Site Report: Hooper Bay School Fire
| Site Name: | Hooper Bay School Fire |
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| Address: | Eastern End of Airport Road, US Surveys 2206 and 4052, Lots 1 and 3, Hooper Bay, AK 99604 |
| File Number: | 2418.38.004 |
| Hazard ID: | 4687 |
| Status: | Active |
| Staff: | Nick Waldo, 9074655270 nick.waldo@alaska.gov |
| Latitude: | 61.531203 |
| Longitude: | -166.100825 |
| Horizontal Datum: | WGS84 |
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Problems/Comments
The Sea Lion Corporation of Hooper Bay applied to the Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) for a DEC Brownfield Assessment (DBA) during the spring 2008 DBA request period. The old Hooper Bay school and surrounding buildings were destroyed in a fire on August 3, 2006. The only building remaining is the teacher housing, located on the Northwest side of the site. Several private residences on the South side of the school site were also destroyed. Hydrocarbon contamination was documented in a November 21, 2006 report for the Lower Yukon School District (Restoration Science and Engineering, 2006). Selected excavation and characterization in September 2006 were the subject of this report, which concluded that fuel contamination in soil near two former aboveground storage tank (AST) locations remains above DEC cleanup levels (spill reports were submitted to DEC in November 2006--see above). The legal description for the Subject Property is U.S. Survey 2206 and U.S. Survey 4052, Lots 1 and 3. In 2009, DEC received a Limited Site Characterization Report for the Hooper Bay Burned School Property. During the characterization, forty-nine test pits were advanced to a maximum depth of 6.5 feet bgs. Groundwater was not encountered during the installation of the borings. Elevated field screening results were observed in 11 test pits and hydrocarbon-like odors were noted in 17 test pits. DRO was detected above DEC cleanup levels at the former teachers housing and near the former generator area. BTEX, PAHs and lead were below DEC cleanup levels. No contaminated soil was excavated from the Site in 2008 due to the lack of disposal options for contaminated soil in Hooper Bay. Test pits installed beneath the footprint of the proposed store did not encounter contaminated soil above DEC cleanup levels. SLR recommends that limited excavation activities be conducted where contaminated soil remains in front of the teacher's housing (270 cubic yards) and in the former generator area (150 cubic yards). FKA Brownfield file 2418.57.001. Reassigned to CS on 4/9/2020 per phaseout of Brownfield tracking #s
Action Information
| Action Date | Action | Description | DEC Staff |
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| 8/14/2008 | Spill Transferred from Prevention Preparedness and Response Program | Site transferred by PERP staff Robert Carlson. Spill Number = 06279921503; Spill Date = 8/3/06; Substance = Diesel; Quantity = Unknown. | Mitzi Read |
| 8/14/2008 | Site Added to Database | Site added to the database. | Mitzi Read |
| 8/28/2008 | Brownfields Award | FY 2009 SOA CIP funds $49,841 awarded to Sea Lion Corp. Received state-lead DEC brownfield assessment proposal to conduct assessment and limited cleanup at former Hooper Bay School Fire site. Project RFP was developed in response to request from community during the DEC Brownfield Assessment (DBA) request period. | John Carnahan |
| 2/24/2009 | Update or Other Action | Draft report received and currently under review. | John Carnahan |
| 5/19/2009 | Site Characterization Report Approved | DEC received a Limited Site Characterization Report for the Hooper Bay Burned School Property. During the characterization, forty-nine test pits were advanced to a maximum depth of 6.5 feet bgs. Groundwater was not encountered during the installation of the borings. Elevated field screening results were observed in 11 test pits and hydrocarbon-like odors were noted in 17 test pits. DRO was detected above DEC cleanup levels at the former teachers housing and near the former generator area. BTEX, PAHs and lead were below DEC cleanup levels. No contaminated soil was excavated from the Site in 2008 due to the lack of disposal options for contaminated soil in Hooper Bay. Test pits installed beneath the footprint of the proposed store did not encounter contaminated soil above DEC cleanup levels. SLR recommends that limited excavation activities be conducted where contaminated soil remains in front of the teacher's housing (270 cubic yards) and in the former generator area (150 cubic yards). | Deborah Williams |
| 5/22/2009 | Exposure Tracking Model Ranking | Initial ranking with ETM completed for source area id: 78781 name: auto-generated pm edit Hooper Bay School Fire | Deborah Williams |
| 9/1/2009 | Meeting or Teleconference Held | Meeting with SeaLion and Village Council representatives to discuss project status. DEC was informed that the property has not transferred and there may be concern over contamination preventing property transfer. DEC is seeking clarification from DNR on the land status, as it was DEC's understanding that the property was situated for transfer to the LYSD in 2008. LYSD intends to trade property with corporation in order that SeaLion can lease this property to AC Company Store. | John Carnahan |
| 8/31/2010 | Update or Other Action | Russ Keller from Sealion Company called and stated that they were digging borings for the pilings for the new store at the former IRA Tank Farm. As of an email that was received 5/27/2011, the store was built and no contaminated soil was encountered during the construction of the store. | Deborah Williams |
| 8/5/2015 | Update or Other Action | Transferred to program manager Vreeman for further evaluation and PRP follow up. | Fred Vreeman |
| 4/26/2016 | Update or Other Action | Site reassigned for follow up by project manager | Fred Vreeman |
| 6/21/2017 | Update or Other Action | Sent letter to Lower Yukon School District informing them of the list of schools in their district that are listed as contaminated sites, along with a priority ranking of each school with regard to risk to human health and the environment. The intent of the letter is to help the school district prioritize sites for remediation should funds become available. | Joy Whitsel |
| 10/25/2019 | Update or Other Action | Sent inventory letter providing list of all sites in the Lower Yukon School District. | Erin Gleason |
| 4/9/2020 | Update or Other Action | Brownfield file 2418.57.001 reassigned as a Contaminated Site on this date. | Cascade Galasso-Irish |
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