| Action Date |
Action |
Description |
DEC Staff |
| 11/16/1998 |
Update or Other Action |
Alaska Gold Company notifies ADOTPF in a letter that numerous drums are located on the southwest side of the runway - on Alaska Gold property. Alaska Gold requests ADOTPF to assume the responsibility for the drums. ADOTPF fax note indicates it could have been Burgess Construction. |
Jim Frechione |
| 1/5/1999 |
Update or Other Action |
ADOTPF memo that documented Shannon & Wilson working for ADOTPF reviewed ADEC files and identified a 1987 report (Simon Mawson) where Mawson identified the drums as asphalt and thought the Corps of Engineers might be responsible. However, evidence was COE did not work in the southwest portion of the airport. |
Jim Frechione |
| 5/13/1999 |
Update or Other Action |
ADOTPF letter to Alaska Gold indicating the State does not have funds nor are they accepting responsibility for the drums. |
Jim Frechione |
| 6/14/2000 |
Update or Other Action |
NovaGold Resources (as new owners of Alaska Gold)wrote a letter to ADOTPF to indicate their willingness and cooperation to assist in removing the drums. |
Jim Frechione |
| 6/15/2000 |
Update or Other Action |
Alaska State Troopers report numerous drums/barrels of leaking asphaltic material at the western end of the Nome Airport on the south side of the Snake River (across the river from the airport. |
Jim Frechione |
| 6/20/2000 |
Update or Other Action |
ADEC (PERP) letters to ADOTPF and Alaska Gold requesting response action to the leaking drums adjacent to the Nome Airport. |
Jim Frechione |
| 6/26/2000 |
Update or Other Action |
ADOTPF responds indicating they do not consider their agency responsible for the drums. There was also a letter from ADEC to Alaska Gold referenceing a phone conversation that Alaska Gold does not intend to cleanup the drums. |
Jim Frechione |
| 7/11/2000 |
Update or Other Action |
ADEC letter to Alaska Gold referencing another conversation regarding the drums and "instructions" on what ADEC would expect is needed to contain them. |
Jim Frechione |
| 7/14/2000 |
Update or Other Action |
Attorney for Alaska Gold / NovaGold (Thomas Van Flein) letter to ADOTPF indicating their intentions to seek cost recovery for any costs associated with cleaning up the drums. There was also a letter to ADEC indicating the drums are not the responsibility of Alaska Gold but propose a phasewd approach to the cleanup. The attorney also wrote to the Ghemm Company that might have been involved as a contractor at the airport. |
Jim Frechione |
| 8/3/2000 |
Update or Other Action |
ADOTPF Attorney General (Leone Hatch) letter to Attorney Van Flein disputing State liability for the drums but willing to work with Alaska Gold on cleaniong up or assisting in re-use of the material (if appropriate). |
Jim Frechione |
| 9/5/2000 |
Update or Other Action |
Attorney Van Flein letter to ADEC indicating their research findings on the ADOTPF project to re-pave the Nome airport in 1971-74 by Burgess Construction. |
Jim Frechione |
| 9/26/2000 |
Notice of Violation |
PERP issues NOV to ADOTPF for an ADOTPF employee dumping 20 - 30 gallons of sasphalt material from a truck on to NovaGold property. |
Jim Frechione |
| 10/2/2000 |
Update or Other Action |
Alaska Gold letter to ADEC indicating they constructed a containment cell for impacted soil and placed soil in it. |
Jim Frechione |
| 11/17/2000 |
Site Added to Database |
Landowner is not yet established as RP. |
Bruce Wanstall |
| 11/17/2000 |
Site Ranked Using the AHRM |
Preliminary ranking. Toxicity of some barrel contents unknown. |
Bruce Wanstall |
| 1/19/2001 |
Update or Other Action |
ADEC letter to NovaGold requesting information and comments on a draft scope of work to characterize the drums. |
Jim Frechione |
| 2/21/2001 |
Meeting or Teleconference Held |
Meeting with Attorney Van Flein; AG Chris Kennedy and ADEC Jim Frechione to discuss drums. It was decidied ADEC would solicit bids on its scope of work and NovaGold would consider what (if anything) they might do to assist. |
Jim Frechione |
| 5/21/2001 |
Meeting or Teleconference Held |
ADEC meeting with Attorney Van Flein to discuss work needed to assess the drums and how that work needs to be conducted. The meeting was summarized by a May 23 letter to Mr Van Flein in which he indicated NovaGold was willing to conduct the drum characterization work. |
Jim Frechione |
| 6/28/2001 |
Site Characterization Workplan Approved |
ADEC approves NovaGold to conduct the drum characterization task in accordance with a work plan that was provided to them. NovaGold is still required to provide specifics on how the drum contents will be collected and analyzed. |
Jim Frechione |
| 7/16/2001 |
Meeting or Teleconference Held |
ADEC met with NovaGold (Mitch Erickson) to discuss drum sampling and analysis. They will also research possible uses for the drum material if it is appropriate. |
Jim Frechione |
| 8/31/2001 |
Update or Other Action |
Alaska Gold provides analytical results from six samples of drum contents. The lab method used was oil burning specs under 40 CFR 279.11 |
Jim Frechione |
| 9/12/2001 |
Update or Other Action |
ADEC email to NovaGold indicating their analysis was related to "used oil burning" and not for other concerns (RCRA; TSCA; VOCs; etc). NovaGold followed up with emails indicating they were trying to find an alternative use of the drums (ie asphalt road or parking areas). |
Jim Frechione |
| 10/17/2001 |
Update or Other Action |
Attorney Van Flein letter indicating the lab analysis confirmed the drums as containiing asphaltic material. He further requested use of the drum material for asphalt and disposal of empty drums into landfill. |
Jim Frechione |
| 12/17/2001 |
Update or Other Action |
ADEC letter to Attorney Van Flein indicating the drums were not adequately characterized for hazardous compounds - only used oil burning specifications. However, if they were to be re-used versus disposed - then the characterization may be appropriate. |
Jim Frechione |
| 5/11/2004 |
Meeting or Teleconference Held |
There is an Alaska Gold Trip Summary report by ADEC (Larry Johnson) that indicates he met with Alaska Gold representative (Charlotte McCay) on May 11, 2004 an d discussed the removal of the drums. Alaska Gold was advised that additional analysis of the drum material might be required if the material was to be disposed in accordance with ADEC's December 2001 letter. |
Jim Frechione |
| 3/19/2008 |
Meeting or Teleconference Held |
Met with Brent Murphy from Novagold. An updated report will be provided to DEC with all actions taken at the Barrel Dump. Awaiting report. |
Tamara Cardona-Marek |
| 3/27/2008 |
Exposure Tracking Model Ranking |
Initial ranking with ETM completed. |
Tamara Cardona-Marek |
| 9/11/2008 |
Site Visit |
Visited site while in Nome. Asphalt barrels were emptied and asphalt was snet to the local asphalt plant for recycling. Approximately 25 barrels remain that will be disposed of. Area where barrels are located is bermed and contains numerous asphalt spills. Empty barrels are still on site and will be disposed of. Novagold will provide a report with the actions taken at this site. |
Tamara Cardona-Marek |
| 2/19/2013 |
Cleanup Complete Determination Issued |
Shannon and Wilson submitted a report detailing cleanup of the drums and asphalt areas completed in the Fall of 2012. |
Tamara Cardona-Marek |
| 9/24/2013 |
Update or Other Action |
Changed staff assigned name to Michelle Barnes temporarily in order to make site location updates. |
Evonne Reese |
| 9/24/2013 |
Update or Other Action |
Site symbol visually adjusted using ArcGIS and documents from the file. 64.514284, -165.474817. 9/17/13; MLB. |
Michelle Barnes |
