Action Date |
Action |
Description |
DEC Staff |
7/17/2007 |
Site Characterization Workplan Approved |
workplan approved this date. |
Anne Marie Palmieri |
10/22/2007 |
Site Added to Database |
Site added to the database. |
Mitzi Read |
4/29/2008 |
Site Characterization Workplan Approved |
Workplan approved this date for USACE ROST activities. |
Anne Marie Palmieri |
9/4/2008 |
Site Characterization Report Approved |
Report from 2007 activities approved this date. 20 cubic yards of petroleum contaminated soil was excavated and sent to OIT for disposal. Confirmation samples showed DRO concentrations of 4300 mg/kg and GRO 430 mg/kg remaining. A water sample collected from the campground handpump was below the Table C groundwater cleanup levels. |
Anne Marie Palmieri |
3/5/2009 |
Exposure Tracking Model Ranking |
Initial ranking with ETM completed for source area id: 75459 name: auto-generated pm edit Haines-Fairbanks Pipeline MP 420.25 |
Anne Marie Palmieri |
9/29/2010 |
CERCLA SI |
2008 ROST SI Report approved. 12 probes were installed and no analytical samples were collected. Petroleum contaminated soil was found to be fairly limited. Additional investigation will occur in 2010-2011. |
Anne Marie Palmieri |
12/20/2012 |
CERCLA RI Report Approved |
RI approved this date. Report covers GVs 45, 49, 52, and 59. Field work was conducted in 2010-2011. |
Anne Marie Palmieri |
2/4/2013 |
Update or Other Action |
Project manager changed from Palmieri to Morris. |
Anne Marie Palmieri |
9/24/2013 |
Site Characterization Workplan Approved |
The ADEC Contaminated Site Program approved the 2013 Final Work Plan Addendum, Gate Valve #52 Haines-Fairbanks Pipeline FUDS Site, Tok, Alaska. |
Jessica Morris |
1/8/2014 |
Site Characterization Report Approved |
The ADEC Contaminated Sites Program approved the 2013 Updated Remedial Investigation and Treatability Study Report, Gate Valve #52 Haines-Fairbanks Pipeline FUDS Site. |
Jessica Morris |
8/7/2014 |
Site Characterization Report Approved |
The ADEC Contaminated Sites Program approved the Final Fall 2013 Groundwater Monitoring Report, Gate Valve #52 Haines-Fairbanks Pipeline FUDS Site. |
Jessica Morris |
10/7/2014 |
Site Characterization Workplan Approved |
The ADEC Contaminated Site Program approved the Final 2014/2015 Work Plan Addendum, Gate Valve #52 Haines-Fairbanks Pipeline FUDS Site, Tok, Alaska. |
Jessica Morris |
5/20/2015 |
Site Characterization Report Approved |
The ADEC Contaminated Sites Program approved the Final 2014 Groundwater Monitoring Report, Gate Valve #52 Haines-Fairbanks Pipeline FUDS Site. |
Jessica Morris |
10/28/2015 |
Site Characterization Report Approved |
The ADEC Contaminated Sites Program approved the Final 2015 Groundwater Monitoring Report, Gate Valve #52 Haines-Fairbanks Pipeline FUDS Site. |
Jessica Morris |
12/17/2015 |
Update or Other Action |
Staff changed to Danielle Duncan and hard file transferred to the Juneau office. |
Kristin Thompson |
2/25/2016 |
Update or Other Action |
Working with the DOT and Army on decommissioning MW12 that is in the way of a planned detour in preparation to repair the Tok bridge. |
Danielle Duncan |
2/26/2016 |
Document, Report, or Work plan Review - other |
Rec'd the Gate Valve 52 Work Plan Addendum and Comment form this date. |
Danielle Duncan |
3/3/2016 |
Document, Report, or Work plan Review - other |
The Gate Valve 52 Work Plan Addendum describes a groundwater sampling event and decommissioning of 16 ISCO injection wells at the site due to them not significantly contributing to improving groundwater quality. Final sampling and decommissioning of MW12 which is in the way of the Tok River Bridge work will be included in the final work plan. Field work will be spring 2016. A long term groundwater monitoring plan will also be prepared as part of the project objective. I provided comments including sampling either the monitoring well closest to the campground well or the campground well itself. |
Danielle Duncan |
4/14/2016 |
Update or Other Action |
Rec'd responses to my comments on the work plan on March 31 2016. Sent a letter approving the responses today. |
Danielle Duncan |
5/2/2016 |
Site Characterization Workplan Approved |
Rec'd final work plan addendum on 4/2/16 and approved this date via letter. The Gate Valve 52 Work Plan Addendum describes a groundwater sampling event and decommissioning of 16 ISCO injection wells at the site due to them not significantly contributing to improving groundwater quality. Final sampling and decommissioning of MW12 which is in the way of the Tok River Bridge work will also be done as part of the work. A long term groundwater monitoring plan will also be prepared as part of the project objective in order to characterize the groundwater contamination plume. Although the campground well is not being sampled at this time, please note that prior to site closure, it must be sampled at least once to ensure that the drinking water on site is not contaminated. |
Danielle Duncan |
9/27/2016 |
Meeting or Teleconference Held |
Meeting with USACE and their consultant. I was provided a draft of the groundwater monitoring well data including the most recent results. These results indicate that the ISCO treatments were not working and in some cases, the DRO concentrations in groundwater increased. The data was plugged into a statistical groundwater program and the results suggest that in general over the 5 year period, the DRO concentrations have been decreasing or they are stable. Despite this result, I informed them that the DRO concentrations in groundwater up to 8.6 mg/L are too high for monitored attenuation to be the preferred remedial method. These data suggest a source of fuel so far not found, although the initial spill was caused by a vehicle hitting a bleeder valve and not the gate valve itself. I recommended locating and excavating the suspected source area. In any case, the site is not recommended for monitored natural attenuation or closure especially since there is a drinking water well on site for the state park there. Funding for this project is not approved for this year therefore no water samples will be collected. |
Danielle Duncan |
1/19/2017 |
Update or Other Action |
Reviewed the draft groundwater monitoring report this date and provided comments. |
Danielle Duncan |
3/10/2017 |
Site Characterization Report Approved |
Approved the final groundwater monitoring report this date. Groundwater and soil contamination greater than ADEC cleanup levels is further described. |
Danielle Duncan |
3/10/2017 |
Update or Other Action |
Approved the work plan for the groundwater monitoring wells to be sampled in addition to the campground well. |
Danielle Duncan |
1/4/2018 |
Document, Report, or Work plan Review - other |
Provided minor comments on the SAP Addendum this date and accepted the responses. |
Danielle Duncan |
1/24/2018 |
Document, Report, or Work plan Review - other |
Reviewed and approved the 2017 groundwater sampling report. The westernmost well (MW7) and the northernmost well (MW4) were free of contamination. The easternmost well (MW5) and southernmost (MW12) wells historically have been free of contamination above ADEC cleanup levels and therefor were not sampled. The remaining wells had petroleum contamination above ADEC cleanup levels to varying degrees. DRO was as high as 5.3 mg/L in MW11 which is located within the pipeline corridor. GRO was also high in MW11 (6.2 mg/L). A high concentration (12 mg/L) of GRO was also measured in MW8 which is also within the pipeline corridor. |
Danielle Duncan |
4/2/2018 |
Exposure Tracking Model Ranking |
A new updated ranking with ETM has been completed for source area 75459 auto-generated pm edit Haines-Fairbanks Pipeline MP 420.25. |
Danielle Duncan |
4/3/2018 |
Document, Report, or Work plan Review - other |
Reviewed and provided comments on the Draft Groundwater Sampling Work Plan 2018 Timber Pump Station and Gate Valve #52 this date. |
Danielle Duncan |
4/5/2018 |
Update or Other Action |
Accepted responses to my comments on the DRAFT Groundwater Sampling WP Addendum, Timber Pump Station and GV52 (March 2018) this date. |
Danielle Duncan |
5/10/2018 |
Site Characterization Workplan Approved |
Approved the Final Groundwater Sampling Work Plan 2018 Timber Pump Station and Gate Valve #52.Eleven groundwater monitoring wells will be sampled and analyzed for GRO, DRO, RRO, benzene, toluene, ethylbenzene, and xylenes (BTEX), naphthalene, 1,2-dichlotoethane (1,2-DCA), and EDB. In addition, the campground well will be sampled and analyzed for GRO, DRO, RRO, BTEX, 1,2-DCA, EDB, and PAHs. |
Danielle Duncan |
7/5/2018 |
Update or Other Action |
Brice Environmental, is planning to sample the groundwater monitoring wells and the drinking water well at the Tok River Recreation Area, which is the FUDS Gate Valve #52 Project. The sampling will take place next week between Wednesday and Saturday. The sampling should have minimal impact on camping activities. The main impact will be a brief period of time when the drinking water well will not be available for use. |
Danielle Duncan |
8/23/2018 |
Update or Other Action |
The groundwater has been sampled - awaiting results. |
Danielle Duncan |
11/27/2018 |
Meeting or Teleconference Held |
Met with the DNR and the USACE on projects. |
Danielle Duncan |
2/13/2019 |
Document, Report, or Work plan Review - other |
Accepted Brice's responses to my comments on the Draft 2018 Groundwater Sampling Report. |
Danielle Duncan |
2/13/2019 |
Site Characterization Report Approved |
Approved the 2018 Final Groundwater Sampling Report this date. The results for groundwater monitoring wells MW13, MW9, MW8, MW3, MW10, MW2, MW6, and MW11 were above cleanup levels for one or more analytes. The campground well had the following detections that were below cleanup levels: 0.85 micrograms per liter (µg/L) toluene, 0.0086 µg/L phenanthrene, 0.0068 µg/L 2-methylnapthalene, and 0.0056 µg/L 1-methylnapthalene.
MAROS software was used to evaluate the trends in concentration for EDB, benzene, DRO, and GRO for each of the wells. The software found an increasing trend for one well only (MW13) and it was for DRO which met the cleanup level, but the concentrations of EDB, benzene, and GRO did not. There were decreasing concentration trends in four cases out of 44. No trend at all was identified in the majority of cases. The report concluded that additional monitoring (including the campground well) is recommended and the ADEC concurs due to the lack of trends for many wells and analytes and the increased concentrations recently measured.
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Danielle Duncan |
5/23/2022 |
Document, Report, or Work plan Review - other |
Reviewed the Groundwater Monitoring Plan received on May 9, 2022. Wells will be sampled and gauged. Comments sent 5-23-22 |
Lisa Krebs-Barsis |
7/8/2022 |
Site Characterization Report Approved |
A groundwater monitoring work plan was approved. Groundwater monitoring will occur at 52-MW2, 52-MW3, 52-MW4, 52-MW5, 52-MW6, 52-MW7, 52-MW8, 52-MW9, 52-MW10, 52-MW11, and 52-MW13. Samples collected from the wells will be analyzed for GRO, DRO, RRO, BTEX, naphthalene, 1,2-DCA, and EDB. Samples from wells 52-MW2, 52-MW3, 52-MW6, 52-MW8, and 52-MW11 will be analyzed for 2-methylnaphthalene. Samples from wells 52-MW2 and 52-MW8 will be analyzed for lead. A campground well will be analyzed for GRO, DRO, RRO, BTEX, naphthalene, 1,2-DCA, EDB, and PAH. |
Lisa Krebs-Barsis |
7/24/2023 |
Site Characterization Report Approved |
DEC reviewed and approved the 2022 Groundwater Sampling Report for the Haines-Fairbanks Pipeline Gate Valve #52 site. This report detailed the 2022 sampling of eleven groundwater monitoring wells to evaluate concentrations of contaminants resulting from historic use of the property. Results show groundwater contamination is still present in the groundwater above Table C Groundwater Cleanup Levels. Site contaminants of concern (COC) detected above cleanup levels in 2022 include: gasoline range organics (GRO), diesel range organics (DRO), residual range organics (RRO), benzene, toluene, ethylbenzene, xylenes, naphthalene, ethylene dibromide (EDB), and 2-methylnaphthalene. Additional groundwater monitoring will occur in 2023. |
Kelly Walker |
7/27/2023 |
Site Characterization Workplan Approved |
DEC reviewed and approved the Sampling Analysis Plan Addendum-2023 for the Haines-Fairbanks Pipeline Gate Valve #52 site. This document details the planned sampling of eleven groundwater monitoring wells to evaluate contamination present in groundwater at the site. This work plan is an addendum to the Final 2022 Groundwater Sampling Work Plan, Haines-Fairbanks Pipeline Gate Valve #52, Tok, Alaska. |
Kelly Walker |