| Action Date |
Action |
Description |
DEC Staff |
| 10/17/1995 |
Update or Other Action |
Soil Contamination Assessment, Former USPS Site, Iliaska Drive, Iliamna, AK. Prepared by Shannon & Wilson. Dated October 17, 1995. 20 pages. (Database updated 3/6/2018) |
Jamie McKellar |
| 5/11/1998 |
Site Ranked Using the AHRM |
No values changed. |
Anne Marie Palmieri |
| 10/8/1998 |
Update or Other Action |
Phase I Environmental Site Assessment for Disposal, Lot 3, Iliaska Subdivision, Iliaska Drive. Prepared by Maxim Technologies. Dated October 8, 1998. 31 pages. (Database updated March 6, 2018) |
Jamie McKellar |
| 12/11/1998 |
Voluntary Cleanup Program |
VCP Application accepted. |
Anne Marie Palmieri |
| 3/3/1999 |
Update or Other Action |
Phase II Environmental Investigation and Limited Phase III. Prepared by Maxim Technologies, Inc. Dated March 3, 1999. 59 pages. (Database updated March 6, 2018) |
Jamie McKellar |
| 11/28/1999 |
Site Added to Database |
Drums of used oil were shot and have subsequently leaked. |
Anne Marie Palmieri |
| 2/6/2002 |
Update or Other Action |
Contacted USPS about site status. Apparently some groundwater contamination on site, but no known action at this time. |
Mike Jaynes |
| 4/15/2002 |
Update or Other Action |
Phoned in reply to URS Anchorage inquiry. Left message with on site status. |
Mike Jaynes |
| 4/15/2002 |
Update or Other Action |
Spoke with URScorp. Post Office fired old cleanup contractor who was not responsive and he is now taking on the site. Some of the information is missing and the Post Office does not know what the status of the site is. |
Mike Jaynes |
| 12/22/2003 |
Update or Other Action |
Recieved call from Alisto Eng. Group. Alisto is now consultant for Post Office and would like to move forward with work this summer. Possibly excavating and bioremediating site. Send email to with CS Regulations and Database lookup weblinks. Said we would be happy to work with them and assist where needed to get this work finished. |
Mike Jaynes |
| 2/23/2004 |
Update or Other Action |
Recieved call from interested party in Iliamna who would like to know if Postal Office will be remediating site. Would like to purchase site from USPS but USPS will not sell until clean. Emailed contractor for site status. |
Mike Jaynes |
| 2/26/2004 |
Update or Other Action |
Recieved call from contractor stating Post Office has put a hold on cleanup work and are looking into selling site. |
Mike Jaynes |
| 10/5/2004 |
Update or Other Action |
Special Warranty Deed, USPS to C.D. Embretson for Lot 3, Iliaska Drive. Filed under Plat Number 71-3. (CS Database updated March 3, 2018) |
Jamie McKellar |
| 1/11/2005 |
Update or Other Action |
Site name changed to USPS identifier for database consistency. |
Mike Jaynes |
| 8/30/2005 |
Update or Other Action |
Recieved call from Shaw Environmental. USPS has sold property and new owner will be performing a assessment of the site. Shaw will be forwarding information on site and a SA proposal. |
Mike Jaynes |
| 4/26/2016 |
Update or Other Action |
Site assessment by current owner not found during file review. Site reassigned for evaluation of cleanup requirements and possible PRP research by new owner, and follow up by project manager handling other USPS sites. |
Fred Vreeman |
| 5/9/2016 |
Potentially Responsible Party/State Interest Letter |
DEC issued Potentially Responsible Party (PRP) letters to USPS and the property owner. |
Jamie McKellar |
| 5/9/2016 |
Exposure Tracking Model Ranking |
Initial ranking with ETM completed for source area id: 74034 name: auto-generated pm edit USPS - Iliamna Post Office |
Melody Debenham |
| 10/20/2016 |
Update or Other Action |
EMAIL: DEC to USPS. Request for additional information and copies of reports. Inquiry as to whether any environmental work has been done at this site since 1999. |
Jamie McKellar |
| 4/17/2017 |
Update or Other Action |
New Project Manager assigned. |
Jamie McKellar |
| 4/20/2017 |
Meeting or Teleconference Held |
TELECONFERENCE: DEC & Louis Berger Consulting, representing USPS. General site discussion. The Louis Berger rep advised that he's going to recommend that USPS do a pre-bid site visit to Iliamna to get a better idea of what they're working with. |
Jamie McKellar |
| 3/6/2018 |
Update or Other Action |
SUMMARY REPORT RECEIVED: DEC was cc'd on a Site Investigation Summary Report for the Former Iliamna, Alaska Main Post Office. The summary report from Louis Berger presented four alternatives for site cleanup to USPS. |
Jamie McKellar |
| 8/15/2018 |
Document, Report, or Work plan Review - other |
WORK PLAN RECEIVED: Draft Iliamna Limited Site Characterization Work Plan, Former Iliamna, Alaska Main Post Office. Prepared by Louis Berger. Dated August 4, 2018. The work plan is for limited site characterization to address a release of diesel fuel that impacted soils and groundwater at the site. |
Jamie McKellar |
| 11/27/2018 |
Document, Report, or Work plan Review - other |
RESPONSES TO COMMENTS Received: Limited Site Characterization Work Plan, Former Iliamna, Alaska Main Post Office. Prepared by Louis Berger. Dated October 2018. |
Jamie McKellar |
| 11/28/2018 |
Site Characterization Workplan Approved |
WORK PLAN APPROVED: Limited Site Characterization Work Plan, Former Iliamna, Alaska Main Post Office. Prepared by Louis Berger. Dated October 2018.
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Jamie McKellar |
| 1/29/2019 |
Meeting or Teleconference Held |
A teleconference was held with USPS on Friday, January 25, 2019 to discuss the following USPS Sites: General Mail Facility (Fairbanks), Cantwell Post Office, Dutch Harbor Post Office, Former Lease Site (Fairbanks; also known as Former Air Cargo HOT), Iliamna Post Office; and Point Lay Post Office Site. A general status update was given for all six sites. Action items from the meeting include: 1) USPS to take a more active role in reviewing documents submitted to DEC by its contractors 2) USPS and DEC to exchange documents about Dutch Harbor Post Office releases 3) USPS to identify the property owner for the former Pt. Lay Post Office site and 4) USPS staff will coordinate with DEC regarding 2019 site visits. |
Jamie McKellar |
| 10/1/2020 |
Document, Report, or Work plan Review - other |
REPORT APPROVAL: United States Postal Service Site Characterization Report, Former Iliamna, AK Main Post Office (Louis Berger, July 2020). |
Jamie McKellar |
| 10/5/2020 |
Meeting or Teleconference Held |
Phone meeting with Anne Wolf, USPS, to discuss Site Characterization report and path forward for USPS Iliamna. |
Jamie McKellar |
| 4/5/2021 |
Document, Report, or Work plan Review - other |
Draft Site Characterization WP received and asked for expedited review. Letter and comments sent April 19, 2021. RTC received 05/19/2021. Accepted and asked for final WP same day.Final WP approved 05/19/2021. |
Shonda Oderkirk |
| 5/31/2022 |
Document, Report, or Work plan Review - other |
Draft report received. 6/27/2022- comments sent. 8/22/2022: RTC received. 9/15/2022: Approval sent for final WP. Note that several LODs exceeded MTG cleanup levels. Accepted results for presence/absence only. They will need to resample in those areas for delineation determination. |
Shonda Oderkirk |
| 4/4/2023 |
Document, Report, or Work plan Review - other |
Draft work plan received. Contaminated soil will be removed until the HH cleanup levels are achieved. Soil contamination exceeded MTG is allowable IF the ground water continues to show no exceedances of Table C MTG levels. 5/3/2023 Comments sent.5/16/2023 approval sent for final work plan. |
Shonda Oderkirk |
