Site Report: Fort Greely Fenced Salvage Yard BRAC 112 MMRP

Site Name:	Fort Greely Fenced Salvage Yard BRAC 112 MMRP
Address:	NW Undeveloped Area, South of West Post Road, Fort Greely, AK 99731
File Number:	141.38.069
Hazard ID:	2670
Status:	Active
Staff:	Erica Blake, 9074512182 erica.blake@alaska.gov
Latitude:	63.998668
Longitude:	-145.734549
Horizontal Datum:	WGS84

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.

Site Chronology
IC / Closure Details
Documents
Associated Sites

Problems/Comments

Site 112 was formerly a fenced salvage yard. In 1998, methylene chloride, trichloroethene, alpha-HCH, DRO, arsenic, and chromium were found above ADEC Method Two cleanup levels. Arsenic, 4,4-DDD, and 4,4-DDT exceeded Method Two ingestion clean up levels. Benzene was not detected, but the detection limit was 0.27 mg/kg, above the Method Two cleanup levels. UXO clearance work was done and scrap metal and items related to munitions were found. UXO was not discovered. SMDC is responsible for site. The fence has since been removed. Site has been referred to MMRP due to scrap metal and items related to munitions. Site is still open due to contamination above Method Two soil cleanup levels.

Action Information

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
5/31/2024	Document, Report, or Work plan Review - other	DEC reviewed Draft 2023 Long-Term Monitoring (LTM) Report Fort Greely, Alaska April 2024 and provided comments to the U.S. Army. This report details environmental activities performed at multiple sites located at Fort Greely, Alaska (FGA) during September 2023. LTM activities were carried out to comply with the Selected Remedies for the subject sites developed in the 2005 Environmental Sites Decision Document (DD), Fort Greely, Alaska and/or the 2009 Record of Decision (ROD), Nine Installation Restoration Program Sites Fort Greely, Alaska. The objective of the LTM activities was to perform annual groundwater sampling from select monitoring wells managed under the FGA LTM.	Carly Jensen

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

5/31/2024

Document, Report, or Work plan Review - other

DEC reviewed Draft 2023 Long-Term Monitoring (LTM) Report Fort Greely, Alaska April 2024 and provided comments to the U.S. Army. This report details environmental activities performed at multiple sites located at Fort Greely, Alaska (FGA) during September 2023. LTM activities were carried out to comply with the Selected Remedies for the subject sites developed in the 2005 Environmental Sites Decision Document (DD), Fort Greely, Alaska and/or the 2009 Record of Decision (ROD), Nine Installation Restoration Program Sites Fort Greely, Alaska. The objective of the LTM activities was to perform annual groundwater sampling from select monitoring wells managed under the FGA LTM.

Carly Jensen

Contaminant Information

Name	Level Description	Media
DDD	> Human Health/Ingestion/Inhalation	Soil
DDT	> Human Health/Ingestion/Inhalation	Soil
a-HCH (a-BHC)	Between Method 2 Migration to Groundwater and Human Health/Ingestion/Inhalation	Soil
DRO	Between Method 2 Migration to Groundwater and Human Health/Ingestion/Inhalation	Soil
Dichloromethane	Between Method 2 Migration to Groundwater and Human Health/Ingestion/Inhalation	Soil
Trichloroethene	Between Method 2 Migration to Groundwater and Human Health/Ingestion/Inhalation	Soil
UXO	Inactive Range Ordnance Management- 46.03.100(e)(7)	Soil

Name

Level Description

Media

Comments

DDD

> Human Health/Ingestion/Inhalation

Soil

DDT

> Human Health/Ingestion/Inhalation

Soil

a-HCH (a-BHC)

Between Method 2 Migration to Groundwater and Human Health/Ingestion/Inhalation

Soil

DRO

Between Method 2 Migration to Groundwater and Human Health/Ingestion/Inhalation

Soil

Dichloromethane

Between Method 2 Migration to Groundwater and Human Health/Ingestion/Inhalation

Soil

Trichloroethene

Between Method 2 Migration to Groundwater and Human Health/Ingestion/Inhalation

Soil

UXO

Inactive Range Ordnance Management- 46.03.100(e)(7)

Soil

Control Type

Type	Details
Land Use Plan / Maps / Base Master Plan	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.

Type

Details

Land Use Plan / Maps / Base Master Plan

Requirements

Description	Details
Excavation / Soil Movement Restrictions	Prevent removal of contaminated material from the site to off-base locations or to environmentally sensitive areas. 5 year reviews
Groundwater Use Restrictions	The Dig Permit process is used to prevent installation of water production well(s) through the contaminated area. 5 year reviews
When Contaminated Soil is Accessible, Remediation Should Occur	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. 5 year reviews

Description

Details

Excavation / Soil Movement Restrictions

Prevent removal of contaminated material from the site to off-base locations or to environmentally sensitive areas. 5 year reviews

Groundwater Use Restrictions

The Dig Permit process is used to prevent installation of water production well(s) through the contaminated area. 5 year reviews

When Contaminated Soil is Accessible, Remediation Should Occur

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. 5 year reviews

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No associated sites were found.

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Site Report: Fort Greely Fenced Salvage Yard BRAC 112 MMRP

Site Chronology

IC / Closure Details

Documents

Associated Sites

Problems/Comments

Action Information

Contaminant Information

Control Type

Requirements

Missing Location Data

State of Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation