remedial investigation was be conducted under FUDS to further investigate the North Landfill. A widespread area of surface soil is impacted with lead contamination, and appears to be attributed to peeling of lead-based paint from dilapidated structures. |
Jessica Morris |
4/7/2016 |
Update or Other Action |
The ADEC Contaminated Sites Program approved the February 2016 Final Caton Island Remedial Investigation and CON/HTRW Summary Report for the Caton Island FUDS. |
Jessica Morris |
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 |
5/2/2017 |
CERCLA Proposed Plan |
The ADEC Contaminated Sites Program submitted comments on the draft proposed plan. |
Jessica Morris |
12/7/2017 |
Meeting or Teleconference Held |
Over the last few months, several meetings have been held between ADEC and USACE to resolve the comments on the Caton Island Proposed Plan. |
Jessica Morris |
12/17/2018 |
Meeting or Teleconference Held |
The ADEC Contaminated Sites Program participated in a project scoping meeting with the FAA, USFWS, and Brice Environmental Services Corporation. During the meeting, the team agreed to an approach for calculating risk-based soil cleanup levels at Caton Island that will be protective for ecological receptors. FAA will present a work plan for a removal action with these proposed cleanup level calculations included. A work plan should be ready for ADEC and USFWS review during spring of 2019. |
Jessica Morris |
3/1/2019 |
Exposure Tracking Model Ranking |
A new updated ranking with ETM has been completed for source area 73592 drums and surface stains. |
Jessica Morris |
5/22/2019 |
Document, Report, or Work plan Review - other |
On 5/22/2019, A Draft Demolition, Remedial Action (RA), and Remedial Investigation (RI) Work Plan (WP) was submitted for the Former Radio Range Facility at Caton Island on behalf of FAA. Demolition and RA work was proposed for 7 sites within 3 areas of concern (AOC) including the Beach Area (BA), the Power Pole Corridor (PPC), and the Antennae Field (AF) to address petroleum contamination at PPC-08 site and lead contamination at all areas. A RI was proposed for a new AOC; a suspected landfill (LF) area to the north of the island. Supplemental information, comments, and WP revisions were supplied between ADEC and FAA/Consultant from 6/19/2019 to 7/11/2019. A Final WP was submitted on 7/16/2019. |
Jamie Grant |
7/19/2019 |
Site Characterization Workplan Approved |
Final Demolition, Remedial Action (RA), and Remedial Investigation(RI) Work Plan (WP) for the Former Radio Range Facility at Caton Island was approved. Several sites within the following 4 areas of concern (AOC) are addressed in the WP: Beach Area (BA), Power Pole Corridor (PPC), Antennae Field (AF), and Landfill (LF). The WP RA's include: demolition/removal of selected existing structures and excavation/removal of lead contamination at 8 sites (BA-06, BA-07, AF-06, PPC-01, PPC-04, PPC-07, PPC-08, and LF-01); excavation and removal of petroleum contamination at PPC-08; and analytical sampling (ISM) to confirm removal of COCs at all at all AOCs. The WP RI's include: one monitoring well, 10+ soil borings, test pits and analytical sampling (discrete/grab) for LF-01; additional analytical samples (discrete/grab) collected along any section of a contaminant plume that has not been horizontally defined (specifically PPC-08 and BA-07); a minimum of 4 samples collected from 2 borings at the PPC/AF to supplement TOC data for ACL calculations at these AOCs; a minimum of 8 samples collected from 4 borings at the LF to provide TOC data for ACL calculations; additional background metals sampling around LF AOC. |
Jamie Grant |
5/18/2022 |
Cleanup Complete Determination Issued |
FAA assumed responsibility for the remaining contamination at this site in June 2019 after FUDS administratively closed the site. Refer to Hazard ID 26781 for on-going cleanup activities. |
Shonda Oderkirk |