| Action Date |
Action |
Description |
DEC Staff |
| 7/22/2002 |
Site Added to Database |
DRO, GRO, RRO, VOCs, SVOCs and pesticide contamination. |
Deborah Williams |
| 7/30/2002 |
Site Ranked Using the AHRM |
Initial ranking. Multiple sources of contamination were found above cleanup levels, including DRO, RRO, VOCs, SVOCs. The majority of the contaminants were within one tenth migration to groundwater cleanup levels, so cumulative risk was considered. Toxicity rank is high because of chlorinated solvent contamination, however, the multiple sources were also factored in for cumulative risk if they exceeded one tenth of cleanup levels for migration to groundwater. |
Sarah Riddle |
| 10/1/2004 |
Institutional Control Record Established |
In the October 2004 Draft Decision Document Fact Sheets, administrative controls (ACs)were estblished in order to minimize risk to human health and the environment. The site is included in the post’s Geographic Information System (GIS), a tool used in the Dig Permit process for notifying contractors, workers, and base personnel of the potential for contamination to exist at this site. The Dig Permit process is used to prevent installation of water production well(s) through the contaminated area, and prevent removal of contaminated material from the site to off-base locations or to environmentally sensitive areas. If future land disturbance activities at the site encounter contamination, the contaminated material encountered will be properly remediated or disposed of in accordance with applicable regulations. The site will be included in 5-year reviews to periodically verify compliance with the ACs. |
Emily Youcha |
| 12/14/2004 |
Update or Other Action |
Staff received a "memorandum for record" from SMDC for this site. Site status is unresolved. Administrative controls are in place and the administration of the site has been transferred to the Military Munitions Response Program (MMRP) due to the scrap material associated with munitions that was found. |
Emily Youcha |
| 12/14/2004 |
Update or Other Action |
Unexploded Ordnance (UXO) clearance work in 1998 found expended smoke grenades, slap flares, 5.56 mm blanks, 155 mm illumination projectile, 2.75 in. rocket fin, and a 0.50 caliber link. No UXO items were found. |
Emily Youcha |
| 11/29/2005 |
Update or Other Action |
The Army requested that ADEC review the 2002 Risk Assessment and Soil Evaluation. Method Three calculations were made for sites 85S, 112, and 133 for an industrial scenario. Some contamination still exceeded the migration to ground water Method Three cleanup levels for methylene chloride. ADEC is requesting the Army review the conceptual site model (CSM) for each site to ensure the CSM hasn't changed during the conversion from BRAC to SMDC. ADEC and SMDC will review leachibility modeling and current field results to evaluate the migration to ground water pathway. |
Emily Youcha |
| 2/13/2006 |
Meeting or Teleconference Held |
Staff met with Fort Greely and the EPA to discuss the Enhanced Use Lease program. This site is located in an area that will be leased out to developers. A medical clinic and hotel will be constructed in this area for public use. Fort Greely will maintain administrative control of the site and will restrict development within the boundary of this site. A potential exists for development of parking lot or golf course on some portion of the site, but will be reviewed at on a case-by-case basis and instrusive development will be restricted. |
Emily Youcha |
| 6/12/2006 |
Update or Other Action |
Site is included in MMRP for Fort Greely. Recieved Draft historical records review from Army for this site. During 1999 RI, munitions constituents were discovered at the site, but UXO was not found. Site will move into the SI phase and a workplan is expected for this summer. |
Emily Youcha |
| 8/21/2006 |
Update or Other Action |
Contaminated Sites staff denied a request for clearing vegetation at Fort Greely site 112, a former salvage yard, which is accessible to the public because it is outside the installation boundary in the Army's new land lease area. The site is included in the Military Munitions Response Program due to munitions debris found during test pitting in the 1998 remedial investigation. If the tree clearing project is necessary, specific procedures for clearing vegetation, reporting contamination or munitions, and an institutional controls management plan should be provided to DEC. Staff requested a meeting with the Army to resolve the issue. |
Emily Youcha |
| 11/28/2006 |
Update or Other Action |
Per project manager request, assigning new file number to this site. Number was 141.38.036, now 141.38.069 |
Wendy Uzzell |
| 7/2/2007 |
Update or Other Action |
The Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation (ADEC) has completed its assessment of the environmental laboratory data and quality assurance requirements as set forth in ADEC Technical Memorandum 06-002 for the Groundwater Monitoring 2006 Analytical Data Report Fort Greely, Alaska, February 2007. The report adequately addresses the requirements set forth by ADEC for both laboratory data packages and Quality Assurance (QA) Summaries, therefore the report is approved. |
Zachary Richter |
| 7/16/2007 |
Update or Other Action |
Military Munitions Response Program Final Site Inspection Report dated July 2007. This report documents visual surveys, a geophysical survey, and sampling at the BRAC 112 site. |
Former Staff |
| 3/26/2008 |
Exposure Tracking Model Ranking |
Initial ranking with ETM completed. |
Deborah Williams |
| 6/2/2014 |
Document, Report, or Work plan Review - other |
Approved Munitions and Explosives of Concern, Supplemental Site Inspection Work Plan for the investigation of potential surface and subsurface munitions and explosives of concern anomalies identified during the previous geophysical survey. |
Melody Debenham |
| 6/26/2014 |
Update or Other Action |
Field work completed. Investigated 159 anomalies and identified one AT-4 rocket, three powder can lids, and two .30 caliber links. |
Melody Debenham |
| 3/9/2015 |
Document, Report, or Work plan Review - other |
Approved final supplemental site inspection report documenting field activities at BRAC 112 site. |
Melody Debenham |
| 4/29/2015 |
Meeting or Teleconference Held |
Attended Restoration Advisory Board Meeting. Proposed work in 2015 includes post-wide groundwater monitoring, decommissioning unused monitoring wells, developing a Land Use Control and Long Term Maintenance Plan, and completing propose plans/no further action documents for 51 sites. Additional MMRP work is planned for BRAC 112. |
Melody Debenham |
| 5/24/2016 |
Document, Report, or Work plan Review - other |
Approved final Munitions and Explosives of Concern Remedial Action Work Plan Addendum updating the previously approved work plan for this site. This work plan addendum includes surface and subsurface investigations for munitions and explosives of concern within the 5-acre BRAC 112 site. |
Melody Debenham |
| 8/15/2017 |
Site Characterization Report Approved |
DEC approved the streamlined remedial investigation report. The conclusions are as follows: Munitions and explosives of concern (MEC)clearance has been partially accomplished at BRAC Site 112. The US Army believes that the investigations and clearances completed to date may be sufficient to conclude that additional clearance efforts at BRAC Site 112 are unwarranted. However, the US Army understands that ADEC has reached the conclusion that the risk of MEC being present at the site still exists. To address this concern, ADEC required the investigation of trenches within the trash pits and high density areas. The US Army has requested funding to conduct the ADEC-required investigation and close the BRAC Site 112. |
Joy Whitsel |
| 4/25/2018 |
Meeting or Teleconference Held |
DEC (Brunner) attended the Restoration Advisory Board (RAB) meeting for Fort Greely in Delta Junction on 29 May 2018. Sites discussed at the RAB included the Asphalt and Tar Disposal Area, Building 163, the Fenced Salvage Yard, and the South Tank Farm. |
Melinda Brunner |
| 4/25/2018 |
Site Visit |
DEC performed a site visit, accompanied by G. Shonkwiler of the U.S. Army Space and Missile Defense Command. |
Melinda Brunner |
| 4/24/2019 |
Meeting or Teleconference Held |
DEC staff attended the Restoration Advisory Board (RAB) meeting held on April 24, 2019. Sites discussed were Base Realignment and Closure (BRAC) Sites 85 North, 85 South, 133 (all three sites former firefighter training areas), 94 (former fuel facility), South Tank Farm, Tar and Asphalt Disposal Area (TAADA) and the Former Scrapyard (~5 acre former fenced salvage area with military munitions debris). The Army presented their status on the Preliminary Assessment (PA) investigation for Per- and Polyfluorinated alkyl Substances on Fort Greely. The next RAB is planned for April 22, 2020. |
Erica Blake |
| 6/14/2022 |
Site Visit |
ADEC conducted a site inspection at Fort Greely, Alaska (FGA) on June 14, 2022. Areas visited were: the SM-1A Nuclear Reactor pre-construction of the reactor decommissioning project, the sprung structure where two supersacks are being stored awaiting sample results for determining proper treatment and disposal, a moose well near Landfill #7 that is planned for decommissioning this 2022 field season, the Former Scrapyard site, and the area just south of the runway to view monitoring wells and the purge water disposal area near MW-5 which is located in Base Realignment and Closure (BRAC) Site 94. |
Erica Blake |
