Site Report: Campion AFS RRS LF005 Landfill
| Site Name: | Campion AFS RRS LF005 Landfill |
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| Address: | Campion Road ~8 Miles ESE of Galena; ~7,000 Feet SE of City of Galena Active Landfill, Galena, AK 99741 |
| File Number: | 860.38.069 |
| Hazard ID: | 26441 |
| Status: | Active |
| Staff: | Tim Sharp, 9074512131 tim.sharp@alaska.gov |
| Latitude: | 64.697918 |
| Longitude: | -156.722527 |
| Horizontal Datum: | WGS84 |
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Problems/Comments
Campion Air Force Station (AFS) Radio Relay Station LF005 Landfill, formerly known as Landfill No. 2, is located on a gently sloping southwest facing hillside and south of the former Campion AFS. The landfill was used from the mid-1970s until 1983, and was reactivated in 1986 to receive debris from demolition of the buildings in the housing and operations area of the former Campion AFS. Long trenches were dug, filled in with the waste materials, and covered with a layer of soil. General waste included garbage, wood, metal, plastic, construction debris, and shop waste. Previous investigations (1989) reported low-level concentrations of toluene and ethyl benzene in groundwater. Groundwater samples collected in September 2014 indicated Diesel Range Organics and Lead above the Method Two Table C cleanup levels. By agreement Solid Waste is closing out its permit with the Air Force and the Site is being opened on the Contaminated Sites Program database to document Landfill Closure with Five Year reviews. Site SS002, LF004 and LF005 landfills are recommended for proceeding to conditional site closure with land use controls (LUCs) and limited long-term management (LTM). Landfill solid waste permits will be closed out and all closure, and post-closure requirements, actions and documentation pursuant to Appendix A – Specific Conditions and Appendix C – Asbestos Disposal Conditions of the site-specific Solid Waste Permits will be prepared and submitted to the Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation. LTM shall consist of annual site inspections of Land use controls and collection of groundwater samples from three SS002 wells, three LF004 wells, and three LF005 wells for site contaminants specified in the Proposed Plan. Groundwater monitoring will continue annually for a period of five years, until such recommendations presented in a Five Year Review support scaling back of the monitoring frequency.
Action Information
| Action Date | Action | Description | DEC Staff |
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| 10/27/2014 | Document, Report, or Work plan Review - other | DEC approved the Project Activities Work Plan Limited Site Investigation - Sites SS002, LF004, and LF005, Campion Air Station, Alaska, August 2014. | Dennis Shepard |
| 7/30/2015 | Document, Report, or Work plan Review - other | DEC approved the Data Summary Report, Limited Site Investigation (LSI) - Sites SS002, LF004, and LF005, Campion Air Station, Alaska, July 2015. | Dennis Shepard |
| 8/31/2015 | Site Added to Database | A new site has been added to the database | Mitzi Read |
| 1/11/2016 | CERCLA Proposed Plan | DEC reviewed the proposed plan for the Landfill Sites SS002, LF004, and LF005, Campion Air Station. The plan proposes no “further remedial action (NFRA)” for Sites SS002, LF004 and LF005. The NFRA recommendation is supported by historic investigations and by a Limited Site Investigation (LSI) conducted in 2014. DEC concurs with the recommendation | Dennis Shepard |
| 9/26/2016 | Update or Other Action | DEC approved soil transport for the upper 12-inches of soil from the ST007 Campion landfarm and transported to non-hazardous landfills LF004 and LF005 to use as landfill cap dressing. Based upon the 2015 Campion ST007 Landfarm O&M Report, results from the most recent round of MI sampling indicate that contaminant levels in the top 12-inches of soil are below the ADEC Method Two Standards and require no further treatment. | Dennis Shepard |
| 11/27/2019 | Document, Report, or Work plan Review - other | REPORT APPROVED: Final Technical Project Report, 2017-2018 Remedial Action Operations, Land Use/Institutional Controls, Campion Air Station (BSI, November 2019). The report documents long-term monitoring of Sites ST007, SS002, LF004, and LF005 at the former Campion AS. The report also documents current conditions of the ICs at ST007, SS002, LF004, LF005, and AL908. | Jamie McKellar |
| 1/9/2020 | Meeting or Teleconference Held | DEC participated in a teleconference with USAF and the City of Galena Mayor & Manager to discuss the Campion sites. USAF provided clarification about which lots will be retained by USAF and future work to be conducted at Campion. | Jamie McKellar |
| 7/7/2022 | Document, Report, or Work plan Review - other | REPORT APPROVED: Final 2020 Remedial Action Operations, Land Use/Institutional Control Report Campion Air Force Station, Alaska, Sites ST007, SS002, LF005, LF004, and AL908 (EA Engineering, Science, and Technology, Inc., PBC, June 2022) | Jamie McKellar |
| 7/7/2025 | Document, Report, or Work plan Review - other | DEC completed a review of the Draft 2024 Remedial Action-Operation and Long-Term Management Report for Campion Air Force Station Sites AL908, LF004, LF005, SS002, and ST007. The report details long-term monitoring activities that occurred during the 2024 field season. | Tim Sharp |
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