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The upland area, former boat repair yard, (above the Winray (abandoned M/V) was historically used by the adjacent APA Cannery and later by the villagers as a boat repair yard and winter storage area until approximately 1993. Maintenance-related activities reportedly conducted in this area include boat painting and weather-proofing, engine repairs/maintenance, coal tarring, fueling, and winter storage. Several old skiffs as well as rusted 55-gallon drums, engine remains, boat parts, old crab pots, and chemical containers are scattered throughout this property. It is very likely that the abandoned skiffs may still contain fuel and lubricating oils in their tanks and engines. The only studies conducted in Ugashik consist of a 1983 ADEC field investigation into potential landfill locations (ADEC 1983), a waste management plan prepared by ADEC for the village in 1992 (ADEC 1992), and a 2001 situation report regarding cleanup of Bunker C fuel leaking from the Winray (ADEC 2001). No environmental studies have been identified regarding the cannery or its vicinity prior to a 2003 Targeted Brownfield Assessment (TBA) by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). In 2002, a Targeted Brownfield Assessment (TBA) was completed that included assessment of the upland area and the north cannery building. Fifteen surface soil samples were collected from the area. the following contaminants were detected above the site-specific screening levels: benzo(a)pyrene (3,900 micrograms per kilogram (ug/kg)), arsenic (2.1-14.4 milligrams per kilogram (mg/kg)), chromium (37.5 mg/kg), lead (1,040-2,700 mg/kg), and selenium (3.6 mg/kg). Five subsurface soil samples were collected at the water table encountered between 6-8 feet below ground surface (bgs). Arsenic was detected in these samples but was determined to be within background concentrations. Four surface soil samples were collected from the north cannery building. From these samples, one of the four samples collected had benzo(a)pyrene (1,200 ug/kg), diesel (280 mg/kg), and arsenic (2.5-4.1 mg/kg). Arsenic levels were elevated in all four samples but were determined to be within background concentrations. Four subsurface samples were also collected in the north cannery building but metals were the only analyses run on them. There were no exceedances in the subsurface soil sample analyses. Two air samples were collected from two locations in the north cannery building and the microvac samples indicated that asbestos fibers in the form of chrysotile and tremolite were present in both dust samples collected. According to the TBA, there were no ACM found in the north cannery building so the asbestos fibers in the sample results may indicate that asbestos fibers are being transported through the air from a source outside the north cannery building.

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