Site Report: White Mountain Washeteria
| Site Name: | White Mountain Washeteria |
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| Address: | White Mountain, White Mountain, AK 99784 |
| File Number: | 580.38.001 |
| Hazard ID: | 572 |
| Status: | Active |
| Staff: | * Currently Not Assigned, 9072693057 bill.oconnell@alaska.gov |
| Latitude: | 64.680061 |
| Longitude: | -163.401408 |
| Horizontal Datum: | WGS84 |
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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.
Problems/Comments
In 1983, diesel fuel spilled from the washeteria day tank due to overfilling. Reportedly, in 1984/1985 some contaminated soil was excavated and burned in twenty 55 gallon drums. In 1984 and 1991, water samples collected from the old DWW, which is located adjacent to site, contained petroleum constituents below ADEC cleanup levels. This old DWW has since been filled in with dirt and sediment and is no longer in use. In 1992, two new DWWs were installed 250 up gradient. No soil characterization activities have occurred at this site as of February 2011. Also see file 580.07.001 and 580.28.001.
Action Information
| Action Date | Action | Description | DEC Staff |
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| 10/29/1984 | Update or Other Action | (Old R:Base Action Code = FI - Field Inspection (General)). Sampling of 48 foot bgs washeteria well performed on several occasions beginning 10/84. Results showed up to 1.5 ppb xylenes on 11/8/84. Other aromatic compounds detected in 12/84 sample - up to 10.2 ppb napthalenes. S. Mawson suggested carbon filtration (2/26/85). | Simon Mawson |
| 12/5/1990 | Site Ranked Using the AHRM | Initial ranking. | Former Staff |
| 1/15/1991 | Update or Other Action | (Old R:Base Action Code = MS - Monitoring/Sampling). Approximate date. Romenesko collect water sample from washeteria. Analyzed for VOCs EPA Method 502.2. Sample results were below Allowable Limits (generally non-detectable except for TTHM at 0.0146 ppb). | Former Staff |
| 2/28/1991 | Site Number Identifier Changed | Old Reckey 1988310129105. Changed to reflect correct region. | Former Staff |
| 1/14/1994 | Update or Other Action | (Old R:Base Action Code = RPL2 - Site Information Request Letter). Sent PRP-CS Database Notification Letter to RP requesting update and more environmental information. RP responded with completed information form. | Jeff Peterson |
| 1/25/1994 | Site Added to Database | Diesel fuel. | Former Staff |
| 6/6/2005 | GIS Position Updated | Update GIS using TopoZone Pro, dcbd.dced community maps, and All Topo Maps. | Kim DeRuyter |
| 10/27/2006 | Update or Other Action | Looked up this information on EPA's SDWIS website. The system is a class a system and has no reported health violations in the last 10 years. Copied SDWIS report to the file. | Kim DeRuyter |
| 1/8/2008 | Update or Other Action | ADEC Drinking Water Program provided an update on the White Mountain water supply. The well that was contaminated back in 1984 is no longer in service. The Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium drilled two new wells approximately 250’ up-gradient of the Washeteria in Nov 1992. | Jim Frechione |
| 4/24/2008 | Update or Other Action | Spoke with the City Clerk, Amy Titus, and then the Utilities Manager, Nora Douglas (907-638-2230), to discover that the contaminated soils were excavated, burned in barrels until they dug soil that would not burn, back in 1984/1985. Nora remembers at least twenty 55 gallon drums that were burned off. She checked the old city records but did not find out what happened to the soil after it was burned. Most of the elders on the council at that time have passed away, but she knows that the old well was capped off and filled in with gravel and dirt. Nora is the niece of the man that was Mayor of White Mountain when the old well was shut down, and a teenager at the time. She said that now the old well is level with or below the ground surface and grown over with natural vegetation. There is no petroleum odor or staining at the site of the old well. | Pam Clemens |
| 7/22/2010 | Exposure Tracking Model Ranking | A new updated ranking with ETM has been completed. | Grant Lidren |
| 12/7/2011 | Potentially Responsible Party/State Interest Letter | PRP letter sent to the City of White Mountain on this date | Grant Lidren |
| 1/6/2012 | Update or Other Action | ADEC sent a letter to the City of White Mountain on this date. The letter was in response to a letter sent to ADEC on December 26, 2011. | Grant Lidren |
| 12/2/2013 | Update or Other Action | CSP contacted the IGAP Coordinator regarding site. The IGAP coordinator indicated that funding may be available to perform a site characterization at this site in 2015. | Joshua Barsis |
| 1/14/2015 | Exposure Tracking Model Ranking | A new updated ranking with ETM has been completed for source area 71551 fuel oil spill near well. | Joshua Barsis |
| 7/27/2015 | Potentially Responsible Party/State Interest Letter | Letter sent with site history and request for contact. Further characterization required. | Joshua Barsis |
| 6/17/2016 | Update or Other Action | Spoke with White Mountain utility clerk on phone. They are searching for funding for site characterization. | Erin Gleason |
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