Site Report: USFS Khayyam Stumble-On Mine
| Site Name: | USFS Khayyam Stumble-On Mine |
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| Address: | Between Polk Inlet and Chomly Sound, Prince of Wales Island, Thorne Bay, AK 99919 |
| File Number: | 1528.38.015 |
| Hazard ID: | 4199 |
| Status: | Active |
| Staff: | Brittani Mack, 9072628205 brittani.mack@alaska.gov |
| Latitude: | 55.298611 |
| Longitude: | -132.388611 |
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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
This site encompasses the Khayyam Mine, Stumble-On Prospect, and a tram terminal located on Omar Creek. At Khayyam Mine waste rock and soil areas have exceedances of aluminum, antimony, arsenic, cadmium, chromium, copper, lead, manganese, mercury, selenium, and zinc. Surface water at Khayyam Mine also exceeds Alaska Water Quality Standards (AWQS) of aluminum, cadmium, copper, lead, silver, and zinc. Sediment exceeds NOAA threshold effects level (TEL) of copper. At Stumble-On Prospect surface soil and waste rock exceeds cleanup levels for aluminum, arsenic, cadmium, chromium, copper, lead, manganese, mercury, selenium, silver, and zinc. Surface water exceeds AWQS for acute and chronic for aquatic life levels for aluminum, cadmium, copper, lead, and zinc. Sediment exceeds NOAA TELs for cadmium, copper, and zinc. The tram terminal has soil exceedances of aluminum, antimony, arsenic, cadmium, copper, lead, manganese, selenium, silver, thallium, and zinc. Surface water exceeds AWQS for cadmium, copper, lead, and zinc. Sediment exceeds NOAA TELs for copper, nickel, and zinc. At Omar Creek water exceeds AWQS for aluminum, cadmium, copper, lead, and zinc while sediment in the creek exceeds NOAA TELs for chromium, copper, nickel, and zinc. At No Name Creek AWQS exceedances of aluminum, cadmium, copper, and lead exist. Sediment in No Name Creek exceeds NOAA TELs for copper and nickel. EPA ID AKN001002948; EPA site name USDA FS Tongass NF: Khayyam Stumble-On Mine.
Action Information
| Action Date | Action | Description | DEC Staff |
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| 1/17/2006 | GIS Position Updated | Lat/Long data and elevation entered; metadata include GIS Locator with aerial photographs and map projection on USGS 1:63,000 topographic map saved at jn-svrfile G:\SPAR\Spar-Contaminated Sites\38 Case Files (Contaminated Sites)\1528 Thorne Bay. Accuracy estimate is low, within five hundred meters. | Bruce Wanstall |
| 1/17/2006 | Site Ranked Using the AHRM | Preliminary ranking based on general remote area data. | Bruce Wanstall |
| 1/17/2006 | Site Added to Database | Site added to the database. | Bruce Wanstall |
| 9/21/2006 | Site Characterization Workplan Approved | Final workplan date. Staff reviewed draft workplan -- workplan outlined very limited water sampling and no soil sampling. Staff responded that additional investigation would likely be needed if the USFS proceeded with the work described in the draft plan. USFS added some additional water samples. Field work was conducted at the end of Sept. 2006. | Anne Marie Palmieri |
| 3/5/2007 | Update or Other Action | Staff reviewed draft PA/SI and provided comments to the USFS. Additional sampling is planned for this summer | Anne Marie Palmieri |
| 3/5/2007 | Exposure Tracking Model Ranking | Anne Marie Palmieri | |
| 9/4/2008 | Site Characterization Report Approved | PA/SI approved this date. | Anne Marie Palmieri |
| 6/18/2010 | Site Characterization Workplan Approved | Sampling plan for the collection of additional samples needed for the EE/CA was approved this date. Field work will occur in June 2010 and the draft report will be issued in February 2011. | Anne Marie Palmieri |
| 9/2/2016 | Update or Other Action | On this date, DEC sent a letter to the USFS requesting action on a number of sites. For this site, DEC stated: The USFS conducted a PA/SI in 2006 and found elevated concentrations of metals in soil and surface water as well as acid mine drainage. A sampling plan to collect additional samples for the EE/CA was approved by DEC in 2010. DEC has not received a draft EE/CA report for review and comment, but understands that the USFS has this document. DEC requests that by October 1, 2016 the USFS provide the draft report to DEC for review and comment. | Anne Marie Palmieri |
| 6/9/2017 | Document, Report, or Work plan Review - other | DEC reviewed the draft EE/CA and provided comments on this date. | Anne Marie Palmieri |
| 10/11/2017 | Meeting or Teleconference Held | DEC, EPA, and USFS met to discuss roles and responsibilities for each agency. Specific actions regarding this site were not discussed at this meeting. | Anne Marie Palmieri |
| 2/14/2018 | Meeting or Teleconference Held | DEC, EPA, and USFS met to discuss roles and responsibilities for each agency. The USFS stated that they do not have contractor support in order to address DEC comments on the draft EE/CA, nor has the document been finalized. | Anne Marie Palmieri |
| 5/8/2019 | Meeting or Teleconference Held | DEC and the USFS met on this date to discuss many sites and how to move the sites forward in the cleanup process. A next meeting was scheduled for August. | Anne Marie Palmieri |
| 8/12/2019 | Meeting or Teleconference Held | CS Staff met with the USFS to discuss site issues on this date. | Anne Marie Palmieri |
| 10/8/2019 | Meeting or Teleconference Held | CS Staff met with the USFS to discuss general coordination on this date. | Anne Marie Palmieri |
| 2/12/2020 | Meeting or Teleconference Held | CS Staff met with the USFS to discuss general coordination and site issues on this date. | Anne Marie Palmieri |
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No associated sites were found.