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Site Report: U.S. Army Haines POL Terminal

Site Name: U.S. Army Haines POL Terminal
Address: Tanani Point, Lutak Road, Haines, AK 99827
File Number: 1508.38.002
Hazard ID: 591
Status: Active
Staff: Anne Marie Palmieri, 9077663184 AnneMarie.Palmieri@alaska.gov
Latitude: 59.275310
Longitude: -135.452610
Horizontal Datum:NAD83

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

Contaminated soil and groundwater from tank farm operation. Known sludge burial disposal practices. Leaking underground tanks, chemical burn sites and landfill. Comprehensive site assessment needed. Remediation plan submitted and approved with comments for additional measures for landfill site within the POL. ADEC requests more concrete measures in 1/91 memorandum. ADEC requests public hearing and comprehensive site assessment. Significant public interest in Haines community.

Action Information

Action Date Action Description DEC Staff
4/1/1993 Update or Other Action (Old R:Base Action Code = RARR - Remedial Action Report Review (CS)). Former Staff
8/26/1993 Site Added to Database Former Staff
11/10/1994 Site Ranked Using the AHRM Initial ranking. Former Staff
12/21/1994 Update or Other Action COE contacted ADEC 7/94 to advise work continues on RAP workplan. Former Staff
5/20/1996 Update or Other Action Haines fuel terminal and tank farm public meeting: transcript of proceedings received June 14, 1996. Ronan Short
6/18/1996 Update or Other Action Frank Haas Interview, Contract Number DACA85-95-D08, Delivery Order Number 3, WAD, Number 3, received June 25, 1996. Ronan Short
8/27/1996 Update or Other Action Screening level human health risk assessment submitted. Evaluates adverse human health effects due to potential exposure to chemicals in mussels harvested from Lutak Inlet adjacent to HFT. Results indicate risk is low: 1.4E-9 for 1,2,Dichlorethane to 2,2E-6 for arsenic. Arsenic is considered naturally occurring. Ronan Short
11/1/1996 Update or Other Action Excavation of the Lutak Burn Pit. Confirmation samples show up to 868 ppm GRO. Level A cleanup. Soils stockpiled onsite. Anne Marie Palmieri
4/30/1997 Meeting or Teleconference Held 1st meeting of the Restoration Advisory Board. Anne Marie Palmieri
6/1/1997 Update or Other Action Oxygen releasing compounds installed for treatability study for groundwater. Anne Marie Palmieri
7/20/1997 Update or Other Action CRREL report of suspected housing landfill area shows no metal - former resident says the area was once a garden. Anne Marie Palmieri
1/1/1998 Update or Other Action High vacuum extraction system started to treat soil and groundwater at Tank 100. Anne Marie Palmieri
2/19/1998 Update or Other Action Conceptual Site Model is commented on by staff. Anne Marie Palmieri
3/1/1998 Update or Other Action Draft marine Environmental Impact Evaluation Report released -- ADEC requests that sediment samples be collected in Lynn Canal. Anne Marie Palmieri
4/1/1998 Update or Other Action Final Tank 100 baseline study summary report released -- sets the baseline for the high vapor extraction treatment system. Anne Marie Palmieri
5/12/1998 Meeting or Teleconference Held RAB meeting. Anne Marie Palmieri
8/1/1998 Update or Other Action Preliminary Evaluation of Remedial Alternatives released. Anne Marie Palmieri
8/11/1998 Meeting or Teleconference Held RAB. Anne Marie Palmieri
11/10/1998 Meeting or Teleconference Held RAB. Anne Marie Palmieri
12/1/1998 Update or Other Action Tank 107 Workplan submitted. Anne Marie Palmieri
12/1/1998 Update or Other Action Risk Assessment Final Workplan submitted. Anne Marie Palmieri
2/25/1999 Meeting or Teleconference Held RAB. Anne Marie Palmieri
5/6/1999 Update or Other Action Tank 107 Resistivity CRREL report. Anne Marie Palmieri
5/13/1999 Meeting or Teleconference Held RAB. Anne Marie Palmieri
5/21/1999 Site Characterization Report Approved Tank 107. Anne Marie Palmieri
5/25/1999 Update or Other Action Draft Risk Assessment report submitted. Anne Marie Palmieri
7/23/1999 Meeting or Teleconference Held Risk Assessment comment resolution. Risk Assessment never finalized. Anne Marie Palmieri
10/5/2000 Update or Other Action Beginning of public comment period for the Army's groundwater ACL request of 10X the Table C values. Comment period to end 11/6. Anne Marie Palmieri
10/16/2000 Meeting or Teleconference Held Anne Marie Palmieri
4/16/2001 Meeting or Teleconference Held Anne Marie Palmieri
4/16/2001 Cleanup Level(s) Approved Method three cleanup levels based upon 10X groundwater levels. Anne Marie Palmieri
10/11/2001 Meeting or Teleconference Held Restoration Advisory Board Meeting Anne Marie Palmieri
11/3/2001 Update or Other Action Construction of air-sparging trench in the paleochannel competed. System started. Anne Marie Palmieri
10/7/2002 Meeting or Teleconference Held RAB meeting. Anne Marie Palmieri
10/29/2002 Site Characterization Workplan Approved Workplan for the Tanani Burn Pit approved this date. Work should commence in Nov. 2002. Two pipelines will be removed. Anne Marie Palmieri
12/10/2002 Update or Other Action Staff approves workplan for tracer study at the manifold building. Study will begin in 1/03. Anne Marie Palmieri
12/24/2002 Update or Other Action Staff provided comments on the paleochannel Investigation report on this date. Anne Marie Palmieri
4/7/2003 Meeting or Teleconference Held RAB meeting held this date. Anne Marie Palmieri
10/6/2003 Meeting or Teleconference Held RAB meeting held this date. Anne Marie Palmieri
2/10/2004 Update or Other Action Staff reviewed and approved: Oil Recovery Memo, System O&M Manual, Annual Monitoring Report, and the Draft SI for the Tanani Burn Pit. Anne Marie Palmieri
4/12/2004 Meeting or Teleconference Held RAB meeting held this date. Anne Marie Palmieri
10/4/2004 Meeting or Teleconference Held RAB meeting held this date. Anne Marie Palmieri
1/9/2006 Meeting or Teleconference Held RAB meeting held this date. Anne Marie Palmieri
10/16/2006 Meeting or Teleconference Held A RAB meeting was held this date. Anne Marie Palmieri
3/28/2007 Exposure Tracking Model Ranking ETM ranking Anne Marie Palmieri
7/12/2007 Update or Other Action Project Management Plan for the Haines Terminal, Tok Terminal, Sears Creek Station, and Army pipeline sites was approved this date. Plan covers work to be performed under the PBC. Anne Marie Palmieri
8/22/2007 Cleanup Plan Approved A cleanup plan for the treatment of a 500cy stockpile was approved this date. Stockpile will be treated using chemical Pentanonic by consultant DMC Technologies. DEC will further evaluate leachate from stockpiles prior to allowing it to be released. Leachate will be containerized and kept on site until the method of disposal is approved. Anne Marie Palmieri
9/11/2007 Site Characterization Workplan Approved Site Characterization (well installation) workplan approved this date. Anne Marie Palmieri
9/17/2007 Update or Other Action Staff conducted a site visit to see how the treatment of the stockpile is going. Samples to be collected later this week. Anne Marie Palmieri
1/16/2008 Update or Other Action A brief (5 page) technical memo was approved this date. The memo summarizes the 2007 field activities. A draft report containing detailed information and sampling results will be released in a few months. An electronic copy of the memo has been put on the Juneau G: drive electronic site files. Anne Marie Palmieri
6/9/2008 Record of Decision Decision document signed this date for the treatment of 2 on-site stockpiles of petroleum contaminated soil totalling 500cy. Work was conducted in Fall 2007. Anne Marie Palmieri
6/23/2008 Update or Other Action DEC staff provided comments on the draft 2008 source removal workplan. Anne Marie Palmieri
7/9/2008 Meeting or Teleconference Held Comment resolution meeting held with Army and North wind/ENSR on the 2008 workplan. Anne Marie Palmieri
7/17/2008 Meeting or Teleconference Held Meeting held with the Army to discuss cleanup levels and future use of the property. Anne Marie Palmieri
9/26/2008 Site Characterization Report Approved 2007 Annual Report approved this date. Anne Marie Palmieri
11/5/2008 Meeting or Teleconference Held Meeting with North Wind and Army to discuss pentanonic and future treatment of soil. RAB meeting held that evening. Anne Marie Palmieri
2/19/2009 Meeting or Teleconference Held Meeting with Army to discuss data gaps and need for additional characterization at the tank farm. Anne Marie Palmieri
5/27/2009 Meeting or Teleconference Held Meeting with Army and North Wind to discuss 1) 2008 results; 2) 2009 plan; 3) data gaps. RAB meeting held that evening. Anne Marie Palmieri
8/6/2009 Cleanup Plan Approved 2009 Source Reduction Work Plan approved this date. North Wind plans on beginning to excavate on August 10th. Three areas will be addressed with the soil treated with pentanonic in lined cells. ~4000 cy of soil will be treated. Anne Marie Palmieri
9/9/2009 Site Visit Site visit conducted during source removal and treatment fieldwork. All of the planned excavation has been conducted and soil treatment will begin in the next few days and should last several weeks. Anne Marie Palmieri
12/3/2009 Meeting or Teleconference Held RAB meeting held this date. Also, DEC, Army, and NW met separately to discuss 2009 actions and plans for the next year. Anne Marie Palmieri
1/27/2010 Site Characterization Report Approved 2008 Annual Report (dated 1/10) approved this date. Anne Marie Palmieri
6/17/2010 Meeting or Teleconference Held RAB meeting held on June 17th. Management of site is transferring to Ft. Wainwright. North Wind gave a summary of 2009 activities (soil excavation, groundwater sampling) and 2010 activities (groundwater sampling, regrading). Anne Marie Palmieri
1/31/2013 Meeting or Teleconference Held Meeting held with the Army and AECOM to discuss Performance Based Contracting and the status of the Haines Pipeline sites. Anne Marie Palmieri
5/29/2013 Site Characterization Workplan Approved work plan approved for 2 sets of groundwater monitoring - June and Fall 2013. Anne Marie Palmieri
8/13/2013 Site Visit Site visit conducted with the Army and AECOM. Anne Marie Palmieri
8/13/2013 Meeting or Teleconference Held 2 day meeting held in Haines with US Army and AECOM. The purpose of the meeting was for the Army staff to see the site and to develop a plan forward for the cleanup. Anne Marie Palmieri
10/6/2013 Meeting or Teleconference Held Staff attended a kick-off meeting for the data gaps evaluation contract with the Army, USACE, and North Wind. Anne Marie Palmieri
12/12/2013 Meeting or Teleconference Held Staff met with the US Army and USACE prior to the public Restoration Advisory Board to discuss groundwater monitoring results from the fall sampling event. Anne Marie Palmieri
12/12/2013 Public Notice A Restoration Advisory Board meeting was held this date. Anne Marie Palmieri
2/3/2014 Meeting or Teleconference Held Staff met with the Army, North Wind, USACE, and DNR to discuss the site evaluation and data gaps report that North Wind is preparing. Staff provided input regarding what DEC would like to see in the report and how it could be used to gather available information together. Anne Marie Palmieri
6/6/2014 Document, Report, or Work plan Review - other DEC provided comments to the US Army and USACE on the draft data gaps report. Anne Marie Palmieri
6/11/2014 Meeting or Teleconference Held Staff met with staff from the Army and USACE to discuss the Army's planned environmental cleanup process. Anne Marie Palmieri
6/12/2014 Site Visit Staff visited with site with representatives from the Army, USACE, and potential bidders on the characterization contract for the terminal. Anne Marie Palmieri
7/30/2014 Meeting or Teleconference Held CS staff met with the US Army about the data gaps report, RI contract, and general path forward for the site. Anne Marie Palmieri
8/14/2014 Update or Other Action CS staff reviewed the Army's responses to its comments on the data gaps report and sent notification of agreement on the responses this date. Anne Marie Palmieri
8/28/2014 Update or Other Action The US Army notified DEC that it has awarded a large characterization contract for the Haines Terminal, Tok Terminal, and Sears Creek Pump Station to Bristol Environmental. Anne Marie Palmieri
12/15/2014 Meeting or Teleconference Held DEC staff met with the US Army for a Remedial Investigation scoping meeting. Anne Marie Palmieri
1/29/2015 Meeting or Teleconference Held DEC staff met with the US Army for a risk assessment scoping meeting. Anne Marie Palmieri
4/1/2015 Meeting or Teleconference Held DEC staff participated in a comment resolution meeting regarding comments made on the draft Remedial Investigation and Risk Assessment work plans. Anne Marie Palmieri
4/23/2015 Meeting or Teleconference Held The US Army held a RAB meeting in Haines on this date. They discussed the upcoming field work for summer 2015. Fieldwork is scheduled from late May to mid-August. The next RAB meeting will be held in the fall. Anne Marie Palmieri
5/29/2015 Document, Report, or Work plan Review - other The underground injection control well removal work plan was approved this date. Anne Marie Palmieri
5/29/2015 CERCLA RI Plan Approved The RI work plan was approved this date. Anne Marie Palmieri
6/5/2015 Site Visit DEC visited the site during the first day of actual UVOST sampling. Field work began in the administration area near the former pump house building. Anne Marie Palmieri
6/15/2015 Document, Report, or Work plan Review - other The work plan for monitoring well repair, replacement, and decommissioning was approved this date. Anne Marie Palmieri
7/30/2015 Risk Assessment Workplan Approved Staff reviewed and approved the final risk assessment work plan (dated July 2015) on this date. Anne Marie Palmieri
7/30/2015 Document, Report, or Work plan Review - other Staff provided comments to the Army on the draft petroleum pipeline removal work plan on this date. Anne Marie Palmieri
8/27/2015 Site Visit CSP staff conducted a site visit during the field work and met with the Army, Bristol, and North Wind. Anne Marie Palmieri
9/22/2015 Document, Report, or Work plan Review - other Staff reviewed and approved the Final petroleum pipeline removal work plan on this date. Anne Marie Palmieri
10/15/2015 Site Visit A site visit was held with members of the Restoration Advisory Board to observe the pipeline removal process. Anne Marie Palmieri
4/20/2016 Meeting or Teleconference Held A meeting was held this date to discuss results of the 2015 field season and plans for the 2016 season. Anne Marie Palmieri
5/5/2016 Public Notice A Restoration Advisory Board meeting was held this date. Anne Marie Palmieri
5/27/2016 Document, Report, or Work plan Review - other DEC provided comments on the draft Class V UIC Well closure report. Anne Marie Palmieri
12/8/2016 Document, Report, or Work plan Review - other DEC approved the Final Interim Management Plan on this date. DEC also rescinded the cleanup levels approved in April 2001 as those cleanup levels were based upon the 'ten-times rule' which is no longer in regulation. Anne Marie Palmieri
12/17/2016 Public Notice A Restoration Advisory Board meeting was held this date Anne Marie Palmieri
5/4/2017 Meeting or Teleconference Held A Restoration Advisory Board/public meeting was held on this date. Anne Marie Palmieri
5/18/2017 Document, Report, or Work plan Review - other DEC approved 3 small work plans which will be implemented this summer. The work plans cover groundwater sampling, a shoreline investigation, and monitoring well repair and replacement. Anne Marie Palmieri
4/2/2018 Document, Report, or Work plan Review - other The monitoring well and replacement technical memo was approved on this date. Anne Marie Palmieri
4/12/2019 Meeting or Teleconference Held DEC met with the Army and USACE about the Haines Fuel Terminal remedial investigation and risk assessment. The USACE committed to getting a draft report to DEC by August 1. Anne Marie Palmieri
1/2/2020 Document, Report, or Work plan Review - other DEC provided comments on the draft Haines Remedial Investigation report on this date. Anne Marie Palmieri
3/6/2020 Meeting or Teleconference Held CS staff met with the US Army to resolve comments on the draft Remedial Investigation. Anne Marie Palmieri
3/9/2020 Meeting or Teleconference Held CS staff met with the US Army to resolve comments on the draft Remedial Investigation. Anne Marie Palmieri
7/1/2020 Meeting or Teleconference Held Staff met with US Army staff to discuss the final redline version of the Remedial Investigation as well as next steps for the project. Anne Marie Palmieri
8/7/2020 Update or Other Action Staff approved the 2019 Well Inventory, Repair, and Decommissioning technical memorandum on this date. Anne Marie Palmieri
8/10/2020 CERCLA RI Report Approved CS Staff approved the Remedial Investigation report on this date. See a copy of the letter in the attachments section. Anne Marie Palmieri
3/16/2022 Meeting or Teleconference Held DEC staff met with the US Army to discuss the Installation Action Plans for the Haines Terminal and Sears Creek Station. This was DEC's first meeting with the Army about the Haines Terminal site since 2020. The Army discussed its plans for work at the site for the next several years. DEC will review the Installation Action Plan and provide comments to the Army. Anne Marie Palmieri
4/17/2023 Meeting or Teleconference Held DEC staff met with the US Army and US Army Corps of Engineers to discuss the results of the 2022 sampling event, next steps for additional characterization at the site, and a timeline for a public meeting in Haines. DEC staff encouraged the Army to hold a public meeting this summer/fall. Anne Marie Palmieri
6/2/2023 CERCLA PA DEC concurred with the conclusions of the March 2023 Preliminary Assessment/Site Inspection. Limited sampling from 2022 showed concentrations of PFAS over the screening levels. Additional investigation is needed in the former administration area. Anne Marie Palmieri
3/27/2024 Meeting or Teleconference Held Staff attending a scoping meeting for the PFAS remedial investigation work plan with the Army and its contractors on this date. The draft work plan is estimated to be sent to DEC in April and work is tentatively planned for this summer. Anne Marie Palmieri
4/4/2024 Site Visit Staff attended a site visit with the Army and their consultants on this date. Anne Marie Palmieri
4/4/2024 Public Notice The Army held a public meeting about the site's status in Haines on this date. Anne Marie Palmieri
5/6/2024 Document, Report, or Work plan Review - other DEC reviewed the draft PFAS Remedial Investigation work plan and provided comments to the Army on this date. Anne Marie Palmieri
6/18/2024 Document, Report, or Work plan Review - other DEC reviewed the Army's responses to its comments on the draft PFAS RI work plan and the proposed resolution of those comments in a draft-final version of the work plan. DEC agrees with the responses to all but two comments. One comment regarding disposal of investigative derived waste has been subsequently resolved, and the second comment regarding screening levels for the surface water samples can be resolved after the field work. Anne Marie Palmieri
6/28/2024 Document, Report, or Work plan Review - other DEC provisionally approved the Draft-Final PFAS work plan, dated June 2024. DEC and the Army still need to resolve one of DEC's comments about screening levels for the surface water samples. Field work is anticipated to begin on July 8th. Anne Marie Palmieri
7/8/2024 Site Visit DEC staff conducted a site visit during the Summer 2024 field activities. Anne Marie Palmieri
11/1/2024 CERCLA RI Plan Approved DEC approved the Final PFAS Work Plan on this date. A copy of the work plan is included on the Documents tab. Anne Marie Palmieri

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