| Action Date |
Action |
Description |
DEC Staff |
| 4/20/2015 |
Spill Transferred from Prevention Preparedness and Response Program |
Spill transferred by PERP staff Bob Fultz. Spill no. 14119934302; spill date = 12/9/14; substance = unknown petroleum; quantity = unknown; description = potential petroleum releases from multiple sources, possibly from cars, drums, and fuel tanks at car storage and crushing facility. |
Mitzi Read |
| 4/21/2015 |
Site Added to Database |
A new site has been added to the database |
Mitzi Read |
| 4/22/2015 |
Exposure Tracking Model Ranking |
Initial ranking with ETM completed for source area id: 79760 name: Former Vehicle Storage |
Mitzi Read |
| 5/4/2015 |
Potentially Responsible Party/State Interest Letter |
DEC letter was sent certified by regular mail to Ronald and Donna Stout the owner/operator of the Site in Ward Cove requesting a plan be submitted for approval that will schedule soil and groundwater investigation of contamination on the property. The objective of requesting Site Investigation by an environmental professional is to ensure that the pollution is contained and that the migration of contamination is not presenting a risk of exposure that could affect human health and safety or the environment. |
Bruce Wanstall |
| 9/16/2015 |
Meeting or Teleconference Held |
DEC teleconferenced with GCI consultant Shannon & Wilson to develop a work plan to manage contaminated soil and/or debris encountered during tower construction on the property. Concepts discussed were preliminary to submitting a work plan for approval before construction begins. |
Bruce Wanstall |
| 2/26/2016 |
Document, Report, or Work plan Review - other |
DEC approved by letter sent, by regular mail to the Stout Family Trust and, by email to Shannon & Wilson copied to GCI, Work Plan For Soil Removal Action, Former Ward Cove Car Crusher Site, Ketchikan, Alaska (Plan), dated February 1, 2016. Shannon & Wilson (S&W) submitted the Plan on behalf of Alaska Wireless Network, LLC to prepare a 400 square foot area on the property for installation of a communications tower. The Plan is consistent with regulation and recommendations for data quality assurance and field sampling methodology in Contaminated Sites Program guidance documents. Therefore the Plan is approved in accordance with 18 AAC 75.335(b) with the following comments and requests: New Horizons Telecom Inc. may cross areas of the property not assessed for contamination in order to access the construction site. Field screen sampling may be necessary to ensure site controls are effective. Requested the site work be scheduled to allow the DEC project manager to be present to assist with the removal action. Attachments to the email included a signed copy of the Plan approval letter and a DEC Transport, Treatment, and Disposal Approval Form for Contaminated Media.
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Bruce Wanstall |
| 3/23/2016 |
Site Visit |
DEC met with a representative of the Stout Family Trust, Shannon & Wilson Inc. (S&W), General Communications Inc. (GCI), and New Horizons Telecom Inc.(NHTI), at the site in Ward Cove to observe the removal of contaminated soil in preparation for construction of a wireless phone tower on the property/Site. A volume estimated at 20 cubic yards of soil, contaminated with elevated concentrations of diesel range hydrocarbons, was loaded into super sacks for transport to a licensed off-site treatment facility. Groundwater was not encountered and field screen photoionization detector readings on soil samples indicated clean soil at depths of two feet below ground surface. DEC requested Katie Nolan (S&W) collect laboratory confirmation samples from soil at this depth in the excavation. |
Bruce Wanstall |
| 7/28/2016 |
Exposure Tracking Model Ranking |
A new updated ranking with ETM has been completed for source area 79760 Former Vehicle Storage. |
Bruce Wanstall |
| 1/19/2017 |
Update or Other Action |
DEC letter sent today to the Stouts gave notice that although a cleanup removal of contaminated soil from Lot 10 Block 3 New Wacker Township by GCI Wireless LLC has been completed, the remainder of the property where the Stouts have operated as Southeast Car Crushers requires investigation for contamination. The standard notification that they were sent by the department indicating your liability for any contamination identified at the Site is still in effect. Because the Stouts are documented as the current owner and operator of this site, they are identified to be financially responsible or liable under AS 46.03.822 (Strict Liability for the Release of Hazardous Substances) for the investigation and cleanup of any hazardous substance contamination that might be present on the remainder of the property. |
Bruce Wanstall |
| 7/28/2017 |
Update or Other Action |
Calls w/ Poole Engineering and R&M Ketchikan about conducting site characterization work at this site. |
Sally Schlichting |
| 8/23/2017 |
Update or Other Action |
Project manager named temporarily changed from Schlichting to Duncan in order to provide database updates. |
Evonne Reese |
| 8/23/2017 |
Update or Other Action |
Spoke to the landowner - the property has been cleared of vehicles and debris and Mr. Poole has removed potentially petroleum contaminated soil and placed it in a temporary stockpile - we have no report for this. I would like to do a site visit to the property and meet discuss steps moving forward. The soil will most likely have to be tested by an environmental professional. |
Danielle Duncan |
| 8/24/2017 |
Workplan Requested |
Requested a work plan for site characterization this date. The cars and debris have been removed form the site along with drums, etc. The potentially contaminated soil has been stockpiled on site and the site covered in shot rock. |
Danielle Duncan |
| 3/13/2018 |
Update or Other Action |
Expecting to receive a work plan soon. |
Danielle Duncan |
| 5/2/2018 |
Document, Report, or Work plan Review - other |
Provided comments on the draft work plan this date. |
Danielle Duncan |
| 5/29/2018 |
Site Characterization Workplan Approved |
Reviewed and approved the work plan titled: Site Characterization Work Plan. The purpose of the work plan is to characterize the type and volume of contamination on site. |
Danielle Duncan |
| 3/1/2019 |
Workplan Requested |
Requested a work plan this date. |
Danielle Duncan |
