| Action Date |
Action |
Description |
DEC Staff |
| 11/2/1994 |
CERCLA SI |
RCRA ID AK0131490021 CESQG CERCLIS EPA ID AKD98306612-St. Paul Island & CERCLIS ID AK0131490021 USDOC NOAA NMFS NFRAP. EPA has determined the site does not score high enough to be proposed for inclusion on the NPL. Therefore, a recommendation of NFRAP on the EPA's part will be included in our Federal Agency Haz. Waste Compliance (FAHW) Docket tracking system. If new or additional information becomes available that suggests your portion of the facility may score high enough to be proposed for the NPL, EPA must reevaluate accordingly.
EPA's NFRAP designation will NOT relieve NOAA from complying with appropriate Alaska State regulations. SARA of 1986 Section 120(a) (4) requires federal facilities (including NOAA/NMFS) to comply with State cleanup requirements & standards when not listed on the NPL. This facility will not be removed from the FAHW Compliance docket. NOTE To file: SEC. 120. FEDERAL FACILITIES. (a) APPLICATION OF ACT TO FEDERAL GOVERNMENT.— (1) IN GENERAL.—Each department, agency, & instrumentality of the U. S. (including the executive, legislative, & judicial branches of government) shall be subject to, & comply with, this Act in the same manner & to the same extent, both procedurally & substantively, as any nongovernmental entity, including liability under section 107 of this Act. Nothing in this section shall be construed to affect the liability of any person or entity under sections 106 & 107.
(2) APPLICATION OF REQUIREMENTS TO FEDERAL FACILITIES.— All guidelines, rules, regulations, & criteria which are applicable to PAs carried out under this Act for facilities at which hazardous substances are located, applicable to evaluations of such facilities under the NCP, applicable to inclusion on the NPL, or applicable to remedial actions at such facilities shall also be applicable to facilities which are owned or operated by a department, agency, or instrumentality of the U.S. in the same manner & to the extent as such guidelines, rules, regulations, & criteria are applicable to other facilities. No department, agency, or instrumentality of the U. S. may adopt or utilize any such guidelines, rules, regulations, or criteria which are inconsistent with the guidelines, rules, regulations, & criteria established by the Administrator under this Act.
(3) EXCEPTIONS.—This subsection shall not apply to the extent otherwise provided in this section with respect to applicable time periods. This subsection shall also not apply to any requirements relating to bonding, insurance, or financial responsibility. Nothing in this Act shall be construed to require a State to comply with section 104(c)(3) in the case of a facility which is owned or operated by any department, agency, or instrumentality of the U. S.
(4) STATE LAWS.—State laws concerning removal & remedial action, including State laws regarding enforcement, shall apply to removal & remedial action at facilities owned or operated by a department, agency, or instrumentality of the U. S. or facilities that are the subject of a deferral under subsection (h)(3)(C) when such facilities are not included on the NPL. The preceding sentence shall not apply to the extent a State law would apply any standard or requirement to such facilities which is more stringent than the standards & requirements applicable to facilities which are not owned or operated by any such department, agency, or instrumentality.
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Louis Howard |
| 10/7/1998 |
Update or Other Action |
Draft Work Plan Saint Paul Island Close and Replace Underground Storage Tanks by Woodward-Clyde Federal Services. NMFS#1 and NMFS#2 removal with an AST to be installed at the NMFS Staff Quarters and the NMFS Lab (former Saint Paul Public Works Department Building). NMFS#1 is located near the staff quarters and NMFS#2 is near the NMFS Lab. Also in this workplan is scope for removing USTs: SP-1, SP-2, SP-3 and SP-4 (AST). |
Ray Dronenburg |
| 3/31/1999 |
Update or Other Action |
Site Assessment for UST Closure NMFS UST No. 2 by URS Greiner Woodward Clyde Federal Services. NMFS UST No. 2 was reported to be a 500-gallon tank installed in the 1950s or 1960s. It
supplied heating oil to the NMFS lab complex. No inventory control records or tank tightness
tests were reported. UST removal was conducted in conjunction with installation of a 500-gallon
above ground storage tank (AST).
Soil was also described and inspected for visible color change and odor associated with hydrocarbon contamination. Soil evidencing PID readings above background, located in the south side of the UST excavation, was excavated and removed off sit to an AD EC-approved stockpile. Stockpiling of this soil was discussed and approved by ADEC representative Ray Dronenburg prior to disposal. Excavation efforts were halted after water saturated contaminated soil was encountered and the side walls of the excavation began to cave in.
Samples were analyzed using U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Method 8021M for
benzene, toluene, ethyl benzene, and total xylenes (BTEX), and diesel range organics (DRO).
Ethyl benzene (0.83 mg/kg 18 AAC 75 Table B1 MTGW 0.13 mg/kg Nov. 2017), and xylenes (5.0 mg/kg 18 AAC 75 B1 MTG 1.5 mg/kg November 2017) were detected in one of the samples of excavated soil that was segregated for stockpiling at the Big Polovina Hill (PID 130 ppm). This sample also had a reported DRO concentration of 21,000 mg/Kg (No. 98NMFS-02-01SL). The soil collected at the soil groundwater interface below the UST is reported to have a DRO concentration of 12,000 mg/Kg (No. 98NMFS-02-02SL) PID 654 ppm.
See site file for additional information. |
Louis Howard |
| 5/24/1999 |
Update or Other Action |
Letter from Minh Trinh NOAA to Ray D. regarding 5 USTs non-regulated heating fuel removals. 3 were located at the Saint Paul Clinic and 2 were at the NMFS Staff Quarter and Lab building. Past petroleum releases were noted at 2 sites (1 at the Clinic and 1 at the NMFS Lab). While there is no regulatory requirement for the report submittal of sites with no reported release, they are submitted anyway for your information. Regarding the 2 LUSTs, NOAA has taken voluntary removal actions to either completely remove the petroleum contaminated soil or to the maximum extent practical to protect the human health, the environment and the structural integrity of adjacent structures. Due to the voluntary removal actions taken and site conditions, NOAA requests a "no further action" is required for the aforementioned sites. |
Ray Dronenburg |
| 11/23/1999 |
Site Added to Database |
DRO contamination. |
Louis Howard |
| 12/3/1999 |
Site Ranked Using the AHRM |
Ranked by project manager. |
Louis Howard |
| 10/25/2000 |
Document, Report, or Work plan Review - other |
Staff reviewed and commented on a draft workplan for removal of a heating oil underground UST from the NWS station. Main comment was on the use of the TetraTech sampling procedures found in attachment 2 instead of attachment 1. 170 cubic yards of waste debris is proposed to go to the City landfill. |
Louis Howard |
| 5/24/2016 |
Meeting or Teleconference Held |
Met with NOAA Project Manager who gave an update on projects including this one. Funding is being sought to address residual contamination at this site for characterization, monitoring, VI assessment. Anticipate 2017-2018 action. |
Louis Howard |
| 9/26/2017 |
Offsite Soil or Groundwater Disposal Approved |
ADEC approved transport of soil to NRC Alaska Anchorage. |
Louis Howard |
| 10/13/2017 |
Update or Other Action |
Draft WP Addendum received for vapor intrusion assessment for review and comment. The purpose of this project is to evaluate the vapor intrusion pathway at the Composite Building. This will be accomplished by collecting air samples at the same locations as the 2012 investigation,
using the current ADEC Vapor Intrusion Guidance that was update in January 2017.
A total of seven samples will be collected: one outdoor ambient air sample, three crawlspace air samples, two indoor air samples, and one duplicate. Sample locations are depicted on Figure 1. Samples will be analyzed for volatile compounds associated with petroleum contamination by methods TO-15 and TO-13A. A report will be prepared comparing analytical results to ADEC target levels.
See site file for additional information. |
Louis Howard |
| 10/31/2017 |
Document, Report, or Work plan Review - other |
Staff commented on the VI work plan addendum. Main comments were to require photographs of all stages of the vapor intrusion resampling effort as well as photographs to document the water dam method for sub-slab vapor points at the St. Paul Laboratory building. Staff concurred with the proposed use of a water dam method instead of helium leak test for this site-specific project.
See site file for additional information. |
Louis Howard |
| 3/5/2018 |
Document, Report, or Work plan Review - other |
Staff reviewed and commented on the site characterization report. Main comments were to clarify that Method 3 calculations cannot exceed soil saturation limit for contaminants such as 1-methylnaphthalene. Staff agreed that vapor intrusion pathway is incomplete at the site and that a better presentation of groundwater not being a source of drinking water in accordance with 18 AAC 75.350 needs to be met other than to have one sentence stating groundwater is not a drinking water source and human health levels apply at the site.
See site file for additional information. |
Louis Howard |
| 7/19/2019 |
Update or Other Action |
Site location was updated on this date. Coordinates for this site are used to determine the presence and position of the site on BLM’s ANCSA Conveyed Land web map. |
Rebekah Reams |
| 7/31/2019 |
Cleanup Complete Determination Issued |
Cleanup complete with institutional controls. Groundwater to be monitored at compliance well MW-2. Soil does not exceed Method Three alternative cleanup levels. No complete vapor intrusion pathway based on soil gas results and indoor air sampling.
See site file for additional information. |
Louis Howard |
| 7/31/2019 |
Institutional Control Record Established |
Institutional Controls established and entered into the database. |
Louis Howard |
| 9/29/2020 |
Institutional Control Update |
The Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation (ADEC) Contaminated Sites Program received a request for concurrence from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) on September 28, 2020 to deviate from the approved “St. Paul NMFS Complex UST No. 2 Cleanup Complete Determination – Institutional Controls” dated July 31, 2019. Both Spring and Fall sampling required by the Institutional Controls has been cancelled due to travel restrictions implemented in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. DEC concurs with the deviation to forgo Spring and Fall 2020 groundwater sampling at the St. Paul NMFS Complex UST No. 2 at the following monitoring wells: 98NMFS-02-03SL@5’, 98NMFS-02-02SL@7’, and 98NMFS-02-01SL@5’. |
Darren Mulkey |
| 5/26/2021 |
Document, Report, or Work plan Review - other |
Request received 5/25/2021 for concurrence with missing Spring sampling event due to COVID travel restrictions. Sent approval letter. |
Shonda Oderkirk |
| 7/21/2021 |
Document, Report, or Work plan Review - other |
Received request from NOAA on 7/20/2021 for concurrence with no fall 2021 sampling. They are unable to sample this fall due to contractor backlog due to COVID. Sent approval letter. |
Shonda Oderkirk |
| 3/4/2022 |
Document, Report, or Work plan Review - other |
DEC had approved a 2019 WP for groundwater monitoring at the site. The field seasons never happened due to various reasons related to COVID-19 pandemic. NOAA requested to use the 2019 WP for the resumed sampling events. following our decision, they submitted a letter formally stating the request and outlining the minor changes from the 2019 WP; no changes to sampling methods were made. DEC sent approval the same day. |
Shonda Oderkirk |
| 10/7/2022 |
Long Term Monitoring Workplan or Report Review |
Received work plan. 10/13/2022: Sent comments. Field work set to start on Monday Oct 17, conditional approval given for work to start on time. Requested GAC break through calculations will be sent ASAP. 10/27/2022: Final WP received. 11/01/2022: Approval for final WP sent. |
Shonda Oderkirk |
| 12/29/2022 |
Document, Report, or Work plan Review - other |
Draft report received. 1/20/2023 comments sent. 1/31/2023 RTC received. 2/2/2023 Final approval sent. |
Shonda Oderkirk |
| 10/12/2023 |
Document, Report, or Work plan Review - other |
Received draft work plan for 2023-2024. No comments. 10/17/2023 Approval for final work plan sent. |
Shonda Oderkirk |
| 11/9/2023 |
Document, Report, or Work plan Review - other |
The Fall 2023 field work has been canceled. Weather prevented the field team from making it out to the Pribilofs 4 times. DEC approved the cancelation. Field work will resume in the Spring of 2024. |
Shonda Oderkirk |
| 6/14/2024 |
Document, Report, or Work plan Review - other |
Draft report for the spring 2023 sampling event. Two wells were sampled, one well continues to exceed DEC cleanup levels. The recommendation to remove the other well from the monitoring well list will be addressed after a formal request is submitted. Comments on draft report sent 7/16/2024. |
Shonda Oderkirk |
| 10/3/2024 |
Long Term Monitoring Workplan or Report Review |
Draft work plan for Fall 2024 and Spring 2025 received. |
Shonda Oderkirk |
| 10/7/2024 |
Site Characterization Workplan Approved |
Final work plan approved. |
Shonda Oderkirk |
| 4/10/2025 |
Document, Report, or Work plan Review - other |
Due to travel restrictions imposed by the Presidential Executive order, NOAA is unable to travel and oversee Spring 2025 sampling on St Paul and St George Islands. DEC issued a letter of concurrence on 4/11/2025. |
Shonda Oderkirk |
| 10/7/2025 |
Update or Other Action |
Due to a lapse in Fiscal Year 2026 appropriations, no federal financial obligations could be incurred, resulting in the cancellation of the Fall 2025 sampling event. NOAA sent a letter requesting DEC concurrence. DEC sent a concurrence letter on 11/20/2025. |
Shonda Oderkirk |
| 3/2/2026 |
Document, Report, or Work plan Review - other |
Request to reduce GW sampling frequence from bi-annual to annually in the spring. There are two wells at the site, one of them still has exceedances of CUL. Contaminated soil was removed, but the building prevented all of the soil from being removed. |
Shonda Oderkirk |
| 4/6/2026 |
Document, Report, or Work plan Review - other |
DEC approval of reduced GW monitoring frequency approved. |
Shonda Oderkirk |
