Site Report: BLM Red Devil Mine Site

Site Name:	BLM Red Devil Mine Site
Address:	Red Devil Creek, Kuskokwim River, Red Devil, AK 99656
File Number:	2442.38.001
Hazard ID:	499
Status:	Active
Staff:	Anne Marie Palmieri, 9077663184 AnneMarie.Palmieri@alaska.gov
Latitude:	61.762500
Longitude:	-157.308890
Horizontal Datum:

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.

Site Chronology
IC / Closure Details
Documents
Associated Sites

Problems/Comments

Mercury and arsenic is present in tailings piles, and free mercury is present in site soils associated with a large mercury processing (retorting) operation that ceased operation in the early 1970s. Petroleum hydrocarbon is present in various locations associated with maintenance shops. Other contaminants associated with mercury mining also present. CERCLA AKD980495618. This approximately 10-acre site is owned by BLM.

Action Information

Action Date	Action	Description	DEC Staff
9/30/1987	CERCLA PA	Tryck, Nyman, and Hayes states due to low population and residents' awareness of the mine, potential public health effects due to exposure to mercury and arsenic are low.	Former Staff
7/24/1989	CERCLA SI	(Old R:Base Action Code = SI - Site Investigation). BLM sends site inspection report. It states that transformers that remain on site contain less that 50 ppm PCBs. Direct contact threat of caustic chemicals should be removed from site.	Former Staff
11/5/1990	Site Added to Database	Mercury, antimony, arsenic in tailings.	Former Staff
8/9/1991	Site Number Identifier Changed	Old # 88220927601 New #88250927601 Western district now.	Former Staff
6/15/1995	Site Ranked Using the AHRM	Initial ranking. Action code added because it wasn't when the site was originally ranked.	Ray Dronenburg
9/4/1998	Cleanup Plan Approved	ADEC review letter requesting a revised plan. Reviewed: BLM's "Draft Limited Waste Removal Work Plan, Red Devil Mine" dated July 23, 1998. The plan called for limited waste removal at the Red Devil Mine site. ADEC requested that BLM revise its plan to include additional sampling and documentation.	Eileen Olson
4/15/1999	Site Characterization Workplan Approved	ADEC review letter for revised (see 9/4/98) " Limited Waste Removal Work Plan" for the Red Devil Mine, with cover letter dated March 15, 1999, received on March 17th. Also submitted with the work plan were a Public Notice, the index to the Red Devil Mine Administrative Record, last updated on March 10, 1999, and the Red Devil Mine Community Relations Plan, dated March 8, 1999.	Eileen Olson
1/12/2000	Update or Other Action	Reviewed file and prepared site summary.	Eileen Olson
8/1/2000	Update or Other Action	Staff traveled with BLM and its contractor representatives, as well as a USGS mercury researcher, to the mine site. The line of massive mercury condensation tubes associated with the retort operation have been demolished and stockpiled for landfilling in a soon-to-be-proposed on-site Class 1 landfill. BLM believes it has the support of the nearby community of Red Devil for the landfill proposal, and plans to go through the steps needed to obtain an ADEC solid waste disposal permit. Mercury cleanup levels have not been determined for the site, and site characterization of the most heavily contaminated area, centered on the former retort, is underway. BLM is boring approximately 100 five- to ten-foot deep test holes which will be analyzed in the field using an X-Ray Fluoroscope (XRF), with two of each five samples also being analyzed in the lab for total mercury. BLM staff stated that they believe they will be able to landfill any mercury contaminated soil which does not fail the Toxicity Characteristic Leaching Procedure (TCLP). CSRP staff will coordinate with the EPA and Solid Waste Program on this project.	Eileen Olson
5/20/2002	Update or Other Action	Received draft plan for work at BLM Red Devil Mine that proposed construction of a landfill. Referred this to the Solid Waste Program for assistance and approval.	Lynne Bush
6/10/2002	Update or Other Action	Wayne Svejnoha, BLM, informally told Leslie Simmons, ADEC SWP, that they are not required to obtain approvals from the State for the work in the 5/20/2002 draft plan and that it was merely advisory in nature. The BLM moved equipment onto the site on 06 June 2002 without State involvement or approval. This site has been referred to the Directors of Solid Waste and SPAR.	Lynne Bush
6/12/2002	Meeting or Teleconference Held	Present at 12 June 2002 meeting: BLM representative, Wayne Svejnoha; ADEC representatives, Leslie Simmons, Jennifer Roberts, and Lynne Bush; and representatives of the Attorney General’s Office, Chris Kennedy and Margaret Paton-Walsh. At issue is the lack of Department involvement/approval with plans to characterize, remediate or dispose of contamination associated with the abandoned Red Devil Mine. The BLM has personnel on site performing work activities without approval from either the Contaminated Sites Program or the Solid Waste Program. Activities include removal of debris and the construction of monofills. Also discussed cost recovery issues and research into potential responsible parties other than BLM. The BLM will provide the Department with reports and documents not previously submitted and will work with Solid Waste and Contaminated Sites to bring the Red Devil project up to date with required permits and approvals.	Lynne Bush
10/23/2002	Update or Other Action	Prepared a memo requesting assistance from the Attorney General's Office. Also this date, met with Jennifer Roberts, Chris Kennedy, Leslie Simmons, Bob Glascott, Eileen Olson and Lynne Bush to discuss Red Devil Mine activities. No new information has been provided to the Department since Leslie Simmons met with BLM representatives in July 2002. Neither the SWP nor CSP has received site updates, work plans, permit applications or reports.	Lynne Bush
1/28/2003	Update or Other Action	Forwarded Cost Recovery documents to AGO.	Lynne Bush
1/28/2003	Update or Other Action	No information on Summer 2002 activities has yet been provided to the Department.	Lynne Bush
6/1/2003	Update or Other Action	Site transferred from Bush to Sundet	Lynne Bush
2/17/2004	Update or Other Action	The following information was provided by the Solid Waste Program: Approximately two years ago BLM established an industrial landfill for the metal-contaminated debris and an inert landfill for the other wastes. They completed the two landfills without DEC approvals. DEC (Glascott) inspected the area and reported general satisfaction except for a couple of areas prone to erosion.	Lynne Bush
5/12/2004	Update or Other Action	File number assigned: 2442.38.001.	Sarah Cunningham
5/12/2004	Update or Other Action	No action reported to the Department since 2002. Site transferred from Bush to Palmieri.	Lynne Bush
5/19/2004	Site Characterization Workplan Approved	FY04 workplan approved for the excavation of petroleum at the ASTs.	Anne Marie Palmieri
7/22/2004	Meeting or Teleconference Held	Meeting held with solid waste and BLM regarding 2004 planned work and getting a plan together for a road to closure.	Anne Marie Palmieri
1/26/2005	Update or Other Action	Staff reviewed Scope of Work for AST contamination removal. Funding fell through for 2004 but work should take place in 2005.	Anne Marie Palmieri
8/31/2005	Cleanup Plan Approved	Cleanup plan approved this date to address petroleum contaminated soils at the barge area/pipeline, and former ASTs. Soil to be excavated and stockpiled; contaminated soil will be addressed next year.	Anne Marie Palmieri
6/6/2007	Exposure Tracking Model Ranking	ETM ranking.	Anne Marie Palmieri
8/9/2007	Meeting or Teleconference Held	DEC meets with EPA and requests assistance with the site due to lack of forward progress on characterization and cleanup by BLM.	Anne Marie Palmieri
1/31/2008	Meeting or Teleconference Held	A meeting with DEC, LAW, EPA, and BLM was held this date to discuss the NPL scoring results and the possibility for listing the site on the NPL. DEC and EPA stated that pevious studies and actions at the site left several major data gaps. BLM requested a letter outlining all remaining data gaps; DEC and EPA will provide.	Anne Marie Palmieri
2/20/2008	Update or Other Action	List of data gaps provided to BLM on this date.	Anne Marie Palmieri
3/20/2008	Meeting or Teleconference Held	Palmieri met with BLM Staff Larry Beck to discuss data gaps list.	Anne Marie Palmieri
4/25/2008	Meeting or Teleconference Held	EPA, DEC, and LAW met with BLM to discuss the possibility of a two-party agreement and the list of data gaps. Negotiations are ongoing.	Anne Marie Palmieri
9/18/2008	Site Visit	Site visit conducted with BLM, EPA and ADEC.	Anne Marie Palmieri
1/16/2009	Update or Other Action	Staff approved the 2008 groundwater monitoring report. Arsenic and antimony exceed the cleanup level in all wells, mercury in 2 wells and lead in one. Arsenic, antimony, and iron exceed AWQS in the surface water seep next to and flowing into Red Devil Creek. Staff requested the installation of additional wells to delineate the groundwater plume during the 2009 RI and for the potential sources of the seep to be investigated.	Anne Marie Palmieri
1/23/2009	Cleanup Level(s) Approved	Alternative cleanup levels for petroleum approved based on site-specific hydraulic gradient. Cleanup levels are as follows: GRO 1380 mg/kg, DRO 1190 mg/kg, RRO 10,000 mg/kg, benzene 0.087 mg/kg, ethylbenzene 25.7 mg/kg, toluene 25.2 mg/kg, xylenes 362 mg/kg, naphthalene 21 mg/kg, and penanthrene 4300 mg/kg.	Anne Marie Palmieri
1/23/2009	Final Cleanup Report Reviewed	Petroleum cleanup report reviewed and approved. Cleanup is complete at the barge landing/fuel pipeline and ASTs 1, 2, 3, and 5. Additional contamination remains at AST4 and further characterization and/or cleanup is needed.	Anne Marie Palmieri
1/23/2009	Update or Other Action	Petroleum Contaminated Stockpiles -- approx. 2410 cy of petroleum contaminated soil is stockpiled in two stockpiles. Stockpiles have been at the site since 2005 and 2006 and are uncovered. Per 18 AAC 75, stockpiles can not be present for longer than 2 years and must be kept covered. BLM was notified that the stockpiles must be covered until they can be treated this field season.	Anne Marie Palmieri
1/23/2009	Meeting or Teleconference Held	meeting with EPA to discuss potential listing issues.	Anne Marie Palmieri
2/18/2009	Meeting or Teleconference Held	Meeting held with DNR to discuss potential NPL listing.	Anne Marie Palmieri
2/18/2009	Meeting or Teleconference Held	Scoping meeting held to discuss the upcoming RI/FS fieldwork. Site work will likely be partially conducted in 2009 and finished in 2010.	Anne Marie Palmieri
7/17/2009	Update or Other Action	Commissioner Hartig sent a letter to EPA stating that the State does not object to the site being listed on the NPL.	Anne Marie Palmieri
9/2/2009	Update or Other Action	DEC non-approves the BLM groundwater sampling plan submitted on 9/1 with sampling scheduled for 9/3.	Anne Marie Palmieri
9/23/2009	Update or Other Action	BLM has contracted with Ecology & Environment for the RI/FS and Marsh Creek for the Petroleum response.	Anne Marie Palmieri
4/5/2010	Meeting or Teleconference Held	Teleconference held to discuss highlights of the study design for the RI/FS. Participants included BLM, E&E (consultant), DHSS, and DEC.	Anne Marie Palmieri
4/16/2010	Site Characterization Workplan Approved	Work plan for the 2009 petroleum response release investigation approved. Field work will be conducted in June-July 2009.	Anne Marie Palmieri
4/19/2010	Meeting or Teleconference Held	A 2 day technical meeting was held with BLM, E&E, EPA, DHSS, and DEC staff to discuss RI/FS issues including background sample locations, sample analytes, sample and groundwater well locations, etc.	Anne Marie Palmieri
4/30/2010	Meeting or Teleconference Held	Public meeting held in Red Devil to discuss upcoming field work for both the metals RI/FS and the petroleum cleanup.	Anne Marie Palmieri
6/14/2010	Site Visit	Site visit attended by BLM (Mike McCrum, Paul Krabacher, Brent Lewis, Larry Beck), E&E, EPA (Matt Wilkening), and DEC (Marty Brewer, Anne Marie Palmieri) to discuss sample locations and other issues in the draft RI/FS work plan. Marsh Creek was on-site installing the bridge across Red Devil Creek.	Anne Marie Palmieri
7/8/2010	Update or Other Action	DEC and DHSS comments on the draft RI/FS work plan provided to BLM this date. EPA comments to be submitted to BLM on 7/9.	Anne Marie Palmieri
7/13/2010	Meeting or Teleconference Held	comment resolution meeting on draft work plan	Anne Marie Palmieri
7/26/2010	Meeting or Teleconference Held	comment resolution meeting for draft work plan	Anne Marie Palmieri
8/13/2010	Cleanup Plan Approved	A work plan was approved this date for the removal of a ruptured drum and the small volume of petroleum spilled contents. The drum and spilled material will be disposed of off-site. Any contaminated soil exceeding the DEC's method 2 cleanup levels will be excavated and treated on site in the AST-soil landspreading area.	Anne Marie Palmieri
8/19/2010	Update or Other Action	DEC letter provided to BLM this date regarding review of draft RI/FS work plan which was submitted on 8/18. DEC is unable to review the 450-page work plan within the 3 day review time requested by BLM. BLM contractor E&E planned to mobilize on August 23rd.	Anne Marie Palmieri
8/31/2010	Update or Other Action	BLM letter to EPA with a copy to DEC. BLM proposes limited field work for 2010 with the remaining investigation to occur in 2011. Proposed work includes: surface soil sampling, river sediment sampling, creek sediment and surface water, and existing well sampling.	Anne Marie Palmieri
9/1/2010	Meeting or Teleconference Held	Teleconference with EPA, BLM, and DEC to discuss broad comments on proposed field work.	Anne Marie Palmieri
9/9/2010	Meeting or Teleconference Held	Teleconference held with BLM, ADEC, and EPA to discuss DEC comments on proposed field work.	Anne Marie Palmieri
9/10/2010	Update or Other Action	BLM contractor E&E mobilizes to the field without an approved work plan.	Anne Marie Palmieri
9/20/2010	Update or Other Action	BLM provides a copy of a draft Field Sampling Plan for the 2010 field work which is currently underway.	Anne Marie Palmieri
9/23/2010	Update or Other Action	DEC provides comments on the draft FSP; EPA provides comments on 9/24.	Anne Marie Palmieri
9/25/2010	Update or Other Action	BLM contractor demobilizes from site. Work plan has still not been approved.	Anne Marie Palmieri
9/27/2010	Cleanup Plan Approved	Plan for Removal and Assessment of the powder house approved this date.	Anne Marie Palmieri
12/17/2010	Site Characterization Report Approved	AST#5 petroleum Remedial Investigation report approved this date. 16 borings were advanced and 3 groundwater monitoring wells installed. No soil or groundwater samples showed petroleum concentrations which exceeded the cleanup levels. No further investigation or cleanup is required at the AST #5 area. Continued treatment of the landspread soils excavated from the AST area needs to occur.	Anne Marie Palmieri
1/24/2011	Document, Report, or Work plan Review - other	Draft report reviewed for 2010 Limited Sampling Event; comments provided to EPA and BLM.	Anne Marie Palmieri
2/8/2011	Meeting or Teleconference Held	Meeting held with EPA and BLM to review comment responses to the 2010 Limited Sampling Event Report	Anne Marie Palmieri
2/16/2011	Meeting or Teleconference Held	meeting held with BLM and EPA to discuss early action.	Anne Marie Palmieri
2/16/2011	Meeting or Teleconference Held	meeting held with BLM and EPA to discuss early action.	Anne Marie Palmieri
2/25/2011	Meeting or Teleconference Held	Weekly meeting with EPA and BLM	Anne Marie Palmieri
3/2/2011	Meeting or Teleconference Held	multiple meetings held during the last few weeks with BLM and EPA to specifically discuss the BLM's outreach efforts to tribes and communities about the RI/FS work plan.	Anne Marie Palmieri
3/15/2011	Meeting or Teleconference Held	meeting with BLM and EPA to review presentations for next week's public meetings.	Anne Marie Palmieri
3/23/2011	Public Notice	Public meetings with EPA, BLM, DEC, and ATSDR held: 3/23 Akiak; 3/23 Bethel; 3/25 Kwethluk; 3/30 Upper/Lower Kalskag; 4/1 Akiachak; 4/5 Red Devil; 4/6 Georgetown, Aniak, Lime Village, Crooked Creek (in Anchorage); and 4/28 Sleetmute.	Anne Marie Palmieri
4/8/2011	Document, Report, or Work plan Review - other	Review of sawmill drum report; comments provided to BLM.	Anne Marie Palmieri
4/11/2011	Document, Report, or Work plan Review - other	Draft Petroleum Contaminated Soil treatment report review; comments provided to BLM.	Anne Marie Palmieri
4/26/2011	Document, Report, or Work plan Review - other	DEC comments on RI/FS work plan provided to BLM this date.	Anne Marie Palmieri
5/4/2011	Meeting or Teleconference Held	meeting with EPA, BLM, Fish & Wildlife, ATSDR, and Health and Social Services about Kuskokwim fish sampling.	Anne Marie Palmieri
5/27/2011	Meeting or Teleconference Held	Meeting held to discuss DEC and EPA comments on the draft risk assessment.	Anne Marie Palmieri
5/31/2011	Meeting or Teleconference Held	Meeting held with BLM to discuss DEC and EPA comments on the draft Remedial Investigation work plan.	Anne Marie Palmieri
6/2/2011	Meeting or Teleconference Held	meeting with EPA re: comment resolution for work plan and sediment sampling	Anne Marie Palmieri
6/16/2011	Document, Report, or Work plan Review - other	DEC comments provided on the vegetation sampling memo submitted on 6/9.	Anne Marie Palmieri
6/28/2011	Meeting or Teleconference Held	Meeting with BLM and EPA re: sediment sampling	Anne Marie Palmieri
7/6/2011	Meeting or Teleconference Held	meeting with BLM and EPA re: sediment sampling	Anne Marie Palmieri
7/13/2011	Meeting or Teleconference Held	Meeting with BLM and EPA re: work plan issues	Anne Marie Palmieri
7/21/2011	Meeting or Teleconference Held	Meeting with EPA re: risk assessment work plan issues	Anne Marie Palmieri
7/22/2011	CERCLA RI Plan Approved	DEC approval of the June 2011 work plan, field sampling plan, and QAPP. Risk assessment work plan not approved.	Anne Marie Palmieri
7/25/2011	Update or Other Action	BLM mobed to site for RI fieldwork.	Anne Marie Palmieri
7/27/2011	Meeting or Teleconference Held	Meeting with BLM and EPA - update on start of field work	Anne Marie Palmieri
7/28/2011	Meeting or Teleconference Held	meeting with EPA re: risk assessment issues	Anne Marie Palmieri
7/29/2011	Interim Removal Action Approved	Removal of drums at the former sawmill area approved this date.	Anne Marie Palmieri
8/10/2011	Meeting or Teleconference Held	Meeting with EPA and BLM, re: update on field activities and sediment sampling discussion.	Anne Marie Palmieri
8/17/2011	Site Visit	Site visit with EPA, BLM, and OMB. DEC representative was Jennifer Roberts. Subsequent meetings were held with EPA and OMB.	Anne Marie Palmieri
8/24/2011	Meeting or Teleconference Held	Meeting with BLM and EPA	Anne Marie Palmieri
8/26/2011	Site Characterization Workplan Approved	work plan approved for sediment sampling in the Kuskokwim River. BLM will mob to Red Devil on 9/19.	Anne Marie Palmieri
9/21/2011	Site Characterization Workplan Approved	POL removal near the landspread work plan approval.	Anne Marie Palmieri
9/22/2011	Site Characterization Workplan Approved	Powder House removal work plan approval.	Anne Marie Palmieri
9/28/2011	Meeting or Teleconference Held	meeting with BLM and EPA: sampling update and risk discussion.	Anne Marie Palmieri
10/5/2011	Meeting or Teleconference Held	Meeting with EPA and BLM: re: risk consumption parameters	Anne Marie Palmieri
1/5/2012	Meeting or Teleconference Held	conf call re: wild foods consumption. BLM asked DEC and EPA to agree to a verbally presented process. DEC requests that BLM submit a technical memo as previously agreed upon.	Anne Marie Palmieri
1/13/2012	Update or Other Action	BLM submits Wild Foods techical memo for agency review.	Anne Marie Palmieri
1/18/2012	Update or Other Action	BLM submits the Screening Level Eco Risk Assessment (SLERA) to DEC and EPA.	Anne Marie Palmieri
1/20/2012	Meeting or Teleconference Held	Conference call held with EPA and BLM.	Anne Marie Palmieri
1/31/2012	Document, Report, or Work plan Review - other	EPA and DEC provide joint comments on the Wild Foods tech memo. Meetings were held with EPA and DEC to ensure consistency of comments.	Anne Marie Palmieri
2/8/2012	Meeting or Teleconference Held	Meeting held in Anchorage with BLM and EPA.	Anne Marie Palmieri
2/9/2012	Public Notice	BLM held a talking circle at the Alaska Forum on the Environment in Anchorage. EPA and DEC attend.	Anne Marie Palmieri
2/14/2012	Meeting or Teleconference Held	Meeting held with BLM and EPA to discuss subsistence uses.	Anne Marie Palmieri
3/5/2012	Update or Other Action	BLM draft RI submitted to DEC and EPA.	Anne Marie Palmieri
4/4/2012	Meeting or Teleconference Held	DEC met with lands committee for The Kuskokwim Corporation.	Anne Marie Palmieri
4/5/2012	Meeting or Teleconference Held	DEC met with EPA to discuss the BLM fish study.	Anne Marie Palmieri
4/12/2012	Public Notice	Public meeting held by BLM in Red Devil. DEC participates.	Anne Marie Palmieri
4/17/2012	Public Notice	Public meeting held by BLM in Nunapitchuk which also included Atmaultluak and Kasigluk. Separate meeting held in Bethel. DEC participates.	Anne Marie Palmieri
4/18/2012	Public Notice	Public meeting held by BLM in Kwethluk.	Anne Marie Palmieri
4/19/2012	Public Notice	Public meeting held by BLM in Akiak. DEC participates.	Anne Marie Palmieri
5/1/2012	Public Notice	Public meeting held by BLM in Tuluksak.DEC participates.	Anne Marie Palmieri
5/2/2012	Public Notice	Public meetings held by BLM at Upper and Lower Kalskag. DEC participates.	Anne Marie Palmieri
5/15/2012	Update or Other Action	BLM submits groundwater monitoring work plan. Contractor intends to mobilize the next week. BLM states that they are "not requesting comments". Work plan is not approved.	Anne Marie Palmieri
5/23/2012	Meeting or Teleconference Held	Meeting held with EPA to discuss agency comments on the draft risk assessment to ensure consistency.	Anne Marie Palmieri
5/31/2012	Document, Report, or Work plan Review - other	DEC submits comments on the draft RI and risk assessment to BLM.	Anne Marie Palmieri
6/5/2012	Meeting or Teleconference Held	Meeting held with BLM and EPA to discuss potential alternatives and issues for the Feasibility Study.	Anne Marie Palmieri
6/14/2012	Document, Report, or Work plan Review - other	DEC provides comments on draft letter reports regarding the Powder House and the POL removal.	Anne Marie Palmieri
6/28/2012	Meeting or Teleconference Held	DEC and EPA discuss BLM's responses to agency comments on the RI.	Anne Marie Palmieri
7/12/2012	Meeting or Teleconference Held	DEC meets with BLM and EPA to discuss BLM responses to agency comments on the RI.	Anne Marie Palmieri
7/31/2012	Meeting or Teleconference Held	DEC and EPA meet to discuss BLM's responses to agency comments on the risk assessment to ensure consistency.	Anne Marie Palmieri
8/1/2012	Meeting or Teleconference Held	DEC meets with EPA and BLM to discuss BLM's responses to comments on the draft risk assessment. The BLM proposal for collection of additional background samples is also discussed. Another meeting is needed in a week to discuss further.	Anne Marie Palmieri
8/3/2012	Update or Other Action	Letter is sent from Attorney General Michael C. Geraghty to EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson requesting that the Red Devil Mine be included on the EPA's National Priorities List.	Anne Marie Palmieri
8/9/2012	Meeting or Teleconference Held	DEC participated in a meeting with BLM and EPA to discuss the concept of BLM collecting additional background samples in Sept. A draft work plan has not been provided.	Anne Marie Palmieri
8/22/2012	Update or Other Action	BLM submits draft work plan for background soil characterization to DEC and EPA.	Anne Marie Palmieri
8/28/2012	Meeting or Teleconference Held	DEC met with EPA to discuss BLM's background sampling proposal.	Anne Marie Palmieri
8/29/2012	Update or Other Action	DEC provided comments to BLM on draft work plan. EPA provided comments on 8/30.	Anne Marie Palmieri
8/30/2012	Meeting or Teleconference Held	DEC met with BLM and EPA to discuss DEC comments on the workplan.	Anne Marie Palmieri
9/6/2012	Meeting or Teleconference Held	Yet another meeting about the background sampling. DEC and EPA request additional samples at additional intervals. BLM agrees and will provide an updated work plan next week. BLM's contractor is mobilizing to the field this week but will collect other samples (blueberry and Kusko sediment) until an approved work plan for the background sampling is obtained.	Anne Marie Palmieri
9/12/2012	Update or Other Action	AG Michael Geraghty sent a letter this date to EPA Assistant Administrator Mathy Stanislaus outlining his understanding of the conclusions from their 8/28 meeting. The State understands that EPA, BLM and the State will discuss a Superfund Alternative Agreement as a possible option to NPL Listing. If meaningful progress towards an agreement has not been made by the time the April 2013 listing cycle arrives, EPA will submit the site for listing.	Anne Marie Palmieri
9/24/2012	Site Characterization Workplan Approved	The Work Plan Addendum for Additional Background Soil Characterization at the Red Devil Mine dated Sept. 2012, provided to the agencies on Sept. 10th and revised in accordance with the Errata Sheet dated Sept. 18th was approved under 18 Alaska Administrative Code 75.335(b).	Anne Marie Palmieri
10/11/2012	Exposure Tracking Model Ranking	A new updated ranking with ETM has been completed for source area 71478 facility.	Anne Marie Palmieri
10/17/2012	Meeting or Teleconference Held	Staff participated in a meeting with EPA and BLM to clarify DEC's concerns about site management. EPA and BLM are drafting a joint response letter to OMB about how these concerns will be addressed.	Anne Marie Palmieri
11/2/2012	Meeting or Teleconference Held	Staff participated in a meeting with EPA and BLM regarding sample results from the 2012 field season. There were some QA issues with the samples which will not affect the sample validity.	Anne Marie Palmieri
12/5/2012	Meeting or Teleconference Held	Staff participated in a conference call with BLM and EPA regarding the results of the background samples collected in 2012. BLM could not find locations which met the agreed upon criteria to be considered background.	Anne Marie Palmieri
1/14/2013	Meeting or Teleconference Held	CS management and staff met with EPA and BLM to discuss the possibility of a BLM early action to address the eroding material at the creek.	Anne Marie Palmieri
2/8/2013	Meeting or Teleconference Held	CS management and staff met with EPA and BLM to discuss the possible early action.	Anne Marie Palmieri
3/11/2013	Update or Other Action	DEC provides comments to BLM on the draft-final Remedial Investigation.	Anne Marie Palmieri
4/9/2013	Update or Other Action	BLM provides responses to DEC and EPA comments on the draft-final Remedial Investigation.	Anne Marie Palmieri
4/18/2013	Update or Other Action	Powder House: DEC approves the BLM letter report on the removal action at the Powder House. No additional work is required at this area, however BLM continues to treat the excavated soils.	Anne Marie Palmieri
6/13/2013	Update or Other Action	DEC provides comments on the BLM Feasibility Study.	Anne Marie Palmieri
6/26/2013	Meeting or Teleconference Held	CS met with EPA and BLM to discuss the plan for the early action. BLM will develop an Engineering Evaluation/Cost Analysis in the fall for a Non-Time Critical Removal Action in 2014. They will go out for public comment in the spring of 2014.	Anne Marie Palmieri
8/2/2013	Update or Other Action	BLM submits responses to DEC, EPA, DHSS, and DNR comments on the Feasbility Study. BLM will arrange a comment resolution meeting.	Anne Marie Palmieri
9/25/2013	Meeting or Teleconference Held	Staff met with EPA regarding the human health risk assessment.	Anne Marie Palmieri
10/5/2013	Meeting or Teleconference Held	Staff met with EPA, BLM, DNR, and DHSS to resolve comments on the Feasibility Study.	Anne Marie Palmieri
11/12/2013	Meeting or Teleconference Held	Staff met with EPA, BLM, DNR, and DHSS regarding the Feasibility Study. BLM provided an update on the early action.	Anne Marie Palmieri
11/21/2013	Meeting or Teleconference Held	Continuation of Feasibility Study comment resolution meeting.	Anne Marie Palmieri
12/4/2013	Meeting or Teleconference Held	Weekly meeting with BLM and EPA -- BLM gave an overview of the EE/CA.	Anne Marie Palmieri
12/8/2013	Meeting or Teleconference Held	Weekly meeting with DNR, EPA and BLM -- discussion regarding Feasibility Study	Anne Marie Palmieri
1/8/2014	Meeting or Teleconference Held	Weekly meeting with Law, BLM, EPA, and DNR -- discussion about federal and state applicable or relevant and appropriate requirements (ARARs).	Anne Marie Palmieri
1/9/2014	Document, Report, or Work plan Review - other	Staff reviews draft Engineering Evaluation/Cost Analysis report and provides comments to BLM.	Anne Marie Palmieri
1/15/2014	Meeting or Teleconference Held	Weekly meeting with BLM, DNR, EPA, ADF&G, and DHSS -- discussion concerns the agencies' comments on the draft EE/CA and FS revisions.	Anne Marie Palmieri
1/22/2014	Meeting or Teleconference Held	Weekly meeting with BLM, DNR, EPA, DHSS, and ADF&G -- discussion concerning BLM's responses to EE/CA comments, BLM's Treatability Study for hazardous waste soil, remedial goals, and cumulative risk.	Anne Marie Palmieri
1/29/2014	Meeting or Teleconference Held	Weekly meeting with EPA, BLM, DNR, ADF&G, and DHSS -- review of EE/CA presentation slides, discussion of revised FS sections.	Anne Marie Palmieri
2/3/2014	Update or Other Action	Staff attends a presentation by BLM at the Alaska Forum on the Environment -- the presentation concerns the start of the public comment period for the removal action and draft EE/CA.	Anne Marie Palmieri
2/7/2014	Document, Report, or Work plan Review - other	Staff reviews the 2013 Landspread report for the treatment of petroleum contaminated soil from the bulk tank area -- decision unit #5 met the approved cleanup levels.	Anne Marie Palmieri
2/12/2014	Meeting or Teleconference Held	Weekly meeting with BLM, EPA, DNR, DHSS, and ADF&G -- discussion concerns remedial action objectives and remedial goals (cleanup levels) for the larger cleanup effort.	Anne Marie Palmieri
2/24/2014	Meeting or Teleconference Held	Staff met with EPA to discuss risk assessment issues, including cumulative risk calculations and exposure durations.	Anne Marie Palmieri
2/25/2014	Public Notice	PUBLIC MEETINGS -- DEC staff attended public meetings for the public comment period were held on these dates: Akiak (2/25), Bethel (2/26), Red Devil (3/4), Sleetmute (3/5), Chauthbaluk (3/6), and Crooked Creek (3/18).	Anne Marie Palmieri
3/27/2014	Meeting or Teleconference Held	Weekly meeting with BLM, DEC, ADF&G, DHSS, DNR -- discussion concerning project scheduling and EE/CA early design.	Anne Marie Palmieri
4/10/2014	Meeting or Teleconference Held	Weekly meeting with BLM, EPA, DNR, DHSS, and ADF&G -- discussions concerning EE/CA comments and responses, removal action design, and cumulative risk.	Anne Marie Palmieri
5/20/2014	Document, Report, or Work plan Review - other	DEC reviews draft Action Memo and provides comments to BLM.	Anne Marie Palmieri
5/22/2014	Meeting or Teleconference Held	Weekly meeting with DNR, BLM, EPA, DHSS, and ADF&G -- discussion concerning schedules for summer work, BLM's Action Memo for the removal action, and BLM's macroinvertebrate sampling in the Kuskokwim River.	Anne Marie Palmieri
5/29/2014	Document, Report, or Work plan Review - other	On this date, DEC's Jennifer Roberts sent a concurrence letter for selection of a removal alternative for this summer's non-time critical removal. The removal action will excavate tailings from Red Devil Creek and recontour the creek banks to stop the erosion of tailings into the creek. Approximately 5000 cubic yards of tailings will be stockpiled on-site and addressed as part of the interim remedial action for all of the soil which will occur in the next several years.	Anne Marie Palmieri
6/10/2014	Meeting or Teleconference Held	Weekly meeting with EPA, BLM, DNR, ADF&G -- discussion concerning agency comments and BLM responses on Action Memo.	Anne Marie Palmieri
6/25/2014	Update or Other Action	BLM signed an Action Memo for conducting a Non-Time Critical Removal Action to keep sediment/tailings from eroding into Red Devil Creek and migrating to the Kuskokwim River.	Anne Marie Palmieri
7/14/2014	Document, Report, or Work plan Review - other	CS staff provided comments to BLM on their Storm Water Pollution Protection Plan for the creek realignment and stream bank regrading action.	Anne Marie Palmieri
7/21/2014	Meeting or Teleconference Held	A meeting was held with BLM, EPA, DNR, DHSS, and ADF&G to discuss the state and federal laws that are applicable or relevant and appropriate to the cleanup.	Anne Marie Palmieri
7/29/2014	Cleanup Plan Approved	Three small work plans were approved this date: 1) removal of petroleum contaminated soil at the box spill area, 2) monitoring of the petroleum landspreading cell, and 3) monitoring of the soil contaminated with explosive residue.	Anne Marie Palmieri
8/5/2014	Meeting or Teleconference Held	A project meeting was held this date with BLM, ADF&G, EPA, DNR, and DHSS.	Anne Marie Palmieri
8/13/2014	Site Visit	A site visit was conducted this date with BLM, EPA, DNR, DHSS, and ADF&G to inspect the results of the early action in order to incorporate those into the planned Feasibility Study.	Anne Marie Palmieri
10/9/2014	Document, Report, or Work plan Review - other	DEC reviewed the draft-final FS and provided comment to BLM on this date. Comments from Contaminated Sites Program, Solid Waste Program, and the Dept of Law were included.	Anne Marie Palmieri
11/3/2014	Meeting or Teleconference Held	DEC and EPA met in advance of a meeting with BLM in order to discuss technical issues regarding the draft Feasibility Study report.	Anne Marie Palmieri
11/12/2014	Meeting or Teleconference Held	Meeting with BLM, EPA, Alaska Dept. of Health, Alaska Dept. of Natural Resources, Alaska Dept. of Fish & Game, The Kuskokwim Corp., and DEC to discuss the draft Feasibility Study.	Anne Marie Palmieri
11/13/2014	Meeting or Teleconference Held	Meeting with BLM, EPA, Alaska Dept. of Health, Alaska Dept. of Natural Resources, Alaska Dept. of Fish & Game, The Kuskokwim Corp., and DEC to discuss the draft Feasibility Study.	Anne Marie Palmieri
11/18/2014	Meeting or Teleconference Held	Meeting with BLM, EPA, Alaska Dept. of Health, Alaska Dept. of Natural Resources, Alaska Dept. of Fish & Game, The Kuskokwim Corp., and DEC to discuss the draft Feasibility Study.	Anne Marie Palmieri
11/21/2014	Meeting or Teleconference Held	Meeting with BLM, EPA, Alaska Dept. of Health, Alaska Dept. of Natural Resources, Alaska Dept. of Fish & Game, The Kuskokwim Corp., and DEC to discuss the draft Feasibility Study.	Anne Marie Palmieri
12/1/2014	Meeting or Teleconference Held	Meeting with BLM, EPA, Alaska Dept. of Health, Alaska Dept. of Natural Resources, Alaska Dept. of Fish & Game, The Kuskokwim Corp., and DEC to discuss the draft Feasibility Study.	Anne Marie Palmieri
12/17/2014	Meeting or Teleconference Held	Meeting with EPA and DEC regarding technical Feasibility Study issues.	Anne Marie Palmieri
5/8/2015	Meeting or Teleconference Held	Comment resolution meeting with BLM regarding DEC and EPA comments on the draft supplemental Remedial Investigation work plan. This work plan covers additional groundwater well installation and sampling and Kuskokwim River sediment sampling.	Anne Marie Palmieri
5/28/2015	Meeting or Teleconference Held	A meeting with BLM, EPA, and DEC was held to further discuss the sediment sampling strategies for this summer's work in the Kuskokwim River.	Anne Marie Palmieri
6/16/2015	Update or Other Action	DEC and EPA were informed that BLM intends to begin field work at the site on June 24th, in advance of approval of a work plan. The first round of field work will include the monitoring well installations. BLM will mobilize again later in the summer to conduct the sediment sampling in the river. The work plan should be approved prior to the collection of the sediment samples.	Anne Marie Palmieri
7/10/2015	Site Characterization Workplan Approved	The 2015 site characterization work plan was approved this date. The work plan covers the installation and sampling of groundwater monitoring wells, sampling of sediment and surface water in Red Devil Creek, and the sampling of sediment in the Kuskokwim River.	Anne Marie Palmieri
7/28/2015	Site Characterization Workplan Approved	Staff approved a short work plan for the characterization of petroleum contaminated soil at the 'Box Spill' area on this date. BLM's contractor E&E plans to conduct field work in mid-August 2015.	Anne Marie Palmieri
7/30/2015	Document, Report, or Work plan Review - other	After consultation with EPA, staff approved the monitoring plans for the petroleum and explosives landspreading cells on this date.	Anne Marie Palmieri
7/30/2015	Update or Other Action	DEC was contacted by BLM today regarding the schedule for the revised draft Feasibility Study. The submittal date for the draft document has been delayed again, with a new proposed date of August 12 given. This version of the FS should incorporate 2 new alternatives and address previous agency comments. BLM hopes to have a Proposed Plan out for public review at the end of the year, and hold public meetings in spring 2016 to discuss their preferred remedial alternative for the tailings.	Anne Marie Palmieri
9/25/2015	Document, Report, or Work plan Review - other	DEC provided comments to BLM on the draft-final Feasibility Study on this date. Significant comments illustrated concerns with the lack of identification of all State ARARs and the limited modeling effort that was conducted for the repository.	Anne Marie Palmieri
10/13/2015	Meeting or Teleconference Held	A comment resolution meeting was held to discuss EPA and DEC comments on the revised Feasibility Study. Participants in the meeting included BLM, EPA, DEC, DNR, DHSS, Law, and the Kuskokwim Corporation. Resolution was achieved on some comments but not all.	Anne Marie Palmieri
12/2/2015	Document, Report, or Work plan Review - other	DEC provided comments to BLM on the draft Proposed Plan on this date.	Anne Marie Palmieri
12/2/2015	Document, Report, or Work plan Review - other	DEC provided additional comments on the draft-final Feasibility Study on this date.	Anne Marie Palmieri
1/5/2016	Meeting or Teleconference Held	DEC staff met with BLM, EPA, and DHSS to discuss the EPA RCRA process by which BLM wants to use to manage the hazardous waste at the site.	Anne Marie Palmieri
1/26/2016	Meeting or Teleconference Held	DEC staff met with BLM and EPA to discuss the most recent draft of the Feasibility Study. DEC's comments regarding the BLM's non-agreement with the State Solid Waste regulations as ARARs and the lack of sufficient modeling to determine the protectiveness of a repository which doesn't have a bottom liner haven't been addressed. BLM stated that they plan to provide a written response to DEC's 12/2/15 letter regarding these concerns.	Anne Marie Palmieri
2/16/2016	Meeting or Teleconference Held	DEC staff met with BLM, EPA, DNR, TKC, and DHSS to discuss BLM's responses to agency comments on the draft Proposed Plan. BLM stated that they will respond in writing to DEC's 12/2/15 letter about the Feasibility Study.	Anne Marie Palmieri
2/25/2016	Update or Other Action	DEC provided a letter to BLM on this date stating that we are unable to support the BLM's preferred alternative selected in the draft Proposed Plan at this time. BLM has not included all of the State applicable or relevant and appropriate requirements (ARARs) in the FS, nor has their repository been designed with enough detail that sufficient modeling can be conducted to demonstrate that it will not have an impact to groundwater.	Anne Marie Palmieri
3/10/2016	CERCLA FS	On this date, the DEC sent a letter of non-concurrence on the Red Devil Mine Final Feasibility Study Report, dated 3/2016. The letter states that the reasons for the non-concurrence are: 1) "DEC believes that BLM did not include all Applicable or Relevant and Appropriate Requirements (ARARs) for Alternatives 3a, 3b, 3c, and 3d, nor has BLM provided a sufficient legal response as to why the Alaska Solid Waste regulations of 18 Alaska Administrative Code (AAC) 60.025, 18 AAC 60.485, and 18 AAC 60.330(b) are not applicable or relevant and appropriate.", and 2) "The repository, as currently designed for Alternatives 3a and 3c, does not meet the design specifications required under Alaska law. State law requires that such disposal sites include a bottom liner and leachate collection system, unless sufficient hydrogeologic modeling has been conducted to demonstrate they are not necessary. To date, insufficient design and modeling have been conducted to support such a determination. Although the language in the Final FS regarding future modeling efforts shows a higher level of commitment than the language in previous draft documents, we still believe that it does not fully achieve what is necessary. BLM has not committed to working in collaboration with DEC to conduct additional modeling, nor has BLM stated what actions will be taken if the modeling demonstrates that the repository as designed is not protective."	Anne Marie Palmieri
3/10/2016	Meeting or Teleconference Held	A meeting was held with EPA and BLM this date regarding the Proposed Plan issues and public comment period schedule.	Anne Marie Palmieri
2/13/2017	Meeting or Teleconference Held	ADEC met with EPA, ADNR, ADF&G, ADHSS, and BLM about the supplemental risk assessment approach regarding the sediments in the Kuskokwim River. BLM also stated that there has been no movement on the draft Proposed Plan for the uplands soil part of the project.	Anne Marie Palmieri
2/24/2017	Meeting or Teleconference Held	EPA, BLM, and DEC met this date to discuss the Proposed Plan for the upland (soil) cleanup. BLM wants to wait and issue one Proposed Plan for the site which covers all media, rather than having one for soil and another for groundwater, surface water, and sediment. Given that the removal action has stopped contaminated sediment from continuing to migrate to the river, DEC doesn't have an objection to delaying the uplands cleanup for a year until the groundwater investigation has caught up. BLM wants to have a Proposed Plan in spring 2018.	Anne Marie Palmieri
3/1/2017	Meeting or Teleconference Held	EPA, BLM, and DEC met and discussed community outreach activities and scheduling.	Anne Marie Palmieri
5/2/2017	Update or Other Action	EPA provided a letter to BLM on this date which outlined several joint EPA-DEC concerns with the supplemental risk assessment approach.	Anne Marie Palmieri
6/7/2017	Meeting or Teleconference Held	BLM held a public meeting in Bethel on this date.	Anne Marie Palmieri
7/25/2017	Risk Assessment Workplan Approved	DEC approved the supplemental risk assessment approach for the Kuskokwim River.	Anne Marie Palmieri
8/15/2017	Document, Report, or Work plan Review - other	DEC approved the 2017 groundwater and tailings investigation work plan on this date.	Anne Marie Palmieri
10/9/2017	Document, Report, or Work plan Review - other	DEC reviewed the Supplemental Remedial Investigation and Risk Assessment for the groundwater and Kuskokwim River sediment and provided review comments to BLM on this date.	Anne Marie Palmieri
11/2/2017	Meeting or Teleconference Held	DEC and EPA met with BLM on this date to discuss the modeling on the proposed repository cap in 2015. BLM will look into the possibility of revising the current model with updated site-specific information.	Anne Marie Palmieri
11/17/2017	Meeting or Teleconference Held	DEC participated in two meetings with BLM and EPA on this date. 1) Supplemental Remedial Investigation comment resolution -- additional stakeholders were involved in this discussion. 2) additional modeling of potential repository.	Anne Marie Palmieri
12/11/2017	Meeting or Teleconference Held	DEC met with EPA and BLM staff to discuss preliminary groundwater alternatives for the draft Feasibility Study.	Anne Marie Palmieri
2/14/2018	Meeting or Teleconference Held	DEC, EPA, and BLM staff met to discuss modeling associated with a potential repository. BLM stated that they are unwilling to conduct all of the additional modeling that DEC has requested at this time.	Anne Marie Palmieri
3/7/2018	Update or Other Action	DEC staff attended The Kuskokwim Corporation's Middle Kuskokwim Tribal Conference in Aniak and gave a presentation about the Red Devil Mine cleanup.	Anne Marie Palmieri
4/2/2018	CERCLA RI Report Approved	The Supplement to the Remedial Investigation was approved on this date. The SRI covers additional soil and surface water information as well as the groundwater and Kuskokwim River sediment information and risk assessment evaluation.	Anne Marie Palmieri
4/2/2018	Risk Assessment Report Approved	The supplemental risk assessment report that was included in the supplemental Remedial Investigation was also approved this date.	Anne Marie Palmieri
4/11/2018	Public Notice	Public meetings were held in several villages on the Kuskokwim this month. BLM, US Fish & Wildlife Service, and DEC staff attended the meetings in Red Devil (4/11), Chauthbaluk (4/12), Aniak (4/16), Akiak (4/17), Upper Kalskag (4/18), Lower Kalskag (4/18), and in Anchorage for Georgetown (4/19). A meeting in Sleetmute was held on May 16.	Anne Marie Palmieri
7/27/2018	Document, Report, or Work plan Review - other	DEC provided comments to BLM on the draft Red Devil Mine Groundwater and Surface Water Report.	Anne Marie Palmieri
8/15/2018	Meeting or Teleconference Held	BLM, EPA, and DEC met on this date to discuss EPA and DEC comments on the BLM draft groundwater report.	Anne Marie Palmieri
8/15/2018	Meeting or Teleconference Held	BLM, EPA, and DEC met on this date to discuss EPA and DEC comments on the BLM draft groundwater report.	Anne Marie Palmieri
8/30/2018	Meeting or Teleconference Held	BLM, EPA, and DEC met on this date to discuss the BLM's draft groundwater report.	Anne Marie Palmieri
10/9/2018	Meeting or Teleconference Held	BLM, EPA, and DEC met this date to discuss leachate modeling.	Anne Marie Palmieri
11/2/2018	Meeting or Teleconference Held	DEC participated in a comment resolution meeting about the draft groundwater report.	Anne Marie Palmieri
3/4/2019	Document, Report, or Work plan Review - other	DEC provided comments to BLM on the Nov. 2018 draft-final groundwater report on this date.	Anne Marie Palmieri
3/21/2019	Meeting or Teleconference Held	DEC participated in a comment resolution meeting with EPA, BLM, and DNR about the Nov. 2018 draft-final groundwater report.	Anne Marie Palmieri
4/9/2019	Meeting or Teleconference Held	DEC met with BLM, EPA, and DNR to discuss the site status, groundwater background calculations, and responses to comments on the Supplemental FS.	Anne Marie Palmieri
4/10/2019	Meeting or Teleconference Held	DEC (Contaminated Sites and Solid Waste) met with BLM and EPA, and DNR to discuss the BLM proposed modeling efforts.	Anne Marie Palmieri
4/18/2019	Meeting or Teleconference Held	DEC (Contaminated Sites and Solid Waste) met with BLM and EPA to discuss the BLM proposed modeling, groundwater background, the draft-final Groundwater Report, and the Supplemental Feasibility Study.	Anne Marie Palmieri
5/16/2019	Document, Report, or Work plan Review - other	Staff approved the 2019 Baseline Groundwater and Surface Water Monitoring Report on this date. The sampling events will be conducted in spring and fall of 2019.	Anne Marie Palmieri
5/17/2019	Update or Other Action	Staff sent a letter to BLM about State regulations for ARARs in the Supplemental Feasibility Study.	Anne Marie Palmieri
6/6/2019	Site Characterization Workplan Approved	Staff approved the workplan for the long-term monitoring of the petroleum biocell on this date.	Anne Marie Palmieri
7/2/2019	Update or Other Action	Staff provided a follow up letter about State regulations as ARARs to BLM in response to their letter of June 27.	Anne Marie Palmieri
7/5/2019	Document, Report, or Work plan Review - other	Staff approved the Final Groundwater and Surface Water Report on this date. (Note: BLM made some editorial changes to this document while creating a 508-compliant version. The revised document is dated August 2019. No changes to the approval letter are needed.)	Anne Marie Palmieri
8/2/2019	Document, Report, or Work plan Review - other	Staff reviewed the 7/29/19 version of the Feasibility Study Supplement report and provided BLM with limited comments regarding groundwater cleanup level regulations. BLM subsequently indicated that they will address these comments and reissue the report.	Anne Marie Palmieri
9/6/2019	Document, Report, or Work plan Review - other	DEC sent a letter to BLM agreeing with the July 1, 2019 hydrologic analysis technical memorandum. The letter states: This memo was prepared at the request of the DEC Contaminated Sites Program (CSP), in coordination with the DEC Solid Waste Program (SWP), to evaluate the potential for migration of leachate from an unlined repository, as proposed in the 2016 Feasibility Study. DEC agrees that the analysis provided in this memo is demonstrates that, based upon the conceptual design parameters and other site-specific inputs included, leachate would not cause an adverse impact to groundwater.	Anne Marie Palmieri
9/17/2019	CERCLA FS	DEC approved the Feasibility Study Supplement on this date with a reservation regarding ARARs. The approval letter is attached.	Anne Marie Palmieri
9/18/2019	Document, Report, or Work plan Review - other	Staff approved the 2019 Monitoring and Maintenance report for the petroleum contaminated soil landspread cell. The sample results for decision unit 6 were below the approved cleanup level and no further action is needed for that unit. The sample results for decision units 4 and 5 were above the cleanup level and further cleanup is required.	Anne Marie Palmieri
11/19/2019	Document, Report, or Work plan Review - other	DEC provided comments on the draft Proposed Plan to BLM on this date.	Anne Marie Palmieri
1/7/2020	Meeting or Teleconference Held	DEC met with BLM to discuss DEC's comments on the draft Proposed Plan.	Anne Marie Palmieri
1/22/2020	Update or Other Action	DEC staff reviewed the revised CERCLA Proposed Plan on this date and had no further comments. The final Proposed Plan should be completed in the next few weeks. The public comment period is scheduled to begin on March 1.	Anne Marie Palmieri
2/11/2020	Update or Other Action	Staff attended the BLM presentation about the Red Devil Mine Proposed Plan at the Alaska Forum on the Environment.	Anne Marie Palmieri
2/11/2020	Update or Other Action	Staff attended the BLM presentation about the Red Devil Mine Proposed Plan at the Alaska Forum on the Environment.	Anne Marie Palmieri
2/25/2020	Update or Other Action	Staff attended The Kuskokwim Corporation's Middle Kuskokwim River Tribal Gathering and assisted with a presentation about the Red Devil Mine Proposed Plan.	Anne Marie Palmieri
9/14/2020	Update or Other Action	Staff reviewed a tech memo developed by BLM outlining areas in the Main Processing Area where arsenic was found to exceed the RCRA hazardous waste criteria of 5 mg/L using TCLP. The data used for this mapping exercise was previously presented in the Remedial Investigation, Remedial Investigation Supplement, and Groundwater reports. Based upon this compiled data set, it is now estimated that the volume of material for excavation is almost 205,000 cubic yards and the volume of material exceeding arsenic TCLP criteria is almost 16,000 cubic yards.	Anne Marie Palmieri
3/2/2022	Document, Report, or Work plan Review - other	Staff provided comments on the draft Record of Decision	Anne Marie Palmieri
3/25/2022	Meeting or Teleconference Held	DEC and BLM held a comment resolution meeting about DEC's comments on the draft Record of Decision.	Anne Marie Palmieri
8/4/2022	Update or Other Action	Staff contacted BLM for an update regarding the status of the Record of Decision. The Record of Decision is still under review within BLM and the Department of the Interior.	Anne Marie Palmieri
2/9/2023	Update or Other Action	Staff contacted BLM for an update regarding the status of the Record of Decision. The Record of Decision is still under review within BLM and the Department of the Interior.	Anne Marie Palmieri
3/8/2023	Long Term Monitoring Workplan or Report Review	DEC staff approved the 2023 Groundwater and Surface Water monitoring plan on this date. Field work will occur in May/June and again in the early fall.	Anne Marie Palmieri
1/22/2024	CERCLA ROD Approved	BLM signed the Record of Decision on this date. A copy of the ROD is attached to the database.	Anne Marie Palmieri
1/30/2024	Meeting or Teleconference Held	DEC met with BLM to discuss the signed Record of Decision.	Anne Marie Palmieri
3/15/2024	Document, Report, or Work plan Review - other	DEC provided a comment letter about the Record of Decision to BLM on this date. DEC agrees that the cleanup can be conducted to result in a remedy that is protective of human health and the environment. There are several topics that DEC requested clarification on. A copy of the letter is included in the Documents/Attachments tab.	Anne Marie Palmieri

Action Date

Action

Description

DEC Staff

9/30/1987

CERCLA PA

Tryck, Nyman, and Hayes states due to low population and residents' awareness of the mine, potential public health effects due to exposure to mercury and arsenic are low.

Former Staff

7/24/1989

CERCLA SI

(Old R:Base Action Code = SI - Site Investigation). BLM sends site inspection report. It states that transformers that remain on site contain less that 50 ppm PCBs. Direct contact threat of caustic chemicals should be removed from site.

Former Staff

11/5/1990

Site Added to Database

Mercury, antimony, arsenic in tailings.

Former Staff

8/9/1991

Site Number Identifier Changed

Old # 88220927601 New #88250927601 Western district now.

Former Staff

6/15/1995

Site Ranked Using the AHRM

Initial ranking. Action code added because it wasn't when the site was originally ranked.

Ray Dronenburg

9/4/1998

Cleanup Plan Approved

ADEC review letter requesting a revised plan. Reviewed: BLM's "Draft Limited Waste Removal Work Plan, Red Devil Mine" dated July 23, 1998. The plan called for limited waste removal at the Red Devil Mine site. ADEC requested that BLM revise its plan to include additional sampling and documentation.

Eileen Olson

4/15/1999

Site Characterization Workplan Approved

ADEC review letter for revised (see 9/4/98) " Limited Waste Removal Work Plan" for the Red Devil Mine, with cover letter dated March 15, 1999, received on March 17th. Also submitted with the work plan were a Public Notice, the index to the Red Devil Mine Administrative Record, last updated on March 10, 1999, and the Red Devil Mine Community Relations Plan, dated March 8, 1999.

Eileen Olson

1/12/2000

Update or Other Action

Reviewed file and prepared site summary.

Eileen Olson

8/1/2000

Update or Other Action

Staff traveled with BLM and its contractor representatives, as well as a USGS mercury researcher, to the mine site. The line of massive mercury condensation tubes associated with the retort operation have been demolished and stockpiled for landfilling in a soon-to-be-proposed on-site Class 1 landfill. BLM believes it has the support of the nearby community of Red Devil for the landfill proposal, and plans to go through the steps needed to obtain an ADEC solid waste disposal permit. Mercury cleanup levels have not been determined for the site, and site characterization of the most heavily contaminated area, centered on the former retort, is underway. BLM is boring approximately 100 five- to ten-foot deep test holes which will be analyzed in the field using an X-Ray Fluoroscope (XRF), with two of each five samples also being analyzed in the lab for total mercury. BLM staff stated that they believe they will be able to landfill any mercury contaminated soil which does not fail the Toxicity Characteristic Leaching Procedure (TCLP). CSRP staff will coordinate with the EPA and Solid Waste Program on this project.

Eileen Olson

5/20/2002

Update or Other Action

Received draft plan for work at BLM Red Devil Mine that proposed construction of a landfill. Referred this to the Solid Waste Program for assistance and approval.

Lynne Bush

6/10/2002

Update or Other Action

Wayne Svejnoha, BLM, informally told Leslie Simmons, ADEC SWP, that they are not required to obtain approvals from the State for the work in the 5/20/2002 draft plan and that it was merely advisory in nature. The BLM moved equipment onto the site on 06 June 2002 without State involvement or approval. This site has been referred to the Directors of Solid Waste and SPAR.

Lynne Bush

6/12/2002

Meeting or Teleconference Held

Present at 12 June 2002 meeting: BLM representative, Wayne Svejnoha; ADEC representatives, Leslie Simmons, Jennifer Roberts, and Lynne Bush; and representatives of the Attorney General’s Office, Chris Kennedy and Margaret Paton-Walsh. At issue is the lack of Department involvement/approval with plans to characterize, remediate or dispose of contamination associated with the abandoned Red Devil Mine. The BLM has personnel on site performing work activities without approval from either the Contaminated Sites Program or the Solid Waste Program. Activities include removal of debris and the construction of monofills. Also discussed cost recovery issues and research into potential responsible parties other than BLM. The BLM will provide the Department with reports and documents not previously submitted and will work with Solid Waste and Contaminated Sites to bring the Red Devil project up to date with required permits and approvals.

Lynne Bush

10/23/2002

Update or Other Action

Prepared a memo requesting assistance from the Attorney General's Office. Also this date, met with Jennifer Roberts, Chris Kennedy, Leslie Simmons, Bob Glascott, Eileen Olson and Lynne Bush to discuss Red Devil Mine activities. No new information has been provided to the Department since Leslie Simmons met with BLM representatives in July 2002. Neither the SWP nor CSP has received site updates, work plans, permit applications or reports.

Lynne Bush

1/28/2003

Update or Other Action

Forwarded Cost Recovery documents to AGO.

Lynne Bush

1/28/2003

Update or Other Action

No information on Summer 2002 activities has yet been provided to the Department.

Lynne Bush

6/1/2003

Update or Other Action

Site transferred from Bush to Sundet

Lynne Bush

2/17/2004

Update or Other Action

The following information was provided by the Solid Waste Program: Approximately two years ago BLM established an industrial landfill for the metal-contaminated debris and an inert landfill for the other wastes. They completed the two landfills without DEC approvals. DEC (Glascott) inspected the area and reported general satisfaction except for a couple of areas prone to erosion.

Lynne Bush

5/12/2004

Update or Other Action

File number assigned: 2442.38.001.

Sarah Cunningham

5/12/2004

Update or Other Action

No action reported to the Department since 2002. Site transferred from Bush to Palmieri.

Lynne Bush

5/19/2004

Site Characterization Workplan Approved

FY04 workplan approved for the excavation of petroleum at the ASTs.

Anne Marie Palmieri

7/22/2004

Meeting or Teleconference Held

Meeting held with solid waste and BLM regarding 2004 planned work and getting a plan together for a road to closure.

Anne Marie Palmieri

1/26/2005

Update or Other Action

Staff reviewed Scope of Work for AST contamination removal. Funding fell through for 2004 but work should take place in 2005.

Anne Marie Palmieri

8/31/2005

Cleanup Plan Approved

Cleanup plan approved this date to address petroleum contaminated soils at the barge area/pipeline, and former ASTs. Soil to be excavated and stockpiled; contaminated soil will be addressed next year.

Anne Marie Palmieri

6/6/2007

Exposure Tracking Model Ranking

ETM ranking.

Anne Marie Palmieri

8/9/2007

Meeting or Teleconference Held

DEC meets with EPA and requests assistance with the site due to lack of forward progress on characterization and cleanup by BLM.

Anne Marie Palmieri

1/31/2008

Meeting or Teleconference Held

A meeting with DEC, LAW, EPA, and BLM was held this date to discuss the NPL scoring results and the possibility for listing the site on the NPL. DEC and EPA stated that pevious studies and actions at the site left several major data gaps. BLM requested a letter outlining all remaining data gaps; DEC and EPA will provide.

Anne Marie Palmieri

2/20/2008

Update or Other Action

List of data gaps provided to BLM on this date.

Anne Marie Palmieri

3/20/2008

Meeting or Teleconference Held

Palmieri met with BLM Staff Larry Beck to discuss data gaps list.

Anne Marie Palmieri

4/25/2008

Meeting or Teleconference Held

EPA, DEC, and LAW met with BLM to discuss the possibility of a two-party agreement and the list of data gaps. Negotiations are ongoing.

Anne Marie Palmieri

9/18/2008

Site Visit

Site visit conducted with BLM, EPA and ADEC.

Anne Marie Palmieri

1/16/2009

Update or Other Action

Staff approved the 2008 groundwater monitoring report. Arsenic and antimony exceed the cleanup level in all wells, mercury in 2 wells and lead in one. Arsenic, antimony, and iron exceed AWQS in the surface water seep next to and flowing into Red Devil Creek. Staff requested the installation of additional wells to delineate the groundwater plume during the 2009 RI and for the potential sources of the seep to be investigated.

Anne Marie Palmieri

1/23/2009

Cleanup Level(s) Approved

Alternative cleanup levels for petroleum approved based on site-specific hydraulic gradient. Cleanup levels are as follows: GRO 1380 mg/kg, DRO 1190 mg/kg, RRO 10,000 mg/kg, benzene 0.087 mg/kg, ethylbenzene 25.7 mg/kg, toluene 25.2 mg/kg, xylenes 362 mg/kg, naphthalene 21 mg/kg, and penanthrene 4300 mg/kg.

Anne Marie Palmieri

1/23/2009

Final Cleanup Report Reviewed

Petroleum cleanup report reviewed and approved. Cleanup is complete at the barge landing/fuel pipeline and ASTs 1, 2, 3, and 5. Additional contamination remains at AST4 and further characterization and/or cleanup is needed.

Anne Marie Palmieri

1/23/2009

Update or Other Action

Petroleum Contaminated Stockpiles -- approx. 2410 cy of petroleum contaminated soil is stockpiled in two stockpiles. Stockpiles have been at the site since 2005 and 2006 and are uncovered. Per 18 AAC 75, stockpiles can not be present for longer than 2 years and must be kept covered. BLM was notified that the stockpiles must be covered until they can be treated this field season.

Anne Marie Palmieri

1/23/2009

Meeting or Teleconference Held

meeting with EPA to discuss potential listing issues.

Anne Marie Palmieri

2/18/2009

Meeting or Teleconference Held

Meeting held with DNR to discuss potential NPL listing.

Anne Marie Palmieri

2/18/2009

Meeting or Teleconference Held

Scoping meeting held to discuss the upcoming RI/FS fieldwork. Site work will likely be partially conducted in 2009 and finished in 2010.

Anne Marie Palmieri

7/17/2009

Update or Other Action

Commissioner Hartig sent a letter to EPA stating that the State does not object to the site being listed on the NPL.

Anne Marie Palmieri

9/2/2009

Update or Other Action

DEC non-approves the BLM groundwater sampling plan submitted on 9/1 with sampling scheduled for 9/3.

Anne Marie Palmieri

9/23/2009

Update or Other Action

BLM has contracted with Ecology & Environment for the RI/FS and Marsh Creek for the Petroleum response.

Anne Marie Palmieri

4/5/2010

Meeting or Teleconference Held

Teleconference held to discuss highlights of the study design for the RI/FS. Participants included BLM, E&E (consultant), DHSS, and DEC.

Anne Marie Palmieri

4/16/2010

Site Characterization Workplan Approved

Work plan for the 2009 petroleum response release investigation approved. Field work will be conducted in June-July 2009.

Anne Marie Palmieri

4/19/2010

Meeting or Teleconference Held

A 2 day technical meeting was held with BLM, E&E, EPA, DHSS, and DEC staff to discuss RI/FS issues including background sample locations, sample analytes, sample and groundwater well locations, etc.

Anne Marie Palmieri

4/30/2010

Meeting or Teleconference Held

Public meeting held in Red Devil to discuss upcoming field work for both the metals RI/FS and the petroleum cleanup.

Anne Marie Palmieri

6/14/2010

Site Visit

Site visit attended by BLM (Mike McCrum, Paul Krabacher, Brent Lewis, Larry Beck), E&E, EPA (Matt Wilkening), and DEC (Marty Brewer, Anne Marie Palmieri) to discuss sample locations and other issues in the draft RI/FS work plan. Marsh Creek was on-site installing the bridge across Red Devil Creek.

Anne Marie Palmieri

7/8/2010

Update or Other Action

DEC and DHSS comments on the draft RI/FS work plan provided to BLM this date. EPA comments to be submitted to BLM on 7/9.

Anne Marie Palmieri

7/13/2010

Meeting or Teleconference Held

comment resolution meeting on draft work plan

Anne Marie Palmieri

7/26/2010

Meeting or Teleconference Held

comment resolution meeting for draft work plan

Anne Marie Palmieri

8/13/2010

Cleanup Plan Approved

A work plan was approved this date for the removal of a ruptured drum and the small volume of petroleum spilled contents. The drum and spilled material will be disposed of off-site. Any contaminated soil exceeding the DEC's method 2 cleanup levels will be excavated and treated on site in the AST-soil landspreading area.

Anne Marie Palmieri

8/19/2010

Update or Other Action

DEC letter provided to BLM this date regarding review of draft RI/FS work plan which was submitted on 8/18. DEC is unable to review the 450-page work plan within the 3 day review time requested by BLM. BLM contractor E&E planned to mobilize on August 23rd.

Anne Marie Palmieri

8/31/2010

Update or Other Action

BLM letter to EPA with a copy to DEC. BLM proposes limited field work for 2010 with the remaining investigation to occur in 2011. Proposed work includes: surface soil sampling, river sediment sampling, creek sediment and surface water, and existing well sampling.

Anne Marie Palmieri

9/1/2010

Meeting or Teleconference Held

Teleconference with EPA, BLM, and DEC to discuss broad comments on proposed field work.

Anne Marie Palmieri

9/9/2010

Meeting or Teleconference Held

Teleconference held with BLM, ADEC, and EPA to discuss DEC comments on proposed field work.

Anne Marie Palmieri

9/10/2010

Update or Other Action

BLM contractor E&E mobilizes to the field without an approved work plan.

Anne Marie Palmieri

9/20/2010

Update or Other Action

BLM provides a copy of a draft Field Sampling Plan for the 2010 field work which is currently underway.

Anne Marie Palmieri

9/23/2010

Update or Other Action

DEC provides comments on the draft FSP; EPA provides comments on 9/24.

Anne Marie Palmieri

9/25/2010

Update or Other Action

BLM contractor demobilizes from site. Work plan has still not been approved.

Anne Marie Palmieri

9/27/2010

Cleanup Plan Approved

Plan for Removal and Assessment of the powder house approved this date.

Anne Marie Palmieri

12/17/2010

Site Characterization Report Approved

AST#5 petroleum Remedial Investigation report approved this date. 16 borings were advanced and 3 groundwater monitoring wells installed. No soil or groundwater samples showed petroleum concentrations which exceeded the cleanup levels. No further investigation or cleanup is required at the AST #5 area. Continued treatment of the landspread soils excavated from the AST area needs to occur.

Anne Marie Palmieri

1/24/2011

Document, Report, or Work plan Review - other

Draft report reviewed for 2010 Limited Sampling Event; comments provided to EPA and BLM.

Anne Marie Palmieri

2/8/2011

Meeting or Teleconference Held

Meeting held with EPA and BLM to review comment responses to the 2010 Limited Sampling Event Report

Anne Marie Palmieri

2/16/2011

Meeting or Teleconference Held

meeting held with BLM and EPA to discuss early action.

Anne Marie Palmieri

2/16/2011

Meeting or Teleconference Held

meeting held with BLM and EPA to discuss early action.

Anne Marie Palmieri

2/25/2011

Meeting or Teleconference Held

Weekly meeting with EPA and BLM

Anne Marie Palmieri

3/2/2011

Meeting or Teleconference Held

multiple meetings held during the last few weeks with BLM and EPA to specifically discuss the BLM's outreach efforts to tribes and communities about the RI/FS work plan.

Anne Marie Palmieri

3/15/2011

Meeting or Teleconference Held

meeting with BLM and EPA to review presentations for next week's public meetings.

Anne Marie Palmieri

3/23/2011

Public Notice

Public meetings with EPA, BLM, DEC, and ATSDR held: 3/23 Akiak; 3/23 Bethel; 3/25 Kwethluk; 3/30 Upper/Lower Kalskag; 4/1 Akiachak; 4/5 Red Devil; 4/6 Georgetown, Aniak, Lime Village, Crooked Creek (in Anchorage); and 4/28 Sleetmute.

Anne Marie Palmieri

4/8/2011

Document, Report, or Work plan Review - other

Review of sawmill drum report; comments provided to BLM.

Anne Marie Palmieri

4/11/2011

Document, Report, or Work plan Review - other

Draft Petroleum Contaminated Soil treatment report review; comments provided to BLM.

Anne Marie Palmieri

4/26/2011

Document, Report, or Work plan Review - other

DEC comments on RI/FS work plan provided to BLM this date.

Anne Marie Palmieri

5/4/2011

Meeting or Teleconference Held

meeting with EPA, BLM, Fish & Wildlife, ATSDR, and Health and Social Services about Kuskokwim fish sampling.

Anne Marie Palmieri

5/27/2011

Meeting or Teleconference Held

Meeting held to discuss DEC and EPA comments on the draft risk assessment.

Anne Marie Palmieri

5/31/2011

Meeting or Teleconference Held

Meeting held with BLM to discuss DEC and EPA comments on the draft Remedial Investigation work plan.

Anne Marie Palmieri

6/2/2011

Meeting or Teleconference Held

meeting with EPA re: comment resolution for work plan and sediment sampling

Anne Marie Palmieri

6/16/2011

Document, Report, or Work plan Review - other

DEC comments provided on the vegetation sampling memo submitted on 6/9.

Anne Marie Palmieri

6/28/2011

Meeting or Teleconference Held

Meeting with BLM and EPA re: sediment sampling

Anne Marie Palmieri

7/6/2011

Meeting or Teleconference Held

meeting with BLM and EPA re: sediment sampling

Anne Marie Palmieri

7/13/2011

Meeting or Teleconference Held

Meeting with BLM and EPA re: work plan issues

Anne Marie Palmieri

7/21/2011

Meeting or Teleconference Held

Meeting with EPA re: risk assessment work plan issues

Anne Marie Palmieri

7/22/2011

CERCLA RI Plan Approved

DEC approval of the June 2011 work plan, field sampling plan, and QAPP. Risk assessment work plan not approved.

Anne Marie Palmieri

7/25/2011

Update or Other Action

BLM mobed to site for RI fieldwork.

Anne Marie Palmieri

7/27/2011

Meeting or Teleconference Held

Meeting with BLM and EPA - update on start of field work

Anne Marie Palmieri

7/28/2011

Meeting or Teleconference Held

meeting with EPA re: risk assessment issues

Anne Marie Palmieri

7/29/2011

Interim Removal Action Approved

Removal of drums at the former sawmill area approved this date.

Anne Marie Palmieri

8/10/2011

Meeting or Teleconference Held

Meeting with EPA and BLM, re: update on field activities and sediment sampling discussion.

Anne Marie Palmieri

8/17/2011

Site Visit

Site visit with EPA, BLM, and OMB. DEC representative was Jennifer Roberts. Subsequent meetings were held with EPA and OMB.

Anne Marie Palmieri

8/24/2011

Meeting or Teleconference Held

Meeting with BLM and EPA

Anne Marie Palmieri

8/26/2011

Site Characterization Workplan Approved

work plan approved for sediment sampling in the Kuskokwim River. BLM will mob to Red Devil on 9/19.

Anne Marie Palmieri

9/21/2011

Site Characterization Workplan Approved

POL removal near the landspread work plan approval.

Anne Marie Palmieri

9/22/2011

Site Characterization Workplan Approved

Powder House removal work plan approval.

Anne Marie Palmieri

9/28/2011

Meeting or Teleconference Held

meeting with BLM and EPA: sampling update and risk discussion.

Anne Marie Palmieri

10/5/2011

Meeting or Teleconference Held

Meeting with EPA and BLM: re: risk consumption parameters

Anne Marie Palmieri

1/5/2012

Meeting or Teleconference Held

conf call re: wild foods consumption. BLM asked DEC and EPA to agree to a verbally presented process. DEC requests that BLM submit a technical memo as previously agreed upon.

Anne Marie Palmieri

1/13/2012

Update or Other Action

BLM submits Wild Foods techical memo for agency review.

Anne Marie Palmieri

1/18/2012

Update or Other Action

BLM submits the Screening Level Eco Risk Assessment (SLERA) to DEC and EPA.

Anne Marie Palmieri

1/20/2012

Meeting or Teleconference Held

Conference call held with EPA and BLM.

Anne Marie Palmieri

1/31/2012

Document, Report, or Work plan Review - other

EPA and DEC provide joint comments on the Wild Foods tech memo. Meetings were held with EPA and DEC to ensure consistency of comments.

Anne Marie Palmieri

2/8/2012

Meeting or Teleconference Held

Meeting held in Anchorage with BLM and EPA.

Anne Marie Palmieri

2/9/2012

Public Notice

BLM held a talking circle at the Alaska Forum on the Environment in Anchorage. EPA and DEC attend.

Anne Marie Palmieri

2/14/2012

Meeting or Teleconference Held

Meeting held with BLM and EPA to discuss subsistence uses.

Anne Marie Palmieri

3/5/2012

Update or Other Action

BLM draft RI submitted to DEC and EPA.

Anne Marie Palmieri

4/4/2012

Meeting or Teleconference Held

DEC met with lands committee for The Kuskokwim Corporation.

Anne Marie Palmieri

4/5/2012

Meeting or Teleconference Held

DEC met with EPA to discuss the BLM fish study.

Anne Marie Palmieri

4/12/2012

Public Notice

Public meeting held by BLM in Red Devil. DEC participates.

Anne Marie Palmieri

4/17/2012

Public Notice

Public meeting held by BLM in Nunapitchuk which also included Atmaultluak and Kasigluk. Separate meeting held in Bethel. DEC participates.

Anne Marie Palmieri

4/18/2012

Public Notice

Public meeting held by BLM in Kwethluk.

Anne Marie Palmieri

4/19/2012

Public Notice

Public meeting held by BLM in Akiak. DEC participates.

Anne Marie Palmieri

5/1/2012

Public Notice

Public meeting held by BLM in Tuluksak.DEC participates.

Anne Marie Palmieri

5/2/2012

Public Notice

Public meetings held by BLM at Upper and Lower Kalskag. DEC participates.

Anne Marie Palmieri

5/15/2012

Update or Other Action

BLM submits groundwater monitoring work plan. Contractor intends to mobilize the next week. BLM states that they are "not requesting comments". Work plan is not approved.

Anne Marie Palmieri

5/23/2012

Meeting or Teleconference Held

Meeting held with EPA to discuss agency comments on the draft risk assessment to ensure consistency.

Anne Marie Palmieri

5/31/2012

Document, Report, or Work plan Review - other

DEC submits comments on the draft RI and risk assessment to BLM.

Anne Marie Palmieri

6/5/2012

Meeting or Teleconference Held

Meeting held with BLM and EPA to discuss potential alternatives and issues for the Feasibility Study.

Anne Marie Palmieri

6/14/2012

Document, Report, or Work plan Review - other

DEC provides comments on draft letter reports regarding the Powder House and the POL removal.

Anne Marie Palmieri

6/28/2012

Meeting or Teleconference Held

DEC and EPA discuss BLM's responses to agency comments on the RI.

Anne Marie Palmieri

7/12/2012

Meeting or Teleconference Held

DEC meets with BLM and EPA to discuss BLM responses to agency comments on the RI.

Anne Marie Palmieri

7/31/2012

Meeting or Teleconference Held

DEC and EPA meet to discuss BLM's responses to agency comments on the risk assessment to ensure consistency.

Anne Marie Palmieri

8/1/2012

Meeting or Teleconference Held

DEC meets with EPA and BLM to discuss BLM's responses to comments on the draft risk assessment. The BLM proposal for collection of additional background samples is also discussed. Another meeting is needed in a week to discuss further.

Anne Marie Palmieri

8/3/2012

Update or Other Action

Letter is sent from Attorney General Michael C. Geraghty to EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson requesting that the Red Devil Mine be included on the EPA's National Priorities List.

Anne Marie Palmieri

8/9/2012

Meeting or Teleconference Held

DEC participated in a meeting with BLM and EPA to discuss the concept of BLM collecting additional background samples in Sept. A draft work plan has not been provided.

Anne Marie Palmieri

8/22/2012

Update or Other Action

BLM submits draft work plan for background soil characterization to DEC and EPA.

Anne Marie Palmieri

8/28/2012

Meeting or Teleconference Held

DEC met with EPA to discuss BLM's background sampling proposal.

Anne Marie Palmieri

8/29/2012

Update or Other Action

DEC provided comments to BLM on draft work plan. EPA provided comments on 8/30.

Anne Marie Palmieri

8/30/2012

Meeting or Teleconference Held

DEC met with BLM and EPA to discuss DEC comments on the workplan.

Anne Marie Palmieri

9/6/2012

Meeting or Teleconference Held

Yet another meeting about the background sampling. DEC and EPA request additional samples at additional intervals. BLM agrees and will provide an updated work plan next week. BLM's contractor is mobilizing to the field this week but will collect other samples (blueberry and Kusko sediment) until an approved work plan for the background sampling is obtained.

Anne Marie Palmieri

9/12/2012

Update or Other Action

AG Michael Geraghty sent a letter this date to EPA Assistant Administrator Mathy Stanislaus outlining his understanding of the conclusions from their 8/28 meeting. The State understands that EPA, BLM and the State will discuss a Superfund Alternative Agreement as a possible option to NPL Listing. If meaningful progress towards an agreement has not been made by the time the April 2013 listing cycle arrives, EPA will submit the site for listing.

Anne Marie Palmieri

9/24/2012

Site Characterization Workplan Approved

The Work Plan Addendum for Additional Background Soil Characterization at the Red Devil Mine dated Sept. 2012, provided to the agencies on Sept. 10th and revised in accordance with the Errata Sheet dated Sept. 18th was approved under 18 Alaska Administrative Code 75.335(b).

Anne Marie Palmieri

10/11/2012

Exposure Tracking Model Ranking

A new updated ranking with ETM has been completed for source area 71478 facility.

Anne Marie Palmieri

10/17/2012

Meeting or Teleconference Held

Staff participated in a meeting with EPA and BLM to clarify DEC's concerns about site management. EPA and BLM are drafting a joint response letter to OMB about how these concerns will be addressed.

Anne Marie Palmieri

11/2/2012

Meeting or Teleconference Held

Staff participated in a meeting with EPA and BLM regarding sample results from the 2012 field season. There were some QA issues with the samples which will not affect the sample validity.

Anne Marie Palmieri

12/5/2012

Meeting or Teleconference Held

Staff participated in a conference call with BLM and EPA regarding the results of the background samples collected in 2012. BLM could not find locations which met the agreed upon criteria to be considered background.

Anne Marie Palmieri

1/14/2013

Meeting or Teleconference Held

CS management and staff met with EPA and BLM to discuss the possibility of a BLM early action to address the eroding material at the creek.

Anne Marie Palmieri

2/8/2013

Meeting or Teleconference Held

CS management and staff met with EPA and BLM to discuss the possible early action.

Anne Marie Palmieri

3/11/2013

Update or Other Action

DEC provides comments to BLM on the draft-final Remedial Investigation.

Anne Marie Palmieri

4/9/2013

Update or Other Action

BLM provides responses to DEC and EPA comments on the draft-final Remedial Investigation.

Anne Marie Palmieri

4/18/2013

Update or Other Action

Powder House: DEC approves the BLM letter report on the removal action at the Powder House. No additional work is required at this area, however BLM continues to treat the excavated soils.

Anne Marie Palmieri

6/13/2013

Update or Other Action

DEC provides comments on the BLM Feasibility Study.

Anne Marie Palmieri

6/26/2013

Meeting or Teleconference Held

CS met with EPA and BLM to discuss the plan for the early action. BLM will develop an Engineering Evaluation/Cost Analysis in the fall for a Non-Time Critical Removal Action in 2014. They will go out for public comment in the spring of 2014.

Anne Marie Palmieri

8/2/2013

Update or Other Action

BLM submits responses to DEC, EPA, DHSS, and DNR comments on the Feasbility Study. BLM will arrange a comment resolution meeting.

Anne Marie Palmieri

9/25/2013

Meeting or Teleconference Held

Staff met with EPA regarding the human health risk assessment.

Anne Marie Palmieri

10/5/2013

Meeting or Teleconference Held

Staff met with EPA, BLM, DNR, and DHSS to resolve comments on the Feasibility Study.

Anne Marie Palmieri

11/12/2013

Meeting or Teleconference Held

Staff met with EPA, BLM, DNR, and DHSS regarding the Feasibility Study. BLM provided an update on the early action.

Anne Marie Palmieri

11/21/2013

Meeting or Teleconference Held

Continuation of Feasibility Study comment resolution meeting.

Anne Marie Palmieri

12/4/2013

Meeting or Teleconference Held

Weekly meeting with BLM and EPA -- BLM gave an overview of the EE/CA.

Anne Marie Palmieri

12/8/2013

Meeting or Teleconference Held

Weekly meeting with DNR, EPA and BLM -- discussion regarding Feasibility Study

Anne Marie Palmieri

1/8/2014

Meeting or Teleconference Held

Weekly meeting with Law, BLM, EPA, and DNR -- discussion about federal and state applicable or relevant and appropriate requirements (ARARs).

Anne Marie Palmieri

1/9/2014

Document, Report, or Work plan Review - other

Staff reviews draft Engineering Evaluation/Cost Analysis report and provides comments to BLM.

Anne Marie Palmieri

1/15/2014

Meeting or Teleconference Held

Weekly meeting with BLM, DNR, EPA, ADF&G, and DHSS -- discussion concerns the agencies' comments on the draft EE/CA and FS revisions.

Anne Marie Palmieri

1/22/2014

Meeting or Teleconference Held

Weekly meeting with BLM, DNR, EPA, DHSS, and ADF&G -- discussion concerning BLM's responses to EE/CA comments, BLM's Treatability Study for hazardous waste soil, remedial goals, and cumulative risk.

Anne Marie Palmieri

1/29/2014

Meeting or Teleconference Held

Weekly meeting with EPA, BLM, DNR, ADF&G, and DHSS -- review of EE/CA presentation slides, discussion of revised FS sections.

Anne Marie Palmieri

2/3/2014

Update or Other Action

Staff attends a presentation by BLM at the Alaska Forum on the Environment -- the presentation concerns the start of the public comment period for the removal action and draft EE/CA.

Anne Marie Palmieri

2/7/2014

Document, Report, or Work plan Review - other

Staff reviews the 2013 Landspread report for the treatment of petroleum contaminated soil from the bulk tank area -- decision unit #5 met the approved cleanup levels.

Anne Marie Palmieri

2/12/2014

Meeting or Teleconference Held

Weekly meeting with BLM, EPA, DNR, DHSS, and ADF&G -- discussion concerns remedial action objectives and remedial goals (cleanup levels) for the larger cleanup effort.

Anne Marie Palmieri

2/24/2014

Meeting or Teleconference Held

Staff met with EPA to discuss risk assessment issues, including cumulative risk calculations and exposure durations.

Anne Marie Palmieri

2/25/2014

Public Notice

PUBLIC MEETINGS -- DEC staff attended public meetings for the public comment period were held on these dates: Akiak (2/25), Bethel (2/26), Red Devil (3/4), Sleetmute (3/5), Chauthbaluk (3/6), and Crooked Creek (3/18).

Anne Marie Palmieri

3/27/2014

Meeting or Teleconference Held

Weekly meeting with BLM, DEC, ADF&G, DHSS, DNR -- discussion concerning project scheduling and EE/CA early design.

Anne Marie Palmieri

4/10/2014

Meeting or Teleconference Held

Weekly meeting with BLM, EPA, DNR, DHSS, and ADF&G -- discussions concerning EE/CA comments and responses, removal action design, and cumulative risk.

Anne Marie Palmieri

5/20/2014

Document, Report, or Work plan Review - other

DEC reviews draft Action Memo and provides comments to BLM.

Anne Marie Palmieri

5/22/2014

Meeting or Teleconference Held

Weekly meeting with DNR, BLM, EPA, DHSS, and ADF&G -- discussion concerning schedules for summer work, BLM's Action Memo for the removal action, and BLM's macroinvertebrate sampling in the Kuskokwim River.

Anne Marie Palmieri

5/29/2014

Document, Report, or Work plan Review - other

On this date, DEC's Jennifer Roberts sent a concurrence letter for selection of a removal alternative for this summer's non-time critical removal. The removal action will excavate tailings from Red Devil Creek and recontour the creek banks to stop the erosion of tailings into the creek. Approximately 5000 cubic yards of tailings will be stockpiled on-site and addressed as part of the interim remedial action for all of the soil which will occur in the next several years.

Anne Marie Palmieri

6/10/2014

Meeting or Teleconference Held

Weekly meeting with EPA, BLM, DNR, ADF&G -- discussion concerning agency comments and BLM responses on Action Memo.

Anne Marie Palmieri

6/25/2014

Update or Other Action

BLM signed an Action Memo for conducting a Non-Time Critical Removal Action to keep sediment/tailings from eroding into Red Devil Creek and migrating to the Kuskokwim River.

Anne Marie Palmieri

7/14/2014

Document, Report, or Work plan Review - other

CS staff provided comments to BLM on their Storm Water Pollution Protection Plan for the creek realignment and stream bank regrading action.

Anne Marie Palmieri

7/21/2014

Meeting or Teleconference Held

A meeting was held with BLM, EPA, DNR, DHSS, and ADF&G to discuss the state and federal laws that are applicable or relevant and appropriate to the cleanup.

Anne Marie Palmieri

7/29/2014

Cleanup Plan Approved

Three small work plans were approved this date: 1) removal of petroleum contaminated soil at the box spill area, 2) monitoring of the petroleum landspreading cell, and 3) monitoring of the soil contaminated with explosive residue.

Anne Marie Palmieri

8/5/2014

Meeting or Teleconference Held

A project meeting was held this date with BLM, ADF&G, EPA, DNR, and DHSS.

Anne Marie Palmieri

8/13/2014

Site Visit

A site visit was conducted this date with BLM, EPA, DNR, DHSS, and ADF&G to inspect the results of the early action in order to incorporate those into the planned Feasibility Study.

Anne Marie Palmieri

10/9/2014

Document, Report, or Work plan Review - other

DEC reviewed the draft-final FS and provided comment to BLM on this date. Comments from Contaminated Sites Program, Solid Waste Program, and the Dept of Law were included.

Anne Marie Palmieri

11/3/2014

Meeting or Teleconference Held

DEC and EPA met in advance of a meeting with BLM in order to discuss technical issues regarding the draft Feasibility Study report.

Anne Marie Palmieri

11/12/2014

Meeting or Teleconference Held

Meeting with BLM, EPA, Alaska Dept. of Health, Alaska Dept. of Natural Resources, Alaska Dept. of Fish & Game, The Kuskokwim Corp., and DEC to discuss the draft Feasibility Study.

Anne Marie Palmieri

11/13/2014

Meeting or Teleconference Held

Meeting with BLM, EPA, Alaska Dept. of Health, Alaska Dept. of Natural Resources, Alaska Dept. of Fish & Game, The Kuskokwim Corp., and DEC to discuss the draft Feasibility Study.

Anne Marie Palmieri

11/18/2014

Meeting or Teleconference Held

Meeting with BLM, EPA, Alaska Dept. of Health, Alaska Dept. of Natural Resources, Alaska Dept. of Fish & Game, The Kuskokwim Corp., and DEC to discuss the draft Feasibility Study.

Anne Marie Palmieri

11/21/2014

Meeting or Teleconference Held

Meeting with BLM, EPA, Alaska Dept. of Health, Alaska Dept. of Natural Resources, Alaska Dept. of Fish & Game, The Kuskokwim Corp., and DEC to discuss the draft Feasibility Study.

Anne Marie Palmieri

12/1/2014

Meeting or Teleconference Held

Meeting with BLM, EPA, Alaska Dept. of Health, Alaska Dept. of Natural Resources, Alaska Dept. of Fish & Game, The Kuskokwim Corp., and DEC to discuss the draft Feasibility Study.

Anne Marie Palmieri

12/17/2014

Meeting or Teleconference Held

Meeting with EPA and DEC regarding technical Feasibility Study issues.

Anne Marie Palmieri

5/8/2015

Meeting or Teleconference Held

Comment resolution meeting with BLM regarding DEC and EPA comments on the draft supplemental Remedial Investigation work plan. This work plan covers additional groundwater well installation and sampling and Kuskokwim River sediment sampling.

Anne Marie Palmieri

5/28/2015

Meeting or Teleconference Held

A meeting with BLM, EPA, and DEC was held to further discuss the sediment sampling strategies for this summer's work in the Kuskokwim River.

Anne Marie Palmieri

6/16/2015

Update or Other Action

DEC and EPA were informed that BLM intends to begin field work at the site on June 24th, in advance of approval of a work plan. The first round of field work will include the monitoring well installations. BLM will mobilize again later in the summer to conduct the sediment sampling in the river. The work plan should be approved prior to the collection of the sediment samples.

Anne Marie Palmieri

7/10/2015

Site Characterization Workplan Approved

The 2015 site characterization work plan was approved this date. The work plan covers the installation and sampling of groundwater monitoring wells, sampling of sediment and surface water in Red Devil Creek, and the sampling of sediment in the Kuskokwim River.

Anne Marie Palmieri

7/28/2015

Site Characterization Workplan Approved

Staff approved a short work plan for the characterization of petroleum contaminated soil at the 'Box Spill' area on this date. BLM's contractor E&E plans to conduct field work in mid-August 2015.

Anne Marie Palmieri

7/30/2015

Document, Report, or Work plan Review - other

After consultation with EPA, staff approved the monitoring plans for the petroleum and explosives landspreading cells on this date.

Anne Marie Palmieri

7/30/2015

Update or Other Action

DEC was contacted by BLM today regarding the schedule for the revised draft Feasibility Study. The submittal date for the draft document has been delayed again, with a new proposed date of August 12 given. This version of the FS should incorporate 2 new alternatives and address previous agency comments. BLM hopes to have a Proposed Plan out for public review at the end of the year, and hold public meetings in spring 2016 to discuss their preferred remedial alternative for the tailings.

Anne Marie Palmieri

9/25/2015

Document, Report, or Work plan Review - other

DEC provided comments to BLM on the draft-final Feasibility Study on this date. Significant comments illustrated concerns with the lack of identification of all State ARARs and the limited modeling effort that was conducted for the repository.

Anne Marie Palmieri

10/13/2015

Meeting or Teleconference Held

A comment resolution meeting was held to discuss EPA and DEC comments on the revised Feasibility Study. Participants in the meeting included BLM, EPA, DEC, DNR, DHSS, Law, and the Kuskokwim Corporation. Resolution was achieved on some comments but not all.

Anne Marie Palmieri

12/2/2015

Document, Report, or Work plan Review - other

DEC provided comments to BLM on the draft Proposed Plan on this date.

Anne Marie Palmieri

12/2/2015

Document, Report, or Work plan Review - other

DEC provided additional comments on the draft-final Feasibility Study on this date.

Anne Marie Palmieri

1/5/2016

Meeting or Teleconference Held

DEC staff met with BLM, EPA, and DHSS to discuss the EPA RCRA process by which BLM wants to use to manage the hazardous waste at the site.

Anne Marie Palmieri

1/26/2016

Meeting or Teleconference Held

DEC staff met with BLM and EPA to discuss the most recent draft of the Feasibility Study. DEC's comments regarding the BLM's non-agreement with the State Solid Waste regulations as ARARs and the lack of sufficient modeling to determine the protectiveness of a repository which doesn't have a bottom liner haven't been addressed. BLM stated that they plan to provide a written response to DEC's 12/2/15 letter regarding these concerns.

Anne Marie Palmieri

2/16/2016

Meeting or Teleconference Held

DEC staff met with BLM, EPA, DNR, TKC, and DHSS to discuss BLM's responses to agency comments on the draft Proposed Plan. BLM stated that they will respond in writing to DEC's 12/2/15 letter about the Feasibility Study.

Anne Marie Palmieri

2/25/2016

Update or Other Action

DEC provided a letter to BLM on this date stating that we are unable to support the BLM's preferred alternative selected in the draft Proposed Plan at this time. BLM has not included all of the State applicable or relevant and appropriate requirements (ARARs) in the FS, nor has their repository been designed with enough detail that sufficient modeling can be conducted to demonstrate that it will not have an impact to groundwater.

Anne Marie Palmieri

3/10/2016

CERCLA FS

On this date, the DEC sent a letter of non-concurrence on the Red Devil Mine Final Feasibility Study Report, dated 3/2016. The letter states that the reasons for the non-concurrence are: 1) "DEC believes that BLM did not include all Applicable or Relevant and Appropriate Requirements (ARARs) for Alternatives 3a, 3b, 3c, and 3d, nor has BLM provided a sufficient legal response as to why the Alaska Solid Waste regulations of 18 Alaska Administrative Code (AAC) 60.025, 18 AAC 60.485, and 18 AAC 60.330(b) are not applicable or relevant and appropriate.", and 2) "The repository, as currently designed for Alternatives 3a and 3c, does not meet the design specifications required under Alaska law. State law requires that such disposal sites include a bottom liner and leachate collection system, unless sufficient hydrogeologic modeling has been conducted to demonstrate they are not necessary. To date, insufficient design and modeling have been conducted to support such a determination. Although the language in the Final FS regarding future modeling efforts shows a higher level of commitment than the language in previous draft documents, we still believe that it does not fully achieve what is necessary. BLM has not committed to working in collaboration with DEC to conduct additional modeling, nor has BLM stated what actions will be taken if the modeling demonstrates that the repository as designed is not protective."

Anne Marie Palmieri

3/10/2016

Meeting or Teleconference Held

A meeting was held with EPA and BLM this date regarding the Proposed Plan issues and public comment period schedule.

Anne Marie Palmieri

2/13/2017

Meeting or Teleconference Held

ADEC met with EPA, ADNR, ADF&G, ADHSS, and BLM about the supplemental risk assessment approach regarding the sediments in the Kuskokwim River. BLM also stated that there has been no movement on the draft Proposed Plan for the uplands soil part of the project.

Anne Marie Palmieri

2/24/2017

Meeting or Teleconference Held

EPA, BLM, and DEC met this date to discuss the Proposed Plan for the upland (soil) cleanup. BLM wants to wait and issue one Proposed Plan for the site which covers all media, rather than having one for soil and another for groundwater, surface water, and sediment. Given that the removal action has stopped contaminated sediment from continuing to migrate to the river, DEC doesn't have an objection to delaying the uplands cleanup for a year until the groundwater investigation has caught up. BLM wants to have a Proposed Plan in spring 2018.

Anne Marie Palmieri

3/1/2017

Meeting or Teleconference Held

EPA, BLM, and DEC met and discussed community outreach activities and scheduling.

Anne Marie Palmieri

5/2/2017

Update or Other Action

EPA provided a letter to BLM on this date which outlined several joint EPA-DEC concerns with the supplemental risk assessment approach.

Anne Marie Palmieri

6/7/2017

Meeting or Teleconference Held

BLM held a public meeting in Bethel on this date.

Anne Marie Palmieri

7/25/2017

Risk Assessment Workplan Approved

DEC approved the supplemental risk assessment approach for the Kuskokwim River.

Anne Marie Palmieri

8/15/2017

Document, Report, or Work plan Review - other

DEC approved the 2017 groundwater and tailings investigation work plan on this date.

Anne Marie Palmieri

10/9/2017

Document, Report, or Work plan Review - other

DEC reviewed the Supplemental Remedial Investigation and Risk Assessment for the groundwater and Kuskokwim River sediment and provided review comments to BLM on this date.

Anne Marie Palmieri

11/2/2017

Meeting or Teleconference Held

DEC and EPA met with BLM on this date to discuss the modeling on the proposed repository cap in 2015. BLM will look into the possibility of revising the current model with updated site-specific information.

Anne Marie Palmieri

11/17/2017

Meeting or Teleconference Held

DEC participated in two meetings with BLM and EPA on this date. 1) Supplemental Remedial Investigation comment resolution -- additional stakeholders were involved in this discussion. 2) additional modeling of potential repository.

Anne Marie Palmieri

12/11/2017

Meeting or Teleconference Held

DEC met with EPA and BLM staff to discuss preliminary groundwater alternatives for the draft Feasibility Study.

Anne Marie Palmieri

2/14/2018

Meeting or Teleconference Held

DEC, EPA, and BLM staff met to discuss modeling associated with a potential repository. BLM stated that they are unwilling to conduct all of the additional modeling that DEC has requested at this time.

Anne Marie Palmieri

3/7/2018

Update or Other Action

DEC staff attended The Kuskokwim Corporation's Middle Kuskokwim Tribal Conference in Aniak and gave a presentation about the Red Devil Mine cleanup.

Anne Marie Palmieri

4/2/2018

CERCLA RI Report Approved

The Supplement to the Remedial Investigation was approved on this date. The SRI covers additional soil and surface water information as well as the groundwater and Kuskokwim River sediment information and risk assessment evaluation.

Anne Marie Palmieri

4/2/2018

Risk Assessment Report Approved

The supplemental risk assessment report that was included in the supplemental Remedial Investigation was also approved this date.

Anne Marie Palmieri

4/11/2018

Public Notice

Public meetings were held in several villages on the Kuskokwim this month. BLM, US Fish & Wildlife Service, and DEC staff attended the meetings in Red Devil (4/11), Chauthbaluk (4/12), Aniak (4/16), Akiak (4/17), Upper Kalskag (4/18), Lower Kalskag (4/18), and in Anchorage for Georgetown (4/19). A meeting in Sleetmute was held on May 16.

Anne Marie Palmieri

7/27/2018

Document, Report, or Work plan Review - other

DEC provided comments to BLM on the draft Red Devil Mine Groundwater and Surface Water Report.

Anne Marie Palmieri

8/15/2018

Meeting or Teleconference Held

BLM, EPA, and DEC met on this date to discuss EPA and DEC comments on the BLM draft groundwater report.

Anne Marie Palmieri

8/15/2018

Meeting or Teleconference Held

BLM, EPA, and DEC met on this date to discuss EPA and DEC comments on the BLM draft groundwater report.

Anne Marie Palmieri

8/30/2018

Meeting or Teleconference Held

BLM, EPA, and DEC met on this date to discuss the BLM's draft groundwater report.

Anne Marie Palmieri

10/9/2018

Meeting or Teleconference Held

BLM, EPA, and DEC met this date to discuss leachate modeling.

Anne Marie Palmieri

11/2/2018

Meeting or Teleconference Held

DEC participated in a comment resolution meeting about the draft groundwater report.

Anne Marie Palmieri

3/4/2019

Document, Report, or Work plan Review - other

DEC provided comments to BLM on the Nov. 2018 draft-final groundwater report on this date.

Anne Marie Palmieri

3/21/2019

Meeting or Teleconference Held

DEC participated in a comment resolution meeting with EPA, BLM, and DNR about the Nov. 2018 draft-final groundwater report.

Anne Marie Palmieri

4/9/2019

Meeting or Teleconference Held

DEC met with BLM, EPA, and DNR to discuss the site status, groundwater background calculations, and responses to comments on the Supplemental FS.

Anne Marie Palmieri

4/10/2019

Meeting or Teleconference Held

DEC (Contaminated Sites and Solid Waste) met with BLM and EPA, and DNR to discuss the BLM proposed modeling efforts.

Anne Marie Palmieri

4/18/2019

Meeting or Teleconference Held

DEC (Contaminated Sites and Solid Waste) met with BLM and EPA to discuss the BLM proposed modeling, groundwater background, the draft-final Groundwater Report, and the Supplemental Feasibility Study.

Anne Marie Palmieri

5/16/2019

Document, Report, or Work plan Review - other

Staff approved the 2019 Baseline Groundwater and Surface Water Monitoring Report on this date. The sampling events will be conducted in spring and fall of 2019.

Anne Marie Palmieri

5/17/2019

Update or Other Action

Staff sent a letter to BLM about State regulations for ARARs in the Supplemental Feasibility Study.

Anne Marie Palmieri

6/6/2019

Site Characterization Workplan Approved

Staff approved the workplan for the long-term monitoring of the petroleum biocell on this date.

Anne Marie Palmieri

7/2/2019

Update or Other Action

Staff provided a follow up letter about State regulations as ARARs to BLM in response to their letter of June 27.

Anne Marie Palmieri

7/5/2019

Document, Report, or Work plan Review - other

Staff approved the Final Groundwater and Surface Water Report on this date. (Note: BLM made some editorial changes to this document while creating a 508-compliant version. The revised document is dated August 2019. No changes to the approval letter are needed.)

Anne Marie Palmieri

8/2/2019

Document, Report, or Work plan Review - other

Staff reviewed the 7/29/19 version of the Feasibility Study Supplement report and provided BLM with limited comments regarding groundwater cleanup level regulations. BLM subsequently indicated that they will address these comments and reissue the report.

Anne Marie Palmieri

9/6/2019

Document, Report, or Work plan Review - other

DEC sent a letter to BLM agreeing with the July 1, 2019 hydrologic analysis technical memorandum. The letter states: This memo was prepared at the request of the DEC Contaminated Sites Program (CSP), in coordination with the DEC Solid Waste Program (SWP), to evaluate the potential for migration of leachate from an unlined repository, as proposed in the 2016 Feasibility Study. DEC agrees that the analysis provided in this memo is demonstrates that, based upon the conceptual design parameters and other site-specific inputs included, leachate would not cause an adverse impact to groundwater.

Anne Marie Palmieri

9/17/2019

CERCLA FS

DEC approved the Feasibility Study Supplement on this date with a reservation regarding ARARs. The approval letter is attached.

Anne Marie Palmieri

9/18/2019

Document, Report, or Work plan Review - other

Staff approved the 2019 Monitoring and Maintenance report for the petroleum contaminated soil landspread cell. The sample results for decision unit 6 were below the approved cleanup level and no further action is needed for that unit. The sample results for decision units 4 and 5 were above the cleanup level and further cleanup is required.

Anne Marie Palmieri

11/19/2019

Document, Report, or Work plan Review - other

DEC provided comments on the draft Proposed Plan to BLM on this date.

Anne Marie Palmieri

1/7/2020

Meeting or Teleconference Held

DEC met with BLM to discuss DEC's comments on the draft Proposed Plan.

Anne Marie Palmieri

1/22/2020

Update or Other Action

DEC staff reviewed the revised CERCLA Proposed Plan on this date and had no further comments. The final Proposed Plan should be completed in the next few weeks. The public comment period is scheduled to begin on March 1.

Anne Marie Palmieri

2/11/2020

Update or Other Action

Staff attended the BLM presentation about the Red Devil Mine Proposed Plan at the Alaska Forum on the Environment.

Anne Marie Palmieri

2/11/2020

Update or Other Action

Staff attended the BLM presentation about the Red Devil Mine Proposed Plan at the Alaska Forum on the Environment.

Anne Marie Palmieri

2/25/2020

Update or Other Action

Staff attended The Kuskokwim Corporation's Middle Kuskokwim River Tribal Gathering and assisted with a presentation about the Red Devil Mine Proposed Plan.

Anne Marie Palmieri

9/14/2020

Update or Other Action

Staff reviewed a tech memo developed by BLM outlining areas in the Main Processing Area where arsenic was found to exceed the RCRA hazardous waste criteria of 5 mg/L using TCLP. The data used for this mapping exercise was previously presented in the Remedial Investigation, Remedial Investigation Supplement, and Groundwater reports. Based upon this compiled data set, it is now estimated that the volume of material for excavation is almost 205,000 cubic yards and the volume of material exceeding arsenic TCLP criteria is almost 16,000 cubic yards.

Anne Marie Palmieri

3/2/2022

Document, Report, or Work plan Review - other

Staff provided comments on the draft Record of Decision

Anne Marie Palmieri

3/25/2022

Meeting or Teleconference Held

DEC and BLM held a comment resolution meeting about DEC's comments on the draft Record of Decision.

Anne Marie Palmieri

8/4/2022

Update or Other Action

Staff contacted BLM for an update regarding the status of the Record of Decision. The Record of Decision is still under review within BLM and the Department of the Interior.

Anne Marie Palmieri

2/9/2023

Update or Other Action

Staff contacted BLM for an update regarding the status of the Record of Decision. The Record of Decision is still under review within BLM and the Department of the Interior.

Anne Marie Palmieri

3/8/2023

Long Term Monitoring Workplan or Report Review

DEC staff approved the 2023 Groundwater and Surface Water monitoring plan on this date. Field work will occur in May/June and again in the early fall.

Anne Marie Palmieri

1/22/2024

CERCLA ROD Approved

BLM signed the Record of Decision on this date. A copy of the ROD is attached to the database.

Anne Marie Palmieri

1/30/2024

Meeting or Teleconference Held

DEC met with BLM to discuss the signed Record of Decision.

Anne Marie Palmieri

3/15/2024

Document, Report, or Work plan Review - other

DEC provided a comment letter about the Record of Decision to BLM on this date. DEC agrees that the cleanup can be conducted to result in a remedy that is protective of human health and the environment. There are several topics that DEC requested clarification on. A copy of the letter is included in the Documents/Attachments tab.

Anne Marie Palmieri

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DEC Feasibility Study Supplement approval letter

Red Devil Mine Closure Document

State Request for NPL Listing

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DEC Comments on Record of Decision, dated March 15, 2024

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2019 Maintenance and Monitoring report approval letter

DEC Feasibility Study Supplement approval letter

Red Devil Mine Closure Document

State Request for NPL Listing

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