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Site Report: Bethel NALEMP AC&W Station

Site Name: Bethel NALEMP AC&W Station
Address: Headquarters building along BIA Road, Bethel, AK 99559
File Number: 2407.38.034
Hazard ID: 27884
Status: Active
Staff: Tim Sharp, 9074512131 tim.sharp@alaska.gov
Latitude: 60.783848
Longitude: -161.878765
Horizontal Datum:WGS84

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Problems/Comments

The Bethel Aircraft Control and Warning Station (AC&W) consists of 1482 acres located just west of the Bethel Airport, and includes several sites of interest for Formerly Used Defense Sites (FUDS), the former Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) Headquarters Office, and an Air Force White Alice Communications Site (WACS). The Native American Lands Environmental Mitigation Program (NALEMP) project in this area encompasses a Scrap Metal and Collapsed Building site, a site with Jeeps and 6x6s, a landfill known as "Faulkner's Dump", and the Hangar Lake Dump Site. Soil sampling for petroleum, metals, polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), pesticides and herbicides, dioxins, and chlorinated solvents is planned to be conducted in August 2023.

Action Information

Action Date Action Description DEC Staff
8/14/2023 Site Added to Database A new site has been added to the database Daphne Mueller
5/13/2024 Exposure Tracking Model Ranking Initial ranking with ETM completed for source area id: 81401 name: Unknown pesticide release Tim Sharp
7/10/2024 Document, Report, or Work plan Review - other DEC completed a review of the Draft Debris Clearance Work Plan, which proposes procedures for surface debris clearance and removal activities scoped for areas of the Bethel Aircraft Control & Warning (AC&W) Station Formerly Used Defense Site (FUDS). Tasks consist of removal of 13 drums from the 1963 Drum Storage Area, removal and disposal of 556 cubic yards (cy) of surface debris from the AC&W Station Trail to Faulkner’s Site, and removal and disposal of 1300 cy of surface debris from the AC&W Station Dump Site. Tim Sharp

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