Site Report: Ketchikan General Hospital
| Site Name: | Ketchikan General Hospital |
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| Address: | 3100 Tongass Avenue, Ketchikan, AK 99901 |
| File Number: | 1516.38.023 |
| Hazard ID: | 3133 |
| Status: | Cleanup Complete |
| Staff: | No Longer Assigned, 9074655229 dec.icunit@alaska.gov |
| Latitude: | 55.353752 |
| Longitude: | -131.687078 |
| Horizontal Datum: | WGS84 |
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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
Action Information
| Action Date | Action | Description | DEC Staff |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1/7/2000 | Site Added to Database | Releases of diesel fuel and #6 oil. | Meilani Clark |
| 1/7/2000 | Update or Other Action | Letter sent asking for workplan, and okaying current action to remediate problem. | Meilani Clark |
| 1/7/2000 | Site Ranked Using the AHRM | Too many un knowns results in no ranking. | Meilani Clark |
| 2/8/2000 | Update or Other Action | Teleconference with Cheryl Fultz. Report on cleanup activities conducted to date, sampling results; and workplan for installation of monitoring wells expected soon. Revisit unknowns in site score after report is received. | Bill Janes |
| 5/18/2000 | Site Ranked Using the AHRM | 3 USTs removed. Contaminted soil removed and remediated. Some contaminated soil remains. GW monitoring plan expected 6/1/00. | Bruce Wanstall |
| 1/12/2001 | Update or Other Action | Contacted R&M ENGR and Fultz in KTN for update. Referred me to City of KTN. | Mike Jaynes |
| 4/11/2001 | Update or Other Action | Called city engr. Joe May and asked for an update. | Mike Jaynes |
| 8/9/2001 | Update or Other Action | Called City Engr. Joe May for update on site. | Mike Jaynes |
| 2/6/2006 | Update or Other Action | Site activated with change of project management to Wanstall; ledger code requested, recieved, and posted. | Bruce Wanstall |
| 3/13/2007 | Exposure Tracking Model Ranking | Initial ranking is completed based on sketchy file data in an incomplete report. Final UST closure by removal report has been requested from the City and Borough of Ketchikan environmental consultant R&M Engineering. | Bruce Wanstall |
| 5/21/2007 | Meeting or Teleconference Held | Travel to Ketchikan and meet with city engineer Joe May to determine if ground water sampling wells are still available for sampling; discussion of the need to collect sample to gather data to determine the current environmental status of the site; the wells are in good condition and a well sampling plan will be developed. | Bruce Wanstall |
| 9/23/2009 | Update or Other Action | ADEC sent an email to the City of Ketchikan engineering department explaining that this petroleum release site has significant gaps in historical environmental data but ground water wells are available to provide assessment of current exposure and the need for a site remedy to mitigate contamination. | Bruce Wanstall |
| 3/9/2011 | Potentially Responsible Party/State Interest Letter | DEC sent a letter to the Ketchikan City Manager by regular and electronic mail describing the cleanup history for the removal of underground storage tanks at the Ketchikan General Hospital in 1999 during which petroleum contamination concentrations far above human health exposure risk cleanup levels was left trapped under structures adjacent to the Kar House. As a necessary formality, the letter describes the statutory and regulatory requirements for any oil spill cleanup in Alaska. In addition the letter describes specific steps necessary to investigate the risk to human health from the petroleum contamination at this site. | Bruce Wanstall |
| 4/12/2011 | Document, Report, or Work plan Review - other | DEC approved sampler qualificatons and work plan to locate and sample monitor wells. | Bruce Wanstall |
| 4/25/2011 | Update or Other Action | DEC requested that Ketchikan Public Works & Engineering submit a schedule for Alaska Commercial Divers Inc to carry out the approved work plan to collect samples from monitoring wells at the former UST release site. | Bruce Wanstall |
| 5/10/2013 | Exposure Tracking Model Ranking | A new updated ranking with ETM has been completed for source area 74108 USTs. | Bruce Wanstall |
| 5/14/2013 | Cleanup Complete Determination Issued | The cleanup actions to date have served to excavate and adequately remove contaminated soil from the site. Based on the information available, DEC has determined there is no longer a risk to human health or the environment and no further assessment or cleanup action is required. Although a Cleanup Complete Determination has been granted, DEC approval is required for off-site soil disposal in accordance with 18 AAC 75.325(i). Additionally, movement or use of potentially contaminated soil in a manner that results in a violation of 18 AAC 70 water quality standards is unlawful. This determination is in accordance with 18 AAC 75.380(d) and does not preclude DEC from requiring additional assessment and/or cleanup action if future information indicates that this site may pose an unacceptable risk to human health or the environment. | Bruce Wanstall |
Contaminant Information
| Name | Level Description | Media | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|
| DRO | Between Method 2 Migration to Groundwater and Human Health/Ingestion/Inhalation | Soil |
Control Type
| Type | Details |
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| No ICs Required |
Requirements
| Description | Details |
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| Advance approval required to transport soil or groundwater off-site. |
| Hazard ID | Site Name | File Number |
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| 27007 | PeaceHealth Ketchikan Medical Center UST 2 | 1516.26.041 |