Action Date |
Action |
Description |
DEC Staff |
9/15/1985 |
Update or Other Action |
Corps of Engineers completed an Inventory Report for Fort Glenn. It documented ~5,000 drums, 31 fuel tanks, hundreds of deteriorating buildings (mainly Quonset huts) and other wastes at the site. |
John Halverson |
6/30/1987 |
Update or Other Action |
Corps completed a Contaminant Inventory and Preliminary Risk Assessment, Fort Glenn. It describes observations and sampling results from the site: water contamination (Thirty Mile, Camp Creek and an unidentified lake) identified as the most urgent problem. It described mercury contamination in the 10,000 gallon fuel tanks and states that it should be removed before any more of it spills into the ground. It recommended placing a clean soil cap over low level PCBs in soil near the transformer platforms. It also stated that ownership of drums at the Reeve Aleutian Airways shed should be ascertained. |
John Halverson |
10/15/1989 |
Update or Other Action |
(Old R:Base Action Code = SI - Site Investigation). SI action added by Shannon and Wilson, Inc., on 2/19/97. Based on FUDS Site Summary dated 2/21/96, SI for contaminated soil and water started 10/89 by Corps. |
S&W-Miner |
9/17/1993 |
Update or Other Action |
Corps received approval from its headquarters to design and conduct a remedial action addressing containerized wastes (drums, fuel tanks etc.) and associated contaminated soil, removal and disposal of deteriorating buildings and other debris, and conducting a site inspection to determine whether there is a need for further remedial investigation and possibly cleanup. |
John Halverson |
8/29/1996 |
Update or Other Action |
EPA submitted a Preliminary Assessment Report for Fort Glenn (CERCLIS Id # AK0001366673), prepared by URS Consultants. It documents that ranchers at Fort Glenn had found grenades and fragmentation bombs at the north camp 1.5 miles west of the Birchwood hanger. Corps EOD to respond in near future. The remainder of the PA summarized earlier investigations and existing site information. |
John Halverson |
11/20/1996 |
Site Added to Database |
Various contaminants. |
S&W-Miner |
6/15/1997 |
Update or Other Action |
(Old R:Base Action Code = SI - Site Investigation). EPA conducted a Site Investigation through URS. Petroleum contaminated soil and sediment is widespread. More localized inorganics at elevated levels. |
John Halverson |
11/9/1999 |
Site Ranked Using the AHRM |
Ranked site using available data - "High Priority". |
John Halverson |
12/14/2000 |
Site Ranked Using the AHRM |
Changed the GW Exposure Index Value to 0 from 1 because GW is not used as a DW source. Still a Medium Priority site. |
Former Staff |
5/1/2001 |
Update or Other Action |
Work plan reviewed for site investigation. |
Debra Caillouet |
9/10/2001 |
Update or Other Action |
Site visit report documenting UXO at an OB/OD pit received from ADEC contractor confirming presence and identifying possible other sites for investigation. |
Debra Caillouet |
1/24/2002 |
Update or Other Action |
ADEC reviewed and submitted comments on the draft Archive Search Report. |
Debra Caillouet |
8/29/2002 |
Update or Other Action |
Staff sent the USACE a letter requesting a schedule for submission of the RI report, UXO detonation and a UXO avoidance plan. |
Debra Caillouet |
11/27/2002 |
Update or Other Action |
Staff submitted lengthy comments on the draft RI report for the 2001 field season. The report was written as a data report and did not meet the regulatory requirements. |
Debra Caillouet |
1/2/2003 |
Update or Other Action |
Staff met with the USACE project delivery team and their contractor to discuss the RI report. All of DEC's comments were accepted and a new draft RI report will be submitted in 60 days. |
Debra Caillouet |
4/24/2003 |
Update or Other Action |
Staff submitted lengthy comments on a draft RI report covering the 2001 field work. |
Debra Caillouet |
8/26/2003 |
Update or Other Action |
This RECKEY will be used to track petroleum related releases. In the future it may be necessary to further split the data by sites within the former base. OE related information will be tracked under 199625X232501 |
Debra Caillouet |
11/6/2003 |
Update or Other Action |
The final RI report was received. DEC sent a letter to the USACE indicating that the work did not complete characterization of the site. |
Debra Caillouet |
3/17/2005 |
Update or Other Action |
File number issued 2550.38.001 |
Aggie Blandford |
10/31/2007 |
Exposure Tracking Model Ranking |
Intitial Ranking Complete for Source Area: 73598 (Autogenerated Action) |
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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 |
3/30/2017 |
Meeting or Teleconference Held |
Met with USCOE project manager to discuss upcoming projects. Currently it looks like the USCOE is planning additional field work in 2018. |
Darren Mulkey |
7/16/2018 |
CERCLA SI |
'Final Site Reconnaissance, Fort Glenn CON/HTRW (Multiple Projects FUDS, Umnak Island, June 2018'. This primary purpose for the reconnaissance was to assess and document containerized hazardous, toxic, or radioactive water (CON/HTRW) sites for environmental impacts. The sites included: Project 02 - Drums, Project 15 - Tanks with Pipelines and Pumping Stations, Project 16 - Transformers, and Project 17 - Miscellaneous Abandoned Machinery. For Project 02, a total of 54 drum dumps and 17 isolated, individual drums were surveyed; an estimated 2,554 drums were identified. For Project 15, a total of 182 tank locations were inspected; tanks were physically present at 63 of the 182 locations and visual signs of POL impacts were observed at 15 of the tank locations. For Project 16, a total of 101 transformer locations were inspected; a total of 27 transformers were physically present at 11 locations (PCBs were detected in two soil samples). For Project 17, a total of 22 pieces of machinery/equipment were identified; this included four generators, two cranes, an excavator, two cable winches, two bulldozers, equipment on tracks, three vehicles/trucks, one tanker truck, four boilers, and one refrigerator. |
Sammi Castle |
6/26/2020 |
Document, Report, or Work plan Review - other |
ADEC reviewed and commented on the Engineering Evaluation/Cost Analysis Work Plan, dated 22 May 2020, for the Fort Glenn FUDS Property. This Technical Memorandum presents the project goals, a brief site description, key assumptions, aspects of the EE/CA documents, and the plan for public involvement for four projects: Project 02 - Drum Piles, Project 15 - Tanks with Pipelines and Pump Stations, Project 16 - Transformers, and Project 17 - Miscellaneous Abandoned Machinery. |
Sammi Castle |
2/12/2021 |
Document, Report, or Work plan Review - other |
ADEC submitted comments on the Draft Engineering Evaluation/Cost Analysis, Fort Glenn Con/HTRW Project 02, Umnak Island, Alaska, dated December 2020, in a letter on this date. This document identifies and assesses non-time-critical removal action (NTCRA) alternatives to support the selection of a remedial action for Project 02 (Drum Piles). |
Sammi Castle |