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Site Report: Cube Cove Logging Camp

Site Name: Cube Cove Logging Camp
Address: Admiralty Island, NW shore, Tenakee Spr., AK 99841
File Number: 1527.38.005
Hazard ID: 2974
Status: Cleanup Complete - Institutional Controls
Staff: IC Unit, 9074655229 dec.icunit@alaska.gov
Latitude: 57.944833
Longitude: -134.739028
Horizontal Datum:NAD83

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.

Problems/Comments

Widespread petroleum contamination throughout various areas of the camp from long-term logging related activities. Last staff assigned were Schlichting, Janes, Jaynes and Palmieri. Lat/long information at main camp area updated against topo map on 10/5/04.

Action Information

Action Date Action Description DEC Staff
11/12/1998 Site Characterization Report Approved Phased cleanup approach. Sally Schlichting
3/23/1999 Cleanup Plan Approved Cleanup strategy for multiple areas of the site. Sally Schlichting
6/15/1999 Update or Other Action Cost Recovery Letter Issued this date. Sally Schlichting
11/26/1999 Site Added to Database Widespread petroleum contamination. Sally Schlichting
11/29/1999 Site Ranked Using the AHRM Initial ranking. Sally Schlichting
6/28/2000 Site Ranked Using the AHRM Quantity Value changed based on teleconference with Tom Hanna. He is out on site today. Ran into quite a bit more contamination than he expected. Bill Janes
12/15/2000 Update or Other Action The Department of Law received $63.46 in cost recovery for Schlichting's work on site from Silver Bay Logging. Mike Jaynes
8/2/2002 Update or Other Action Work has been re-initiated. Many different source areas. Estimated 4,000 cubic yards will be excavated and bio-treated on-site. Will try to accompany Hanna on site visit week of 8/12. Bill Janes
8/29/2002 Update or Other Action Short teleconference with Hanna. Soil stockpiled at old wood waste disposal site (2500 cubic yards) Additional material to be excavated will have a different location. Biocells will be set up on the closed out sort yard. Each cell will be 100 x 100 lined containment cells. Discharge each to a lined submerged sump serving as oil water separator. Bill Janes
9/4/2002 Update or Other Action Site visit with Silver Bay and Hanna. Bill Janes
9/5/2002 Update or Other Action Follow-up site visit with Silver Bay, Atikon, Shee Atika, Tom Hanna and John Carnahan. Site photos placed in the SE Field Ops folder on the G drive. Bill Janes
9/18/2003 Update or Other Action Silver Bay has been in Chapter 11 for several months but last week directed Hanna to secure the sort yard stockpile. Stockpile now bermed and with a settling pond for runoff. The other bioremediation cells are in good shape. Bill Janes
5/5/2004 Cleanup Level(s) Approved Method 2 migration to groundwater per the 4/19/04 bioaugmentation workplan received from DMC Tech. DMC Tech has taken over the project from SE Management Services. Bill Janes
5/6/2004 Cleanup Plan Approved Modifications are documented in the email approval this date, saved in Outlook site folder. Bill Janes
6/28/2004 Update or Other Action Field report from Dan McNair - Fuel farm cleanup about twice as large as expected - approaching 2,000 cubic yards. Bill Janes
6/30/2004 Update or Other Action Site inspection with Tom Hanna. Very dark smear band about 18 inches thick approximately 6 feet bgs in the fuel farm excavation. Total volume of excavated soil for entire site will probably be close to 10,000 cubic yards. Hanna to give Dan McNair TOC data so we can evaluate the possibility of applying a site-wide method 3 cleanup level. Bill Janes
7/12/2004 Update or Other Action Call from McNair from the field, 7,500 cubic yards treated to date with about 3,500 remaining. Test plot site being treated too. Smear band at the fuel farm excavation not as extensive as originally thought. Bill Janes
10/25/2004 Update or Other Action DMC Tech final report reviewed. Approx. 14,000 cubic yards of primarily DRO contaminated soil successfully treated to method 2 cleanup levels using a bioaugmentation process. Report contains comparison test plot results. Still need SE Mgmt Services report in order to close site out. Bill Janes
7/18/2007 Meeting or Teleconference Held Site visit w/ Tom Hanna to discuss site history and assess the current conditions of cleanup and soil remediation areas prior to writing NFRAP letter. Daniel Fremgen
11/26/2007 Exposure Tracking Model Ranking Intitial Ranking Complete for Source Area: 78294 (Autogenerated Action)
11/27/2007 Exposure Tracking Model Ranking Intitial Ranking Complete for Source Area: 78295 (Autogenerated Action)
11/28/2007 Exposure Tracking Model Ranking Intitial Ranking Complete for Source Area: 78297 (Autogenerated Action)
1/15/2008 Conditional Closure Approved Cleanup complete determination issued this date. Bill Janes
1/15/2008 Institutional Control Record Established Notice of Residual Contamination filed at the Juneau State Recorder's Office under recording number 2008-000303-0. Bill Janes
9/8/2008 Exposure Tracking Model Ranking Updated Ranking Complete for Source Area: 78294 (Autogenerated Action)
3/6/2012 Update or Other Action Found deed notice in the hard file at the Juneau office and attached document in CS database. Kristin Thompson
12/3/2013 Institutional Control Compliance Review IC review conducted. The deed notice has been filed. Revisit this site in five year's time. Evonne Reese
6/16/2014 Institutional Control Update Contacted by DNR regarding a renewal of a tidelands lease application for this property. The application was submitted from Shee Atika, Inc. who now owns the land. I've updated the landowner information in the site record and documented that an IC reminder letter needs to be sent to the landowner. Evonne Reese
8/18/2014 Institutional Control Update An IC reminder letter was issued to both landowners, Atikon Forest Products and Shee Atika Inc, on this date. Kristin Thompson
4/7/2016 Update or Other Action The internal reminder system has been set to check on this site in six months time since a change of ownership of the property is currently being investigated by performing a Phase I Assessment. Evonne Reese
12/12/2016 Institutional Control Update Checked with the USFS to see if they have taken over management of this property yet and they have not yet. There is a phased purchase agreement to purchase 24,000 acres of Cube Cove but it has been divided into 13 segments and at this point the USFS has purchased 2 of the segments which are the furthest away from the area of contamination. Check back in 6 months time for an update on land transfers. Evonne Reese
12/29/2016 Institutional Control Compliance Review IC compliance review conducted. Closure/IC Details updated. Kristin Thompson
10/23/2019 Institutional Control Compliance Review An Institutional Controls reminder letter mailed to the landowner on this date. Mossy Mead
6/18/2024 Institutional Control Compliance Review IC compliance review completed on this date. An IC reminder letter was issued to the landowner. The next review will be in five years’ time. Gaige Robinson

Contaminant Information

Name Level Description Media Comments
DRO Between Method 2 Migration to Groundwater and Human Health/Ingestion/Inhalation Soil

Control Type

Type Details
Notice of Environmental Contamination 1/15/08 - Notice of Residual Contamination filed at the Juneau State Recorder's Office under recording number 2008-000303-0

Requirements

Description Details
Other Notification provided to future landowners to test groundwater and surface water in the cleanup areas prior to using for drinking water purposes.
Excavation / Soil Movement Restrictions The recorded deed notice identifies the following steps to be followed, if residual contaminated soil above the most stringent cleanup criteria are excavated and/or relocated to another location: (1) Excavated soil or groundwater with residual contamination will not be re-deposited on wetlands or within 100' of surface water; (2) Precautions are to be taken to assure complete containment during the relocation of off-site transport of soil with residual contamination; (3) Any excavated soil with residual contamination is to be re-deposited where they are unlikely to be disturbed by future activity.
Advance approval required to transport soil or groundwater off-site. Standard condition. As a result of the recorded deed notice, ADEC hereby provides approval under 18 AAC 75.325(i) for any future transport of soil and/or groundwater with residual contamination above the most stringent cleanup criteria.
Movement or use of contaminated material (including on site) in a manner that results in a violation of the water quality standards is prohibited (18 AAC 70) Standard condition.

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