| Action Date |
Action |
Description |
DEC Staff |
| 9/29/1988 |
Update or Other Action |
Samples collected on 9/29/1988 showed that the King Cab Company was in a blatant violation of the Safe Drinking Water Act. According to the regulations, all class IV injection wells (those wells that discharge hazardous materials into or above an underground source of drinking water (USDW). Samples were collected by Engineering Enterprises, Inc. from the #2 floor drain in the main service bay area. Analysis revealed violations of the Safe Drinking Water Act due to the presence of hazardous substances including metals, benzene, and solvents at the following levels: 0.15 mg/l arsenic; 240 ug/l benzene; 33 ug/l 1,1,1 trichloroethane; 180 ug/l toluene; 10 ug/l ethylbenzene; 84 ug/l xylene; and 110 ug/l acetone. |
Shah Alam |
| 6/30/1990 |
Update or Other Action |
Press release "EPA found three Alaska firms - King Cab, B&B Truck/Auto repair, and Mufflers Alaska have dumped hazardous waste into underground sources of drinking water. EPA has sent administrative orders to these companies - the first such orders issued in Alaska for this type of violation. |
Shah Alam |
| 11/28/1990 |
Site Added to Database |
Reckey number based on date of sampling by EPA. |
Former Staff |
| 4/9/1991 |
Site Ranked Using the AHRM |
Initial ranking. |
Former Staff |
| 12/31/1991 |
Update or Other Action |
Change in counsel for King Cab. Donald Logan replaces Marc Grober. Witnesses for testimony: Michael Quillin - hydrogeologist at Engineering Enterprises Inc. Steve Bubnick - EPA Region 10 hydrogeologist, Harold Scott - EPA Region 10 environmental engineer and project contact at EPA. |
Shah Alam |
| 1/31/1992 |
Update or Other Action |
EPA declares that the respondent has ignored the Agency. The respondent explains the lack of response by stating it was lulled into complacency by believing that things had already settled. |
Shah Alam |
| 4/30/1992 |
Update or Other Action |
King Cab seals floor drains. |
Shah Alam |
| 8/31/1992 |
Cleanup Plan Approved |
EPA approves the closure work plan. |
Shah Alam |
| 11/30/1992 |
Update or Other Action |
King Cab requests an extension due to weather conditions. |
Shah Alam |
| 12/22/1992 |
Update or Other Action |
EPA grants an extension. |
Shah Alam |
| 7/31/1993 |
Update or Other Action |
King Cab requests an extension to the dates in work plan due to personal issues. Management shift at King Cab and Michael Garrett takes over operation from brother Robert Garrett. |
Shah Alam |
| 8/31/1993 |
Update or Other Action |
King Cab submits lab results of samples taken around floor drain; results show that they are within the drinking water MCLs. King Cab indicates that the City of Fairbanks will be annexing the area and that sewer and water will be provided by the city. Also bottled water is being used at facility. |
Shah Alam |
| 1/14/1994 |
Update or Other Action |
(Old R:Base Action Code = RPL2 - Site Information Request Letter). Staff sent PRP-CS Database Notification Letter to RP requesting update and more environmental information concerning the contaminated site. RP responded with info. |
Jeff Peterson |
| 8/31/1994 |
Update or Other Action |
(Old R:Base Action Code = CORR - Correspondence (General)). EPA letter requests a complete closure of the cesspool not just a reduction in the contaminants going into the cesspool. |
Shah Alam |
| 9/30/1994 |
Update or Other Action |
The floor drains are re-routed from the cesspool to a septic tank (ST-SAS). Nortech requests an extension of the closure date of September 30, 1994 to Spring of 1995 due to economic hardship and weather conditions. |
Shah Alam |
| 1/31/1995 |
Site Characterization Report Approved |
Nortech submits the waste characterization report for the cesspool to EPA. They only tested well water and the waste discharge stream. EPA wants the excavated soil to be tested and for them to do a complete removal of contaminated soil as indicated in the consent agreement. |
Shah Alam |
| 7/31/1995 |
Update or Other Action |
All domestic waste is routed to septic system instead of cesspool. |
Shah Alam |
| 1/31/1996 |
Update or Other Action |
EPA Region 10 received the closure report for the King Cab cesspool prepared by Nortech, the contractor employed by King Cab to oversee the closure process. The closure report indicates no contamination above standards in closure soil or ground water samples. Stockpile materials (approximately 40 cubic yards) contain DRO in excess of ADEC Clean Up Level B. Nortech recommends that the materials be thermally remediated at an approved facility. |
Shah Alam |
| 5/17/1996 |
Update or Other Action |
(Old R:Base Action Code = CORR - Correspondence (General)). ADEC received file from EPA. EPA case managers for this site were: Harold Scott, Jonathan Williams and Pamela Harris. EPA Docket number for this project is 1089-12-19-1423. The site is at Lot 20, Block 3, Wise Industrial Park. |
Shah Alam |
| 5/24/1996 |
Site Ranked Using the AHRM |
Reranked with new current EPA data. |
Shah Alam |
| 5/24/1996 |
Update or Other Action |
(Old R:Base Action Code = CORR - Correspondence (General)). ADEC staff discussed the site with the EPA case manager, Pamela Harris. The ADEC staff informed Ms. Harris that ADEC concurs with EPA on closing this site. Asked her to make sure that King Cab will dispose the stockpiled soil as proposed in the closure plan. Mentioned that King Cab contacted Senator Ted Stevens for help in getting this closure letter. The ADEC staff asked Ms. Harris to forward a copy of the closure letter for ADEC file. |
Shah Alam |
| 7/24/1996 |
Update or Other Action |
(Old R:Base Action Code = CP - Closure Pending). U.S. EPA Region 10 issued a closure letter to Mr. Michael Garrett, President, King Cab, Inc., contingent upon the proper disposal of a stockpile of contaminated soils. In discussions with Nortech, the EPA understood that King Cab was in the process of properly disposing of the remaining stockpile of contaminated soils. |
Shah Alam |
| 9/19/1996 |
Update or Other Action |
King Cab Inc provided documentation that the contaminated soil (20 cubic yards) was transported to ESI for treatment |
Jim Frechione |
| 7/10/2002 |
GIS Position Updated |
Plotted latitude and longitude coordinates and found them to be acceptable for associated property or address. |
Heather Goldman |
| 9/18/2007 |
Site Closure Approved |
ADEC review of the November 1995 Nortech report indicated the floor drains were properly closed and the shop was now served by a new septic system. the former cesspool area and pipes were removed and the contaminated soil transported off site for treatment. Soil samples indicated that remaining soil was below ADEC cleanup levels and site closure was approved |
Jim Frechione |
