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Site Report: Afognak Koncor Logging Camp

Site Name: Afognak Koncor Logging Camp
Address: East Shore of Danger (Kazakof) Bay; South End Afognak Island, Kodiak, AK 99615
File Number: 2502.38.003
Hazard ID: 3795
Status: Active
Staff: Mollie Dwyer, 9074651076 mollie.dwyer@alaska.gov
Latitude: 58.103112
Longitude: -152.553586
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

The Afognak Koncor (aka Silver Bay, Evergreen, TransPac) Logging Camp facility has been in operation off and on since 1990. Associated infrastructure has included: Residential areas: 28 trailer residences, a school, gym, bunkhouses, cookhouse, office, saw shop, church, and several other small buildings. Shop areas: equipment repair shop, gas fueling station and oil drum storage shed, tire shop, camp waste incinerator, and electrical generator. Log transfer facility: Sawyer’s shack and banding area, and main fuel depot. Additionally, there is a heavy equipment parking and storage area, upland fuel distribution facility, truck wash-down area, multiple surface water seep areas, tank farm, airstrip, and landfill. Preliminary site assessment activities conducted in June 2000 and May 2001 indicated petroleum and metals were detected in soil above DEC cleanup levels. Assessment and cleanup activities are summarized in a conditional closure approval issued on October 2, 2006 that included institutional controls and was based on alternate (Method 3) cleanup levels for gasoline range organics (GRO), diesel range organics (DRO), benzene, ethylbenzene, toluene, and xylenes (BTEX). At that time, groundwater was not being used as a drinking water source. (According to DEC Drinking Water Program data, public water system wells (PWS ID AK2250427, groundwater source) were subsequently installed in 2007 and 2010.) In November 2011 the DEC Solid Waste Program submitted a report to the DEC Prevention and Emergency Response Program documenting multiple areas of contamination at the logging camp. In 2012 site assessment and cleanup activities were conducted at seven areas, including: tank farm on the north end of the facility adjacent to Danger (Kazakof) Bay; former fuel station at mile 2.5 South on the 1100 Road; shop vicinity sawgas shed; drum storage southwest of the shop; drum storage adjacent to the west corner of the shop; drum storage across the alley on the northwest side of the shop; and the diesel heading fuel aboveground storage tank release adjacent to the cookhouse. Following the 2012 season remedial actions, the following contaminants remained above cleanup levels: DRO and benzene at the tank farm; benzene and free product at the former fuel transfer facility and excavation was limited due to the presence of bedrock, the adjacent roadbed, and potential for creating preferential pathways to nearby surface water bodies; DRO, residual range organics, and benzene at the areas in the vicinity of the shop; and an unknown amount of contamination that remains beneath the Cookhouse foundation. The fuel station and containment system at the former fuel transfer facility was scheduled to be moved and excavation of contaminated soils were to be continued during the 2013 season. Cleanup activities at the shop, saw gas shed, and drum storage areas were also scheduled for 2013. This site was reopened when it was transferred from PPR to CS in 2018.

Action Information

Action Date Action Description DEC Staff
3/20/2001 Site Added to Database Metals, Benzene, GRO, DRO, RRO detected in Site Characterization soil analysis. Bruce Wanstall
3/20/2001 Site Ranked Using the AHRM Preliminary ranking. Sandy Lake downgradient of residential area; LTF adjacent to Kazakof Bay. Stained soil present with access uncontrolled. Low density industrial area, surface Drinking Water source within one mile. Bruce Wanstall
5/25/2001 Interim Removal Action Approved Letter approving interim removal action issued. Field screening and site characterization to be performed across site. Transport of soil approval also issued since this is a remote site and communication is difficult. Mike Jaynes
11/13/2003 Update or Other Action RP Silver Bay Logging is in bankruptcy. Cleanup contractor (Southeast Management Services - Tom Hanna) reports site should be clean, and all sampling and documentation is in file. 250 cubic yards of petroleum contaminated soil was removed from the site and is sitting in the Silver Bay yard in Wrangell. In the following year we will recieve the report once the bankruptcy trustee releases funds to cover the work. Mike Jaynes
11/18/2005 Update or Other Action Spoke with Tom Hanna of SMS. He is now recieving payment for work at site and will be beginning draft report in December. Will check with Tom in the next month on this. Mike Jaynes
3/23/2006 Update or Other Action Report has been recieved and reviewed. Site is elligible for NFRAP. Contacts are being made with landowner to ensure they are comfortable with the Alternative Cleanup Level and IC restrictions on soil movement at the site. Mike Jaynes
10/2/2006 Institutional Control Record Established An Institutional Control will be documented in the ADEC Database identifying the nature and extent of contamination remaining on site. In accordance with 18 AAC 75.325(i), ADEC approval shall be obtained prior to removal and/or disposal of soil or groundwater from this site. If excavation is planned, a plan to address the contamination remaining shall be submitted to ADEC for review and approval. In accordance with 18 AAC 75.380(d)(2) ADEC may require additional site assessment, monitoring, remediation, and/or other necessary actions at this facility should new information become available that indicates contamination at this site may pose a threat to human health or the environment. Jim Frechione
10/19/2006 Conditional Closure Approved Site received conditional closure. Letter issued and can be found at G:\Spar\Cs\Contaminated Site Files (38)\2502 Afognak\2502.38.003 Danger Bay Log Camp\02Oct2006 Conditional Closure.doc Mike Jaynes
11/6/2012 Potentially Responsible Party/State Interest Letter Potentially Responsible Party / State Interest Letter sent by PPRP staff Jade Gamble to Koncor Forest Products Company for spill no. 12249904001. Mitzi Read
11/10/2014 Update or Other Action Staff changed from Paul Horwath to IC Unit. Kristin Thompson
5/23/2016 Institutional Control Compliance Review IC compliance review conducted. Affiliate information updated. IC reminder letter issued to the responsible party on this date. Reminder system set to follow up in five years. Kristin Thompson
6/7/2016 Institutional Control Periodic Reporting I was contacted by the Koncor Forest Products lands manager to verify that there have been no changes in land use. Evonne Reese
7/17/2018 Spill Transferred from Prevention Preparedness and Response Program Spill transferred by PPRP staff Jade Gamble. Spill no. 12249904001; spill date = 2/9/12; substance = petroleum products; quantity = unknown; source = multiple tanks and spills. Mitzi Read
10/5/2018 Site Reopened This site was closed in 2006 however the most recent data from the ADEC Solid Waste Program, and Prevention Preparedness and Response indicate that this site no longer meets the criteria for a Cleanup Complete with Institutional Control Designation. Multiple releases were reported in 2011 and 2012 which required remedial action with site remediation activities occurring in 2013. This site was transferred to the Contaminated Sites Program for management in 2018. Chelsy Passmore
10/19/2018 Exposure Tracking Model Ranking Initial ranking with ETM completed for source area id: 74770 name: auto-generated pm edit Afognak Koncor Logging Camp Chelsy Passmore
1/9/2019 Meeting or Teleconference Held The ADEC hosted a meeting with Konkor, Ouzinkie, and Evergreen. Responsible Party roles, site history, current site status, future site plans, and proposed clean up pathways were discussed. The ADEC will send a workplan request, and RPs will propose work to include sampling drinking water, and addressing undefined areas of contamination at the site. Chelsy Passmore
1/11/2019 Workplan Requested The ADEC sent a workplan request to sample the drinking water wells and address uncharacterized areas of contamination on the site. Deadline for a workplan is March 1, 2019. Chelsy Passmore
4/4/2019 Update or Other Action Workplan Overdue Notification, and Potentially Responsible Party letters sent to all parties involved in cleanup work, as well as land owner of the site. Chelsy Passmore
4/1/2020 Document, Report, or Work plan Review - other Transpac hired NWFF to prepare a workplan for environmental investigations, petroleum-contaminated soil excavation and landfarming, and groundwater sampling if necessary. Environmental Management Plan submitted. Janice Wiegers
5/12/2021 Update or Other Action DEC provided review comments for 2020 Environmental Management Plan to clear up some questions about COCs and sample analysis. Soil excavation will be conducted during the field work, and several options for soil treatment are established in the plan. A workplan will be needed for monitoring and confirmation sampling for any on-site soil treatment. Janice Wiegers
5/19/2021 Document, Report, or Work plan Review - other DEC approved final work plan for additional site characterization and cleanup. Janice Wiegers
8/2/2021 Update or Other Action Contacted by consultant to discuss the status of the remediation cell after they inspected the site. The consultant plans to go back out in a few weeks to segregate the soil remaining in the landfarm cell, rebuild the cell with piping for aeration, and then return contaminated soil to the new cell. Soil that appears to be clean will be sampled for confirmation. Janice Wiegers
5/18/2022 Update or Other Action NWFF Environmental submitted a design and maintenance plan for a ventilated stockpile to be used at this site. Janice Wiegers

Contaminant Information

Name Level Description Media Comments
DRO Between Method 2 Migration to Groundwater and Human Health/Ingestion/Inhalation Soil
Benzene Between Method 2 Migration to Groundwater and Human Health/Ingestion/Inhalation Soil

Control Type

Type Details
CS Database Notation And Letter To Landowner/RP database identifies nature and extent of contamination and conditions of closure

Requirements

Description Details
Excavation / Soil Movement Restrictions In accordance with 18 AAC 75.325(i), ADEC approval shall be obtained prior to removal and/or disposal of soil or groundwater from this site. If excavation is planned, a plan to address the contamination remaining shall be submitted to ADEC for review and approval. notify ADEC of proposed off site transport of soil or groundwater
Advance approval required to transport soil or groundwater off-site.
Movement or use of contaminated material (including on site) in a manner that results in a violation of the water quality standards is prohibited (18 AAC 70)

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