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Site Report: Haines Tank Farm

Site Name: Haines Tank Farm
Address: 121 Beach Road, Haines, AK 99827
File Number: 1508.38.005
Hazard ID: 898
Status: Cleanup Complete - Institutional Controls
Staff: IC Unit, 9074655229 dec.icunit@alaska.gov
Latitude: 59.226659
Longitude: -135.436148
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.

Problems/Comments

Fuel handling spills and leakage from above ground tanks and piping has contaminated soil on the property from operations dating as far back as 1898 the US Army. The storm water floor drain at the office is plumbed under the parking area and daylights below Beach Road through a culvert. Historical oil spill contamination was carried to tidewater and again in 2006. Sheen was observed in drainage water and sediments. Responsible party (RP) presented remediation plan, reviewed and approved by ADEC. Monitoring wells already in place should continue to be sampled. In 1999, ADEC determined that chloride and petroleum rendered groundwater underlying the property unsuitable for drinking water, now and in the future. Alternative groundwater and soil screening levels apply to the property: {gasoline range organics (GRO) 1,400 milligrams per kilogram (mg/kg); diesel range organics (DRO) 2,325 mg/kg; Benzene 0.17 mg/kg; Toluene 48 mg/kg; Ethylbenzene 49 mg/kg; Total Xylenes 81 mg/kg}. Water Quality Standards must be met in the storm water drainage below Beach Road. August 1990 this office was contacted by consultant who was doing site assessment for potential property transfer. May 1992 site ownership transferred from Highland Resources to Klukwan Forest Products. For information on the Jones Point Biocell, see Hazard ID 25315 - File No. 1508.38.019.

Action Information

Action Date Action Description DEC Staff
5/4/1992 Cleanup Plan Approved (Old R:Base Action Code = CAPR - Corrective Action Plan Review (LUST)). Proposal to solidify soils into concrete aggregate was approved as an initial phase in the cleanup site. Additional contamination issues remain to be addressed. Former Staff
5/4/1992 Update or Other Action (Old R:Base Action Code = RELR - Release Investigation Review (LUST)). Area near unloading piping outside tank farm berm had noticeable gasoline odors and vapors. Former Staff
8/26/1993 Site Added to Database Former Staff
11/8/1994 Site Ranked Using the AHRM Initial ranking. Former Staff
6/23/1997 Update or Other Action Letter received from Chilkats' Portage Cove Development Co. (Bob Loiselle) notifying DEC-PERP that they found some TPH contamination. Anne Marie Palmieri
7/7/1997 Update or Other Action Per Bob Loiselle's request -- verbally granted approval to wait until fall to address contamination due to area across the road being used for a tourist dock. Anne Marie Palmieri
2/3/1998 Site Characterization Report Approved Investigated lower area - no workplan submitted. Anne Marie Palmieri
4/7/1998 Site Characterization Workplan Approved Data gaps will be filled - investigates upper area. Anne Marie Palmieri
6/26/1998 Update or Other Action RP submits CAP which is then not implemented. Anne Marie Palmieri
9/21/1998 Site Characterization Workplan Approved Site Assessment and Run-On Diversion Plan. Anne Marie Palmieri
11/1/1998 Meeting or Teleconference Held ADEC meets with consultant and RP. Sally Schlichting
1/12/1999 Update or Other Action RP submits CAP. Anne Marie Palmieri
3/12/1999 Update or Other Action ADEC comments on CAP. Anne Marie Palmieri
8/2/1999 Update or Other Action RP responds to ADEC comments. Anne Marie Palmieri
10/7/1999 Cleanup Level(s) Approved Alternative Cleanup Levels Approved this date. Anne Marie Palmieri
10/7/1999 Interim Removal Action Approved For bulk fuel tank area; soil to be stockpiled at Jones Point. Anne Marie Palmieri
5/3/2000 Cleanup Plan Approved Phase II of IRA to concentrate on remaining c-soil at tank area and also on the lower truck rack. GW monitoring (sentinel) wells will be installed this summer Anne Marie Palmieri
6/16/2000 Update or Other Action Total volume of soil removed is 11,000 tons. Anne Marie Palmieri
10/16/2001 Cleanup Plan Approved Plan approved for developing a bioremediation cell to treat the soil. CarsonDorn estimates 8 years to achieve method 2 levels. Staff gave 2 years to achieve substantial results for first 18" lift of soil or we need to rethink the plan. Anne Marie Palmieri
11/5/2001 Update or Other Action Quarterly sampling (GW) results submitted. Exceedances were found for DRO, GRO, and benzene. Anne Marie Palmieri
2/20/2002 Long Term Monitoring Established The department now considers this site to be in a long-term monitoring status. The two (2) issues which must be resolved prior to closure are the management of the bioremediation cell and the continuation of quarterly groundwater monitoring until the cleanup levels are met. Bruce Wanstall
2/20/2002 Final Cleanup Report Reviewed The cleanup activities performed in October 2001 were conducted at the request of the department following review of the Final Report dated March 2001. The items addressed were a relatively small pocket of contaminated soil remaining on site and the collection of soil samples under the culvert. Forty cubic yards of contaminated material was excavated near Excavation #4 in front of the office building. The final confirmation samples of the October 2001 excavation demonstrate that the department-approved alternative cleanup levels were met. Soil samples collected under the culvert from the roadbed also met the approved cleanup levels. Bruce Wanstall
12/15/2003 Update or Other Action letter sent this date requesting results from samples collected 7/17/03 and update of biocell management. LTM activities have not been conducted since 11/01. Anne Marie Palmieri
1/30/2004 Update or Other Action Staff responds by letter regarding LTM results. No additional sampling is needed on MW1, MW3, MW4 and the ditch as past sampling results have met the cleanup level. Quarterly monitoring should contine for MW2. Carson Dorn is working on updating the bioremediation plan. Anne Marie Palmieri
6/4/2004 Update or Other Action Project manager transition site visit. GPS readings obtained. Klukwan biocell is located at 59.23320, -135.47987 Bill Janes
6/4/2004 Update or Other Action Met with RP and inspected biocell; requested that the owner cover the soil during winter months and monitor runoff. Bruce Wanstall
8/9/2005 GIS Position Updated Checked location due to site's new BF designation. Location appears to be correct, no changes made except to datum field. Torsten Ernst
8/19/2005 Update or Other Action Monitoring well sampling plan and biocell sampling plan consultation and file review. Bruce Wanstall
10/14/2005 Update or Other Action Reviewed Groundwater Sampling and Contaminated Soil Biocell sampling Reports Bruce Wanstall
4/10/2006 Update or Other Action Requested additional monitoring well sampling. Bruce Wanstall
2/2/2007 Update or Other Action Chilkat Cruises heating oil tank spill: glass fuel filter on the supply line at the above ground tank (AST) was frozen and cracked. The fuel handler pumped 278 gallons of heating oil into the AST which immediately flowed down the sidewalk to the beach across the road. In response, the fuel handler bermed the area, scooped up oily snow and placed it in a containment cell that is bermed with snow; area under the lined snow cell is not paved. Three feet of snow is presently covering the spill zone (2/2/07) plowing of snow from the area has been suspended pending a cleanup plan. As yet, Chilkat Cruise staff do not have a cleanup plan. Bruce Wanstall
7/30/2007 Update or Other Action Request was made to Klukwan Inc and current operator Chilkat Cruises that in light of the heating oil spill this winter at the site, the one remaining monitoring well on the property be sampled for laboratory analysis in 2007. ETM ranking is completed; controlling pathway is to surface soil for contaminated material that was shipped to an off-site location where it is currently undergoing active bioremedial treatment. Bruce Wanstall
8/20/2007 Site Visit Poor weather conditions interrupted the flight schedule to Haines. ADEC was only able to briefly inspect the site (August 2007) to determine current status. The cleanup of oily snow on frozen ground appears to have been effective in controlling infiltration beyond the surface. Orange iron staining extends throughout the storm drain system from the building beneath the road and beyond. Bruce Wanstall
10/8/2007 Update or Other Action Bigfoot Auto faxed ADEC a letter explaining the snow/oil spill mixture separation and disposal process for the waste from the oil spill cleanup at the Chilkat Cruise office building. Bruce Wanstall
10/1/2008 Update or Other Action ADEC discussed the status of the Haines Tank Farm contaminated site with the acting general manager for Klukwan Inc. Cleanup closure requires that sample data from a monitoring well on the property and an off-site bioremediation cell meet cleanup levels. Bruce Wanstall
10/3/2008 Proposed Plan ADEC coordinated development and approved a proposed soil and water sampling plan for the Beach Road property and the Jones Point properties owned by Klukwan Inc. Water samples from both properties must meet surface water quality petroleum standard for total aromatic and total aqueous hydrocarbons. Development of a conceptual site model and DRO/RRO analysis of the bioremediating soil stockpile are also planned for the Jones Point property. Bruce Wanstall
11/28/2008 Update or Other Action Laboratory report for Klukwan sites, Drum Storage Site Cleanup Report, Proposed Jones Point New Site Management Plan and Cleanup Complete Determination Request recieved from Chilkat Environmental; open dates for review begin 12/11/08. Bruce Wanstall
12/22/2008 Update or Other Action Jones Point Stockpile site submitted for database inclusion as a stand-alone contaminated site this date. Bruce Wanstall
1/7/2009 Update or Other Action Jones Point Biocell is added to the database as a separate contaminated site this date; future site actions will be posted to hazard ID#25315 Bruce Wanstall
1/15/2009 Long Term Monitoring Complete In light of the heating oil spill at the office building in 2006, the ADEC requested a ground water sampling event be completed by Klukwan at the lower beach road property monitoring well. The sampling was completed in duplicate in 2008 and the analytical results found each analyte of concern (DRO, RRO, BTEX and PAHs) were not detected in the water samples. Bruce Wanstall
1/16/2009 Exposure Tracking Model Ranking A new updated ranking with ETM has been completed for source area 71877 ASTs. The ETM ranking was updated to indicate that as a result of the cleanup site remedy completed pathways are deminimis or controlled for risk of exposure. Bruce Wanstall
1/21/2009 Record of Decision The CS Program Record of Decision determination for the Haines Tank Farm contaminated site is that an informational mechanism will serve to protect the remaining exposure risk site controls. Institutional Controls on groundwater access and transport of soil or groundwater from the property will be established when the signed acknowledgment page is received from Klukwan Corporation. Reporting requirements for change in land use are included in the agreement. When the signed agreement is received the site record status will be changed to Cleanup Complete-ICs Bruce Wanstall
1/22/2009 Final Cleanup Report Reviewed CS Program reviewed the Final Cleanup Report for this site to enter into the record those areas where residual petroleum fraction (GRO and DRO) contamination was below the site-specific alternative soil cleanup levels and determined acceptable. Documents attached to this record include maps of Excavations 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, and 7 that took place during cleanup actions prior the completion date in 2002. Residual soil contamination above Method Two Table B2 migration to groundwater and below human health inhalation/ingestion cleanup levels may be present in each of the excavations except Excavation 6 near the beach. In Excavation 6, residual contamination was below migration to groundwater cleanup levels for the analytes of concern (DRO and GRO). Bruce Wanstall
2/24/2009 Institutional Control Record Established Institutional Controls established and entered into the database. Property restrictions and reporting requirements are stated in the signed agreement attached to the database record. Klukwan shall report to ADEC every five years to document land use or report as soon as Klukwan becomes aware of any change in land ownership and/or use, if earlier. First reporting date is scheduled for February 1, 2014. Bruce Wanstall
2/24/2009 Cleanup Complete Determination Issued In accordance with the signed agreement with property owner Klukwan Corporation the site is closed with Institutional Controls. Bruce Wanstall
4/1/2010 Update or Other Action Check Received $66.49 from Law 03/18/10 Traci Nebeker
4/1/2014 Institutional Control Compliance Review DEC letter was sent by regular mail to Klukwan Inc, the owner/operator of the former Haines Tank Farm on Beach Road in Haines providing notification of past due reporting in accordance with the Institutional Control agreement signed in 2009. The letter provides notice of cost recovery and reopening of the site, if necessary, by the DEC. The reporting requirement is for current land ownership and land use. The purpose of the report to DEC is to assure that the remaining contamination is not presenting a risk of exposure that could affect human health and safety or the environment based upon the assumptions made in the decision to offer the institutional control agreement to Klukwan. Bruce Wanstall
5/12/2014 Institutional Control Update Chilkat's Portage Cove Development Corporation (Klukwan Inc subsidiary) provided the DEC with notice that the property at 142 Beach Road in Haines [Lot 1, Highland Resources Subdivision] has been sold to Mr. Roger Beasley of Haines, Alaska and Austin, Texas. Bruce Wanstall
5/21/2014 Potentially Responsible Party/State Interest Letter DEC sent a State Interest PRP letter certified to new property owner RK Beasley regarding cleanup responsibility and a request to sign and return an Institutional Control signature page. Enclosed with the letter is a copy of the 2009 Cleanup Complete with ICs Decision Document, a Haines Borough Property Assessment Report and a copy of Haines Plat 92-4. Bruce Wanstall
7/10/2014 Institutional Control Compliance Review DEC sent an IC Agreement letter by electronic and regular mail to the new property owner of record Alaska Investment Property LLC. The letter summarizes information in the 2009 Cleanup Complete Determination with Institutional Controls letter and provides an chronology of events since the decision was issued but changes none of the IC conditions in the original agreement. Bruce Wanstall
7/24/2014 Institutional Control Update James M Studley representing Alaska Investment Property has signed and returned a copy of the Cleanup Complete-ICs Agreement page from the Determination letter dated July 9, 2014. The institutional control record is updated and the site will now transition to the DEC IC Unit for future management. Bruce Wanstall
7/25/2014 Institutional Control Compliance Review IC compliance review conducted. Staff changed from Bruce Wanstall to IC Unit. Reminder system set-up to follow-up with the responsible party in 2019. Kristin Thompson
8/23/2019 Institutional Control Compliance Review An Institutional Controls reminder letter e-mailed to the local Haines landowner on this date. Mossy Mead
3/31/2023 Institutional Control Update DEC was contacted by a representative of the property owner to let us know that the warehouse building on site is scheduled to be demolished in April 2023 after severe damage from a wind storm last year. No soil excavation will be needed for the demolition. Evonne Reese
8/4/2023 Institutional Control Update The warehouse/office building on this property has been demolished and moved offsite. Thirty cubic yards of soil was completely encased in the concrete foundation. I provided approval for this soil to be used with no restrictions since it was protected from any possibility of contamination. Evonne Reese

Contaminant Information

Name Level Description Media Comments
DRO Between Method 2 Migration to Groundwater and Human Health/Ingestion/Inhalation Soil Approved site-specific soil cleanup levels indicate residual soil contamination may be encountered in subsurface soil up to 2,300 mg/kg DRO concentration on the south portion of the property behind the office building, under the current parking area in front of the building and under the property below Beach Road.
GRO Between Method 2 Migration to Groundwater and Human Health/Ingestion/Inhalation Soil Approved site-specific soil cleanup levels indicate residual soil contamination may be encountered in subsurface soil up to 1,400 mg/kg GRO concentration on the south portion of the property behind the office building, under the current parking area in front of the building and under the property below Beach Road.
Benzene Between Method 2 Migration to Groundwater and Human Health/Ingestion/Inhalation Soil Approved site-specific soil cleanup levels indicate residual soil contamination may be encountered in subsurface soil up to 0.20 mg/kg benzene concentration on the south portion of the property behind the office building, under the current parking area in front of the building and under the property below Beach Road.
Benzene > Table C Groundwater Approved site-specific ground water cleanup levels indicate that residual ground water contamination may be encountered in a concentration range up to 0.05 mg/L benzene on the south portion of the property behind the office building and under the current parking area in front of the building.
DRO > Table C Groundwater Approved site-specific ground water cleanup levels indicate that residual ground water contamination may be encountered in a concentration up to 15 mg/L DRO on the south portion of the property behind the office building and under the current parking area in front of the building.
GRO > Table C Groundwater Approved site-specific ground water cleanup levels indicate that residual ground water contamination may be encountered in a concentration up to 13 mg/L GRO on the south portion of the property behind the office building and under the current parking area in front of the building.

Control Type

Type Details
Signed CS Determination Klukwan shall report to ADEC every five years to document land use or report as soon as Klukwan becomes aware of any change in land ownership and/or use, if earlier.

Requirements

Description Details
Restricted to Industrial / Commercial Land Use Klukwan shall report to ADEC every five years to document land use or report as soon as Klukwan becomes aware of any change in land ownership and/or use, if earlier.
Advance approval required to transport soil or groundwater off-site. In accordance with 18 AAC 75.325(i), the owner or operator will seek ADEC approval to transport soil or ground water off the property.
Groundwater Use Restrictions In accordance with 18 AAC 75.350(2), installation of water wells require approval from ADEC.
Excavation / Soil Movement Restrictions In accordance with 18 AAC 70, movement or use of contaminated material from the property that would cause a violation of Water Quality Standards for surface water is prohibited.
Movement or use of contaminated material (including on site) in a manner that results in a violation of the water quality standards is prohibited (18 AAC 70) Standard condition.
Hazard ID Site Name File Number
25315 Jones Point Stockpiles 1508.38.019

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