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Site Report: Eareckson Air Station ST08

Site Name: Eareckson Air Station ST08
Address: ST08 Diesel Fuel Tank 123, North Road aka PS-04, Amchitka, AK 99546
File Number: 2649.38.001, 2649.38.008
Hazard ID: 44
Status: Cleanup Complete
Staff: No Longer Assigned, 9074655229 dec.icunit@alaska.gov
Latitude: 52.730949
Longitude: 174.092354
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

Diesel Fuel Tank 123. Diesel fuel leaks and spills in the 1980s. NFAD approved in 1995. Groundwater issues addressed within SS07 and ST46. Eareckson AS is situated on Shemya Island, approximately 1,500 miles southwest of Anchorage, Alaska at the westernmost tip of the Aleutian Islands. Shemya Island is part of the Near Islands group of the Aleutian Archipelago. Shemya Island is owned by the U.S. Government and is under the jurisdiction of the United States Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) as part of the Alaska Maritime National Wildlife Refuge. The U.S. Army first developed facilities on Shemya Island in 1943 to support operations against the Japanese occupation forces on the nearby islands of Attu, Agattu, and Kiska. In 1954, the site was deactivated, and was turned over to the Civil Aeronautics Authority in 1955. In 1958, the Air Force returned to Shemya Island to support various Air Force and Army strategic intelligence gathering activities. It has remained active in this capacity to the present. In 1995, the station was downsized and reverted to caretaker status and a private operation and maintenance contractor took control of the facility under contract to the Air Force.

Action Information

Action Date Action Description DEC Staff
1/1/1964 Update or Other Action Alaskan Air Command Master Plan base map with update notes of January 1, 1966 and January 1, 1970, and hand-drawn edits reportedly from 1971. Former Staff
1/1/1969 Update or Other Action Corps of Engineers Boring Logs, Shemya AFB, Alaska, AP 526 - AP884, January 1969 - December 82. Former Staff
1/1/1976 Update or Other Action Corps of Engineers Boring Logs, Shemya AFB, Alaska, DH 885 - DH 1105, January 1976 - May 85. Former Staff
11/1/1982 Update or Other Action Recoverable, Reclaimable and Waste Petroleum Product Management Plan 19-14. Former Staff
6/15/1984 Update or Other Action (Undated) Shemya ACE Projects, 1984 to date. Internal Report. Prepared by 5099th CEOS. Former Staff
9/1/1984 Preliminary Assessment Approved Installation Restoration Program, Phase I Records Search, 5073rd Air Base Group, Shemya Air Force Base, Alaska (dated September 1984) prepared by JRB Associates. Former Staff
2/15/1985 Update or Other Action Management Action Plan, Eareckson Air Station, Alaska (formerly Shemya AFB, Alaska). Prepared by Jacobs Engineering Group. Former Staff
5/1/1985 Update or Other Action Corps of Engineers Boring Logs, Shemya AFB, Alaska, AP 1105 - AP 1463, May 1985 - November 1987. Former Staff
6/15/1985 Update or Other Action CH2M Hill trip report dated 1985. Former Staff
11/22/1985 Update or Other Action CH2M Hill trip report dated 1985. Former Staff
12/30/1985 Interim Removal Action Approved (Undated) Alaska Cleanup Effort, Shemya History 1975 - 1985. Internal Report. Prepared by 5099th CEOS. Former Staff
12/30/1985 Update or Other Action (Undated) Alaska Cleanup Effort, Shemya History 1975 - 1985. Internal Report. Prepared by 5099th CEOS. Former Staff
6/1/1986 Update or Other Action Phase II - Task I Presurvey Report, Shemya Air Force Base and King Salmon Air Force Station. Former Staff
12/2/1986 Notice of Violation Notice of Violation letter submitted to Air Force by EPA (Charles Findley, Director of Hazardous Waste Division). A shipment of "salvage materials" violated hazardous waste laws and regulations promulgated under RCRA. Former Staff
9/15/1987 Update or Other Action Shemya Field Trip Notes, September 15-19, 1987. Prepared by CH2M Hill. Former Staff
9/25/1987 Update or Other Action Shemya Field Trip Notes, September 15-19, 1987. Prepared by CH2M Hill. Former Staff
6/15/1988 Update or Other Action Major fuel spill at Tank #123 attended by USAF 5073D Air Base Group in 1988; Pollution Incident Report filed. Former Staff
7/29/1988 Update or Other Action Installation Restoration Program, Stage I Workplan, Shemya Air Force Base, Alaska. Prepared by CH2M Hill. Former Staff
8/15/1988 Update or Other Action Environmental Sampling Data Sheet. Former Staff
8/29/1988 Update or Other Action Comprehensive Plan, Shemya Air Force Base. Prepared by TRA/FARR and Dowl Engineers. Former Staff
9/1/1988 Update or Other Action Major Fuel Spill, Tank Number 123. Former Staff
9/2/1988 Update or Other Action Pollution Incident Report. Former Staff
9/9/1988 Update or Other Action Installation Restoration Program, Stage I Quality Assurance Project Plan, Shemya Air Force Base, Alaska. Former Staff
9/19/1988 Update or Other Action (Old R:Base Action Code = SI - Site Investigation). CH2M Hill submits the Final Draft Technical report dated 2/28/90 for the Stage I IRP. The report presents the findings of CH2M Hill's site visit and sampling efforts during September and October 1988. 22 individual sites were investigated. Some of the findings include TPH up to 200,000 ppm in soil and 110 ppm in groundwater, PCBs detected in many soil samples and chlorinated compounds detected at several locations. Former Staff
10/1/1988 Update or Other Action Evaluation of Lake at Shemya Air Force Base, Alaska. Technical memorandum prepared by Robert Binovi summarizing an evaluation of water samples collected from lakes at Shemya Island. Former Staff
10/1/1988 Update or Other Action Corps of Engineers Boring Logs, Shemya Air Force Base, Alaska, AP1464 - AP1765, October 1988 - April 1991. Former Staff
10/5/1988 Update or Other Action (Old R:Base Action Code = RAPR - Remedial Action Plan Review (CS)). CH2M Hill submits final work plans, QA plans and health and safety plans for Stage I IRP Former Staff
10/17/1988 Update or Other Action Trip Report, Shemya Air Force Base, Alaska. Memorandum by Clare Jaeger (COE) summarizing the contamination discovered during soil and water sampling on October 6, 1988. Former Staff
1/20/1989 Update or Other Action Well Numbers 4 and 29, Chemical Analyses and Pump Test, Shemya Air Force Base, Alaska. Memorandum by Thomas Delwyn (COE) summarizing an investigation (pump test and chemical analysis) conducted in October 1988 to evaluate the use of wells 4 and 29 (now 400 and 410) as drinking water sources. Former Staff
2/8/1989 Update or Other Action Water System, Phase 1B, Surface Water Quality of Several Lakes, Shemya AFB, Alaska Technical memorandum prepared by Thomas Delwyn summarizing a surface water quality investigation conducted at Shemya in October 1988. Former Staff
6/6/1989 Update or Other Action FY-89 Diesel Storage Tanks (Schedule A), Add to and Alter Water System (Schedule B), Shemya AFB, POL Contamination. Memorandum by Dennis Hardy (COE) discussing the identification of additional POL contamination in soil and groundwater in the areas of diesel tanks 124 and 125, the POL pumphouse near tank 123 and the water gallery. Former Staff
6/15/1989 Update or Other Action 1988 U.S. Army COE discovery of additional POL Contamination. Former Staff
7/6/1989 Update or Other Action POL Contamination Investigations at Shemya Air Force Base, Alaska, 25 April through 3 June 1989. Memorandum by Thomas Delwyn (COE). Former Staff
7/20/1989 Update or Other Action ADAL Aircraft Equipment Shop, POL Contamination Investigations at Shemya AFB, AK. Former Staff
8/23/1989 Update or Other Action POL OPS/Vehicle Storage, POL Contamination Investigation at Shemya Air Force Base, Alaska. Memorandum by Thomas Delwyn (COE) summarizing an investigation conducted to determine the amount of POL contamination of soil and water at the site for the new POL OPS office, Vehicle Storage Building and gas station. Former Staff
8/28/1989 Update or Other Action Communication Facility, POL Contamination Investigations at Shemya Air Force Base, Alaska. Memorandum by Thomas Delwyn (COE) summarizing an investigation conducted in May 1989 to obtain data on the extent of POL contamination at the site of the new communication facility and to obtain design information for Worker Safety and Dewatering during construction. Former Staff
9/15/1989 Update or Other Action Preliminary Assessment / Site Investigation report completed. Former Staff
10/5/1989 Update or Other Action Notice of Noncompliance letter to Air Force Shemya Contractors by EPA (Gil Haselberger, Chief of Toxic Substances Section) regarding a June 1989 inspection and violations with TSCA. Former Staff
11/1/1989 Update or Other Action Cold Storage Facility, POL Contamination Investigations at Shemya Air Force Base, Alaska. Memorandum by Thomas Delwyn (COE) summarizing an April 1989 investigation of POL contamination relating to design and construction of several projects. Former Staff
11/8/1989 Update or Other Action Diesel Tanks Demo, Phase II, Petroleum, Oil, Lubricant (POL) Contamination Investigation at Shemya Air Force Base, Alaska. Memorandum by Thomas Delwyn (COE) summarizing an investigation conducted in May 1989 in the ST46 tank farm area. Former Staff
2/28/1990 Update or Other Action (Old R:Base Action Code = RAPR - Remedial Action Plan Review (CS)). CH2M Hill Submits draft work plans dated 2/28/90 for IRP Stage 2. Stage 2 is intended to be a more concentrated sampling episode based on the results of the Stage I Technical Report. Former Staff
6/12/1990 Update or Other Action Federal Facility Compliance Agreement between the Air Force (signed by Charles Crabb, Jr., 5073d ABG/CC) and EPA (signed by Charles Findley, Director of Hazardous Waste Division) on March 15, 1991 regarding noncompliance with RCRA. RCRA Docket Number 1090-04-02-3008. Former Staff
6/13/1990 Update or Other Action Notice of Noncompliance letter to 5073 ABG/CC Air Force by EPA (Charles Findley, Director of Hazardous Waste Division) regarding RCRA violations; RCRA Docket Number 1090-04-02-3008. The attachment included a Federal Facilities Compliance Agreement with a Notice of Noncompliance, a Compliance Schedule, and a Notice of Necessity for Conference. The Air Force response letter (signed by Colonel Charles Crabb, Jr., Commander) is dated April 1991, and includes attachments. Former Staff
8/10/1990 Update or Other Action Installation Restoration Program, Stage I Final Technical Report for Shemya Air Force Base, prepared by CH2M Hill. Former Staff
9/14/1990 Update or Other Action Installation Restoration Program, Stage 2 Final Workplan, Shemya Air Force Base. Prepared by CH2M Hill. Former Staff
9/14/1990 Update or Other Action Installation Restoration Program, Stage 2 Final Workplan, Shemya Air Force Base. Prepared by CH2M Hill. Former Staff
10/26/1990 Update or Other Action Memorandum from Environmental Contaminants Coordinator, USFSW, to Supervisor, Fisheries Management Services regarding fish from Shemya Lakes. Former Staff
11/1/1990 Update or Other Action Volume III, Concept Approved Draft of the Coastal Management Plan. Former Staff
6/15/1991 Interim Removal Action Approved ST08 Removal Action - 1990 - 1991 Shemya Tank 123 Field Notes. Prepared by 611 CES/CEOS. Dan Hartung
6/25/1991 Update or Other Action Site Summaries for Shemya Air Force Base, Alaska Installation Restoration Program. Dan Hartung
7/26/1991 Update or Other Action Notice of Violation / Request for Corrective Action letter to 5099th CEOS Air Force (Captain Kenneth Brown, Chief of Environmental Contract and Planning Section) from ADEC (Ron Klein, Manager of Regional Contaminated Sites) regarding numerous sites and the status of site assessments and remedial actions. The Air Force response letter is dated August 29, 1991. ADEC letter dated September 23, 1991 serves as a formal notification that the terms of the NOV were satisfied. Dan Hartung
8/27/1991 Update or Other Action Shemya Soils and Groundwater Database. Dan Hartung
10/4/1991 Update or Other Action Installation Restoration Program (IRP) Field Investigation Plan, Shemya Air Force Base, Alaska (2 volumes). Dan Hartung
10/25/1991 Update or Other Action Shemya Tank 123 Ledger. Dan Hartung
10/30/1991 Update or Other Action Sample Analyses Tank 123 - Shemya 70079/70081. Dan Hartung
12/1/1991 Update or Other Action Oil and Hazardous Discharge Prevention and Contingency Plan, Shemya AFB, Alaska. Final Draft. Prepared by 11th Tactical Control Wing. Dan Hartung
6/23/1992 Site Characterization Workplan Approved (Old R:Base Action Code = SI - Site Investigation). EPA has reviewed the Field Investigation Plan submitted for Shemya Air Force Base. Ray Burger
6/23/1992 Update or Other Action EPA has reviewed a preliminary assessment submitted for Shemya Air Force Base. Ray Burger
1/1/1993 Update or Other Action Trip Report: Winter Wildlife and Oil Contamination Surveys, Shemya I., Alaska, 4-8 January 1993. Ray Burger
1/13/1993 Update or Other Action Chemical Data Report, Shemya Seawall/Erosion Protection, Shemya Air Force Base, Alaska. Memorandum prepared by Thomas Delwyn documenting a sampling effort to investigate potential soil contamination in areas to be excavated at Eareckson AS. Ray Burger
2/1/1993 Update or Other Action (Old R:Base Action Code = FI - Field Inspection (General)). Former Staff
2/1/1993 Update or Other Action Shemya Air Force Base, Alaska 1992 Installation Restoration Program Field Investigation Report, prepared by CH2M Hill; report finalized in February 1993. Ray Burger
3/29/1993 Update or Other Action Chemical Data Report, Hazardous Waste Management Facility and Hazardous Material Storage Facility, Shemya AFB, AK. Ray Burger
5/20/1993 Update or Other Action Status of Shemya Air Force Base in Relation to Proposal for the National Priorities List. Ray Burger
6/1/1993 Update or Other Action Shemya Air Force Base, Alaska General Stockpiling Plan for Contaminated Soil. Ray Burger
12/1/1993 Update or Other Action Eareckson Air Force Station (formerly Shemya AFB, Alaska) 1993 Installation Restoration Program Basewide and Limited Source Investigation Workplan. Prepared by Jacobs Engineering Group. Ray Burger
4/15/1994 Site Ranked Using the AHRM Initial ranking. Ray Burger
5/2/1994 Site Added to Database TPH contamination. Ray Burger
8/30/1994 Update or Other Action Shemya AS Long Term Soil Containment Cells Soil Sampling, June 1994. Ray Burger
9/30/1994 Notice of Violation Notice of Violation letter to 673rd ABG Air Force (Colonel Johnny Jarnigan, Commanding Officer) from ADEC (Janice Adair, Regional Administrator) regarding the April 1994 RCRA Compliance Evaluation Inspection. Ray Burger
12/15/1994 Update or Other Action Final Remedial Investigation, Workplan and Sampling and Analysis Addendum, 1994 Field Season, Eareckson Air Station, Alaska (formerly Shemya AFB, Alaska). Prepared by Jacobs Engineering Group. Ray Burger
1/1/1995 Update or Other Action Natural Resource Plan, Eareckson AS, Shemya Island, Alaska, draft. Ray Burger
1/31/1995 Update or Other Action Memorandum from 611 CES/CEOR to 611 CES/CEVR regarding Asphaltic Tar Soil Samples, Eareckson AS, Alaska. Ray Burger
2/1/1995 Update or Other Action Community Relations Photo Notebook; Remedial Investigations, Feasibility Studies and Remedial Actions. Ray Burger
4/15/1995 Update or Other Action Revised 1994 Well Abandonment Summary Report. Prepared by Jacobs Engineering Group. Ray Burger
8/1/1995 Update or Other Action Eareckson AS, Shemya Island, Alaska Fact Sheet Numbe 2 "Public Involvement in the Decision Making Process". Ray Burger
8/15/1995 Site Characterization Report Approved Final Remedial Investigation / Feasibility Study Report, Volume I and II, Eareckson Air Station, Alaska (Formerly Shemya Air Force Base Alaska). Ray Burger
9/16/1995 Interim Removal Action Approved IA action added by Shannon and Wilson on 3/14/97, based on Relative Risk Evaluation Worksheet dated 9/16/95. Worksheet states that an IRA in FY1990 removed most of the contaminated soils. S&W-Miner
9/16/1995 Update or Other Action UPD action added by Shannon and Wilson on 3/14/97, based on Relative Risk Evaluation Worksheet dated 9/16/95. Site description was added under "Comments" and two other actions were also added (RI and IRA). Pathway: groundwater and soils. S&W-Miner
10/23/1995 Update or Other Action Notice of Violation letter to USAF (Colonel Samuel Johnson III) from ADEC (Michael Conway, Industrial Operations Section Chief) regarding the June 1995 hazardous waste inspection. Ray Burger
12/1/1995 Update or Other Action Management Action Plan, Eareckson Air Station, Alaska (formerly Shemya AFB, Alaska). Ray Burger
1/9/1996 Update or Other Action Final Stockpile Soil Cells Evaluation of Alternatives Technical Memorandum final dated September 1995, received January 1996). Ray Burger
1/17/1996 Record of Decision Final Decision Document Report, Volume II. Ray Burger
1/17/1996 Site Closure Approved Final Decision Document Report, Volume II. Note - groundwater contamination to be addressed as a whole under source areas ST46 and SS07. Ray Burger
2/20/1996 Update or Other Action Memorandum for the record: Possible Mercury Site at Eareckson AS. Ray Burger
8/10/1998 Update or Other Action Final Post Construction Report for Contaminated Soil Stockpiles Remedial Action (dated August 1998), and Technical Memorandum Contaminated Soil Stockpiles Sampling Results (dated July 1997). Gretchen Pikul
12/10/1998 Notice of Violation Compliance Advisory letter to 611 CES/CEVR Air Force (Scott Hansen, Chief of Environmental Restoration) from ADEC (John Halverson, project manager) for the sampling and disposal of contaminated stockpiled soil without ADEC involvement or concurrence. The Air Force response letter is dated January 6, 1999. Some of the stockpiled contaminated soils originated from this site. Gretchen Pikul
2/3/1999 Update or Other Action Technical Memorandum Soil Stockpile Treatment Cell, Round 2 Sample Results, August 1998 (draft dated November 1998, received February 3, 1999). Gretchen Pikul
3/3/1999 Update or Other Action Soil Stockpile History and Documentation. Gretchen Pikul
7/21/1999 Meeting or Teleconference Held Meeting with Air Force on 4 documents: Closure Sampling Plan, Abandoned Runway B (draft dated March 1999) also discussed in a May 11th meeting; Response to ADEC's December 10, 1998 comments regarding Technical Memorandum Contaminated Soil Stockpiles Sampling Results (dated July 1997) and Final Post Construction Report for Contaminated Soil Stockpiles Remedial Action (dated August 1998); Closure Confirmation Sampling Approach for Landspread Soils (dated April 1999); and Eareckson Air Station Soil Stockpile History and Documentation (dated March 1999). Received Final Workplan on the Closure Sampling Plan of Soil Treatment Cell, Abandoned Runway B (dated May 1999). Gretchen Pikul
11/30/1999 Update or Other Action Final Environmental Restoration Workplan, Closure Confirmation Sampling for Landspread Soils (draft dated September 1999, final dated November 22, 1999); previous document titled Closure Confirmation Sampling Approach for Landspread Soils (draft dated April 1999). Gretchen Pikul
4/6/2001 Update or Other Action Landspread Closure Confirmation Sampling Report - no IRP site designation, contaminated soil stockpiled on Abandoned Runway B from IRP and UST/AST sources all over the island (draft dated November 28, 2000, meeting on December 27, 2000 to discuss exceedences, ADEC comment letter dated January 8, 2001, final dated March 15, 2001, received on April 6, 2001) - contaminated soil in stockpiles from Tank 123. Gretchen Pikul
8/1/2001 Update or Other Action Proposal to Sample Contaminated Soil Treatment Cell and Biovent Test Cell, Abandoned Runway B (ADEC comment letter dated June 28, 2001, and also sent a waiver approval letter for impartial third party sampling requirement; final proposal received August 1 with ADEC comments incorporated, along with the COE report on the ex-situ pilot study). Gretchen Pikul
10/11/2001 Update or Other Action Soil Stockpile / Treatment Cell Sampling report (dated August 2001) acrobat reader pdf format – report neither states ‘draft’ or ‘final’ – no hardcopy received. Gretchen Pikul
12/18/2001 Update or Other Action National Missile Defense - Ground-based Midcourse Defense Joint Program Office (GMD JPO) Contaminated Media Environmental Work and Quality Plans Part I - III; draft dated July 2001 and received on August 20, 2001; ADEC comment letter dated September 17, 2001; comment resolution teleconference on November 7, 2001, all issues resolved; ADEC approval letter based on incorporation of comments dated November 8, 2001; ADEC concurrence on Air Force letter regarding contaminated soil being placed back in excavations with restrictions dated November 8, 2001; final work plans dated December 2001 and received December 18, 2001. Gretchen Pikul
3/3/2003 Meeting or Teleconference Held Air Force Memo for Record - Subject: Meeting with ADEC on contamination discovered at the Defense Satellite Communication System (DSCS) construction site at Eareckson AS (draft dated February 27, 2003) see March 3 e-mail. Gretchen Pikul
6/16/2003 Update or Other Action Excavation and Handling of Contaminated Media at the IDT and DSCS Site - Missile Defense construction activities report (dated March 2003 and Air Force transmittal letter dated June 16, 2003). Gretchen Pikul
8/31/2004 Update or Other Action Feasibility Study Remedial Treatment Alternatives for Contaminated Soil Stockpiles; draft dated December 2003 and received via e-mail on January 21, 2004; ADEC comment letter dated February 2, 2004; ADEC received draft Air Force Comment Response via e-mail and participated in a call with Missile Defense Program on the Air Force Comment Response for the draft Feasibility Study report on July 8, 2004; ADEC submitted comments on Comment Response on July 23; ADEC participated in a comment resolution meeting (FS is no longer contractor funded and revisions will need to be made in-house)on August 5; ADEC participated in e-mails with MDP on finalizing FS report on August 31. Gretchen Pikul

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