Site Report: Fort Wainwright (2P) Oak Avenue Utilidor
| Site Name: | Fort Wainwright (2P) Oak Avenue Utilidor |
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| Address: | Oak Avenue, Fort Wainwright, AK 99703 |
| File Number: | 108.38.086 |
| Hazard ID: | 4137 |
| Status: | Cleanup Complete |
| Staff: | No Longer Assigned, 9074655229 dec.icunit@alaska.gov |
| Latitude: | 64.826389 |
| Longitude: | -147.639722 |
| 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
The Oak Avenue Utilidor Site is located on Oak Avenue, northeast of Building 3709 on Fort Wainwright, Alaska. In July 2005, during excavation for construction of a new concrete utilidor along the length of Oak Avenue, the contractor encountered contaminated soil. Sampling indicated diesel-range organics (DRO) contamination at a depth of 8 feet below ground surface (bgs). The corridor was over-excavated by approximately 8 feet in order to determine the horizontal and vertical extent of contamination. Clean boundaries were not delineated on the southern edge. In April 2010, DEC issued a letter to the U.S. Army asking for any reports of work completed at the Oak Avenue Utilidor Site, and requesting the site be included in the Installation Action Plan. On 19 and 20 October 2011, soil borings were advanced at the Oak Avenue Utilidor Site to delineate the horizontal and vertical extent of the contamination. A total of 17 primary analytical samples and 2 duplicates were collected. Soil samples were analyzed for DRO; gasoline-range organics (GRO); residual-range organics (RRO); benzene, toluene, ethylbenzene, and xylenes (BTEX); and lead. No results from the 2011 sampling exceeded DEC cleanup levels and the site was recommended for closure. Cleanup complete was issued in May 2013. The site was reviewed and compared to the November 2016 cleanup levels; all results were still below applicable screening levels. A preliminary source evaluation form requesting No Further Action was signed by the Army, DEC and EPA on August 22, 2018. Site corresponds to DEC spill number; 05309920102. This site has no Army Tracking Number available.
Action Information
| Action Date | Action | Description | DEC Staff |
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| 10/31/2005 | Spill Transferred from Prevention Preparedness and Response Program | Back-dated entry. Site transferred by PERP staff Amanda Stark. Spill no. 05309920102, spill date 7/20/05; PERP file no. 108.02.007; substance = diesel fuel; volume unknown. | Mitzi Read |
| 10/31/2005 | Site Added to Database | Site entered into the CS Database with DRO contaminated soil. | Deborah Williams |
| 10/31/2005 | GIS Position Updated | Site map used for locational data was a map in the PERP file. The locational data for the site was gotten from the Topozone. com with NAD 83. | Deborah Williams |
| 1/4/2006 | Institutional Control Record Established | The following information was agreed upon on 12/12/01, before this site had been identified as a contaminated sote. 1. All organizations conducting activities on United States Army Alaska (USARAK) controlled land are responsible for complying with established institutional controls (ICs). ICs are administrative, procedural, and regulatory measures to control human access to and usage of property. They are applicable to all known or suspected contaminated sites where contamination has been left in place. 2. These controls have been established to implement the selected remedial actions agreed upon by the U.S. Army (Army), the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA), and the Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation (ADEC) in accordance with the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA) as amended by the Superfund Amendment Reauthorization Act (SARA). These controls also apply to remedial actions agreed upon under Two-Party Compliance Agreements. These agreements are concluded between USARAK and ADEC and apply to petroleum/oil/lubricants- (POL) contaminated sites. 3. ICs such as limitations on access, water use, excavations, and property transfers will supplement engineering controls as appropriate for short-term and long-term management to prevent or limit human and environmental exposure to hazardous substances, pollutants, or contaminants. Specific ICs include, among other things: limitations on the depth and location of excavations, prohibition of or restrictions on well drilling and use of ground water, requirements for worker use of personal protective equipment, site monitoring, and prohibition of certain land uses, types of vehicles, etc. 4. Organizational units, tenants, and support/contractor organizations must obtain an Excavation Clearance Request (ECR) for all soil disturbing activities impacting soils six inches or more below the ground surface. The review process for approval of an ECR begins with the identification of the current status (known or suspected hazardous waste site or “clean” site) of a work location. ECR’s for work in known or suspected hazardous waste sites: a. will include specific limitations and controls on such work; b. will include specific IC procedures, and notification, monitoring, reporting, and stop work requirements; c. may include procedures for management, characterization, and disposal of any soil or groundwater encountered or removed; d. will identify “project managers” for both the unit/contractor requesting the work and DPW Environment Resources. 5. The DPW project manager will conduct on-site inspections of each work site (at which ICs apply) to determine continued compliance with the terms and conditions of the approved ECR. DPW has the authority to revoke ECR approval if the specified terms and conditions are not being met. ECR forms are available at the Customer Service Desks at: a. Building 730 at Fort Richardson; b. Building 3015 at Fort Wainwright; c. Building 605 at Fort Greely. 6. USARAK has negotiated (with USEPA and/or ADEC) decision documents and/or Records of Decision (RODs) that mandate the implementation of ICs USARAK Directorate of Public Works, Environmental Resources Department (PWE), maintains copies of all decision documents and RODs requiring ICs in its real property files. PWE provides regularly updated post maps showing all areas affected by ICs. These maps can easily be accessed by using an approved intranet mapping interface application. Copies of these maps will be available to each directorate, activity, and tenant organization. To ensure the effectiveness of ICs, all organizational units and tenant activities will be informed on an annual basis of ICs on contaminated soils and groundwater in effect near their facilities. 7. ICs are enforceable by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA) and the Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation (ADEC). Failure to comply with an IC mandated in a decision document or ROD will violate the USARAK Federal Facility Agreement and may result in stipulated fines and penalties. This does not include the costs of corrective actions required due to violation of an established IC. | Sharon Richmond |
| 10/24/2006 | Update or Other Action | File name changed from FTWW to Fort Wainwright, per Project Manager. | April Woolery |
| 2/23/2007 | Meeting or Teleconference Held | CS Staff met with the US Army to discuss this status of this site. The Army intends to request funding for site invesitigation and potential removal or remediation for FY08. | Sharon Richmond |
| 3/5/2008 | Exposure Tracking Model Ranking | Initial ranking with ETM completed. | Sharon Richmond |
| 4/12/2010 | Update or Other Action | A letter was sent to Fort Wainwright asking any reports of work completed at this site or to have the site included in the Installation Action Plan. | Debra Caillouet |
| 10/14/2011 | Site Characterization Workplan Approved | work plan addendum approved. | Debra Caillouet |
| 5/16/2013 | Cleanup Complete Determination Issued | 2011 Oak Avenue Investigation After Action Report, Draft May 16, 2013 The report documents the sampling and analysis of soil associated with a release reported in 2005 and transferred to the Contaminated Sites Program for follow-up. Six borings were placed around the location of the reported release. Samples were collected at multiple depths from each boring and analyzed for gasoline range organics, diesel range organics, residual range organics, lead, benzene, ethylbenzene, toluene and xylenes. There were no results above the most stringent cleanup levels. ADEC has determined that the cleanup of this site is complete and is closing the site in our database. | Debra Caillouet |
| 5/16/2013 | Institutional Control Record Removed | Institutional Controls have been removed. | Debra Caillouet |
| 8/22/2018 | Update or Other Action | A Preliminary Source Evaluation (PSE) form requesting No Further Action at this site was signed by the Fort Wainwright RPMs (Army, DEC and EPA) on August 22, 2018. | Erica Blake |
Contaminant Information
| Name | Level Description | Media | Comments |
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| DRO | < Method 2 Most Stringent | Soil |
Control Type
| Type | Details |
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| No ICs Required |
Requirements
| Description | Details |
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No associated sites were found.