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Site Report: U.S. Army Tok Fuel Terminal

Site Name: U.S. Army Tok Fuel Terminal
Address: 7 Miles West of Tok, Alaska Highway 2, Tok, AK 99780
File Number: 130.38.007
Hazard ID: 3844
Status: Active
Staff: Axl LeVan, 9074512156 axl.levan@alaska.gov
Latitude: 63.356613
Longitude: -143.202335
Horizontal Datum:WGS84

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Problems/Comments

This is a former fuel terminal. Most structures have been removed. There is one landfill and multiple tank locations that were investigated in 2015. The report for that remedial investigation and a risk assessment is currently in review.

Action Information

Action Date Action Description DEC Staff
10/21/2002 Meeting or Teleconference Held Teleconference to discuss workplan held this date. Anne Marie Palmieri
10/31/2002 Site Characterization Workplan Approved Workplan approved this date. Anne Marie Palmieri
12/18/2002 Site Added to Database Former Staff
5/13/2003 Site Ranked Using the AHRM Initial ranking. Anne Marie Palmieri
2/17/2004 Site Characterization Report Approved Staff reviewed and approved the Preliminary Remedial Investigation report this date. Anne Marie Palmieri
3/28/2007 Exposure Tracking Model Ranking ETM ranking Anne Marie Palmieri
7/12/2007 Update or Other Action Project Management Plan for the Haines Terminal, Tok Terminal, Sears Creek Station, and Army pipeline sites was approved this date. Plan covers work to be performed under the PBC. Anne Marie Palmieri
9/20/2007 Site Characterization Workplan Approved Site characterization workplan approved this date. Contractor North Wind plans to be in the field at the end of September 2006. The draft report should be released next spring. Anne Marie Palmieri
1/16/2008 Update or Other Action A brief (4 page) technical memo was approved this date. The memo summarizes the 2007 field activities. A draft report containing detailed information and sampling results will be released in a few months. An electronic copy of the memo has been put on the Juneau G: drive electronic site files. Anne Marie Palmieri
9/8/2008 Site Characterization Workplan Approved Site characterization workplan approved this date; fieldwork is scheduled to begin on 9/20/08. Anne Marie Palmieri
9/26/2008 Site Characterization Report Approved Site Investigation Report of work performed in 2007 was approved this date. Anne Marie Palmieri
8/5/2009 Document, Report, or Work plan Review - other draft RI/FS comments provided to the Army this date. Anne Marie Palmieri
12/3/2009 Meeting or Teleconference Held meeting held to discuss RI/FS comments Anne Marie Palmieri
4/8/2010 Public Notice public meeting in Tok Anne Marie Palmieri
4/8/2010 Site Visit site visit Anne Marie Palmieri
3/31/2011 Document, Report, or Work plan Review - other Continued discussion without resolution on DEC comments on the RI/FS. Army contractor has submitted additional drafts for review and comment. Anne Marie Palmieri
11/9/2011 Meeting or Teleconference Held Meeting with Army re: all Haines Pipeline sites. Current status of Army non-action on these sites is unacceptable. Army plans to begin to take action on the sites. Anne Marie Palmieri
2/21/2012 Meeting or Teleconference Held scoping meeting held with the Army -- planning to get the project back on track. Anne Marie Palmieri
7/30/2012 Site Characterization Workplan Approved Groundwater work plan approved. Work is to be conducted in-house. Anne Marie Palmieri
2/4/2013 Update or Other Action project manager changed from Palmieri to Caillouet. Anne Marie Palmieri
8/7/2014 Document, Report, or Work plan Review - other Final Former Tok Fuel Terminal Data Gap Analysis Report, June 2014 Please make sure when planning future work at the site the presence of oiled sands at all tanks will need to be characterized and addressed as necessary. The correction in the report only notes oil sand at one tank in the text (217) and shows a picture of oil sand (225) at another. ADEC believes the oil sands will be present at most, if not all, former bulk fuel tanks. Debra Caillouet
2/25/2015 Document, Report, or Work plan Review - other Draft Class V UIC Well Closure Plan, Revision 1, February 2015 ADEC has no comment on the portions of the work plan that apply to the TFT. Debra Caillouet
4/13/2015 Document, Report, or Work plan Review - other Comment was sent on the Draft Uniform Federal Policy Quality Assurance Project Plan, Revision 0, Remedial Investigation Tok Fuel Terminal, March 2015 Debra Caillouet
4/24/2015 Document, Report, or Work plan Review - other Comment was sent on the Draft Risk Assessment Work Plan, Tok Fuel Terminal, March 2015 Debra Caillouet
4/27/2015 Document, Report, or Work plan Review - other Comment was sent on the draft risk assessment work plan. Debra Caillouet
7/6/2015 CERCLA RI Plan Approved Final Uniform Federal Policy Quality Assurance Project Plan, Revision 1, Remedial Investigation, Tok Fuel Terminal, May 2015 Debra Caillouet
7/21/2015 Risk Assessment Workplan Approved Final Risk Assessment Work Plan, Revision2, 2015 Remedial Investigation for the Former Tok Fuel Terminal, Tok, Alaska, July 2015 Debra Caillouet
7/28/2015 Document, Report, or Work plan Review - other Tok Fuel Terminal, Draft Petroleum Pipeline and Burn Pit Removal Work Plan, Revision 2, July 2015 The plan does not accurately reflect the changes to the Site Cleanup Rules that were promulgated June 17, 2015. Specifically the regulations no longer require a qualified person. 18 AAC 75.333 defines qualified environmental professionals and qualified samplers. A qualified environmental professional is required to supervise cleanup work. Please provide the qualifications of the environmental professional who will supervise the cleanup work. Debra Caillouet
8/20/2015 Update or Other Action Received communication from Ft Wainwright on workplan approval status. Site assigned to Vreeman. Pending actions are review and approval of removal action workplan draft and additional information submitted 8/19. Fred Vreeman
8/21/2015 Interim Removal Action Approved Approved Interim Removal Action Workplan titled "Petroleum Pipeline and Burn Pit Removal". Changes made to workplan are acceptable and sampling proposed is consistent with the Risk Assessment Workplan. Additional characterization work may be required in some areas. Fred Vreeman
9/8/2015 Site Visit Site Visit to inspect work being done on pipeline removal and site characterization. Landfill inspection of North & South Landfills. Debris and drum caches noted at North Landfill. Inspected adjacent site to Northwest, not a part of current project, determined land disturbance and access trail but no evidence of contamination. Area is being used by hunters. Melody Debenham
4/27/2016 Meeting or Teleconference Held Attended a public meeting in Tok for the Tok Fuel Terminal site. Preliminary results from the 2015 RI were presented. Monte Garroutte
4/27/2016 Site Visit Completed a site visit at the Tok Fuel Terminal. Observed some debris still present around the margins of the NW Landfill site. Fence around the facility is in good shape. Monte Garroutte
8/17/2016 Document, Report, or Work plan Review - other DEC approved the Class V UIC Closure Report. This report described the procedures used to close nine dry wells and one septic system with a leach field at the TFT site in 2015, and summarized the findings of the closures. The areas where contamination was observed were included in the 2015 RI. Monte Garroutte
11/29/2016 Document, Report, or Work plan Review - other DEC Approved the Interim Site Management Plan for Tok Fuel Terminal, Alaska, dated November, 2016. The SMP serves as an interim management tool and provides a discussion of previous investigations, remedial actions, current site conditions, interim institutional and land use controls, a conceptual site model (CSM), and community involvement plans for the former Tok Fuel Terminal (TFT), Alaska. Several of the sites are awaiting results from the 2015 RI to direct future efforts. Monte Garroutte
1/2/2019 Update or Other Action In 2017 ADEC provided comments on 2 revisions of a pipeline and burn pit removal report and a Landfill SI. ADEC coordinated with ADNR to issue a PA request letter to the Army requesting that they investigate an area beyond the NW landfill that is believed to be associated with military use. Site assigned to ADEC PM O'Brien in 2018. The Draft Final Remedial Investigation and Risk Assessment are currently under review. John O'Brien
5/9/2022 Meeting or Teleconference Held DEC had a meeting with the RP regarding the Tok Terminal Installation Action Plan (IAP). Included discussion on the upcoming revised risk assessment for DEC review. The IAP exists to provide evidence that the Army is firmly committed to expeditious identification and cleanup of environmental contamination. Axl LeVan
2/8/2023 Document, Report, or Work plan Review - other The Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) has completed a review of the "Draft Remedial Investigation Addendum, Tok Fuel Terminal Alaska, November 2022". The Remedial Investigation (RI) addendum report was submitted to DEC November 23, 2022. The RI addendum report presents a reevaluation of the human health and ecological risks, and risk management recommendations, that were presented in the Final Remedial Investigation Tok Fuel Terminal, Tok, Alaska Report Axl LeVan
5/4/2023 CERCLA SI The Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) has completed a review of the "Final Preliminary Assessment/Site Inspection of PFAS at the FTWW Sub-Installations, Alaska, March 2023". The report was submitted April 5, 2023 as a final document to DEC without draft document review. The report documents the Preliminary Assessment (PA) and Site Inspection (SI) activities performed at Fort Wainwright (FTWW). Sub-Installations. The (FTWW) include the Haines Fuel Terminal, Tok Fuel Terminal (TFT), Sears Creek Pump Station, and Gerstel River Test Site. SI work recommended that Confirmation SI Sampling occur at the TFT- Tank Farm Fire Foam System. The report also recommends no action for the TFT – Burn Pit and Soil Piles area. DEC provided comments on the documents 5/4/2023. Axl LeVan
11/6/2023 Document, Report, or Work plan Review - other DEC reviewed and responded to the Army's Technical Memorandum for the Tok Terminal Remedial Investigation Addendum report. A meeting will be scheduled to discuss the responses. Axl LeVan
1/24/2024 Meeting or Teleconference Held DEC project managers and risk assessor attended a comment resolution meeting with US Army staff to resolve remaining issues on the risk assessment amendment report. Primary issues were resolved and DEC will review the updated documented when provided. Axl LeVan

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