Site Report: Kodiak - Cape Chiniak Tracking Stat

Site Name:	Kodiak - Cape Chiniak Tracking Stat
Address:	Cape Chiniak, Chiniak, AK 99615
File Number:	2524.38.001
Hazard ID:	54
Status:	Active
Staff:	Curtis Dunkin, 9072693053 curtis.dunkin@alaska.gov
Latitude:	57.598601
Longitude:	-152.178083
Horizontal Datum:	WGS84

We make every effort to ensure the data presented here is accurate based on the best available information currently on file with DEC. It is therefore subject to change as new information becomes available. We recommend contacting the assigned project staff prior to making decisions based on this information.

Site Chronology
IC / Closure Details
Documents
Associated Sites

Problems/Comments

A former military station which includes a complex building containing miscellaneous debris. The generator room is contaminated with PCBs and POLs. The concrete floor and miscellaneous equipment and debris is contaminated. A 3x5 waste oil UST is located adjacent to a maintenance shop. Human health threat is high due to exposure to PCB contamination. Vandalism has occurred at the site. An adjacent DRO soil plume is west of the old complex building that is associated with a former pipeline and 750,000 AST. The Corps of Engineers has secured the site and plans cleanup in 1992 under the Defensive Environmental Restoration Program (DERP). EPA ID AKD980986855. No project file was available for database update on 1/7/91. Last staff assigned were Vickaryous, Hayden, Roberts, Halverson, Rutkowski and Brownlee. The tracking station was demolished in September, 1999 and was incorporated into an inert debris/asbestos monocell on the site. Institutional controls in place and should be included in Decision Document.

Action Information

Action Date	Action	Description	DEC Staff
1/25/1981	Site Added to Database	Multiple contaminants.	Former Staff
6/1/1981	Interim Removal Action Approved	(Old R:Base Action Code = SC - Site Control (Emergency Response)). COE secured the site	Former Staff
10/25/1993	Update or Other Action	(Old R:Base Action Code = NFA - No Further Action Required (CERCLA)). EPA reviewed PA for the site and decided that NFA needed under Superfund program.	Former Staff
12/15/1993	Update or Other Action	(Old R:Base Action Code = RIFS - Remedial Investigation / Feasibility Study). RIFS action added by Shannon and Wilson on 3/13/97, based on FUDS Site Summary dated 2/21/96. Summary shows the RIFS completed 12/15/93. Contaminated soil. Limited RI for drilling, sampling, final report. Field work to be completed 16 April 94.	S&W-Miner
6/16/1995	Site Ranked Using the AHRM	Initial ranking. Action code added because it wasn't when the site was originally ranked.	John Halverson
9/15/1997	Update or Other Action	(Old R:Base Action Code = RI - Remedial Investigation). Fencing and signage installed near entrance to generator room notifying site visitors of PCB contamination as part of the 1997 interim removal actions.	Katarina Rutkowski
12/29/1997	Site Ranked Using the AHRM	Site reranked.	Katarina Rutkowski
3/1/1998	Interim Removal Action Approved	Interim Removal Action Approved this date.	Katarina Rutkowski
7/15/1998	Interim Removal Action Approved	Interim Removal Action Approved this date.	Katarina Rutkowski
2/3/1999	Update or Other Action	Subpad investigation under the monocell footprint.	Jeff Brownlee
4/5/1999	Cleanup Level(s) Approved	Small area of residual DRO contamination under the monocell footprint was left in place because of friable asbestos that would interfere with removal - 2,900 mg/kg. - ICs apply.	Jeff Brownlee
10/28/1999	Interim Removal Action Approved	Interim Removal Action Approved this date.	Jeff Brownlee
2/7/2000	Update or Other Action	Draft IRA report reviewed. Approximately 600 cubic yards of PCB/DRO impacted soil and 500 tons of PCB impacted concrete were shipped to a TSCA facility in Idaho for disposal. About 40,000 gallons of low level PCB contaminated water pooled in the soil removal excavation was treated on-site and discharged on-site.	Jeff Brownlee
3/15/2000	Meeting or Teleconference Held	Comment resolution meeting on the 1999 site characterization report. Open issue on groundwater characterization. Method 3 or 4 will be needed on remaining DRO in soil on the hillside between the station and the former 750,000 gallon AST.	Jeff Brownlee
8/5/2000	Institutional Control Record Established	Monofil constructed on the site of the former tracking station. Cell includes asbestos and inert debris. Footprint of monofil is fenced with deed restrictions established with the landowner, Lesnoi Inc., to prevent excavation in the area without consulting the DEC and COE.	Jeff Brownlee
2/17/2001	Update or Other Action	Staff reviewed a draft 1999 Interim Removal Action Report. This site on Kodiak Island has a large area (approximately 2,500 cubic yards over 230 mg/kg) of DRO contamination in soil. The spill is believed to have originated from a pipeline failure near the tracking station. One petroleum excavation and one PCB excavation did not show clean closure sampling on the edges of the excavation. The contractor attempted to calculate alternative cleanup levels using the Method 3 Commercial/Industrial scenario. The property owner was not involved in the process and no specific institutional controls were discussed. The bedrock aquifer will probably need to be characterized at this site unless the COE can get the landowner to establish ICs that the groundwater won't be used for drinking water in the future.	Jeff Brownlee
6/3/2002	Update or Other Action	Staff reviewed a draft workplan for an Interim Removal Action at Cape Chiniak Tracking Station and the Little Navy Annex on Kodiak. Both sites have DRO remaining in soil above preliminary alternative cleanup levels. Soil above ACLs will be excavated and treated offsite. Proposed Method 3 ACLs are currently being evaluated by the DEC. Monitoring wells will be installed to characterize groundwater in the area surrounding these excavations.	Jeff Brownlee
6/17/2002	Update or Other Action	Staff reviewed a draft workplan for well installations at the Little Navy Annex and Cape Chiniak Tracking Station. Wells are designed to characterize groundwater around areas of soil contamination above Method 3. The soil is currently being removed and thermally treated. Method 3 cleanup level approvals are pending.	Jeff Brownlee
12/27/2002	Update or Other Action	Staff reviewed an Interim Removal Action (IRA) report for the former Cape Chiniak Tracking Station. Diesel Range Organic (DRO) impacted soils were removed from two areas that had concentrations over proposed alternative cleanup levels (ACLs). Confirmation sampling showed cleanup was achieved at both areas. The DEC is currently reviewing the ACLs for the tracking station and two nearby areas including Little Navy Annex. Approximately 3000 cubic yards of impacted soil was removed and transported to a thermal treatment facility for remediation. Cleanup at Cape Chiniak Tracking Station is nearing completion. The on-site monofil and ACLs will be formalized into institutional controls (ICs) during the upcoming Record of Decision (ROD). The landowner (Lesnoi Inc.) has agreed to the ICs.	Jeff Brownlee
2/18/2003	Update or Other Action	CS staff reviewed and commented on a draft IRA report for FUDS work on Kodiak Island. Three USTs were removed near Cape Chiniak Tracking Station and associated impacted soil removed and thermally remediated. One site has DRO contamination remaining below the water table which will require the installation of monitoring wells to characterized groundwater	Jeff Brownlee
2/25/2003	Update or Other Action	Staff reviewed an interim removal action report. Cape Chiniak Tracking Station and Little Navy Annex cleanups are using excavation and thermal treatment to address DRO contamination in soil. DEC is currently reviewing alternative cleanup levels (ACLs) for both sites. Approximately 3,000 cubic yards of impacted soil have been removed from each site. Proposed Plans for both sites are being developed. Further excavation will be necessary at both sites to achieve proposed ACLs.	Jeff Brownlee
2/28/2003	Cleanup Level(s) Approved	Staff reviewed Alternative Cleanup Levels (ACLs) for three sites on Kodiak Island. Little Navy Annex, Cape Chiniak Tracking Station, and two UST sites at Cape Chiniak have met the departments’ requirements for a Method Three cleanup. DRO cleanup levels were modified at all three sites. GRO was changed at one UST site. Organic carbon and hydraulic conductivity were the only input parameter changed. A letter of concurrence from the landowner was included with the ACL requests.	Jeff Brownlee
5/1/2003	Cleanup Level(s) Approved	Staff reviewed Alternative Cleanup Levels (ACLs) for three sites on Kodiak Island. Little Navy Annex, Cape Chiniak Tracking Station, and two UST sites at Cape Chiniak have met the departments’ requirements for a Method Three cleanup. DRO cleanup levels were modified at all three sites. GRO was changed at one UST site. Organic carbon and hydraulic conductivity were the only input parameter changed. A letter of concurrence from the landowner was included with the ACL requests.	Jeff Brownlee
6/6/2003	Meeting or Teleconference Held	CS staff participated in a public Open House and Kodiak Island Borough Assembly meeting in Kodiak. The COE Alaska District presented the work planned for the summer including additional soil removal at Cape Chiniak Tracking Station and Little Navy Annex, beginning remedial action at the Drury Gulch PCB site and the foamed asphalt paving project. There was little public interest at the Open House.	Jeff Brownlee
6/19/2003	Cleanup Plan Approved	CS staff reviewed a draft workplan for continued soil excavation at three UST sites near Cape Chiniak on Kodiak Island. The USTs had soil contamination that was not excavated during tank removal in 2002. The impacted soil will be excavated and stockpiled for eventual thermal treatment (Brownlee).	Jeff Brownlee
9/5/2003	Meeting or Teleconference Held	CS staff attended and participated in a Kodiak Island Borough assembly meeting and public open house for FUDS on Kodiak. The COE updated the assembly on the status of current and upcoming projects. There was minimal community interest at the open house	Jeff Brownlee
9/18/2003	Meeting or Teleconference Held	CS staff attended and participated in a Kodiak Island Borough assembly meeting and public open house for FUDS on Kodiak. The COE updated the assembly on the status of current and upcoming projects. There was minimal community interest at the open house	Jeff Brownlee
11/13/2003	Update or Other Action	CS staff reviewed a site specific operations plan for a soil remediation operation planned for Kodiak. The COE intends to use the thermal facility to remediate soils primarily from one nearby project making the facility a Category B. The draft plan had several deficiencies that needed to be corrected before the DEC could approve operations. We are working with the contractor to improve the procedures for storm water handling, public notification, and third party sampling	Jeff Brownlee
11/17/2003	Update or Other Action	CS staff reviewed a site specific operations plan for a soil remediation operation planned for Kodiak. The COE intends to use the thermal facility to remediate soils primarily from one nearby project making the facility a Category B. The draft plan had several deficiencies that needed to be corrected before the DEC could approve operations. We are working with the contractor to improve the procedures for storm water handling, public notification, and third party sampling.	Jeff Brownlee
7/29/2004	Site Characterization Report Approved	CS staff reviewed a comprehensive groundwater monitoring report for four seasons of monitoring at a former AST site at the Cape Chiniak Tracking Station FUDS in Kodiak. Three wells were used to characterize shallow groundwater near adjacent to the location of a 750,000 gallon AST. All sampling results were below Table C values for all monitoring events	Jeff Brownlee
9/8/2004	Cleanup Level(s) Approved	Contaminated Sites Management approved a Method 3 alternative cleanup level for Diesel Range Organics (DRO) in soil at a FUDS on Kodiak Island. The site known as the Scoping and Plotting Room is near Cape Chiniak. The contamination originated from a former underground storage tank that was removed in 2003. Associated contaminated soils were also removed. The highest remaining concentration was in a sidewall of the excavation at 1,400 mg/kg DRO. An alternative soil cleanup level of 4,200 mg/kg DRO, based on a fraction of organic carbon level of 0.018 percent, was approved.	Jeff Brownlee
10/27/2004	Meeting or Teleconference Held	staff participated in a Kodiak Island Borough Assembly meeting to discuss the status of Formerly Used Defense Sites on the island. The Corps of Engineers also participated at the meeting. The DEC and COE contractor also participated in a public open house to solicit comments on the cleanup work being done on Kodiak. Turnout was light as is typical in Kodiak	Jeff Brownlee
1/10/2005	Update or Other Action	File number issued 2524.38.001	Aggie Blandford
5/18/2005	Proposed Plan	Contaminated Sites staff reviewed a draft Proposed Plan for the Formerly Used Defense Site at Cape Chiniak on Kodiak Island. The site was used as a satellite tracking station during the cold war. The site has been cleanup up over the last several years with several Interim Removal Actions including the construction of an asbestos waste monofil and several contaminated soil removals. The main composite building was demolished and placed in the monofil. The asbestos waste streams were too intermingled with the facilities construction material to make separating the waste streams practical. The primary contaminants of concern at the site have been petroleum (Diesel Range Organics) and PCBs. Several USTs have also been removed. The preferred alternative for remaining contamination at the site is the implementation of Method 3 cleanup levels and institutional controls (ICs). The site status would be No Further Remedial Action Planned	Jeff Brownlee
6/17/2005	Meeting or Teleconference Held	Contaminated Sites staff participated in a public open house for Formerly Used Defense Sites on Kodiak Island. Staff also conducted several site inspections. Proposed Plans for the Little Navy Annex Site and the Cape Chiniak Site were introduced at the Kodiak Island Borough assembly meeting. The open house had a moderate amount of interest with several community members stopping by to discuss sites and pick up information.	Jeff Brownlee
8/30/2005	Update or Other Action	Contaminated Sites staff participated in site inspections at several Formerly Used Defense Sites on Kodiak Island. The EPA and the Corps of Engineers contractor also participated in the inspections. Sites visited include Cape Chiniak, Long Island, Millers Field, Asphalt Disposal Area, Drury Gulch, Building A-711, and the Airport Staging Area	Jeff Brownlee
11/3/2005	Update or Other Action	Contaminated Sites staff reviewed a draft decision document for a formerly used defense site in Kodiak. The Cape Chiniak Tracking Station was built in 1955 and used to track satellites. The facility was decommissioned in 1972. The site investigation was done in 1994 followed by five interim removal actions through 2003. The facility is subdivided into nine separate areas of concern (AOCs). The main facility itself was a mixed asbestos waste stream and was demolished and buried in an onsite monofil. There were also several UST and AST removals, and several POL soil removals at the various AOCs. PCB contaminated concrete, generators and debris as well as a PCB soil removal was done around the generator room area of the main facility. The decision document explains these interim removals and the alternative cleanup levels and institutional controls used on the property	Jeff Brownlee
1/19/2006	Meeting or Teleconference Held	Contaminated Sites staff participated in a Kodiak Island Borough Assembly meeting to discuss the recent documents available for the review and the field work the COE will be doing this summer in the island. The COE and DEC were interviewed on public radio to discuss the Kodiak projects and overall contaminated site cleanup process. There was also a public open house to give community members the opportunity to bring up concerns and ask questions in person. As typical for Kodiak turn out was light	Jeff Brownlee
1/19/2006	Meeting or Teleconference Held	Contaminated Sites staff participated in a Kodiak Island Borough Assembly meeting to discuss the recent documents available for the review and the field work the COE will be doing this summer in the island. The COE and DEC were interviewed on public radio to discuss the Kodiak projects and overall contaminated site cleanup process. There was also a public open house to give community members the opportunity to bring up concerns and ask questions in person. As typical for Kodiak turn out was light	Jeff Brownlee
5/24/2006	Update or Other Action	Staff participated in site inspections with a Corps of Engineers Pacific Ocean Division representative on Kodiak Island. Several Formerly Used Defense sites were toured by helicopter including Burma Road, Long Island, Buskin Lake, Cape Chiniak Tracking Station and Little Navy Annex	Jeff Brownlee
6/1/2006	Meeting or Teleconference Held	Staff participated with the Corps of Engineers (COE) and their contractor in a public open house for the Formerly Used Defense Sites on Kodiak Island. We also attended the Kodiak Island Borough Assembly meeting. The COE gave a briefing on the work planned for this summer. The open house showed light interest which is normal for Kodiak. Staff also met with Coast Guard environmental personnel and inspected several sites on the Coast Guard Base	Jeff Brownlee
3/19/2007	Exposure Tracking Model Ranking		Jeff Brownlee
3/22/2007	Update or Other Action	Decision Document has been approved by the DEC, but waiting on signiture from COE.	Jeff Brownlee
6/14/2007	Meeting or Teleconference Held	Contaminated Sites staff participated in public meetings and site inspections for the Kodiak Formerly Used Defenses Sites (FUDS) on Kodiak Island. Three FUDS are active this summer including a continuing PCB removal at Drury Gulch, a below water smear zone excavation at Building A-711 and a biosparge pilot test at the Fire Training Pit. The Corps of Engineers and their contractor participated in a public open house and Kodiak Island Borough assembly meeting. Turnout was light for the open house, which is typical for Kodiak	Jeff Brownlee
11/2/2007	Meeting or Teleconference Held	Contaminated Sites staff participated in a Kodiak Island Borough Assembly meeting and public open house for the semiannual community update on the Formerly Used Defense Sites on Kodiak Island. The Corps of Engineers and their contractor also participated in the meetings. PCB impacted soil is continuing to be removed from Drury Gulch. About 860-tons of TSCA material and 1,500-tons of non-TSCA material have been removed this season with an estimated 700-tons remaining over cleanup levels. The diesel and residual range organic impacted soil removal has been completed at Building A-711. Approximately 16,000-tons of impacted soil was removed and stockpiled for future on island thermal remediation. The Airport Staging Area Fire Training Pit biosparging pilot study continues to operate with periodic groundwater and soil gas monitoring to evaluated performance. Interest was moderate at the open house with several people stopping by to discuss projects	Jeff Brownlee
8/9/2019	Update or Other Action	Site location was updated on this date. Coordinates for this site are used to determine the presence and position of the site on BLM’s ANCSA Conveyed Land web map.	Rebekah Reams

Action Date

Action

Description

DEC Staff

1/25/1981

Site Added to Database

Multiple contaminants.

Former Staff

6/1/1981

Interim Removal Action Approved

(Old R:Base Action Code = SC - Site Control (Emergency Response)). COE secured the site

Former Staff

10/25/1993

Update or Other Action

(Old R:Base Action Code = NFA - No Further Action Required (CERCLA)). EPA reviewed PA for the site and decided that NFA needed under Superfund program.

Former Staff

12/15/1993

Update or Other Action

(Old R:Base Action Code = RIFS - Remedial Investigation / Feasibility Study). RIFS action added by Shannon and Wilson on 3/13/97, based on FUDS Site Summary dated 2/21/96. Summary shows the RIFS completed 12/15/93. Contaminated soil. Limited RI for drilling, sampling, final report. Field work to be completed 16 April 94.

S&W-Miner

6/16/1995

Site Ranked Using the AHRM

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

John Halverson

9/15/1997

Update or Other Action

(Old R:Base Action Code = RI - Remedial Investigation). Fencing and signage installed near entrance to generator room notifying site visitors of PCB contamination as part of the 1997 interim removal actions.

Katarina Rutkowski

12/29/1997

Site Ranked Using the AHRM

Site reranked.

Katarina Rutkowski

3/1/1998

Interim Removal Action Approved

Interim Removal Action Approved this date.

Katarina Rutkowski

7/15/1998

Interim Removal Action Approved

Interim Removal Action Approved this date.

Katarina Rutkowski

2/3/1999

Update or Other Action

Subpad investigation under the monocell footprint.

Jeff Brownlee

4/5/1999

Cleanup Level(s) Approved

Small area of residual DRO contamination under the monocell footprint was left in place because of friable asbestos that would interfere with removal - 2,900 mg/kg. - ICs apply.

Jeff Brownlee

10/28/1999

Interim Removal Action Approved

Interim Removal Action Approved this date.

Jeff Brownlee

2/7/2000

Update or Other Action

Draft IRA report reviewed. Approximately 600 cubic yards of PCB/DRO impacted soil and 500 tons of PCB impacted concrete were shipped to a TSCA facility in Idaho for disposal. About 40,000 gallons of low level PCB contaminated water pooled in the soil removal excavation was treated on-site and discharged on-site.

Jeff Brownlee

3/15/2000

Meeting or Teleconference Held

Comment resolution meeting on the 1999 site characterization report. Open issue on groundwater characterization. Method 3 or 4 will be needed on remaining DRO in soil on the hillside between the station and the former 750,000 gallon AST.

Jeff Brownlee

8/5/2000

Institutional Control Record Established

Monofil constructed on the site of the former tracking station. Cell includes asbestos and inert debris. Footprint of monofil is fenced with deed restrictions established with the landowner, Lesnoi Inc., to prevent excavation in the area without consulting the DEC and COE.

Jeff Brownlee

2/17/2001

Update or Other Action

Staff reviewed a draft 1999 Interim Removal Action Report. This site on Kodiak Island has a large area (approximately 2,500 cubic yards over 230 mg/kg) of DRO contamination in soil. The spill is believed to have originated from a pipeline failure near the tracking station. One petroleum excavation and one PCB excavation did not show clean closure sampling on the edges of the excavation. The contractor attempted to calculate alternative cleanup levels using the Method 3 Commercial/Industrial scenario. The property owner was not involved in the process and no specific institutional controls were discussed. The bedrock aquifer will probably need to be characterized at this site unless the COE can get the landowner to establish ICs that the groundwater won't be used for drinking water in the future.

Jeff Brownlee

6/3/2002

Update or Other Action

Staff reviewed a draft workplan for an Interim Removal Action at Cape Chiniak Tracking Station and the Little Navy Annex on Kodiak. Both sites have DRO remaining in soil above preliminary alternative cleanup levels. Soil above ACLs will be excavated and treated offsite. Proposed Method 3 ACLs are currently being evaluated by the DEC. Monitoring wells will be installed to characterize groundwater in the area surrounding these excavations.

Jeff Brownlee

6/17/2002

Update or Other Action

Staff reviewed a draft workplan for well installations at the Little Navy Annex and Cape Chiniak Tracking Station. Wells are designed to characterize groundwater around areas of soil contamination above Method 3. The soil is currently being removed and thermally treated. Method 3 cleanup level approvals are pending.

Jeff Brownlee

12/27/2002

Update or Other Action

Staff reviewed an Interim Removal Action (IRA) report for the former Cape Chiniak Tracking Station. Diesel Range Organic (DRO) impacted soils were removed from two areas that had concentrations over proposed alternative cleanup levels (ACLs). Confirmation sampling showed cleanup was achieved at both areas. The DEC is currently reviewing the ACLs for the tracking station and two nearby areas including Little Navy Annex. Approximately 3000 cubic yards of impacted soil was removed and transported to a thermal treatment facility for remediation. Cleanup at Cape Chiniak Tracking Station is nearing completion. The on-site monofil and ACLs will be formalized into institutional controls (ICs) during the upcoming Record of Decision (ROD). The landowner (Lesnoi Inc.) has agreed to the ICs.

Jeff Brownlee

2/18/2003

Update or Other Action

CS staff reviewed and commented on a draft IRA report for FUDS work on Kodiak Island. Three USTs were removed near Cape Chiniak Tracking Station and associated impacted soil removed and thermally remediated. One site has DRO contamination remaining below the water table which will require the installation of monitoring wells to characterized groundwater

Jeff Brownlee

2/25/2003

Update or Other Action

Staff reviewed an interim removal action report. Cape Chiniak Tracking Station and Little Navy Annex cleanups are using excavation and thermal treatment to address DRO contamination in soil. DEC is currently reviewing alternative cleanup levels (ACLs) for both sites. Approximately 3,000 cubic yards of impacted soil have been removed from each site. Proposed Plans for both sites are being developed. Further excavation will be necessary at both sites to achieve proposed ACLs.

Jeff Brownlee

2/28/2003

Cleanup Level(s) Approved

Staff reviewed Alternative Cleanup Levels (ACLs) for three sites on Kodiak Island. Little Navy Annex, Cape Chiniak Tracking Station, and two UST sites at Cape Chiniak have met the departments’ requirements for a Method Three cleanup. DRO cleanup levels were modified at all three sites. GRO was changed at one UST site. Organic carbon and hydraulic conductivity were the only input parameter changed. A letter of concurrence from the landowner was included with the ACL requests.

Jeff Brownlee

5/1/2003

Cleanup Level(s) Approved

Jeff Brownlee

6/6/2003

Meeting or Teleconference Held

CS staff participated in a public Open House and Kodiak Island Borough Assembly meeting in Kodiak. The COE Alaska District presented the work planned for the summer including additional soil removal at Cape Chiniak Tracking Station and Little Navy Annex, beginning remedial action at the Drury Gulch PCB site and the foamed asphalt paving project. There was little public interest at the Open House.

Jeff Brownlee

6/19/2003

Cleanup Plan Approved

CS staff reviewed a draft workplan for continued soil excavation at three UST sites near Cape Chiniak on Kodiak Island. The USTs had soil contamination that was not excavated during tank removal in 2002. The impacted soil will be excavated and stockpiled for eventual thermal treatment (Brownlee).

Jeff Brownlee

9/5/2003

Meeting or Teleconference Held

CS staff attended and participated in a Kodiak Island Borough assembly meeting and public open house for FUDS on Kodiak. The COE updated the assembly on the status of current and upcoming projects. There was minimal community interest at the open house

Jeff Brownlee

9/18/2003

Meeting or Teleconference Held

Jeff Brownlee

11/13/2003

Update or Other Action

CS staff reviewed a site specific operations plan for a soil remediation operation planned for Kodiak. The COE intends to use the thermal facility to remediate soils primarily from one nearby project making the facility a Category B. The draft plan had several deficiencies that needed to be corrected before the DEC could approve operations. We are working with the contractor to improve the procedures for storm water handling, public notification, and third party sampling

Jeff Brownlee

11/17/2003

Update or Other Action

Jeff Brownlee

7/29/2004

Site Characterization Report Approved

CS staff reviewed a comprehensive groundwater monitoring report for four seasons of monitoring at a former AST site at the Cape Chiniak Tracking Station FUDS in Kodiak. Three wells were used to characterize shallow groundwater near adjacent to the location of a 750,000 gallon AST. All sampling results were below Table C values for all monitoring events

Jeff Brownlee

9/8/2004

Cleanup Level(s) Approved

Contaminated Sites Management approved a Method 3 alternative cleanup level for Diesel Range Organics (DRO) in soil at a FUDS on Kodiak Island. The site known as the Scoping and Plotting Room is near Cape Chiniak. The contamination originated from a former underground storage tank that was removed in 2003. Associated contaminated soils were also removed. The highest remaining concentration was in a sidewall of the excavation at 1,400 mg/kg DRO. An alternative soil cleanup level of 4,200 mg/kg DRO, based on a fraction of organic carbon level of 0.018 percent, was approved.

Jeff Brownlee

10/27/2004

Meeting or Teleconference Held

staff participated in a Kodiak Island Borough Assembly meeting to discuss the status of Formerly Used Defense Sites on the island. The Corps of Engineers also participated at the meeting. The DEC and COE contractor also participated in a public open house to solicit comments on the cleanup work being done on Kodiak. Turnout was light as is typical in Kodiak

Jeff Brownlee

1/10/2005

Update or Other Action

File number issued 2524.38.001

Aggie Blandford

5/18/2005

Proposed Plan

Contaminated Sites staff reviewed a draft Proposed Plan for the Formerly Used Defense Site at Cape Chiniak on Kodiak Island. The site was used as a satellite tracking station during the cold war. The site has been cleanup up over the last several years with several Interim Removal Actions including the construction of an asbestos waste monofil and several contaminated soil removals. The main composite building was demolished and placed in the monofil. The asbestos waste streams were too intermingled with the facilities construction material to make separating the waste streams practical. The primary contaminants of concern at the site have been petroleum (Diesel Range Organics) and PCBs. Several USTs have also been removed. The preferred alternative for remaining contamination at the site is the implementation of Method 3 cleanup levels and institutional controls (ICs). The site status would be No Further Remedial Action Planned

Jeff Brownlee

6/17/2005

Meeting or Teleconference Held

Contaminated Sites staff participated in a public open house for Formerly Used Defense Sites on Kodiak Island. Staff also conducted several site inspections. Proposed Plans for the Little Navy Annex Site and the Cape Chiniak Site were introduced at the Kodiak Island Borough assembly meeting. The open house had a moderate amount of interest with several community members stopping by to discuss sites and pick up information.

Jeff Brownlee

8/30/2005

Update or Other Action

Contaminated Sites staff participated in site inspections at several Formerly Used Defense Sites on Kodiak Island. The EPA and the Corps of Engineers contractor also participated in the inspections. Sites visited include Cape Chiniak, Long Island, Millers Field, Asphalt Disposal Area, Drury Gulch, Building A-711, and the Airport Staging Area

Jeff Brownlee

11/3/2005

Update or Other Action

Contaminated Sites staff reviewed a draft decision document for a formerly used defense site in Kodiak. The Cape Chiniak Tracking Station was built in 1955 and used to track satellites. The facility was decommissioned in 1972. The site investigation was done in 1994 followed by five interim removal actions through 2003. The facility is subdivided into nine separate areas of concern (AOCs). The main facility itself was a mixed asbestos waste stream and was demolished and buried in an onsite monofil. There were also several UST and AST removals, and several POL soil removals at the various AOCs. PCB contaminated concrete, generators and debris as well as a PCB soil removal was done around the generator room area of the main facility. The decision document explains these interim removals and the alternative cleanup levels and institutional controls used on the property

Jeff Brownlee

1/19/2006

Meeting or Teleconference Held

Contaminated Sites staff participated in a Kodiak Island Borough Assembly meeting to discuss the recent documents available for the review and the field work the COE will be doing this summer in the island. The COE and DEC were interviewed on public radio to discuss the Kodiak projects and overall contaminated site cleanup process. There was also a public open house to give community members the opportunity to bring up concerns and ask questions in person. As typical for Kodiak turn out was light

Jeff Brownlee

1/19/2006

Meeting or Teleconference Held

Jeff Brownlee

5/24/2006

Update or Other Action

Staff participated in site inspections with a Corps of Engineers Pacific Ocean Division representative on Kodiak Island. Several Formerly Used Defense sites were toured by helicopter including Burma Road, Long Island, Buskin Lake, Cape Chiniak Tracking Station and Little Navy Annex

Jeff Brownlee

6/1/2006

Meeting or Teleconference Held

Staff participated with the Corps of Engineers (COE) and their contractor in a public open house for the Formerly Used Defense Sites on Kodiak Island. We also attended the Kodiak Island Borough Assembly meeting. The COE gave a briefing on the work planned for this summer. The open house showed light interest which is normal for Kodiak. Staff also met with Coast Guard environmental personnel and inspected several sites on the Coast Guard Base

Jeff Brownlee

3/19/2007

Exposure Tracking Model Ranking

Jeff Brownlee

3/22/2007

Update or Other Action

Decision Document has been approved by the DEC, but waiting on signiture from COE.

Jeff Brownlee

6/14/2007

Meeting or Teleconference Held

Contaminated Sites staff participated in public meetings and site inspections for the Kodiak Formerly Used Defenses Sites (FUDS) on Kodiak Island. Three FUDS are active this summer including a continuing PCB removal at Drury Gulch, a below water smear zone excavation at Building A-711 and a biosparge pilot test at the Fire Training Pit. The Corps of Engineers and their contractor participated in a public open house and Kodiak Island Borough assembly meeting. Turnout was light for the open house, which is typical for Kodiak

Jeff Brownlee

11/2/2007

Meeting or Teleconference Held

Contaminated Sites staff participated in a Kodiak Island Borough Assembly meeting and public open house for the semiannual community update on the Formerly Used Defense Sites on Kodiak Island. The Corps of Engineers and their contractor also participated in the meetings. PCB impacted soil is continuing to be removed from Drury Gulch. About 860-tons of TSCA material and 1,500-tons of non-TSCA material have been removed this season with an estimated 700-tons remaining over cleanup levels. The diesel and residual range organic impacted soil removal has been completed at Building A-711. Approximately 16,000-tons of impacted soil was removed and stockpiled for future on island thermal remediation. The Airport Staging Area Fire Training Pit biosparging pilot study continues to operate with periodic groundwater and soil gas monitoring to evaluated performance. Interest was moderate at the open house with several people stopping by to discuss projects

Jeff Brownlee

8/9/2019

Update or Other Action

Site location was updated on this date. Coordinates for this site are used to determine the presence and position of the site on BLM’s ANCSA Conveyed Land web map.

Rebekah Reams

Contaminant Information

Name	Level Description	Media	Comments
PCBs - Total	Between Method 2 Migration to Groundwater and Human Health/Ingestion/Inhalation	SoilSoilSoil

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PCBs - Total

Between Method 2 Migration to Groundwater and Human Health/Ingestion/Inhalation

SoilSoilSoil

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Notice of Environmental Contamination	Notice of monofil boundaries, engineering controls (signage, fencing)

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Notice of Environmental Contamination

Notice of monofil boundaries, engineering controls (signage, fencing)

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Excavation / Soil Movement Restrictions

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Excavation / Soil Movement Restrictions

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Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation

Site Report: Kodiak - Cape Chiniak Tracking Stat

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