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Site Report: BPX RCRA Administrative Order on Consent for North Slope Sites

Site Name: BPX RCRA Administrative Order on Consent for North Slope Sites
Address: Prudhoe Bay Unit, Prudhoe Bay, AK 99734
File Number: 300.38.288
Hazard ID: 26255
Status: Informational
Staff: Laura Jacobs, 9074512911 laura.jacobs@alaska.gov
Latitude: 70.296944
Longitude: -148.668611
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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

This record is being used to track information related to the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) Administrative Order on Consent for Prudhoe Bay Unit (PBU) entered into with British Petroleum Exploration Alaska, Inc. (BPX) and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) that is not associated with and does not represent specific contaminated sites but groups of SWMUs. EPA Docket no. RCRA-10-2007-0222. Documents tracked under this file number are those that apply to the PBU Program rather than site specific documents. See also file numbers 300.38.200 (Sand Dunes Landfill), 300.38.103 (Pad 13), and 300.38.094 (Tuboscope). Please see attached figure that shows the PBU and the few areas excluded from the Order.

Action Information

Action Date Action Description DEC Staff
4/11/2008 Update or Other Action Date of receipt of 2007 Annual Report for the Prudhoe Bay Facility. In addition to Intro, Background, Purpose and Scope, Principal Personnel, Reference List (of documentation generated for the SWMUs and AOCs, Certificates of Insurance sections - this document also covers Newly Identified SWMUs or AOCs, Reporting Period Field Work Summaries for Inactive Production Reserve Pits and Tuboscope, Issues/Problems and Implement/Suggested Resolutions, National Release Center Release Summary, Corrective Action Completions, New Environmental Permits/Orders as well as 2008 Work Scheduled for Submittals Required by the Order for Reserve Pits and Exploration Sites. Keather McLoone
3/28/2009 Update or Other Action Date of receipt of 2008 RCRA Annual Report Prudhoe Bay Facility, AK. This years document organized a bit differently to include Introduction, Purpose and Scope, Work Completed during the Reporting Period, Issues and Resolutions, National Response Center Release Summary, New Environmental Permits/Orders and Additional Items which included Comprehensive Projects Schedules for Tuboscope, Term Well A, Pad 13 and Sand Dunes. Also included in the Additional Items section are Cost Estimate, Corrective Action Complete Determinations, Principal Personnel, Updated Reference List, and Certificates of Insurance. Keather McLoone
3/28/2010 Update or Other Action Date of receipt of 2009 RCRA Annual Report Prudhoe Bay Facility, AK. This year's annual report organized much like last years. Keather McLoone
3/28/2011 Update or Other Action Date of cover letter accompanying 2010 RCRA Annual Report, Prudhoe Bay Facility, AK. This year's annual report organized much like previous 2 years. Keather McLoone
3/28/2012 Update or Other Action Date of cover letter accompanying 2011 RCRA Annual Report, Prudhoe Bay Facility, Alaska. This year's annual report organized much previous 3 years with a bit more detail in the table of contents for section covering Work Completed During The Reporting Period. Keather McLoone
3/28/2013 Update or Other Action Date of cover letter accompanying 2012 RCRA Annual Report, Prudhoe Bay Facility, Alaska. Keather McLoone
3/26/2014 Update or Other Action Date of cover letter accompanying 2013 RCRA Annual Report Prudhoe Bay Facility, Alaska. Keather McLoone
7/15/2014 Site Added to Database A new site has been added to the database Mitzi Read
5/1/2015 Update or Other Action Regulated Constiuents of Potential Concern Identification Report; Prudhoe Bay Unit, Alaska date May 2015. Earlier versions of this document dated March 31,2008, May 2013 and July 2014. Keather McLoone
1/14/2016 Document, Report, or Work plan Review - other Date of receipt of document submitted by SLR on behalf of BP entitled Background Metal Concentrations in Soil with a date of July 2015. Keather McLoone
4/6/2016 Document, Report, or Work plan Review - other Date of receipt for the 2015 RCRA Annual Report, dated March 31, 2016. Joshua Barsis
6/25/2016 Document, Report, or Work plan Review - other Date of receipt for the Regulated Constituents of Potential Concern Report, dated January 2016. Joshua Barsis
9/16/2016 Document, Report, or Work plan Review - other Date of receipt of the redlined version of the Quality Assurance Project Plan for Administrative Order for Corrective Action, dated September 19, 2016. This document was submitted as part of the Environmental Protection Agency’s Prudhoe Bay Resource Conservation and recovery Act Administrative Order on Consent (RCRA-10-2007-0222). Joshua Barsis
3/20/2017 Document, Report, or Work plan Review - other Date of receipt of the Surface Water Background Report, dated March 2017. The purpose of this report was to characterize the natural background concentrations of certain metals in surface water bodies within the PBU. ADEC issues a letter and comment table regarding the report in May 2017. Joshua Barsis
3/31/2017 Document, Report, or Work plan Review - other Date of receipt of the 2016 RCRA Annual Report, dated March 31, 2017. This document was submitted as part of the Environmental Protection Agency’s Prudhoe Bay Resource Conservation and recovery Act Administrative Order on Consent (RCRA-10-2007-0222). Joshua Barsis
4/6/2017 Document, Report, or Work plan Review - other Date of receipt of the final version of the Quality Assurance Project Plan for Administrative Order for Corrective Action, dated April 4, 2017. Joshua Barsis
4/17/2017 Document, Report, or Work plan Review - other Date of receipt of the Public Involvement Plan, dated April 2017 for the Administrative Order for Corrective Action Section 3008(h) of the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act EPA ID No. AKD000643239 EPA Docket No. RCRA-10-2007-0222 Joshua Barsis
3/31/2018 Document, Report, or Work plan Review - other Date of receipt of the Draft 2017 RCRA Annual Report, dated March 28, 2018. This document was submitted as part of the Environmental Protection Agency’s Prudhoe Bay Resource Conservation and recovery Act Administrative Order on Consent (RCRA-10-2007-0222). Joshua Barsis
4/17/2018 Document, Report, or Work plan Review - other Date of receipt of the Draft Site-Wide Strategy and Prioritization Report, dated April 2018. This document was submitted as part of the Environmental Protection Agency’s Prudhoe Bay Resource Conservation and recovery Act Administrative Order on Consent (RCRA-10-2007-0222). Joshua Barsis
7/30/2018 Update or Other Action Sent letter on this day requesting that BP calculate BTVs for the soil and surface water background reports using both the lognormal distribution and by systematically removing outliers on raw data to achieve a normal distribution. See file for more info. Joshua Barsis
9/18/2018 Document, Report, or Work plan Review - other Reviewed the redline version of the Quality Assurance Project Plan for Administrative Order for Corrective Action, dated July 2018. This document was submitted as part of the Environmental Protection Agency’s Prudhoe Bay Resource Conservation and recovery Act Administrative Order on Consent (RCRA-10-2007-0222). ADEC provided limited comments on the document. See file for full letter. Joshua Barsis
12/19/2018 Document, Report, or Work plan Review - other Date of receipt of the Final Site-Wide Strategy and Prioritization Report, dated December 2018. This document was submitted as part of the Environmental Protection Agency’s Prudhoe Bay Resource Conservation and recovery Act Administrative Order on Consent (RCRA-10-2007-0222). Joshua Barsis
1/30/2019 Update or Other Action Reviewed the final version of the Surface Water Background Report, Prudhoe Bay Facility, Alaska document dated March 2017. This document was submitted as part of the Environmental Protection Agency’s Prudhoe Bay Resource Conservation and recovery Act Administrative Order on Consent (RCRA-10-2007-0222). This document is approved. Joshua Barsis
3/21/2019 Document, Report, or Work plan Review - other Reviewed final version of the port titled: Background Metal Concentrations in Soil, Prudhoe Bay Facility, Alaska dated March 2018, and revised January 2019. ADEC issued a letter on this day requesting a few more modifications. Joshua Barsis
4/15/2019 Document, Report, or Work plan Review - other Date of receipt of the Draft 2018 RCRA Annual Report, dated March 31, 2019. This document was submitted as part of the Environmental Protection Agency’s Prudhoe Bay Resource Conservation and recovery Act Administrative Order on Consent (RCRA-10-2007-0222). Joshua Barsis

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