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Site Report: Juneau Airport Fueling Facility

Site Name: Juneau Airport Fueling Facility
Address: 2085 Alex Holden Way, Juneau, AK 99801
File Number: 1513.38.008
Hazard ID: 2987
Status: Active
Staff: Rebekah Reams, 9074512144 rebekah.reams@alaska.gov
Latitude: 58.362591
Longitude: -134.589381
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.

Problems/Comments

In 1998, following a brief period of operation by Delta Western, the former Chevron bulk fuel above ground storage tanks (ASTs) were dismantled and removed from a 0.25 acre portion of the eight acre commercial fuel storage facility located on a northern branch of the Juneau International Airport (JIA). Delta Western's new bulk fuel facility is located 100 feet to the southeast. Adjacent to the new Delta Western facility, Aero Services operates three ASTs. Two inactive ASTs are also present and most of the surface of the facility is bare soil with little or no fuel spill containment capacity. Subsurface soil and groundwater are contaminated by historical release of gasoline and diesel fuel from facility operations dating back to land use as a U.S. Army Base. The cleanup process has seen numerous site investigations, limited interim removals of contaminated soils, and an in-situ groundwater remediation system operated by Chevron since 2007, now dismantled. The final phase of the cleanup process monitoring low concentrations of weathered petroleum constituents is at or near its end.

Action Information

Action Date Action Description DEC Staff
9/14/1999 Site Ranked Using the AHRM By staff. Bill Janes
9/14/1999 Update or Other Action Reviewed Delta Western Juneau Airport report from RRM and replying to Dave Reinsma. Sent email, will need to follow-up with more formal letter. Told RRM they could not leave the soil exceeding the migration to GW standard on site as proposed. Former Staff
10/6/1999 Site Added to Database DRO, GRO, in soil; benzene and unidentified compounds in GW. Bill Janes
11/18/1999 Site Number Identifier Changed Former Reckeys were 1998110130801 and 1994110130701. Former Staff
12/7/1999 Update or Other Action Based on RRM's limited site assessment of the former tank farm, drafted correspondence to airport manager calling for a meeting in January or February. Copied other RPs. Letter is at g:/spar/csites/sites/airport tank farm 1 Bill Janes
3/1/2000 Meeting or Teleconference Held RRM, Chevron, DEC, Del West and CBJ met to discuss next phase of site characterization Bill Janes
3/14/2000 Meeting or Teleconference Held Met with Mendenhall Watershed Partnership and handed out fact sheet. Bill Janes
3/23/2000 Update or Other Action Public notice submitted to Empire announcing new site. Also sent to Camille to place on web page. Site Summary drafted for web page posting. Bill Janes
3/30/2000 Update or Other Action EPA completed PA on Juneau Airfield and Garrison. The entire garrison is not being listed as a site. The report is stored in this file because it does have relevance - much of the report is dedicated to the fueling facility. Bill Janes
4/4/2000 Update or Other Action Teleconference with Reinsma regarding modifying the placement of two of the proposed wells Bill Janes
4/21/2000 Update or Other Action Cost Rrecovery Memorandum sent to Kay Rawlings for $1,086 for the period July 1999 thru March 2000. Bill Janes
5/5/2000 Cleanup Plan Approved 3/16/00 letter work plan to further address location of debris; perform soil excavations; conduct well installations. Bill Janes
5/23/2000 Update or Other Action Cost recovery check received from Chevron may 18. Bill Janes
5/23/2000 Interim Removal Action Approved RRM on site and excavating soil for transport to USR. Approval letter written. G:\SPAR\Spar-Contaminated Sites\SITES\Del West Juneau Airprt Soil Transport Approval.doc. Bill Janes
5/30/2000 Update or Other Action Waiver letter sent to USR to accept soils past the May 30 deadline for accepting soils at the facility. In reading file but not site file. Bill Janes
9/7/2000 Update or Other Action Reviewed draft site characterizaton repor dated August 7, 2000; a few problems; contacted Reinsma and Cochran. Bill Janes
10/19/2000 Meeting or Teleconference Held Went over recommendations in draft report. Dave Reinsma will be changing some language as they are not really seeking a NFRAP at this time although the report implied that. Bill Janes
10/30/2000 Cleanup Level(s) Approved Teleconference with Reinsma. See my site log this date for details. Bill Janes
10/30/2000 Site Characterization Report Approved Teleconference with Reinsma. Changing recommendations in report. RRM now to say something such as "no immediate remediation but in the event that it is necessary Chevron will be prepared to move forward" in order to remove the implication that they are seeking a NFRAP at this time. Get idea of where GW contamination is, at what levels to take into account seasonal fluctuations, and to determine if point of compliance is being met at the property boundary. Four quarters of monitoring thru 3rd quarter of 2001. More wells could potentially be placed depending on the results of each quarterly event. Subsurface soil GRO and DRO contamination above table B2 levels - Dave to integrate into report why excavation should not be done right now. I will look into details of regulations to see if we can find a way to leave this contamination in place as it does not appear problematic. Told Dave that perhaps FW could extrapolate the results of the Willoughby risk assessment work to the airport situation since sub-surface soil contamination also remains at the Willoughby site. Bill Janes
12/7/2000 Update or Other Action EPA Preliminary Assessment received 11/30 under the name Juneau Airfield and Garrison. NFA under CERCLA. To be entered into database as a distinct site for tracking purposes although there is sig. overlap. Bill Janes
12/28/2000 Update or Other Action Cost recovery check $157.25 received by Law. Bill Janes
3/21/2001 Long Term Monitoring Established 4th quarter GW monitoring results received February 9. Results relatively consistent with previous data. DRO exceeded Table C concentration in MW-4. No other constituents exceeded Table C. RRM to continue quarterly monitoring for two more quarters to establish dissolved pet. hydrocarb. concentration, flow direction, and gradient trends. Bill Janes
3/22/2001 Update or Other Action Final report on additional assessment and soil remediation dated 12/19/00 received January 4, 2001. Approximately 1000 tons of soil above method 2 for benzene, GRO, DRO estimated to remain. RRM recommends no further active remediation of the material because it is in the GW smear zone. Continued GW monitoring recommended. Drafted an email to RRM expressing my concerns.Not enough documentation showing that contamination was removed to the maximum extent practicable. Bill Janes
5/10/2001 Update or Other Action Teleconference with Reinsma. Agreed to put project on hold regarding additional cleanup of soils for now. Cochran to communicate with airport regarding leaving it in place. Told Reinsma that based on their concerns Chevron may have to do more soils work. Quarterly monitoring to continue. Move to semi annual when RRM feels there is enough data. Bill Janes
6/18/2001 Update or Other Action Cost recovery check received by Law in the amount of $210.80. Bill Janes
9/10/2001 Update or Other Action Email from Reinsma. Based on four quarters of data from June 2000 to June 2001, hydrocarbon concentrations in the four site wells are stable and decreasing. Three out of four wells have values well below Table C cleanup levels. The only well that does not meet Table C levels is the source area well that is screened in perched groundwater. RRM recommends annual groundwater monitoring for this site starting next year. Delta/RRM will be submitting the second quarter 2001 monitoring report with this recommendation to ADEC shortly. This will be the last report for this site during 2001. RRM/Delta will also be submitting a project status update document to the Juneau Airport administration office summarizing past assessment and remedial activities, current soil and groundwater conditions, future groundwater monitoring plans, and notification protocol for future possible development activities at the site. Bill Janes
11/30/2001 Update or Other Action Quarterly monitoring report reviewed. Emailed RRM to initiate annual GW monitoring beginning first quarter 2002. Bill Janes
1/30/2002 Update or Other Action Site tickler update - Sent email to RRM to determine schedule for 1st quarter monitoring. Bill Janes
4/3/2002 Update or Other Action Site tickler update - no action at this time. Reply back from RRM stating monitoring to occur 2nd quarter. Bill Janes
12/30/2002 Update or Other Action Have not yet received the annual GW monitoring report. Monitoring was supposed to have occurred 2nd quarter this year. Emailed RRM this date. Bill Janes
3/1/2004 Update or Other Action GW monitoring report from December 2003 sampling received from Secor. DRO still elevated above cleanup levels in MW-4, the source area well. This well is screened in perched groundwater. 12/02 and 8/03 DRO results very similar, between 20 and 30 ppm. Bill Janes
6/30/2004 Update or Other Action First semi-annual GW monitoring results received from SECOR for May 18 sampling. DRO still at 12.8 mg/l in MW-4. GRO also above cleanup level. SECOR evaluating alternatives for reducing levels and will submit workplan approximately late 2004 or early 2005. Bill Janes
1/7/2005 Update or Other Action Telecon with Brian Silva at SECOR. Workplan for addressing GW contamination expected to be completed this quarter. Replacement at Chevron for Bob Cochran is Stacy Hartung-Ferricks. Bill Janes
3/4/2005 Update or Other Action Telecon with Brian Silva. Will continue to sample MW-4 at least annually for now rather than actively try to bring levels down.. Will sample in conjunction with trip to Yakutat in May or June. Bill Janes
3/18/2005 Update or Other Action Email to Brian Silva documenting continued annual MW-4 sampling Bill Janes
5/27/2005 Update or Other Action Annual gw sampling this date. Bill Janes
7/11/2005 Update or Other Action Monitoring well abandonment report received. MW-1, MW-2, MW-3 abandoned using 18 AAC 80.010 and SNSI/AWWA A100-97 standards. Bill Janes
7/26/2005 Update or Other Action Groundwater monitoring results in. DRO still high (24 ppm) in MW-4. Bill Janes
9/1/2005 Update or Other Action Telecon with David Wiegner of SECOR. Proposed September monitoring at what we thought would be low water table and thus below smear zone will be placed on hold. Historic data shows September is not a low water table period. We will probably not be able to get below the smear zone as we thought we could. David will discuss with Stacie H. at Chevron and get back to me. Bill Janes
4/7/2006 Update or Other Action Meeting with John Riggi and Bruce Eppler, Cambria Environemental. Cambria is taking over the project from Secor. Sampling will continue on an annual basis. Sampling to occur this May or June. Analyses for MW-4 to include GRO, DRO. BTEX will no longer be evaluated. Decision to go to 5-year monitoring will occur late summer or early fall. Bill Janes
4/18/2006 Update or Other Action Teleconference meeting with Stacy Hartung-Freirchs (Chevron), John Riggi (Cambria), John Cooper (Cooper Consulting Engineer Inc), Bill Janes and Bruce Wanstall concerning new construction on Lots 5 & 6 in Block J that are adjacent to the subsurface petroleum smear zone on Lot 8B. Wanstall and Cooper inspected the site in the afternoon; SART staff were updated on the site status. Bruce Wanstall
5/24/2006 Site Characterization Workplan Approved Received and reviewed the Cambria Soil Assessment Workplan scheduled for June 1st and 2nd at the JIA Fuel Facility new development project area; responded with comments based on the DQO 7-step process and sent approval by email. Bruce Wanstall
6/2/2006 Update or Other Action Attended soil boring site investigation at the facility with airport personel and Cambria Environmental representing Chevron Environmental. The pattern of subsurface contamination appeared consistent with conclusions arrived at during the April boring inspection. Samples were collected for laboratory analysis. Bruce Wanstall
7/20/2006 Meeting or Teleconference Held Meeting with Cooper Engineering, Chevron, Delta Western, and Juneau International Airport staff to develop plans to address a pocket of contamination at the facility that intersects with a current development project. Bruce Wanstall
8/22/2006 Cleanup Level(s) Approved Method Two Table B2 Migration to Groundwater cleanup levels for soil in the Over 40-inch Rainfall Zone are approved for the former Delta Western/ Chevron tank farm additional cleanup workplan at the facility; approval letter to sent to Cambria, copied to affiates. Bruce Wanstall
12/29/2006 Update or Other Action Payment was received for project management costs incurred by the ADEC; $489.72 from Chevron Environmental Management Co. Bruce Wanstall
4/4/2007 Meeting or Teleconference Held The ADEC and Chevron met with the Juneau Airport Board of Directors to review the proposed plans for future development of the properties that comprise the facility. The ADEC had requested development of a management plan in the event that petroleum contaminated material is encountered on Lots 5 & 6 during development related earthwork activities. Chevron introduced plans to install an ozone injection remedial system for reducing dissolved-phase hydrocarbons in groundwater in site monitoring well MW-4. Bruce Wanstall
5/17/2007 Update or Other Action In addition to a sensitive receptor and well survey of the JIA area, Chevron consultant CRA has completed a conceptual site model to evaluate exposure pathways at the site. Bruce Wanstall
7/23/2007 Update or Other Action Plans for development involving earthwork on Lots 5 & 6 at the JIA facility are presently on hold. A low flow ozone diffuser equipped with a solar panel is a remedial strategy under consideration by Chevron to reduce diesel range hydrocarbons in shallow subsurface soil and groundwater at the site. Bruce Wanstall
8/27/2007 Update or Other Action Through the Department of Law ADEC received a check for $891.90 from Chevron Environmental in return for providing cleanup project oversight. Bruce Wanstall
9/6/2007 Update or Other Action ADEC approved the installation of a solar powered ozone injection device to remediate residual diesel contamination of soil and ground water at the Juneau Airport Fueling Facility. Visit the Site Summary published soon on the Contaminated Sites Program webpage to view photos and to obtain additional information. Bruce Wanstall
3/21/2008 Update or Other Action ADEC reviewed Annual 2007 Groundwater Monitoring and Remedial Actions Report for MW-4 at the facility. The CRA report data meet Contaminated Sites Program quality assurance standards and are accepted. Bruce Wanstall
3/25/2008 Update or Other Action ADEC review of the Residential Sampling Report for the laboratory checklist. Data meet Contaminated Sites Program quality assurance standard. Bruce Wanstall
3/27/2008 Update or Other Action ADEC reviewed the CRA Conceptual Site Model. Bruce Wanstall
3/27/2008 Exposure Tracking Model Ranking ADEC reviewed the CRA Conceptual Site Model and evaluated site conditions using the ETM and 2007 site data. ADEC approval and comment on the 2007 GMR, Residential Sampling Report and the CSM was sent to CRA and Chevron. Bruce Wanstall
4/24/2008 Long Term Monitoring Established ADEC approved changing the long term monitoring schedule from annual to semi-annual for MW-4. Bruce Wanstall
7/24/2009 Document, Report, or Work plan Review - other ADEC approved the 2008 Ground Water Monitoring Report for field and laboratory quality assurance criteria. Diesel contamination of ground water is in decline but concentrations still exceed regulatory cleanup levels. Active treatment and monitoring will continue in 2010. Bruce Wanstall
10/13/2010 Document, Report, or Work plan Review - other DEC approved field and laboratory data in the Annual 2009 Groundwater Monitoring Report and Ozone System Maintenance report by CRA. Diesel contaminated groundwater is an order of magnitude above 18 AAC 75.345 Table C cleanup level of 1.5 milligrams per liter. Active groundwater treatment will continue in 2010. Bruce Wanstall
10/15/2010 Document, Report, or Work plan Review - other DEC approved field and laboratory data in the Annual 2010 Groundwater Monitoring Report and Ozone System Maintenance report by CRA. Diesel contaminated groundwater is an order of magnitude above 18 AAC 75.345 Table C cleanup level of 1.5 milligrams per liter. Active groundwater treatment will continue in 2011. Bruce Wanstall
10/24/2011 Update or Other Action DEC approved disposal of contaminated groundwater purged from monitor well MW-4 to the ground surface where residual subsurface diesel contamination has been identified at the well on the active fuel terminal site. Bruce Wanstall
10/15/2012 Document, Report, or Work plan Review - other DEC approved field and laboratory data in the Annual 2011 Groundwater Monitoring Report and Ozone System Maintenance report by CRA documenting groundwater monitoring at the Chevron Site 8-2307, Hazard ID 2987. Dissolved DRO in groundwater remains an order of magnitude above Table C DRO cleanup level of 1.5 milligrams per liter. Active groundwater treatment will continue in 2012. Bruce Wanstall
1/3/2013 Document, Report, or Work plan Review - other Conestoga Rovers & Associates has reported the results of environmental site activity in 2012. DEC letter accepts the current evaluation of ongoing remediation of petroleum contamination performed by CRA for Chevron using a solar panel powered ozone injection system. The current results indicate that the cleanup remedy has stabilized contamination at levels that may be acceptable for regulatory site closure with institutional controls controlling any off-site transport of soil and/or groundwater and the installation of wells to access and use groundwater. If the land manager (City and Borough of Juneau) finds the controls are consistent with the Airport Management Plan then an agreement can be reached. Bruce Wanstall
4/23/2014 Update or Other Action Conestoga-Rovers & Associates provided notice to DEC by letter dated April 17, 2014, of a project manager change to Mr. Derek Wilken, PG working from the Irvine CA office. Bruce Wanstall
5/12/2014 Document, Report, or Work plan Review - other DEC evaluated the CRA Sampling Report for 2013 site activity at the JIA Fuel Facility for CS Program approval criteria. A Report Approval letter was sent by regular and electronic mail to Dan Carrier at Chevron copied to consultant Conestoga Rovers & Associates project manager Darek Wilken, Juneau Airport Manager Patricia deLaBruere and Delta Western Environmental Manager Bev Niemann. Consistent with previous correspondence, the DEC letter accepts the current evaluation of ongoing remediation of petroleum contamination performed by CRA for Chevron using a solar panel powered ozone injection system. Although only an estimate due to laboratory quality deficiencies, the 2013 results indicate that contamination is at levels that are acceptable for regulatory site closure with institutional controls (ICs) on the property. ICs include standard conditions for a contaminated site (controlling any off-site transport of soil and/or groundwater) and in addition a restriction that the installation of wells to access and use groundwater be coordinated with the CS Program. If the JIA Manager and Board (City and Borough of Juneau) find these IC controls are consistent with the Airport Management Plan then a closure determination can be achieved. Bruce Wanstall
5/12/2014 Exposure Tracking Model Ranking A new updated ranking with ETM has been completed for source area 73962 Above and Underground tanks, piping & dispensers. Bruce Wanstall
5/20/2014 Update or Other Action DEC held a telephone discussion with JIA Manager Patty deLaBruere concerning institutional controls on the property stated in the May 12th letter to Chevron concerning closure of the site and interests of the facility operators. In an email to Chevron, DEC stated: Based on information currently available, DEC approves Chevron dismantling the solar panel ozone injection system at MW-4 on the JIA Fuel Facility property. Bruce Wanstall
6/30/2014 Site Visit DEC met with Conestoga-Rovers & Associates (CRA) for groundwater monitoring and sampling at well MW-4 located at Chevron Site 82307, 9203 Cessna Drive, Juneau, AK. DEC approved disposal of anticipated purge water (approximately 5 gallons) directly to ground surface (in the driveway or grass area) at the airport facility, adjacent to the monitoring well. Bruce Wanstall
1/12/2015 Document, Report, or Work plan Review - other DEC reviewed the letter/report: Annual 2014 Groundwater Monitoring Report (Report), dated November 5, 2014 and provided approval by letter mailed today to Chevron and copied by electronic mail to the CBJ Juneau International Airport (JIA) Manager, the Delta Western Environmental Manager and Conestoga-Rovers & Associates Inc. (CRA). CRA completed the report documenting sampling activity at the Site. The site activity met the objectives of the approved work plan and the Report data is of sufficient quality for use in the decision making process. In accordance with 18 AAC 75.360, qualified person(s) performed data collection consistent with DEC methodology. The DEC laboratory report checklist indicate the data meet Contaminated Sites Program quality assurance criteria, therefore the Report is approved in accordance with 18 AAC 75.335(d). The CRA Report stated that conversations with the JIA Engineer Ken Nichols on June 2, 2014 indicated that the Master Plan for the airport is currently being written and is projected to be completed in approximately 2 years. Chevron and CRA will continue to work with the JIA to ensure implementation of the Institutional Controls denoted in the DEC's May 12, 2014 correspondence. Bruce Wanstall
2/28/2019 Update or Other Action Checked back in with the City of Juneau re: PFAS screening. Danielle Duncan
6/5/2019 Update or Other Action Per the CBJ, the contract for PFAS sampling at the airport has been approved. I expect a work plan in the next few weeks. Danielle Duncan
6/27/2019 Update or Other Action Per the CBJ and their consultant, the notice to proceed and work plan for the PFAS investigation are being prepared. Danielle Duncan
11/3/2021 Update or Other Action On November 03, 2021 ADEC was notified the Juneau Airport is accepting responsibility over the one remaining monitoring well in order to further conduct PFAS sampling at the airport property. Rachael Petraeus
8/16/2023 Document, Report, or Work plan Review - other ADEC provided comments on the Site Closure Request and outlined remaining data gaps that need to be addressed prior to site closure. ADEC requested a work plan be submitted to evaluate all site contaminants of concern, determine if maximum allowable concentration exceedances remain in the vicinity of former sample location B-18, and confirm the extent of contamination in the vicinity of B-1 or demonstrate attenuation has occurred. Rebekah Reams
10/24/2023 Document, Report, or Work plan Review - other ADEC provided comments on the Data Gap Investigation Work Plan which proposes to advance seven soil borings and collect groundwater samples from existing site monitoring well MW-4 to assess current contaminant concentrations and evaluate all site contaminants of potential concern. Rebekah Reams
9/25/2024 Meeting or Teleconference Held ADEC staff met with Chevron and their consultant for an annual portfolio meeting to discuss site status, upcoming document submittals, pending reviews, and general updates for Chevron's contaminated sites throughout the state. Rebekah Reams
10/28/2024 Offsite Soil or Groundwater Disposal Approved ADEC approved offsite transport of one 55-gallon drum of soil and one 55-gallon drum of purge water generated in April 2024 Rebekah Reams

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