Site Report: Fort Wainwright Northern Lights Housing Area CC-FTWW-113
| Site Name: | Fort Wainwright Northern Lights Housing Area CC-FTWW-113 |
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| Address: | Between Gaffney and Neely Roads, and 599th and 600th Streets, Fort Wainwright, AK 99703 |
| File Number: | 108.38.125 |
| Hazard ID: | 26291 |
| Status: | Active |
| Staff: | Juliana Smit, 9072693064 juliana.smit@alaska.gov |
| Latitude: | 64.830392 |
| Longitude: | -147.692418 |
| Horizontal Datum: | WGS84 |
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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
During demolition of the old Northern Lights housing area, areas of diesel range organic contamination were discovered. Enough contaminated soil was removed to allow the construction to continue but confirmation samples show up to 47,000 mg/kg remaining at 6 feet below ground surface and 17 mg/kg 1-methylnaphthalene at 5 feet below ground surface. No groundwater sampling has occurred.
Action Information
| Action Date | Action | Description | DEC Staff |
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| 10/3/2014 | Spill Transferred from Prevention Preparedness and Response Program | Spill transferred from PERP staff Paul Lhotka. Spill no. 12309910402; spill date = 4/13/12; substance = unknown; quantity = unknown; PERP file no. 108.02.002. | Mitzi Read |
| 10/21/2014 | Site Added to Database | A new site has been added to the database | Mitzi Read |
| 10/22/2014 | Exposure Tracking Model Ranking | Initial ranking with ETM completed for source area id: 79681 name: Northern Lights Housing Area CC-FTWW-113 | Debra Caillouet |
| 3/16/2015 | Document, Report, or Work plan Review - other | Draft Work Plan Environmental Investigations various Sites, Fort Wainwright Alaska January 2015 was reviewed. This this work plan addresses 17 sites at Fort Wainwright. The plan was written in UFP-QAPP but has major deficiencies requiring a complete rewrite of the document. Detailed comment was sent to the Army. | Debra Caillouet |
| 6/15/2015 | Update or Other Action | The Army was sent a review of the response to comment that was provided for the comments sent in March on the draft work plan. DEC has remaining concerns for the Conceptual Site Model, site specific DQO's and the site history provided. | Debra Caillouet |
| 12/13/2016 | Meeting or Teleconference Held | A two day Federal Facilities Agreement (FFA) and Stakeholders meeting was held on December 13 & 14, 2016. The main focus of the meeting was to develop a site discovery and site intake process that would satisfy requirements of the Fort Wainwright FFA, RCRA Permit, and two party agreements. The Army, EPA and DEC committed to a flowchart of the preliminary source evaluation process. Timelines were established for scoping a land use control implementation plan (LUCIP) and developing a contracting schedule for Fort Wainwright contaminated site investigations and remedial actions. Seven sites were proposed for inclusion into the FFA (three party agreement) by the Army and the RPMs documented the assignment of the regulatory path for these sites using a newly developed and agreed to signature form. | Dennis Shepard |
| 1/1/2017 | Document, Report, or Work plan Review - other | DEC approved the 2015 Annual Institutional Controls Report, Fort Wainwright, Alaska (August 2016). | Dennis Shepard |
| 11/8/2023 | CERCLA Proposed Plan | DEC has reviewed and submitted comments on the Proposed Plan (PP)for the Spill Area South of Building 3485, Motor Pool Buildings 3492, 3494, 3496, and Northern Lights Housing Area Sites, which details the site histories, investigation results, and path forward to address remaining contamination present at these sites on Fort Wainwright. Management of each of the three sites are recommended by the PP to be transferred to the State of Alaska under the Two-Party Agreement, as the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) does not have authority for further investigation or remediation under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA) Section 101. | Tim Sharp |
| 8/20/2024 | Document, Report, or Work plan Review - other | The Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) has reviewed the Final Proposed Plan: Spill Area South of Building 3485; Motor Pool Buildings 3492, 3494, 3496; and Northern Lights Housing Area Sites, Fort Wainwright, AK received on July 23,2024 and did not have any further comments to provide. The Proposed Plan outlines the history of spill area south of Building 3485; Motor Pool Buildings 3492, 3494, 3496; and Northern Lights Housing area sites and the mechanism to transfer the above sites from under CERCLA to the 2-Party Agreement established between the Army and the State of Alaska. This document is now approved. | Carly Jensen |
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